The Spenard Farmers Market, a community-based effort in beautiful, downtown Spenard, Alaska, not only offers “Alaska Grown/Caught,” “Locally Baked or Cooked,” and “Locally Made Arts & Crafts” but also FREE Market events and activities each Saturday!
SFM supports artists and entertainers of all kinds. If you or your group (or know someone who just needs a little nudge to "go public") would like to perform "Under the (famous) Windmill" in Spenard, contact us at spenardfarmersmarket@gmail.com we'd love to hear from you!
SFM supports artists and entertainers of all kinds. If you or your group (or know someone who just needs a little nudge to "go public") would like to perform "Under the (famous) Windmill" in Spenard, contact us at spenardfarmersmarket@gmail.com we'd love to hear from you!
OPENING DAY Saturday, May 21 ~ Celebrating Joe Spenard's Birthday!
Celebrating our 2nd Market Season we've invited your favorite local Spenard Businesses to help wish Joe Spenard along with the SFM a Happy Birthday! We'll have food booths, live entertainment, South Central's finest farmers and growers offering plant starts, perennials, early grown produce, honey, garden art and the best artisans all in ONE location, UNDER THE WINDMILL in the Chilkoot Charlie's parking lot from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Come early and bring your Market Bags or buy a new 2011 SFM Market Bag at the information booth! You asked and we listened, we even have new SFM t-shirts for sale this year!
Celebrating our 2nd Market Season we've invited your favorite local Spenard Businesses to help wish Joe Spenard along with the SFM a Happy Birthday! We'll have food booths, live entertainment, South Central's finest farmers and growers offering plant starts, perennials, early grown produce, honey, garden art and the best artisans all in ONE location, UNDER THE WINDMILL in the Chilkoot Charlie's parking lot from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Come early and bring your Market Bags or buy a new 2011 SFM Market Bag at the information booth! You asked and we listened, we even have new SFM t-shirts for sale this year!
Saturday, May 28 "Garden Starters & Seedlings Day" at SFM
Come and kick off the 2011 gardening season by shopping for top-quality garden starts from our local growers specializing in hearty, climate hardened plants and veggies. Bring your gardening questions and stop by and talk with the Cooperative Extension expert for gardening advice this season. Celebrate International Year of the Forest 2011 by purchasing a birch, spruce, or larch tree seedling for your own yard at the Market Information booth. These seedlings are sponsored by the Society of American Foresters and generate profit for two UAF scholarships while helping people understand the benefits of good forestry.
Come and kick off the 2011 gardening season by shopping for top-quality garden starts from our local growers specializing in hearty, climate hardened plants and veggies. Bring your gardening questions and stop by and talk with the Cooperative Extension expert for gardening advice this season. Celebrate International Year of the Forest 2011 by purchasing a birch, spruce, or larch tree seedling for your own yard at the Market Information booth. These seedlings are sponsored by the Society of American Foresters and generate profit for two UAF scholarships while helping people understand the benefits of good forestry.
Saturday, June 4 "Concert in Spenard" special Market hours will be 9:00 -1:00. The SMF will need to close early due to the set-up of the Chilkoot Charlie's Barenaked outdoor concert. Normal customer and vendor parking WILL NOT be available in the Market parking lot but will be available BEHIND La MEx on Spenard Road. Thank you for your continued support of the SFM!
Saturday, June 11 "Jazz Festival Day" Comes to Spenard!
Celebrate "Jazzfest at the Market." The Spenard Jazz Fest will feature a parade starting at 11:30 at Tap Root to the Spenard Farmer's Market! Appearances by Momentum Dance Collective, Rage City Rollers, OTC Bike Co-op, Anchorage Scooter Club and a host of community and youth groups! spenardjazzfest.org
Celebrate "Jazzfest at the Market." The Spenard Jazz Fest will feature a parade starting at 11:30 at Tap Root to the Spenard Farmer's Market! Appearances by Momentum Dance Collective, Rage City Rollers, OTC Bike Co-op, Anchorage Scooter Club and a host of community and youth groups! spenardjazzfest.org
Matanuska Creamery will be offering free Milk & Cookies in celebration of Kids Day AND National Dairy Month! Big kids can sample Matanuska Creamery Cheese Curds in a variety of flavors including: Garlic Dill, Chipotle, Salsa, Chive and Onion, Italian, Ranch. The season’s first fresh Mozzarella will be available in half and one pound blocks.
Saturday, June 25, "Bird Treatment & Learning Center Day!" Meet your favorite feathered friends from the Bird TLC up close! New and exciting birds every two hours throughout the day -what a fantastic photo opportunity for visiting friends and family.
Saturday, July 2 - Patriotic Day, Have your red, white and blue on! Spenard Farmer’s Market is hosting RED, WHITE & BLUE Day for an ALL-AMERICAN SPENARD! The Market will be festive with flags and all vendors are being encouraged to dress up their booths as patriotic as possible with balloons, flags and other 4th of July decorations! There will also be a contest for the booth that is the most patriotic, and back by popular demand is the Back Acres band that will be providing live music.
Saturday, July 9 - Sustainable Spenard Day, recycle, reuse and GET GREEN at the Spenard Farmer's Market. Ask the experts your recycling questions or learn how to start a compost pile. Bring your old CFL's for free and SAFE recycling.
Saturday, July16 -Alaska Botanical Garden Day! Support one of Anchorages gems and ask the experts your gardening questions. Learn more about the Alaska Botanical Garden where northern horticulture and native plants are showcased throughout a 110 acre spruce and birch woodland in Anchorage, Alaska.The Alaska Botanical Garden is a public garden dedicated enhancing the beauty and value of plant material through education, preservation, recreation, and research.
