Your handy-dandy Market Days map
There’ll be over 100 booths at Market Days this year. This is the updated vendor list as of press time. A A. Little Confection Akasha Massage and Bodywork Amica Mutual Insurance Company Avon Arnie’s Place ARPI International B Bayou Billy BMD Collectibles C Capitol Center for the Arts Capitol Craftsman & Romance Jewelers Centennial Senior Center Checkmate Pizza Christian Science Reading Room Christians United for Israel Community...
Man on the street: Concord talks Market Days
Lindsay Fontaine Age: 27 Hometown: Concord What’s your favorite thing about Market Days? The food, because I don’t usually eat junk food. I like coming down for a little bit of junk food and just walking around and seeing so many people in the middle of the street. It’s kind of like being in a bigger city, only it’s right here in Concord. Any sales you like to look for? I do look for sales. I don’t always find them, but I certainly...
City briefly
Dock-tastic news Here’s a riddle for you, readers. What do fried dough and City Manger Tom Aspell’s weekly memo have in common? Answer: They are both treats we have been looking forward to all week! Because we don’t mind sharing, here are the highlights from this week’s memo. We usually like to save the best news for last, but we couldn’t contain ourselves on this one. Tom announced a gift given to the City of Concord from Concord...
Who, what, where, when?!
Thursday, July 15 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Festival Vendors (Bicentennial Square, North & South Main streets) Concord Arts Market (Eagle Square) 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. New Hampshire Historical Society Museum, free admission (Eagle Square) 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Free Family Fun. Event includes activities from the Concord Recreation Department, Home Depot, Center for Health Promotion and Concord Community Music School (State House lawn) 10 a.m. – 8...
Meet the musicians who'll rock your socks
Sure, the local bands that play Market Days are good at what they do: putting on a live show that makes people get down. But we wanted to know more about them – where they’re from, how they got into music and why they do what they do. Here’s a look at a few artists playing this year’s lineup. TOM MAJOR Entrain Some parents may get frustrated when their kids bang pots and pans all day on the kitchen floor. That can do a number on...
Makeover madness
New to Market Days this year is a makeover competition, in which five women and one man will be pampered and primped for a day, then model their new looks for all of Concord to see. Each contestant will be paired up with a team of downtown businesses – salons, spas and clothing retailers – and get a new hairstyle, outfit and makeup. They’ll reveal their new looks on the main stage on Saturday at 1 p.m. before a panel of five judges,...
Don't miss these events!
Daily Get Co-op’ed up Visit the Concord Cooperative Market’s big top tent on South Main Street for face painting, food, wine, hula hoops and more. Throughout the day, Thursday through Saturday, there will be food from the Celery Stick Café, a creation station with children’s art activities, face painting with Linda Weiser, the Sant Bani art show, animals from the SPCA and a doggie rest stop. There will be special events and vendors...
Snap some pictures, maybe win a prize
There are three essentials all good Market Dayers brings with them to the event: Money, sunblock (or an umbrella – we trust your judgment) and a camera to play our fourth annual Market Days Scavenger Hunt! The rules: You must take your photos during Market Days and within its boundaries. The reward: Submit at least seven of the photos from our list and we’ll enter your name into a drawing for a $15 gift certificate to the downtown...
Yay! It's time for Market Days!
Hey there, and welcome to The Concord Insider’s guide to Market Days. “What is Market Days?” you may be asking yourself, “and how does it concern me?” Lucky for you, reader, that’s what we’re here to exlain: Market Days is the biggest and best party downtown Concord throws every summer. It’s three days of entertainment, food, events and lots of shopping deals. We’re here to extend a personal invitation to you. “Who are you anyways,”...
Got Market Days questions? John Duval has answers
We hate to be the bearers of bad news, folks, but Market Days isn't all just fun and games. Okay, that's not entirely true: It's roughly 96.7 percent fun and games, and 3.3 percent planning and logistics. So before you start inhaling plates of fried dough and attempting to plunk Mayor Jim Bouley in the dunk tank, there are a few basics you should be aware of. For answers about driving, parking and peeing at the event,...
Book of the week
Romancing Miss Bronte Juliet Gael 2010, 416 pages Setting: Victorian England Juliet Gael has created a remarkable fictional work based on the life of Charlotte Bronte. Using scholarly sources, and Charlotte's own letters, the author brings Charlotte and her family to life. Gael skillfully creates the sisters' personalities using insights provided by the characters from Charlotte's novels and imagining the impact of...
Where The Insider goes, nobody knows!
We're afraid of heights, but these brave scouts from Troop 88 clearly are not. They recently visited the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks in upstate New York. “Of course, we carried a copy of the Insider wherever we went,” wrote scoutmaster Phil Donovan. “We took this photograph at the top of Whiteface Mountain, the home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics alpine events.” From left: Dustin MacDougall,...
Cookbook with fav meals from Bow ladies
The women at Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, recently published a new cookbook. The book features favorite recipes gathered from members of the church along with pictures of memories old and new. The cost is $10. To purchase a book or for more information, call 228-1154.
Leadership Greater Concord's class of 2011
Kim Murdoch, chair of the 2011 Leadership Greater Concord steering committee, is pleased to announce the selection of the Leadership Greater Concord Class of 2011. Leadership Greater Concord is a program sponsored by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce and is designed to foster civic awareness in the community. The class of 2011 includes: Kate Atkinson, St. Paul's Church; Renee Beyer, Ocean Bank; Alan Blake,...
Mystery photo
July 25, 1953, was a red-letter night in the history of Concord – the first time the ConcordElectric Co. illuminated bright electric lights that replaced the far dimmer gas lights on Main Street. The lights will be even brighter this Friday with the opening of Downtown Market Days. Today's mystery photo quiz: Where was the photographer standing when he took the picture? Look for an answer in an upcoming Insider. Check out...
