Gig Harbor Farmers Market is Moving to Uptown!

Opening April 2nd

Opening April 2^nd, (8:30am-2pm) the Gig Harbor Farmers Market will now be located at UPTOWN!  This will be a great location for the Saturday market.  Dale Schultz, the director of the Gig Harbor Farmers Market says “This should be a win/win for everyone!  Good for Uptown Merchants, good for the Gig Harbor Farmers Market customers with ease of parking and attending the market and good for vendors with easy load and unload area!”

Kristin Undem with Uptown says “the merchants are all very excited about this!”

And so am I!  I think this location will provide excellent parking and bring a lively mix of activities each Saturday to Uptown.  Throughout the year Uptown has multiple special events (see below), and the Farmers Market also has events such as weekly entertainment and free guitar, uke, banjo and mandolin lessons.  The last Saturday of each month the Farmer Market will also host a “Cruise-In for Hot Rods” during the market.

This year a new vendor will join the market family, Palms Ranch on Ray Nash Drive sells locally grown grass fed beef.

Spend your Saturday enjoying the market, take in a movie, shop at the wonderful variety of stores at Uptown, grab a bite to eat, coffee or ice cream, visit the spa and stroll the beautiful area that is Uptown.  You can easily cross the street to also visit merchants at Olympic Village, Safeway or drop into the Library.  Shopping the Uptown/Westside this summer will be fun.

The Gig Harbor Farmers Market opens on Saturday April 2^nd and runs each Saturday from 8:30am – 2pm through September 24^th.  As always, the final day of the market in September will be the Gig Harbor Chowder Cook Off!

Don’t worry!  The Wednesday Farmers Market will continue at Skansie Brothers Park downtown this summer, opening in June and running noon – 5pm.  More news on this wonderful market as we get closer.

In the meantime, get ready to have some fun at Uptown this summer with the new and improved Gig Harbor Farmers Market!!  Check out this list of events scheduled through the fall at Uptown.  Learn more about all of this at www.gigharborguide.com

UPTOWN EVENTS:

MARCH 5^TH Annual Rockin Rides Car Show and Stereo Competition

APRIL 2^ND The Gig Harbor Farmers Market Opens at Uptown

APRIL 16^TH Spring Egg Hunt at Uptown, 10am

MAY 21^ST Susan G. Komen Car Show

JUNE 4^TH Uptown Celebrates the Maritime Gig Festival

JULY 30^TH Cruise the Narrows Car Show

AUGUST 27^TH Fall Fashion Preview at Uptown

SEPTEMBER 3^RD Over the Narrows Race

SEPTEMBER 24^TH Glass Pumpkin Patch

SEPTEMBER 24^TH Gig Harbor Chowder Cook Off (and final day of Farmers Market)