Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
4:00PM - 7:00PM
Evergreen Rotary Park, 1400 Park Ave, Bremerton WA
Vendors This Week, August 22nd:
Farmers
Foggy Hog Farm
Fuentes Fresh Farm
North Mason Mushroom Farm
Taylor's Honey Farm
Artists/Crafters
Abundant Creativity
Callie's Crystals
Cathy's Crafts
Pet Specialty
Prepared & Processed Food
Wineries/Breweries:
Community and Sponsor Booths:
Vendor Map for August 22nd
You can download the market map here.
Back-To-School Area Map for August 22nd
You can download the market map here.
Music at the Market
Gather around for an outstanding performance by the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association! WOTFA is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting acoustic string band music and dance. They invite musicians of all ages and skill levels to participate. It's always a delight to have WOTFA at our market each year. So, bring your picnic blankets and folding chairs, grab a delicious bite from one of our vendors, and relish an evening in the park.
A sincere thank you to Bremerton Office Machine Company for their continued sponsorship of Music at the Market in 2024! To show your gratitude, think about visiting their store at 245 4th Street, Suite 503, in Downtown Bremerton. You may just find a vintage typewriter that turns into your next cherished find!
Kids Market Bucks Club
Kids, grab your adult and head to the Kids Market Bucks Club during Back-to-School Day at the market. The Kitsap Public Health District will host the activity, teaching you how to make healthy food choices for your plate. Adults can also pick up simple recipes, including an easy no-bake carrot cake pop recipe.
Be sure to check in at the red table across from the Kids Booth to earn $6 in Market Bucks per child for completing the activity! Kids Market Bucks can be used to buy fresh produce and are redeemable with any produce vendor at BCFM.
The Kids Market Bucks Club is brought to you by the United Way of Kitsap County. We look forward to seeing you at the market!
Food & School Supply Drive at the Market
This is the last week to bring your donations of school supplies and food to the market for our annual drive. Stand Up for Kids and the Bremerton Backpack Brigade benefit from your participation. Even after this drive, both organizations will need your help. Visit their websites to find out how you can get involved!
Did you know you can use your child's Sun Bucks card at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market? Visit the Market Info Booth for more information.
Market Tokens
Remember to bring your market tokens when visiting our vendors. The $5 tokens are as good as cash, and all vendors accept them. The $1 tokens are exclusively for SNAP recipients and can be used for purchases typically made with an EBT card. If you have any SNAP Market Match coupons, don't leave them behind. We will honor expired ones and can be used with our produce farmers and produce reseller vendors.
Suggestion Box at the Market Info Booth
Do you know that no one has left a comment or idea in our new suggestion box? Well, we are formally inviting you to submit something, anything, into this brand-new wooden receptacle. We will accept pictures, poems, thank you notes to our wonderful volunteers, vendors, or staff, or an actual suggestion...use your imagination! Please include your name and phone number if you'd like to be entered into this month's drawing for $10 in BCFM market tokens. Of course, you are welcome to stay anonymous if you'd wish. Let's use this new resource and start a dialogue about the positive...and not so positive...aspects of the farmers market. We value your input...whatever it is!
Parking at the Market
Finding a place to park at the market can be difficult at best! We kindly ask you to be considerate neighbors by parking only in designated areas. Kitsap Community Resources has graciously made their parking lot available after 4:30 PM, located just two blocks away. Note that the boating area has only four designated parking spots for market parking. Vehicles parked outside these four spots in the boating area may be ticketed by Parking Enforcement. Please do not park in front of C.J.'s Evergreen General Store. That is 30-minute parking for customers of that business only. We appreciate your cooperation!
Kitsap Harvest at the Market
The mission at Kitsap Harvest is to minimize produce waste and provide fresh, nutritious, and locally sourced fruits and vegetables directly to low-income housing, senior centers, recovery facilities, shelters, and soup kitchens within Kitsap County. The Grow-A-Row program bolsters this mission by inviting gardeners of all levels, from experts to enthusiasts, to cultivate and contribute surplus produce. Weekly donation stations are established throughout the county for collections, including at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market. In 2022, the BCFM alone amassed over 900 pounds of produce, generously donated by individual gardeners, farm vendors, and patrons who bought extra to give.
Engage in the fight against food insecurity and food waste by supporting the growth of Kitsap County's capacity for sustainable, community driven care. For additional details, visit Programs – Kitsap Harvest or inquire at the market's information booth.
REDUCE FOOD WASTE. DONATE FRESH PRODUCE.
Do You Love the Market? Let Everyone Know!
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Become a VOLUNTEER!
Contribute to making the Market even more incredible! Share your talents—both intellectual and physical —and enjoy a fulfilling experience. To apply, please visit our website: Help Us Grow | Bremerton Community Farmers Market | Bremerton
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