CourtDays Festival

Artisans demonstrate period crafts

Short dramas bring characters to life Period music provides entertainment throughout the day
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Saturday June 6, from 8:00am-2:00pm
Downtown Harrisonburg ~ Turner Pavilion

Court & Market Days Festival highlights Harrisonburg’s unique history and brings together the contemporary culture of our local farmers market and 1850s Harrisonburg recreated. On Saturday, June 6 from 8:00am-2:00pm, talk with local artisans selling their wares, enjoy a walking tour of historic Harrisonburg, and visit with old friends and neighbors as you mingle with the costumed characters from the 1850s. Enjoy a horse and carriage ride through downtown or take in a play right out of the pages of Harrisonburg’s first town council meeting.

Free music and dance entertainment along with children’s activities join the bounty of local farmers and crafters at the Downtown Harrisonburg Farmers Market located at the Turner Pavilion. The market offers a wide variety of locally-grown produce, including fresh fruits and vegetables from the farm. You'll find fresh herbs and spices, bedding plants and shrubs for landscaping, fresh flowers, and crafts. Keep an eye out for freshly-baked breads and cookies. The market also offers cheeses, honey, fruit pies, brown eggs, pastured chicken, beef, and lamb and much more!

Enjoy a festival-like atmosphere while you relive historic 1850s Harrisonburg.

Historic Arts

Local and regional artisans demonstrate historic arts known in contemporary society as the southern decorative arts. These unique and talented artisans create objects and goods used daily in the 1850s. Adding their signature artistry as well as adding to the beauty of common utilitarian objects creates the foundation for so many products used today. At Court & Market Days, traditional craftsman of the past and local guilds share the priceless artistry and skill of historic arts with the public. Enjoy a variety of artisans displaying their skills in textiles and spinning, pottery, oil painting, furniture making, wood turning, engraving and gun stocking.

 

 
5TH ANNUAL
COURT & MARKET DAYS FESTIVAL
JUNE 6, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

FREE EVENTS TURNER PAVILION
(Behind the Harrisonburg Municipal Building)

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Music
Arts & Crafts Vendors
Farmer's Market Vendors
Street Dramas
Play: "Dogs Days at Town Council"
Walking Tours
Artisan Demonstrators
Children's Activities

Horse and Carriage Rides Available
$4.00 Adults
$2.00 Children 7 & under

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Directions: From I-81, take Exit 245 (Port Republic Road). Turn right onto Main Street (Rt. 11) and travel north until the Municipal Building on the left. Watch for signs. Free parking is available in the Water Street parking deck and the municipal lot on Liberty Street.

 
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