New Model Open House 2020! Introducing the new model line-up for 2020 while enjoying live music, BBQ and a parking lot full of unique and amazing vendors! This is what we’ve ALL been waiting for!
11:00am-1:00pm … AstroSauce LIVE
11:30am-4:30pm … Mo-MoJo Blues Band Live!
How do you LagerFest? is an opportunity for Hi-Wire Brewing and other regional breweries to showcase, what has become, a misunderstood beer. The event will highlight the wonderful world of lagers in laid back and casual festival setting. Hi-Wire will be pouring 10 of its speciality lagers and releasing its Spring Maibock (7% ABV) for the event.
Admission is $8 and includes How do you LagerFest? glassware and two beer tokens. Foothills Deli will be grilling up some popular barbeque eats and more beer tokens will be available for purchase throughout the event. Enjoy your lager as you get down with some miniature golf, corn hole, and other classic backyard games. Grab your grandpa’s lawn chair and join us for an afternoon full of lager love!
Family Friendly! Kids are welcome to come in for free (the entrance fee is for beer glassware and tokens), and we encourage them to play our yard games, including a 9 hole mini-golf course!
Come out for the annual spring festival. Enjoy the farm while listening to live music, visiting animals, watching heritage demonstrations, buying homemade crafts, and more! There will be wagon rides, a bake sale, food, children’s games and activities, Heritage Weavers and Fiber Artists, and schoolhouse lessons! The event runs 10 AM-4 PM Saturday, April 27. Adults are $5, students are $3, and children under 5 are free. Parking is across the street at Rugby Middle School, and buses will provide transportation across the street.
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If you are interested in selling a homemade craft or demonstrating a heritage-related skill, please go to the following form: https://goo.gl/forms/tNnw8oOUSqB3ENXP2. Space is limited!
Saturdays, May through October 10:00am-6:00pm
Historic Marion Tailgate Market is a grower-certified market that provides community access to the freshest, best quality foods available anywhere. We value family farms, endorse sustainable production practices and innovation, contribute to the health and prosperity of the local community and support the creation of a local food economy.
Market Goals:
• Create a viable retail market for locally produced products and value-added products;
• Create opportunities for small and mid-size family farms to engage profitably in production agriculture;
• Improve public health through increased availability and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables;
• Reduce hunger and food insecurity in McDowell County;
• Strengthen the social fabric of the community by building awareness and appreciation for local agriculture;
• Enhance tourism and retail trade in Downtown Marion through spillover of market shoppers; and
• Foster entrepreneurial opportunities for small home-based business owners and youth
Thank you for your support and continued interest. Since beginning in 2007 the market has been a success. The local agricultural movement continues to grow, and so does the demand for fresh locally grown products. You have made the Tailgate Market a destination in Downtown Marion on Tuesday afternoons 3.00PM-6.00PM May – December and Saturday mornings 9.00AM-12.00 noon July-August.
Tuesdays 3PM-6.00PM (starting May 7th-Dec 10th, and Saturdays 9.00AM-12.00PM (starting July 6th- August 31st).
Market Vision:
Historic Marion Tailgate Market is a grower-certified market that provides community access to the freshest, best quality foods available anywhere. We value family farms, endorse sustainable production practices and innovation, contribute to the health and prosperity of the local community and support the creation of a local food economy.
You now Double your EBT/Food Stamp Card to $40.00 to spend at the Market!
This is how it works:
Swipe your Card for $5.00 and get $10.00 to spend at Market.
Swipe your Card for $10.00 and get $20.00 to spend at Market.
Swipe your Card for $15.00 and get $30.00 to spend at Market.
Swipe your Card for $20.00 and get $40.00 to spend at Market.
Join us Saturday, April 16th to celebrate the opening of our outdoor plant nursery at our annual Spring Gardening Expo at Asheville Market! There will be free workshops and classes throughout the day, local artisans on hand with their creations, kids’ activities, food and drink, raffle prizes, and more.
Here are some of the festivities we have to look forward to so far:
♥ Come join us! For a sweet Sunday at the Shiloh Community Garden in Asheville! ♥
Sunday afternoon will be warm, sunny, and blessed with the delightful sounds of Whitney Moore with Micheal Hynes & Chuck Lichtenberger as well as the talented Christina Musumeci- as well as BBQ!!!
The BBQ meal plates will be available with a suggested donation of $20. The music- available to all, with a Donation Hat going around to make this playscape vision a Reality!!!
All of the proceeds from this event go directly to the building of a natural playscape for children, in the Shiloh Community, an historical African -American community in Asheville. This project comes together with the spirit of bringing play in nature to children and families, and in creating a bridge for communitcation and connection between the many communitites of Asheville.
Watch a movie! Make some art! We will be screening the movie “Summer Wars” and providing awesome art supplies for all your creative desires. Pizza too! Free for kids from 6th grade and up.
April is Pollinator Month at the Weaverville Library! Join us for a variety of kids, teen and adult programs celebrating all things Pollinator in partnership with the Town of Weaverville’s Community Pollinator Initiative.
Friday, April 22nd at 4pm – Kids, Teens, Adults and Families: Join us for the incredible nature film “Wings of Life”: Beautiful colors and landscapes backdrop the world of flowers and how they are pollinated across the world, from deserts to lush grassy areas. Narrated by Meryl Streep
Saturday, April 23rd at 2pm – Dr. Art Hulse will talk about “Landscaping for Pollinators.” Art is a retired university biologist and has extensive experience with native plants landscaping and control of invasive exotic plants. He will emphasize why native plants are best for pollinating insects and provide specific guidance on how to design a pollinator-friendly landscape.
Wednesday, April 27th at 4pm – After School Program “Bugs and Dust” with UNC-A Biology professor Becca Hale – Let’s meet a group of real bugs and learn what they pollinate and why. For kids of all ages, the program will also include planting of wildflowers to take home and a tour of the pollinator garden at the Main Street Nature Park.
April is Pollinator Month at the Weaverville Library! Join us for a variety of kids, teen and adult programs celebrating all things Pollinator in partnership with the Town of Weaverville’s Community Pollinator Initiative.
Friday, April 22nd at 4pm – Kids, Teens, Adults and Families: Join us for the incredible nature film “Wings of Life”: Beautiful colors and landscapes backdrop the world of flowers and how they are pollinated across the world, from deserts to lush grassy areas. Narrated by Meryl Streep
Saturday, April 23rd at 2pm – Dr. Art Hulse will talk about “Landscaping for Pollinators.” Art is a retired university biologist and has extensive experience with native plants landscaping and control of invasive exotic plants. He will emphasize why native plants are best for pollinating insects and provide specific guidance on how to design a pollinator-friendly landscape.
Wednesday, April 27th at 4pm – After School Program “Bugs and Dust” with UNC-A Biology professor Becca Hale – Let’s meet a group of real bugs and learn what they pollinate and why. For kids of all ages, the program will also include planting of wildflowers to take home and a tour of the pollinator garden at the Main Street Nature Park.