To help our friends and neighbors, we will be collecting non-perishable food for the Acton Food Pantry.
Plastic bins for the food will be set outside the West Acton Villageworks doors during the Winter Market.
Please see what the pantry is most in need of: https://www.actonfoodpantry.org/food
Financial donations for the Acton Food Pantry can be made at any time: https://www.actonfoodpantry.org/funds
Enjoy plates made to order in our scratch kitchen, featuring locally sourced ingredients, and pair the flavors of each season with Rapscallion’s own hand-brewed beers or select wines and cocktails. Settle inside our historic farmhouse and enjoy a meal at our cozy bar, by one of our hearths, or al fresco on our patio.
VisitRapscallion.com
5 Strawberry Hill Road, Acton
978.429.8161
Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 11:30am–9:30pm
Friday-Saturday, 11:30am–10pm
Sunday, 11:30am-8pm
Consignments • Auctions • Home Furnishings, Art, Sterling, HiFi, Instruments
Tables to Teapots may be our name — but we are so much more! Now in our 25th year, our curated 7,000-square-foot showroom is filled with highly desirable consignment items from furniture, art, jewelry, antiques, home decor, and housewares to vintage electronics, vinyl records, and more. Our inventory changes daily so there are always new things to see.
www.TablesToTeapots.com
240 Arlington Street, West Acton
978.266.1115
Hours:
Tuesday–Friday, 12–5pm; Saturday,11am–5pm
The songs Ralph plays are drawn from several different traditions including folk, bluegrass, old-time, country and blues. As a solo performer and with bands he has played at many venues across New England including coffee houses, orchards, fairs tap rooms and farmer’s markets.
Jonah Knight is a magician. His magic performances bring surprise, fun, and wonder to enhance your event.
We play folk, classic rock and kids songs – and we have a box of musical toys for the kids to play along!
We are an offshoot of a large local jam group called “Bluegrass Therapy”, playing a variety of old and new(ish) songs in the bluegrass style.
Ergo Canto is a folk music duo composed of Paul Beck and Leslie Bryant. They perform a wide variety of original songs, covers, and traditional folk material. In addition to vocals, you may hear six- and twelve-string guitars, fiddle, flute, mandolin, harmonica, and more!
Runaway Truck Ramp is the duo of “Human Jukebox” Rick Cande (guitar, harmonica, percussion) and “Squeezebox Susy” Susanna Doyle (accordion, mandolin). Tunes you know, and originals that sound like you know them, with roots/Americana flavor and rock/pop/swing/blues spices.
Blending evocative Celtic folk with breezy American folk, Lindsay Straw delivers a broad mix of songs in a rich alto with complex guitar and Irish bouzouki accompaniment.
David Sibel, Mark Abare, Jon Seiff and Kurt Landfors are members of the local bluegrass community and have a delightful, fun repertoire!
Piano “professor” J. Kerenaith Munro (Jean’s steampunk alter ego) enlivens the market with with sunny ragtime, music-hall, and dance tunes from the turn of the last century and before.
The 94s are a Boston-based band led by the vocals of Nicole Cuff and the songwriting of James Cuff, with memorable songs and poetic, thought-provoking lyrics. They are artists and storytellers and have shared stages and compilations with artists such as The Ghost of Paul Revere, Aubrey Haddard, Beane, Dylan Dunlap, and Alisa Amador. Their two albums, Undiscovered Country and Somerland, single “Smooth Sailing” and brand new third album Mercy are now out on all platforms. You can check them out at the94s.com. Metronome Magazine calls Undiscovered Country “One of the best duo albums of the year.”
The Potato Shakers play an eclectic mix of acoustic rock, folks, and classic country favorites.
The Simones met through the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston and have been performing traditional and contemporary folk music together for nearly 30 years. Don’t be surprised if they toss in an occasional show tune or other unexpected number to shake things up!
Acton-based acoustic rock duo, featuring Alexis (a Massachusetts native) and Justin (from Santa Catarina, Brazil). They play the songs you know and love, spanning genres, decades, and cultures, mainly focusing on pop and rock hits from the ’60s to now.
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Our Winter Market will be held on November 24th in the West Acton Villageworks – stay tuned for details!
August 20 and September 24
Handmade CBD body care, MA hemp licensed producer and multi-award winner. All of our products are made with natural organic ingredients and are chemical free. Due to personal allergies all of our products are free from any peanuts, tree nuts, coconut, sesame and gluten.
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Welcome back to ABFM, at the Elm Street playground in West Acton, for our 15th season!
State Senator Jamie Eldridge will once again ring our opening bell promptly at 10am.
Please look at our beautiful website and sign up for our newsletter, both of which will include a weekly current vendor list. Check it out! Or dig a little deeper on the site to view our complete vendor, artisan, community table, and performer schedules.
We are excited to host a fantastic mix of returning vendors as well a bunch of newbies, bringing a wide variety of goods to the Elm Street playground for your shopping pleasure.
