Salem Main Streets

It’s that time again, time to sample some of the best ice cream in the North Shore at Salem’s annual Ice Scream Bowl (formally know as “The Salem Scooper Bowl”). The Ice Scream Bowl will be held Tuesday, August 10 on the Salem Common from 6-7:30 p.m. rain or shine. The event is a chance to taste some classic favorite flavors from the area’s premier ice cream shops.

 Ice Cream vendors serving samples at the event include Ben & Jerry’s, Captain Dusty’s, Cherry Farm Creamery, E.W. Hobbs, Maria’s Sweet Somethings, Puleo’s, Rita’s and Seaport Cafe. Salem’s Ice Scream Bowl is a great time for children as well as adults. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children, spoons and napkins will be supplied with purchase of a ticket. The proceeds will go towards Salem Main Streets, a non-profit organization, with the goal of revitalizing downtown Salem as a vibrant year-round retail, dining and cultural destination. Salem Main Streets organizes the Salem Farmers’ Market and other events downtown Salem.  The Ice Scream Bowl is part of Salem Heritage Days, a 10 day event to celebrate the people of Salem.

 For any other questions or comments regarding this event please contact Jennifer Bell at Salem Main Streets at (978) 744-0004 or email at Jennifer@salemmainstreets.org.

Join us Thursday from 3 – 7 p.m. in Derby Square.    

Delicious fresh produce, live lobsters, fresh bread, hand crafted items, cooking demonstrations each week at 3:30, live music starting at 5…

For more details visit our market website at www.salemfarmersmarket.org as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

You’re not the only one. 

Visit the Salem Farmers’ Market in Derby Square on Front Street, Thursdays from 3 – 7 p.m.

Come to the opening of the second season of the Salem Farmers’ Market Thursday, June 17.  The market will open an hour earlier this year at 3 p.m. and close at 7 p.m.  It will feature more farms and more great produce including some new and less common vegetables sure to please the gourmet cooks in Salem.  Don’t miss the opening bell of the market at 3 p.m.  At 3:30 p.m. Chive, Sustainable Event Design & Catering will do a cooking demonstration and from 5 – 7 p.m. there will be live music by Qwill and The Further From Zen Orchestra. http://wqillmusic.com.   The market will include fresh bread by “When Pigs Fly”, live lobsters, and much more.  New farms include: Flats Mentor Farm (an Asian vegetable farmer), Cider Hill Farm of Amesbury, and West River Creamery.  The Salem Farmers’ Market is held every Thursday June 17 – October 21 in Derby Square on Front Street in downtown Salem from 3 – 7 p.m.  It is a Salem Main Streets project and more information can be found at http://www.salemfarmersmarket.org/.  Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.