We are excited to welcome back The Pop Stand to the market this week, featured in our Local Business Pop-up Tent! We’ll also have the Master Gardeners on hand to answer all of your gardening questions and The Space in the kids’ tent with fun dance activities!
Rotating vendors this week are Left Field Brewery and Bata Maple Syrup and Beef.
Events are now posted for the summer at www.deca.to/market.
July 29-30, our favourite east end festival returns to Gerrard Street. The Festival of South Asia runs noon to 11pm each day. All info is here: https://festivalofsouthasia.ca/
Wednesday August 9, 2023, 12 – 1 pm
Join in with your family and friends to learn how to book your first camping trip, tips for planning your overnight outdoor adventure, and more! Whether you are a first-time or all-season camper, Ontario Parks’ friendly Park Ambassadors can help you deepen your connection in nature while learning more about our beautiful provincial parks.
Open to all ages. Children under 12 need to be supervised.
You’re invited to join East End Arts for their 2023 ArtMEETS Summer Workshops! Each ArtMEETS workshop is an opportunity for adults to learn a new art skill, meet new people, and let your creative side shine! PWYC (Pay What You Can) and join them for Abstract Acrylics with Ghazaleh Rastgar, Geometric Embroidery Workshop with Leila Fatemi, Yarn Painting with Sabbie Narwal, and Paper Rose Making with Nancy Lalicon! All workshops take place on Saturdays from 1-4pm at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse. Learn more now: https://eastendarts.ca/artmeets-2023-summer-edition/
We were lucky to get the very first harvest of corn last week from Son-in-Law Produce — so tasty! Our market meals are getting pretty decadent these days, with other ingredients like crunchy green beans, juicy berries, and any number of freshly made sweet, salty, and hoppy treats.
This week we are hoping we can share some of that market bounty with our friends at Community Fridges, who will be on hand to collect market food and non-perishables from our market-goers. And we’re going to make it all a little bit festive, with button-making for the Story Trail, crafts with Karina Sadu Realty, live music, and treasures from the Kidpreneurs!
We’ve got a big line-up at the market this week. Remember, the market runs rain or shine and our farmers, vendors and special guests really depend on the community to show up when they can!
This week we have Alicia’s Figurines and Tia Designs in our Kidpreneur tents. We look forward to seeing what treasures they have for us!
Also in the kids’ area, Fun With Music Together will have a music activity and Rithmetic will have math games and puzzles!
We will also have glitter tattoos and updates on the DECA Story Trail in the DECA tent.
We are excited to welcome back Wholesome DeeLights Nut Butters! (good news for those of us that *may* have blown through that hazelnut chocolate we got last month). Rotating vendors this week are: Bata Maple Syrup and Beef, and Red Tape Brewery.
SURJ will be at the market this week to share info about their upcoming activities, including the Toronto Disability March happening on July 15th. SURJ is supporting this action by volunteering as marshals and doing postering.
The other upcoming initiative SURJ is supporting is a Grassy Narrows Solidarity rally – SURJ had a Land Defence Alliance team that is supporting this action and also planning a large demonstration that will happen at the end of the summer.
Grassy Narrows leaders and other members of the five nations will be in Toronto on July 20th with a rally at 12pm near the Ministry of Mines to demand respect for Indigenous rights. You can RSVP here – https://freegrassy.net/land-
Join DECA in launching the much-anticipated Story Trail this Thursday at the market. The Story Trail is an augmented reality game that gets kids and families into local shops along the Danforth to find animal characters (via qr codes). Get all the details on how to join and enjoy some face paints, bookmark activities and games at the market.
Our Local Business Popup this week is Charby’s Craft Sauces, bringing their hand-crafted sauces to the market. Our rotating vendors this week are: Muddy York Brewery, Queensdale Flowers, Hiveshare Honey, Gingerbug Ginger Beer, Crooked Farmz Compost Tea, and Nepali Momos. We are also welcoming back Warner’s Orchards for their first week of this season! For a complete list of our vendors and our July calendar, check out deca.to/market
We are also excited to announce the first Kidpreneurs of the season this week! A big welcome to TR Jewelry and KokoBowtique — you can find them in the DECA tent area!
This week you can also get your bike tuned up by the good folks at 32 Spokes! Look for them at the top of the hill.
See you at the market!
What better “school’s out” snack than fresh cut fries? Our Local Business Popup this week is Borrel, bringing their Dutch style fries to the market.
In the kid’s tent, we will be doing glitter tattoos for Pride and enjoying dance activities from The Space. The SPACE is a full performing arts school offering dance, singing, acting, and musical theatre classes for children, teens, and adults.
In our community booth, the Toronto Master Gardeners will be on hand with answers to all of your gardening questions!
Our rotating vendors this week are: Left Field Brewery, Queensdale Flowers, and Bata Farms Maple Syrup and Beef. For a complete list of our vendors, check out deca.to/market
See you at the market!