And something extra for our market goers! Each week before the market opens, Revolution Community Yoga will be offering free Yoga classes, on the field next to the market, at 9:30 each Sunday. Bring your mat!
June 18 and September 24
At Spellbound Candle Company, we are passionate about crafting high-quality candles that are both environmentally friendly and ethically sourced. Each candle is hand-poured using premium soy wax, ensuring a clean burn that is free from harmful toxins. Our scents are carefully curated to evoke the essence of magic and enchantment. We draw inspiration from nature, mythology, and the occult to create scents that are truly spellbinding. We invite you to explore our collection and discover the magic for yourself.
http://www.spellboundcandlecomp.com/
July 30 and September 3
Functional Stoneware pottery and Lampwork glass
July 16 and 23, October 1
Cynthia Dorsey is a trained painter with a BA in studio art from Wesleyan University who does plein air painting and works out of her studio in Boxborough MA. She uses mainly oils to capture New England landscape views on canvas. Small original oil paintings of local scenes, stone coasters with images of the painted scenes, as well as hand-crafted ornaments/sun catchers made from vintage and antique glass drawer pulls and glass beads will be available at the market. Later dates (7/23 and 10/1) will include hand-crocheted items such as hats, bags and whimsical animals crafted by Samantha Lukas of Stitches by Sammy.
Vocalist Maria Frattura shares her interpretations of sophisticated pop tunes accompanied by Keith Kirkpatrick on piano and vocal harmonies.
A vocalist who has played guitar and bass for more than 50 years, Bob enjoys a variety of music – pop, rock, country, folk. Bob plays locally with many Irish-American bands and hosts a monthly open mic in Billerica.
An acoustic, folk-rock band playing a wide range of music from “Oldies but Goodies” to Americana. From Hank Williams to John Denver and Bob Dylan to The Grateful Dead. Lots of music for kids — and they can play along with provided shakey eggs, maracas, tambourines, and bongos.
Pre-market yoga is canceled for June 23rd. Check back again next week!
winter market vendors
The following vendors are not able to be at market this week:
Please join us for a family story time hosted by the Acton Memorial Library on select Sundays. We’ll sing and dance, go on bear hunts, dive down to the bottom of the ocean, fly to the moon, and read the best books ever! All ages welcome. Please bring a picnic blanket. Children must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Event may be cancelled in cases of inclement weather. For other events at the library, please see our online calendar at ActonMemorialLibrary.org/calendar.
Our friends at Revolution Community Yoga are offering FREE Yoga classes outdoors each Sunday at 9:30–10am, next to the market, just before our opening bell. All are welcome! Classes are held each Sunday the market is open, weather permitting — check their website (yogaacton.com) to confirm. The classes take place in the grassy area near the tennis court. They recommend you bring your own yoga mat, a towel/blanket, water, and sunscreen (and anything else you need for yourself!).
Images, Voyages, Impressions, Prints (woodcuts & Linocuts), Photos, Cards, Books
September 28 and October 12
https://www.facebook.com/lecomtedominique
https://www.instagram.com/imagesvoyagesimpressions/
August 10 and September 14
Works from the Woods features handmade items created in the deep dark woods of central Massachusetts. Items include pottery, lampworked glass, slumped glass and other goods inspired by nature.
https://worksfromthewoods.store/
https://oldschoolclayandceramics.com/
https://www.facebook.com/oldschoolclay
#oldschoolclayandceramics
Brought up by a mother who was an accomplished painter, Lis Angus grew up watching her mom work. She ended up incorporating some of the techniques she learned into her art. As a physics teacher, she spent years on the topics of light and color.
June 22
We create tie dyed clothing as unique and special as the person who wears it.
www.rainbowkidstiedye.etsy.com
Jen Wood has been a knitter & crocheter for almost two decades. She recently discovered a passion for hand dyeing yarn when trying to find a use for an over abundance of marigolds from her garden. Using the colors that nature offers and ingredients that have been used for thousands of years to dye textiles, she began an adventure in dyeing that led her to create The Speakman Sisters natural hand dyed yarns.
Welcome back to ABFM, at the Elm Street playground in Acton, for our 14th season! State Senator Jamie Eldridge will once again ring our opening bell promptly at 10am.
Join us for our final year at the Elm Street location as next year, we’ll happily be relocating to the heart of West Acton Village at Gardner Field.
We’re excited to offer a spanking new website and newsletter, both of which will include a weekly current vendor list. Check it out! Or dig a little deeper on the site to view our full season vendor, artisan, community table, and performer schedules. We are excited to host a fantastic mix of returning vendors as well a bunch of newbies, bringing a wide variety of goods to the Elm Street playground for your shopping pleasure.
And something new for our market goers! Each week before the market opens, Revolution Community Yoga will be offering free Yoga classes, on the field next to the market, at 9:30 each Sunday. Bring your mat!
