Old Port to Host Artisan Market with a 'Young and Funky' Side To It

By Laurie Schreiber, Mainebiz

Thirty artists and makers will be setting up their wares for the first Old Port Makers Market scheduled for Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a rain date of Aug. 31. A second market is slated for Oct. 18, with a rain date of Oct. 25. 

The open-air event, produced by a Portland business called Fête Market, will be held within a four-acre block bounded by Middle, Union, Fore and Exchange streets. The block has been dubbed Old Port Square by East Brown Cow, which owns a number of properties in the area.

“At East Brown Cow, we have been endeavoring for years to further activate this space so that it serves and reflects the local area,” said Jacob Soley, East Brown Cow’s director of development. “We could not have found a better collaborator than Fête Market.”

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Photo credit: Jess Webb Photography