The Orange Community Farmers’ Market will have its opening day on Thursday, June 27 under the pavilion at the Orange Fairgrounds at High Plains Community Center.
There will be many full-time and part-time vendors selling their farm-grown products including vegetables, fruit, meats, baked goods, honey, pasta, soaps and crafts. Farms from the local area will be present, including Grassy Hill, Laurel Glen, Oronoque and Shamrock. Other vendors include Durante’s Pasta, Lizzie’s Corner, Mill Pond Essentials, New Haven Teas, Sugaree Acre, and Sweet Seidner’s. Food trucks include Cousins Main Lobster, Dad’s Desserts, Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale, Tipsy Cones and Zuppardi’s Pizza.
Guest vendors are scheduled throughout the season. Paparazzi Jewelry and Harper Keehn Knife Sharpening will be attending the June 27 opening. Bring your knives or tools that need sharpening.
Five bands are scheduled throughout the summer to perform under the gazebo beginning at 6 p.m. Boogie Chillun will kick off the market on June 27. Other performances include Fools on the Hill on July 18, Al n Sal Duo on July 25, Bad Moon Risin’ on Aug. 8 and the Vybrations on Aug. 22. Instrumentalists will perform under the pavilion on dates when bands are not performing.
The market runs on from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays until Sept. 26. There will be no market July 4, Aug. 1 or Sept. 12. High Plains Community Center is located at 525 Orange Center Rd. in Orange.
Check the website at farmmarketorange.com for vendor and entertainment schedules. For additional information call 203-891-1045.