Salem Main Streets

Check out the Salem Farmers’ Market every Thursday from 4 - 7 p.m. in Derby Square on Front Street. As the growing season changes different items will be for sale each week. For the first week Gibney Gardens had a beautiful array of plants…

Salem’s very own Maitland Mountain Farm brought farm fresh eggs which were a hot item and sold out very quickly…

Chef Tony Bettencourt from Sixty2 on Wharf Restaurant provided a cooking demonstration…

Opening day entertainment included music by Qwill and Will Faust and Emily Rousso and children’s activites by A.L.L. Thank you to the Lobster Shanty for holding an opening day fundraiser for the Salem Farmers’ Market!

The Salem Farmers’ Market organized by Salem Main Streets drew enormous crowds for it’s opening day debut, Thursday, June 25!

Fresh strawberries were one item enjoyed by all…

The opening day’s festivities were celebrated with Mayor Kimberley Driscoll ringing the market bell and sharing her praise for the work done by the Salem Main Streets Farmers’ Market Committee, pictured here with the Mayor.

Alex Sutherland, Marlene Faust, Kristin Rogers, Beth Paquin, Mayor Driscoll, Jennifer Bell

Salem Main Streets is happy to announce the return of a Farmers’ Market to downtown Salem, MA. With eight farms and eight non-farm vendors already the market is off to a fantastic start. Not only will the market be an incredible shopping area but the whole of downtown Salem will be bustling Thursday nights. Thursday is market night downtown, Salem with over 120 downtown businesses staying open late during the Salem Farmers’ Market hours 4 – 7 p.m. including 70 retail businesses. Many businesses will stay open until at least 8 p.m. and quite a few longer.

The Salem Farmers’ market will run every Thursday from 4pm to 7pm June 25 through October 31, 2009 in Derby Square across from Artists Row on Front Street. The Market opening day will be celebrated with City of Salem, Mayor Kimberley Driscoll ringing the market bell and musical entertainment.

Items for sale at the Salem Farmers’ Market range from fresh lobsters to herbs and include soap, roasted coffee, and art work. The farms participating in the market include: Clark Farm, First Light Farm, Gibney Gardens, Green Meadows Farm, Long Hill Orchard, Maitland Mountain Farm, Simone Farms and Wally’s Vegetables. Non-farm vendors include Rowand Seafood, Rowell Fishing Company, Magick Moon Soap Works, Jaho Coffeeroasters, Nana’s Kitchen and others.

The Salem Farmers’ Market, a project of the Salem Main Streets initiative, will be held at the location of the original Farmers’ Market of Essex County, in Derby Square on Front Street behind Old Town Hall and the Salem Marketplace. The market will run every Thursday from 4pm to 7pm June 25 through October 31, 2009. This is a significant anniversary year that the market is returning downtown Salem as it is the 375th anniversary since Salem was first authorized to hold a weekly market. The market plans to celebrate this anniversary throughout the season.