Downtown MarketPlace 2009
Live Music, Food & Fun every Saturday, March through November
sponsored by:
Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority and the
Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency.
Every Saturday March through November
Monroe St. (US 27 south of I-10) at Park Avenue
in Ponce de Leon Park 8am-2pm
Contact: Allen Thompson, Downtown Events Coordinator
850-224-3252 or email allen.thompson@talgov.com
March: 7, 14, 18, ,and 28.
April: 4, 11, 18, and 25.
May: 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30.
June: 6, 13, 20, and 27.
July: 4, 11, 18, and 25.
August: 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.
September: 5, 12, 19, and 26.
October: 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31.
November: 7, 14, 21, and 28.
Then we return for the "Just One More" invitational Art Festival
December 5. 9am until 4pm
Downtown MarketPlace
Special Events
Spring – Summer 2009
March 7 , Grand reopening of the Downtown MarketPlace 14th season.
March 14 , St. Francis Wildlife baby shower for orphaned animals.
March 28, Downtown MarketPlace "SPRING FEST": an Avenue of Artists in lovely Bloxham Park across Monroe Street, 8am 4pm.
April 4 , April is poetry month. Enter our 8th annual Haiku at Hai Noon Poetry Contest win great prizes. Enter all month long. WFSU live remote, Big Bend Cycling Festival. Eleven cycle races for all ages all day downtown.
April 11 ,Knott House street swing dance demonstration.
April 18, The Downtown MarketPlace 8th annual “ANNUAL ART LOVERS' WEEKEND” over 55 artists from here, near and faraway!
May 9 , “Wild Art in the Park”, our 5th annual special wildlife event featuring wildlife Artists, live owls, turtles, elegant snakes and more.
May 23 , It’s our birthday, this year the Downtown MarketPlace celebrates the 14th season.
June 13, Free Flags for the first 50 visitors in honor of Flag Day June 14.
July 4 , Register to vote. Pick your party or none at all but make your voice heard. Voter Registration Drive all month long.
August 15, Wear your most outlandish beach shirt and win a prize at our 7th annual “Beach Shirt Market Bongo” contest. A farewell to Summer and welcome to the fall
Other Fall Events to be announced:
December 12, 20089
“Just One More”
THE 12th Annual 'JUST ONE MORE' INVITATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
9AM TO 4PM ART MUSIC BOOKS FOOD FUN
An encore high quality art and craft festival celebration of the arts!
Located in the heart of Downtown Ponce de Leon Park and Bloxham Parks
between Adams and Calhoun Streets on both sides of Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida
