Thursdays Are for Uptown starting with the Uptown Farmers Market
#ThursdaysAreForUptown invites the whole community to plan a night on the town in Uptown and the Uptown Farmers Market is a great place to start!
This Week’s #ThursdaysAreForUptown is packed with community, conversation, music and a little friendly competition. Start your evening by stocking up on fresh favorites at the Uptown Farmers Market, then stop by the new exhibit “Regenerative Creativity” at True North Studio. Enjoy the $1 off happy hour on beer and wine at Curioso. Catch Luna Rey Hall and Mary Thorson in conversation at Magers & Quinn and keep the night going with live music at the Green Room. Finish things off with trivia at Lake + Irving or sing your heart out at Karaoke Night at the VFW.
Thursdays, 4 to 7:30 p.m. in September
Please note earlier closing time for the remaining markets.
Come for the food. Stay for the music. This week's market is chock full of peak-season produce, freshly baked goodies, locally made products and dinner from your favorite market vendors. Stick around for live music, catch up with friends or simply soak up a summer evening in Uptown.
Fresh Eats. Live Beats. Good Vibes.
Thursdays at MoZaic Plaza (Lagoon & Girard), right next to Lagoon Cinema.
Easy parking: The MoZaic parking ramp off Lagoon offers a $7 flat-rate on market nights, so you can shop, dine, and explore Uptown at your own pace.
Taking the bus? Use the Metro Transit Trip Planner and enter Lagoon Cinema as your destination for the best route.
Coming next week: BWB2UFM
Bike Walk Bus to Uptown Farmers Market next Thursday, September 17th! Watch for more information in next week's newsletter!
FRESH EATS. Our food vendors and more!
Here’s some of what's in season and available this week!
Poblano peppers, banana peppers, Serrano peppers, Anaheim peppers, carrots, hard squash: butternut, buttercup, acorn, spaghetti, carnival, delicate, Hubbard and orange buttercup, sweet corn, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, curly kale, Lacinato kale, kohlrabi, collard greens, yellow squash, zucchini, beets, micro-greens, cabbage, broccoli, red potatoes, yellow potatoes, onions, green beans, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, cauliflower, eggplant, cabbage
Watermelon, strawberries, raspberries
Cheese, bread, cookies
Honey, hummus, chunk pickles, kimchi, fermented garlic, jams, marmalade
This week's vendors!
Farmers Cha Farms • Svihel Vegetable Farm • Wisconsin Cheese Outlet
Food Makers/Bakers/Pet Goods Dutch Oven Divas Sourdough Bakery • Feline Grove • Namaste Cafe • She Sells Sourdough • Sweet Street MN • Veganwitt • Yummytizers
Crafts/Artists/Body Care Aaron Noble Soap • Bennett Graham Sculpture to Wear • Fair Trade Minneapolis • Tiny Girl Gang MPLS
Prepared Food/Food Trucks K Express Food Truck • Momodosa • Superior BBQ • Sweet Joon • Wild Harvest Lemonade
LIVE BEATS!
Shop, stroll then pull up a chair for pop vocal due, Lili Horizon feat, Lilliana Rindal (above left) at 4:30 p.m. Then stick around for folk trio No Big Deal (above right) at 6:00 p.m.
Grab dinner, enjoy the music, and make a night of it!
WE’D LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK
Share your thoughts on the Uptown Farmers Market Help shape the future of the Uptown Farmers Market! Your feedback will help us better understand how people use and experience the market and support future programming, community engagement and grant funding.
It takes just a few minutes, is completely voluntary and your responses will remain confidential. Thanks for helping us make the Uptown Farmers Market even better!
Click here to tell us what you think! Submission deadline: October 2nd!
Questions? Visit the Uptown Farmers Market website.
GOOD VIBES! We’re on a mission to help nourish a vibrant, healthy community by bringing fresh local produce to Uptown, along with artisan baked goods, ready-to-love meals, live music and a whole lot more.
Uptown Farmers Market is a project of the Uptown Farmers Market Collaborative, led and fiscally held by East Isles Neighborhood Association in collaboration with 7 other neighborhood associations including East Bde Maka Ska, Cedar Isles Dean, East Isles, The Wedge, Lowry Hill, West Maka Ska, South Uptown and Kenwood.