The Hollister downtown farmers market opens today from 3 p.m. to
7 p.m., and will remain open Wednesday afternoons through
September. Many of the produce vendors are the same as last year,
though there are a few additions.
The Hollister downtown farmers market opens today from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., and will remain open Wednesday afternoons through September.
This is the second year the market is staying open through September, with an additional five weeks.
Many of the produce vendors are the same as last year, though there are a few additions, said Tammy Jackson, the market’s manager.
New this year will be an eco-friendly green booth where people can purchase environmentally-safe cleaning products. They will also have a chance to do a cook book or gardening book exchange.
In addition to the farm vendors who filled up booths on Fifth Street, Jackson said this year the artists’ booths also will be on Fifth Street to help generate more foot traffic for them. Last year, the arts and crafts booths had been set up on the grassy lot on the corner of Fourth and San Benito streets.
Prepared food vendors will again fill the parking lot behind The Vault restaurant, and include Mansmith’s, Charley’s corn, Dave’s Dawg House, Ridgemark and Cedar House, as well as a few other food vendors.
Live entertainment will be returning again this year, though the line up is not yet available. The first day of the market this season, guitarists David Huboi and Vince Zuniga will be performing.
The market will again have a bounce house on the grassy lot at Fourth and San Benito streets, as well as a face painter, so kids have something to do. Nonprofits will share the space on the grassy lot.
The Hollister farmers market is set up to accept EBT cards and WIC coupons.
For more information, to sign up as a vendor or to find out about performing at the market, call Jackson at 408-804-1234 or [email protected].
