Arts Market meets Market Days
eady to get crafty, Market Days attendees? Then head on over to Eagle Square and visit the Concord Arts Market! You'll find a sea of tents with local vendors offering handmade goods like jewelry, pottery, handbags, fused glass art, mosaics, paintings, apparel and more. The artisans are on site, so you can chat about their technique and neat-o designs. While you peruse the retail offerings, listen to music from the likes of Nick...
Bathrooms, babies, parking, pets
Say you’re at Market Days with your kids and the family dog. Everybody’s having a high old time, hunting for bargains, listening to music and meeting old friends. Then, all of a sudden, the dog is thirsty, the baby needs feeding and you’re in desperate, desperate need of a bathroom. Don’t fret! We’re here to solve your problems with this little guide to the logistics to Market Days: Getting there Parts of downtown will be closed to...
Music guide
We here at the Insider would have been happy with games, goodies and bargains, but, oh no! You folks downtown went and outdid yourselves with lots and lots of music. Because we’re sooooo busy shopping and eating, we sent our summer intern, John Bergeron, to interview a few of the bands. But the bands were busy, too, so good ’ol resourceful John used e-mail instead. Here’s what some of these fine musicians had to say: Jimmy Lehoux Born...
Snap photos and maybe win a prize!
What's better than Market Days? Winning money for going to Market Days, duh! All you have to do is bring a camera and snap at least seven photos from our list below, and you'll be entered into a drawing for $25 to the downtown business of your choice! The only rules are: You must take your photos during this year's Market Days, and within its boundaries. Also, don't think you're going to outsmart us by taking...
Event highlights
Daily It IS easy bein’ green …at least at Market Days. Recycling bins will once again dot downtown, so please fill them with your cans, bottles and paper goods. Green Concord – a group of earth-lovin’ local businesses – is sponsoring the effort. The containers are donated by New Hampshire Distributors. Many of this year’s vendors are considering the environment, too. GreenPoma.com, a source for efficient lighting, will recycle compact...
Your handy dandy schedule
You’ve probably already realized that Market Days is full of one awesome event after another, but just in case there is any confusion about when everything is going down, here’s the schedule. This year, the festival is held July 16 through July 18, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. As always, admission is free. We know we’ve told you that already, but we wanted to remind you. Please keep in mind that this schedule is only an overview and,...
What is Main Street Concord, anyway?
If you think Market Days is the party of the year, then think of Main Street Concord as the hostess with the mostest. There’s good reason their slogan is “Changing the Face and Pace of Downtown Concord,” because it’s the organization’s job to make sure Concord is the most happenin’ little city New Hampshire has to offer. We got an interview with the woman behind the organization behind Market Days – Jessica Eshleman – and no, that’s...
Mosey on over to the State House lawn
After letting Junior eat fried dough for breakfast, check out the free family fun going on in front of the State House from 10 a.m. to noon, daily. With the help of area businesses, activities will be offered each day in the following categories: music, art, exercise and science. Such stimulating entertainment is guaranteed to help Junior stay focused and teach him (or her) a thing or two when he’s all hopped up on powdered sugar....
