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Special Events
The mission of the Andover Farmers' Market is to support local business, sustainability, community, and education. To help the Andover Farmers' Market in its mission, fun, exciting, hands-on, and educational programs and demonstrations are scheduled throughout the market's season. Check back often for new and exciting events!
Popular
Music of the Gas Light Era
Saturday July12th 2008 1:00PM
2008 Season Kick Off Event!!
Popular Music of the Gas Light Era (1890-1920) presented
by John Root. Features a delightfully diverse repertoire of instrumental
and vocal musical styles from the turn of the previous century. Everyone
is invited to sign along and experience the range of feeling evoked by
this music. To learn more about presenter John Root visit
http://johnroot.net.
This program is sponsored in apart
by a grant from the
Stay tuned for more 2008 Special Events!
2007 Events
Learn about last year's programs
July 2007 Historic Talk: To kick off the farmers’ market, food historian Deborah Friedman from Old Sturbridge Village shared in demonstration and lecture details of home health care in early America and historic remedies for the sick.
August 2007 Wood Working Demonstration: Wood worker and traditional furniture maker Christopher Nassise of The Green Woodshop demonstrated his craft in the Historical Society’s 19th century woodworking shop.
September 2007 Bee Keeping Demonstration: The Essex County Beekeepers Association shared their knowledge on bee keeping and gathering honey using their traveling bee hive!
September 2007 Dairy Goat Demonstrations: The Kapering Kids 4H group brought their dairy goats, allowing visitors to try their hand at milking a goat!
October 2007 Barn Party: To close out a wonderful first season, vendors, shoppers, and community members were invited to attend a party in the historical society’s barn with live Mariachi music and refreshments sold by local vendors.
