The weekly outdoor Port Hope Makers’ Market is moving to Memorial Park this summer.
The Market in Memorial Park will run from 3:30 to 8 p.m. every Thursday in July and August beginning on July 6, offering food, craft, and arts.
This is the second summer for the Port Hope Makers’ Market, which originally launched at Lent Lane last summer.
“This year we’re setting up shop right where the action is,” says Signe Langford, a chef, writer, and artist who founded the market, in a media release.
That action includes the free Road To Cultivate concert series, which will return to the Memorial Park bandshell from 6 to 8 p.m. every Thursday in July and August.
Last year’s performers included well-known musical acts like Lydia Persaud, Five Alarm Funk, and AHI, along with local musicians including Cale Crow and Melissa Payne. The schedule of this summer’s performers will be released soon.
“I hope folks will come down early, explore our downtown, then settle in for a night of food, fun, and music,” Langford says. “Bring a blanket and make dinner a picnic. The park is a perfect location, with washrooms and a kids’ playground, and lots of great shops and restaurants nearby.”
Along with vendors and artisans, this year’s market will also be showcasing the talents of ‘kidpreneurs’ 16 and under and will offer complimentary space for charities and community outreach services.
The Port Hope Makers’ Market will also be supporting The Rose Quest, a non-profit charity founded by Rose Wilton to provide personal care and hygiene products to Northumberland County residents in need or experiencing homelessness.
Langford says she recently held a sewing bee at her Port Hope home, where volunteers sewed donated T-shirts into shopping bags for the market.
“The T-shirts were graciously donated by the volunteers at The Treasure Trove within St. John the Evangelist on Pine Street,” Langford explains. “A group of my friends converted them into reusable shopping bags that will be available at the market for the cost of a donation to The Rose Quest box.”
For more information and updates on The Market in Memorial Park, visit them on Facebook.
