Tons of local food, local beer, local music, & local art.
A $12 ticket gets you burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, corn, salads, ice cream, shakes, a beer, live music, and live sidewalk art.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 the day of.
Learn more about the event & buy tickets here - http://familybbq.eventbrit
Check out Facebook Event page here
On 4th of July weekend Fort Adams Sate Park draws thousands of visitors from both land and sea. Ferries arrive hourly from downtown Newport and Jamestown RI, and abundant free parking is available for visitors. We have limited space, applications will be reviewed and accepted on a first come first serve basis so please respond promptly to reserve your space for this very special event.
Got cabin fever?
Then the 1st Annual Cabin Fever Indie Gift Show is just what the doctor ordered. And the doctor wants you heart healthy on Valentine’s Day, so shop indie for your sweetie! Browse for fabulous handmade wares from 67 of the area’s top independent designers, artists and artisans at the 1st Annual Cabin Fever Indie Gift Show. Choose from an exceptional array of indie goods: jewelry, handbags and wearables, stationary and paper goods, re-purposed accessories, gourmet foods and flowers, bath and body products, plus lots and lots of chocolate and hearts!
Cabin Fever will be held indoors in a large warehouse space in the thick of the SoWa Art and Media district, within walking distance of Boston’s best artist studios, galleries, boutiques and restaurants. So mark your calendars for February 5 and 6. Handmade retail therapy at its best!
Thanks all vendors and customers for an awesome market season, capped off by our most successful Holiday Market ever! And we're not done yet. We'll be doing our part to dispel those mid-winter blues with a fabulous new show: Cabin Fever! The location is spectacular - a huge renovated and heated warehouse space with floor to ceiling windows right in the thick of the SoWa Art District. It will be a Friday evening and Saturday event, timed to coincide with SoWa's First Friday and Valentine's Day. We anticipate a great turnout - art lovers, Valentine's Day shoppers and our loyal legion of winter weary Open Market fans who simply must buy handmade!
The show will take place at 460C Harrison Avenue (2 blocks from the SoWa Open Market) from 6pm-9pm on Friday, February 5th and from 11am-7pm on Saturday, February 6th. The cost is $100 for a 8x8 space for both days.
This is a juried show. The approximately 60 vendors will be selected based on the quality of their work and theme relevance. Participation in previous markets does not guarantee acceptance. As with all NE Open Market events, the show will be heavily promoted.
Application Deadline: January 5, 2010
Notification Date: January 6, 2010
Payment Deadline: January 9, 2010
Click Here To Apply To Cabin Fever
Now in it's 6th season, this year's Sowa Holiday Market will feature over 80 juried artists and designers from around New England. From the fashionably chic to the hip and cutting edge, shoppers are sure to find an original gift for everyone on their list. Expect to find an exceptional array of indie goods, including: handbags, jewelry, pottery, letterpress stationery, silk-screened t-shirts, baby clothes, re-purposed wool accessories and more! This handmade holiday spectacular will take place in SoWa's Cathedral High School Gym, located in Boston's trendy SoWa arts and media district. Within walking distance to Boston's best galleries, boutiques and international cuisine, the SoWa Holiday Market is at the center of Boston's most diverse and exciting neighborhoods!
Saturday, December 12, 2009/ 10am - 6pm
Sunday, December 13, 2009 / 10am - 6pm
Cathedral High School Gym
74 Union Park Street (on the corner of Washington Street)
In Boston's South End
Admission - $5, children under 12 free
Free Parking at 500 & 540 Harrison Ave
For more info go to sowaholidaymarket.com
We wrapped up the 6th season of the Sowa Open Market this past Sunday (Oct 25) with our 6th annual Market of the Living Dead. This was one of the busiest days of the season, 140 vendors, thousands of customers, perfect weather, AMAZING costumes, music... we had it all!
For more pictures go to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/southendopenmarket/sets/72157622537988949/
Special thanks to all of our customers, vendors, staff and everyone else who made this season our best yet.
Be sure to visit the Sowa Holiday Market December 12 & 13 for the best handmade gits around:
http://www.sowaholidaymarket.com/
We will be holding our annual vendor costume contest which for the first time will be accompanied by a customer costume contest with BIG prizes for each. Come as your most horrifying, disturbing zombie and win fabulous prizes, what could be better? Customer Costume Contest judging begins at 2pm, Vendor Costume judging begins at 3pm.
Vendors Prizes:
1st Prize - Free booth for 2010 season
2nd Prize - 5 free markets for 2010 season
3rd Prize - Free booth space for Opening Weekend 2010
Customer Prizes:
1st Prize - $350
2nd Prize - $200
3rd Prize - $100
Wait there's more!
AFAS Pumpkin, Gourde and Fruit Carving Contest
The Gaslight Grill will be hosting a fruit and veggie carving contest on their patio sponsored by AFAS. The event is open to the public carving and begins at 11AM, judging at 4PM. The farmers market will have tons of fresh gourdes, pumpkins and fruits dying to be cut.
Travis Reckner from the Roger Williams Zoo will be displaying some of his renowned carved pumpkins and doing demos outside of Rooca Restaurant starting at 1PM, next to the Sowa Produce Market at 500 Harrison Ave.
Art, craft, free treats, live music, and jolly mahem for one and all, this event is not to be missed.
The Sowa Open Market is a rain or shine event, open from 10AM to 4PM. at 540 Harrison Ave, Boston MA. For more info: http://www.sowaopenmarket.com
