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SUMMARY:Valley Junction Farmers Market
DESCRIPTION:📅Add event to your calendar \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Every Thursday | May – September\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Valley Junction Farmers Market\nPresented by \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				4:00pm-8:00pm100-300 Blocks of 5th (May – August)100-200 Blocks of 5th (September) \nThe Valley Junction Farmers Market is home to over 75 weekly vendors selling fresh produce\, baked goods\, plants and flowers\, arts and crafts\, and prepared foods. Join your friends and neighbors in the 100 – 300 blocks of 5th Street from 4:00 – 8:00 pm every Thursday\, May – September. \nFind each week’s vendors on our interactive VENDOR MAP \nFULL FARMERS MARKET DETAILS CAN BE FOUND HERE \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				VENDOR OF THE WEEK\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Iowa Pepper Co (#202) \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				We love growing peppers and making them into flavorful sauces. Our hot sauce journey started in 2020 when we rented a plot at a community garden and grew our first pepper plants. We’re on a mission to defy watered-down\, slightly spicy vinegar sauce and we’re excited to share our fiery creations with you! \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPECIAL EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hot Pepper Eating Competition Presented by Iowa Pepper Co | 5th & Maple \n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				PERFORMING ARTISTS \n\nCirque Wonderland\nBeewitched Belly Dance\nTwizted Things Balloons\nErich Tran\n\nNON-PROFIT & EDUCATIONAL SPOTLIGHTS \n\nDowntown Disciples\nWarriors From Ashes Rising\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Music in the Junction\n5:00-8:30 in the Railroad Park Beverage Garden \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				MUSIC IN THE JUNCTION DETAILS CAN BE FOUND HERE \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 Getting Here\nHere is the map link to our office in the heart of the Farmers Market. Find driving routes and parking instructions. To keep everyone safe\, West Des Moines Police officers may ticket or tow vehicles parked: \n\nIn front of public or private driveways or mailboxes\nOn or across a sidewalk or on a crosswalk at an intersection\nWithin or within 10 feet of an intersection of any street or alley\nWithin 10 feet of a flashing beacon\, stop or yield sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a street\n\nWe know finding parking can be an issue on event days. If wanting to avoid parking congestion\, or driving isn’t an option\, the DART Route 4 Crosstown is available\, which picks up and drops off near Fifth and Vine streets: 
URL:https://valleyjunction.com/valley-junction-events/farmers-market/
LOCATION:100-300 Block of 5th St\, 5th St. & Railroad Park\, Des Moines\, IA\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Historic Valley Junction Foundation":MAILTO:events@valleyjunction.com
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SUMMARY:Valley Junction Vintage\, Thrifted\, & Handmade
DESCRIPTION:📅Add event to your calendar\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Sunday | September 13 | 10am-4pm\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Antiques and vintage shops\, along with antique and art vendor fairs\, have a long history in Valley Junction. The Historic Valley Junction Foundation brings Valley Junction’s new vendor fair\, following in the district’s antique and vintage tradition. Valley Junction Vintage\, Thrifted\, & Handmade is a new vendor show highlighting vintage home decor & clothing\, unique thrifted finds\, and local handmade items from Iowa business owners. This show includes 70+ vendors and food trucks in the 100-200 blocks of 5th Street in the heart of Valley Junction. This year we will be showcasing a kids’ handmade market in the 300 block! \nValley Junction Vintage\, Thrifted\, & Handmade strives to offer vintage and handmade vendors who create\, curate\, and captivate a chance to interact directly with central Iowa shoppers. Valley Junction is known as THE place in West Des Moines to find fun finds – all in a historic downtown in the middle of a big city. \n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Vendors\nUnseen Art & PhotographyJade Cate2 Dots 1 Line ClayHuntingWood WorksHand-Me-Down TalentsVarious & SundryChannel HeavenSistineSpicy BestieKiera beauty studio llcMiss Ivy Vintage MarketLes BeesPretty Skin ArtistryAmarillo Lilly SilverSarah Charlier ArtWooden Moon FindsPines and PixelsVelvet EarthRaining Hedgehogs StudioCrimson and CloverGaze VintageBoyer and BrambleKirsten Warrick ArtCJ’s ClosetIlluminary LoreGlass Garden CreationsRust and RosesMon CherieJungle House Plant ShopDecadenceHoldsworth HomesteadLink’d JewelryMidwest OpulenceBelle’s Wonderland & WhatnotsMIX Creative CommunityRing & RevelUrban Outlaw VintageOlivia’s Stitches and SparkGirl With A Sword Productions (Tarot)Grotesque in Des MoinesFilm SocietyJelly FindsSusan DeanShotsstopLitty Bitty CrochetCherry Picked GoodsKnot & Needle StudioFormerly 35th Street AntiquesAmplify by APSimply Artful StudioSankova MomentTara Beth CreationsSecondhand SmokeAdorn515Zelea Natural\, LLCOdd1outWillaBMade \n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Food Vendors\nEstilo BoricuaLos Primos GrillJeffEPop Gourmet Popcorn & TreatsAverie’s Pancake BarVintage Road Coffee
URL:https://valleyjunction.com/valley-junction-events/vintage-thrifted-handmade/
LOCATION:100-200 Blocks of 5th St\, 100-200 Blocks of 5th St\, West Des Moines\, IA\, 50265\, United States
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