The Downtown Topeka Farmers Market and Heartland Visioning are proud to announce the beginning of the Music at the Market season. The season opens with the Blue Devils on May 1. Performers will appear between 9 and 11 a.m. near the south entrance of the Judicial Building at Huntoon and Harrison streets, downtown, on Saturdays.
Heartland Visioning began the effort to introduce live music at the market, including both local and national acts, to create more of a “festival air” at the popular Saturday spot for shopping and socializing. Many genres of music will be featured, kicking off with the blues and weaving its way through bluegrass, rock, indie, country, barbershop, ethnic music + more.
The Schedule:
June 5 Tas Cru from New York – “Cru is a singer-songwriter in a kind of rootsy blues tradition, with authentically gruff vocals and a nice touch on the slide guitar.” – The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. First Saturdays sponsored by the Topeka Blues Society.
June 12 Eli Cook
June 19 Chris Biggs (yep, that’s right, that Chris Biggs, Secretary of State)
June 26 Capital Sound Barbershop Quartet 9-10 | The Argyll McHaggis Memorial Pipes and Drums 10-11
July 3 Buddy Flett
July 10 Paint Hands
July 17 The Stringbucklers – acoustic bluegrass from a few of Top City’s finest young musicians!
July 24 Echo Lake
July 31 Danny Blackwood – a veteran Topeka musician who runs the gamut of genres
Aug. 7 Special Youth performances, sponsored by XYZ Magazine and the Topeka Blues Society (featuring Nick Hern, the 17-year-old blues guitarist)
Aug. 14 Catch Amy
Aug. 21 TBA
Aug. 28 Interior Sea
Sept. 18 Josh Garrett
Organizers Suki Willison and Leah Sewell are still looking for interested musicians and performers, who can view and print out an application at the link below to play at the market. For more information, email leah@seveneightfive.com
Music at the Market (Registration Form)
Music at the Market sponsorship (we have a not-for-profit fund and accept donations. We also have the need for a reliable generator)
sponsored by Heartland Visioning, seveneightfive magazine and the Topeka Blues Society
[illustration by Shanon Fouquet]
Quincie
2 years ago
Very cool. The farmers market is really getting to be a happenin place.
Anita Wolgast
2 years ago
FABULOUS LINEUP, Suki and Leah! Thanks for a great job. Can’t wait for it to start!
patrick stowe
2 years ago
Great, now all we need is some adult beverages and it’s a party festival. Count me in.
Ms. Clever
1 year ago
Hello, My band and I, Ms. Clever and the New Kold Krew, would be interested in participating, as well as my company, Whitebear Music, is the booking agent for a professional blues band out of Chicago, IL. They will be in town for an annual event that Whitebear Music Company has in memory of the late Lester “Wizard” King in August. You can also contact me at whitebearmusic@gmail.com. Would love to be a part of this cool series of events you have planned. Way to keep live music going. Peace, Ms. Clever
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