It never rains on Fridays
in Petersham.
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Meet Some of the People Who Make this Market and Our Music Possible Petersham Cultural Council Wild Geese Foundation Town Meeting Voters Petersham Grange AND OUR VENDORS Kiwi Meadows Farm Pick & Shovel Farm Rick Wilkey Produce DONORS/SUPPORTERS Stephanie SeldenNancy Carruth |
The last market of 2022 will be on October 21 The Friday Market will return in late May, 2023 with plants and produce, crafts, baked goods and live music. Go Fund Me for the Friday Market You can help. Planning and fund raising for the 2023 Petersham Friday Market has begun. The 20-week market season will begin at the end of May, 2023. The market is supported by grants, a town meeting appropriation, private foundations and a grant from the local Cultural Council. The majority of our annual spending is for live music performances from acoustic folk to klezmer to zydeco. You can help with a donation in any amount. Just click here to reach our Go Fund Me page. If you shop Amazon online, consider switching to www.smile.amazon.com
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Friday Market as your favorite charity. The The Petersham Friday Market is registered with the IRS as a 501c3 charity. Your donations to the market are tax deductible. We seek your donations because, unlike most farmers' markets, we do not charge our vendors to participate. We pay for weekly live music with support from the Petersham Cultural Council, town meeting voters and people like you. If you prefer not to use GoFundMe, you can send contributions in any amount directly to
Petersham Friday Market Our Tax ID Number is 83-2841413 Thank you for your support The Friday Market will return to the Petersham town common and bandstand at 3 p.m. on May 26, 2023 with new music and many of your favorite and new produce and craft vendors.
Join us for live music, local produce, meat, fresh-baked muffins, micro greens, maple syrup, bird houses, fresh music and a chance to meet and greet the neighbors.
Hey Petersham. We miss you. This is Andrew from Starfire
Bakery. We are just about to open our store in
Wilmington, VT. Our journey started right there on the
Petersham Common in 2019. Our fondest memories of
Petersham include the farmers market. Being there made
us realize that we had something good. We continued on
moving to Marlboro VT. We had a bakery stand last year
and now we are moving ahead. Thank you so much for
giving us the opportunity to be at the market. We miss
everyone.
Andrew Allen
Starfire Bakery
May 27 - Petersham Jams Band June 3 - Steve Benson Sitar June 10 - Lunar Carnival June 17 - The Equalites June 24 - Walkin' Antiques July 1 - Tribe July 8 - Nate Martel July 15 - Hip Swayers July 22 - Chuck and Mud July 29 - Evan Goodrow August 12 - Stone Line August 19 - Joel Cage August 26 - Brian Bender & Robbie Roiter Jazz Duo September 2 - Gumbo Jumbo Dixieland Band September 9 - East Hill Band September 16 - Yiddishkeit Klezmer
Ensemble September 30 - Eric Phelps October 7 - Big Chief Band October 14 October 21 - Wormtown Mugwumps That's all folks
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Each weekly musical performance will feature at least one Willie Nelson song, a tip of our hat and our tribute to Willie Nelson for his years of work with Cambridge-based FarmAid.org to support small farms and farmers nationwide. “We started out to save the family farmer. Now it looks like the family farmer is going to save us.” — Willie Nelson ![]() The Petersham Friday Market opened for the season on the first Friday in June, 2021 with vendors offering fresh local produce, local eggs, garden plants and flowers, baked goods, hand-crafted soaps and more. During the summer, we present live music on the bandstand ranging from acoustic folk to Zydeco. Social service and health care organizations are welcome to join us as well. Our music schedule features a wide range of musical styles. In 2021, they ranged from the Barrett Anderson Band, The Hip Swayers, The Equalites, Chuck and Mud, Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers, Drew Paton, Evan Goodrow and more. Market vendors vary each week and include plants and produce, Coolidge Farm, Walnut Kitchen Homestead (produce, meat and other items), Rick Wilkey from Orange (fresh Valley produce). Sunset Valley Farm, preserves and syrups, plants and herbs from Hartman's Herb Farm, Tracey's Traditionals (herbal remedies) and more. The Friday Market is on the Petersham common from 3 to 6 p.m. on Fridays and does not charge vendor fees. For information, contact Roy Nilson (978-724-6662) or by e-mail: fridaymarket@petershamcommon.com ![]() It is easy to support Music at the Friday Market. Shop at smile.amazon.com or With your PayPal Account you can e-mail a contribution in any amount to: fridaymarket@petershamcommon.com Your donation will be confirmed by PayPal and will will come from Roy Nilson. You can also send a contribution to The Friday Market at P.O. Box 854 in Petersham. Proceeds go to the musicians who play at the Friday Market each week. NOTE: If you would prefer to make a tax deductible contribution, we can tell you how to do that - it's easy. Send us an E-mail. We will get right back to you.
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