Opening Day at the 2015 Mill City Farmers Market
Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 5:28PMIt was a non-stop hugfest at the May 9 Market as vendors, customers, neighbors and friends all converged to celebrate opening day.
The Black Cat crew back in action!
The new method Barkley's Bistro is using to roast bones retains more marrow.
Juut Salonspa hosted a seedling planting table for little ones to create a Mother's Day gift.
At the Wedge Community Co-op booth, shoppers were treated to packets of organic seeds.
During the May Markets, vendors are ready to help you start your own garden with an array of flowers, veggies and herbs.
Bikeways for Everyone informed interested shoppers about the collaborative campaign of community partners, businesses and individuals advocating for 30 new miles of protected bikeways by 2020.
In addition to delicious, crisp toasted hazelnuts and oil, Hazelnut Valley Farm offers bags of shells for mulch. They're attractive, and the sharp edges will keep the slugs under control.
Here's a handy new complimentary service this year - the Veggie Valet. The staff at the Info Booth will hold your items so you can enjoy a meal, do more shopping, or take in an event at the Market.
We're proud to be on the Sponsor board along side organizations committed to the continued success of the Mill City Farmers Market.
The Market just wouldn't be complete without the Singing Hills Goat Dairy mascot. :)
PaviElle French is a Neo Soul Vocalist, activist, dancer, and actress. In the past, PaviElle has taken the stage professionally as a vocalist, singer songwriter and spoken word artist. Her new endeavor is a musical collaboration with bassist, producer and composer Casey O’Brien and presents ten years of her songwriting, all of it deeply personal and autobiographical. Fear Not, a new independently produced record, presents the captivating work of innovative, potent and dynamic neo-soul singer PaviElle French, and represents her much anticipated return to performing after a five year hiatus.
Recent winners of Vita.mn’s Are You Local? Showcase and named one of First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2013, Black Diet is a garage/indie/soul band with a sartorial flair. Indebted to Stax records, they put on shows that look like Baptist church services held at punk houses. Part of a stream of vintage sounding acts coming out of Minneapolis’ Piñata Records, they’re spitting out sharp, testimonial jams for the masses.
Malamanya is a six-member Minneapolis-based Cuban Son ensemble, composed of a diverse group of musicians who share a mutual respect and enthusiasm for traditional rhythms and melodies of Latin American and Caribbean music. Their onstage energy and compositions reflect the communal, complex, and celebratory spirit prevalent in these musical genres.
Davina and The Vagabonds are known for their high energy stage performances and their genre-busting mix of jazz, blues, and roots music. Led by Florida transplant Davina Sower’s powerful and evocative voice this guitar-less, horn-heavy band has the ability to make any crowd happy.