6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9 & 7/16
Rob’s Gardens is an expanded family hobby, growing a great variety of hard to find perennials. Many of our plants are native to the Northeast. We have plants for both sun and shade gardens. Our perennials are grown in our nursery, therefore hardy to this area.
Create a new garden space or find something new for your established one!
ROB’S GARDENS
Littleton, MA
508.254.6329
robsgardenslittleton@gmail.com
6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 9/1, 9/15, 9/29, 10/13 & 11/24
Hapi African Gourmet makes it easy to enjoy African inspired meals made locally with minimal preparation. We offer authentic, plant-based, nutritious, and flavorful sauces, frozen meals, and seasonings. Our products help you travel to West Africa from the comfort of your kitchen table or anywhere you can enjoy food.
196 Quincy Street
Boston, MA 02121
857-256-0442
hapi@hapiafricangourmet.com
https://www.instagram.com/hapiafricangourmet/
at market every week
Plus 11/23 Winter Market
Svenfish is your local fish market, and we also offer delivery and subscription services. Shop in store or online from our huge selection of fresh fish fillets – picked up daily from New Bedford, shellfish, and prepared foods. Svenfish is a local, family run business operating since 2016. Catch you soon!!
25 Powder Mill Rd. Acton (866) 786-3774
www.svenfish.com
https://www.facebook.com/svenfishconcord
https://www.instagram.com/svenfish_/
6/15, 6/29, 7/13, 7/27, 8/10, 8/24, 9/7, 9/21 & 10/5
Plus 11/23 Winter Market
Aaronap Cellars is a microwinery melding tradition, art, & modern science to craft innovative and unique wines using Massachusetts-grown grapes from our own estate vineyard as well as select partner vineyards in MA and beyond. Come discover the unique tastes of cool-climate winemaking!
Westford, MA – 978-501-4495
info@aaronapcellars.com
www.aaronapcellars.com
https://www.instagram.com/aaronapcellars/
at market every week
Plus 11/23 Winter Market
Ridge Hill Farm offers Massachusetts pasture raised beef, pork, chicken and eggs along with our handmade tallow products.
Winchendon, MA
www.ridgehillfarm.com
https://www.facebook.com/ridgehillfarm
https://www.instagram.com/ridgehillfarm_/
7/7, 8/4, 9/1 & 10/13
1634 Meadery is a small, artisan brewery making small scale batches of mead in a manner that helps capture the true honey, fruit and spice flavors and smells of local ingredients. Come to the market and sample some of the wonderful delights this special drink provides. You will see why this beverage has been around for thousands of years, and we hope it will inspire you to visit our tasting room in Ipswich.
3 Short Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
978-325-6215
www.1634meadery.com
https://www.instagram.com/1634meadery/
6/15, 6/29, 7/13, 7/27, 8/10, 8/24, 9/7, 9/21 & 10/5
Plus 11/23 Winter Market
Blisspoint Meadery is committed to helping adventurous drinkers find their beverage blisspoint. We craft high quality, gluten free honey meads in a diverse range of styles and flavors. Still or sparkling, dry or sweet, and everything in between. It’s not beer, It’s not wine. It’s Mead!
Find us at the farmers market, order online for contactless pickup in Bedford, or book a private tasting for a unique flavor experience to start your Blisspoint journey.
Bedford, MA – 617.466.9658
jeff@blisspointmeadery.com
blisspointmeadery.com
https://www.facebook.com/blisspointmeadery
https://www.instagram.com/blisspointmeadery/
At The Good Food Farm, we seek to partner with nature to produce the most nutrient dense, delicious food possible. We raise vegetables, broiler chickens on pasture, microgreens, and flowers. With a focus on soil health and carbon sequestration, we follow no/minimal till and regenerative practices.
We never use chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizer.
Ashby, MA
424.282.4190
andrew.johnson95@gmail.com
www.thegoodfood.farm
The Acton Boxborough Farmers Market is thrilled to announce that on opening day, June 19th, The Silver Unicorn Bookstore (a market partner) has joined with Direct Federal Credit Union to give away 150 books to our market patrons to help us honor Juneteenth.
This generous gift was facilitated through DFCU’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. “Direct Federal is proudly committed to ensuring there is diversity, equity, and inclusion in all areas of our business. We are focused on ensuring that each and every person with whom we interact feels honored, celebrated, and appreciated for who they are. This includes our members, employees, board members, vendors, visitors, and community partners.” (from the DFCU website)
Michael Ferreer and Daniel Nevarez of DFCU will join Silver Unicorn owner Paul Swydan to hand out the books to both children and adult market-goers.
Due to thunderstorms we are CANCELLING the market today, July 16! Stay safe, folks!
Kathryn is a member of the Beads Without End cooperative, three artists who have been encouraging, pushing and supporting each other since 1995. Kathryn’s beadwork is featured in Carol Wilcox Wells’ “The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving”, and Lark’s “500 Beaded Objects”.
Handmade greeting cards