Saturday, July 23 - International Day at the Market celebrating diversity through culture & food.
Saturday, July 30 - Island Style Day. *Special note to our valued customers and Friends of Spenard Farmer's Market. Chilkoot's will be setting up for the 2nd of their Summer Concert Series and customer parking will be AVAILABLE BEHIND LA MEX.
Saturday, August 6 - Pet Day! - bring your pet, adopt a pet, love your pet. Saturday, August 6 is “Pets Day” at the Spenard Farmer’s Market! Volunteers from Animal Care and Control center will be at the market with dogs that are ready to find new families. Adopt A Dog AK, a local nonprofit animal rescue group that saves dogs from being the euthanasia list will also be at the market with adorable dogs, eligible for adoption. In addition to handing out free samples of “Yummy Chummies” an Alaskan made salmon treat, the market will host a drawing for a free gift basket of “Yummy Chummies” products. Don’t forget to check out our “Market Dogs” link on the SFM web site!
Saturday, August 13 - The Famous Eat Local Challenge! week 1
Catch a sockeye? Garden in the backyard? Pick mushrooms or berries? Show us! Spenard Farmers Market in partnership with the Anchorage Food Mosaic announces their 2nd Annual Eat Local Contest! We want your “grown, hunted, caught, or picked” photos and recipes featuring Alaska’s bounty. Send photos and recipes to spenardfarmersmarket@gmail.com and be entered for great prizes! Entries may also be submitted at the Market information booth during normal Market hours of 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Saturday, August 20 - The Famous Eat Local Challenge! week 2
Still time to submit your photos and recipes! Also meet Chef, Rob Kinneen as he celebrates and expertly prepares locally sourced food as part of the Bon Appetit Gourmet Cooking Series.
Saturday, August 27 - Fresh Caught at the Market celebrating all things seafood.
Saturday, September 3 - Food Preservation Day with canning & jarring tips and demos.
Saturday, September 10 - Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Day at the Market
Saturday, September 17 - Harvest Day
Saturday, September 24 - All Things Zucchini in Spenard!
Saturday, October 1 - Summer Season Send-off and the last day of the SFM!
Saturday, July 2 - Patriotic Day, Have your red, white and blue on! Spenard Farmer’s Market is hosting RED, WHITE & BLUE Day for an ALL-AMERICAN SPENARD! The Market will be festive with flags and all vendors are being encouraged to dress up their booths as patriotic as possible with balloons, flags and other 4th of July decorations! There will also be a contest for the booth that is the most patriotic, and back by popular demand is the Back Acres band that will be providing live music.
Saturday, July 9 - Sustainable Spenard Day, recycle, reuse and GET GREEN at the Spenard Farmer's Market. Ask the experts your recycling questions or learn how to start a compost pile. Bring your old CFL's for free and SAFE recycling.
Saturday, July16 -Alaska Botanical Garden Day! Support one of Anchorages gems and ask the experts your gardening questions. Learn more about the Alaska Botanical Garden where northern horticulture and native plants are showcased throughout a 110 acre spruce and birch woodland in Anchorage, Alaska.The Alaska Botanical Garden is a public garden dedicated enhancing the beauty and value of plant material through education, preservation, recreation, and research.
Saturday, July 23 - International Day at the Market celebrating diversity through culture & food.
Saturday, July 30 - Island Style Day. *Special note to our valued customers and Friends of Spenard Farmer's Market. Chilkoot's will be setting up for the 2nd of their Summer Concert Series and customer parking will be AVAILABLE BEHIND LA MEX.
Saturday, August 6 - Pet Day! - bring your pet, adopt a pet, love your pet. Saturday, August 6 is “Pets Day” at the Spenard Farmer’s Market! Volunteers from Animal Care and Control center will be at the market with dogs that are ready to find new families. Adopt A Dog AK, a local nonprofit animal rescue group that saves dogs from being the euthanasia list will also be at the market with adorable dogs, eligible for adoption. In addition to handing out free samples of “Yummy Chummies” an Alaskan made salmon treat, the market will host a drawing for a free gift basket of “Yummy Chummies” products. Don’t forget to check out our “Market Dogs” link on the SFM web site!
Saturday, August 13 - The Famous Eat Local Challenge! week 1
Catch a sockeye? Garden in the backyard? Pick mushrooms or berries? Show us! Spenard Farmers Market in partnership with the Anchorage Food Mosaic announces their 2nd Annual Eat Local Contest! We want your “grown, hunted, caught, or picked” photos and recipes featuring Alaska’s bounty. Send photos and recipes to spenardfarmersmarket@gmail.com and be entered for great prizes! Entries may also be submitted at the Market information booth during normal Market hours of 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Saturday, August 20 - The Famous Eat Local Challenge! week 2
Still time to submit your photos and recipes! Also meet Chef, Rob Kinneen as he celebrates and expertly prepares locally sourced food as part of the Bon Appetit Gourmet Cooking Series.
Saturday, August 27 - Fresh Caught at the Market celebrating all things seafood.
Saturday, September 3 - Food Preservation Day with canning & jarring tips and demos.
Saturday, September 10 - Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Day at the Market
Saturday, September 17 - Harvest Day
Saturday, September 24 - All Things Zucchini in Spenard!
Saturday, October 1 - Summer Season Send-off and the last day of the SFM!
