Produce, organics, arts, crafts, prepared food and more – including weekly live music and a partnership with the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center.
The South Milwaukee Downtown Market begins its third season on Thursday, June 2, with more than 50 vendors already signed up.
The market’s 20-week summer schedule runs through Oct. 13. It will again be held on Thursdays from to 3 to 7 p.m. and located on 11th Avenue south of Milwaukee Avenue, across from Bucyrus International near the heart of South Milwaukee’s city center.
The market features a number of upgrades for 2011, including:
- A five-concert series presented by the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, with top acts planned for the first Thursday of every month. Popular local band Choir Fight will play opening night.
- Other weekly live music acts, including a variety of up-and-coming local artists;
- A new on-site stage built by local Boy Scout Tommy Mitchell; and
- Landscape improvements allowing for an expansion of the market’s seating area.
Check out the full press release here, and be sure to join us on Facebook (search: South Milwaukee Downown Market) and follow us on Twitter (#SouthMilwMarket). And visit our website at www.smdowntownmarket.org.
I hope to see you there!
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