Silly Fest 2010
The Park Silly Sunday Market is excited to celebrate and thank the Park Silly Community with it's 4th Annual Silly Fest, on Sept 26th from 10am-8pm. The Market is going all out to bring fun and entertainment to Park City's Historic Main Street. Expect performers, live music, unique vendors and a lot of silly energy! See ribbon aerialists dangling and dancing from the people bridge by Aerial Arts of Utah at Sugar Space, Stilt Walkers from Dreamland Sideshow and Brazilian Drummers from Samba Fogo. New this season, the market will feature a climbing wall presented by SPLORE & Rock On Climbing Walls and the Pure Spin Gravity Amusement Machine on 9th Street. Join the community drum circle presented by Lets All Drum at 12pm at 7th Street. Silly Fest would not be complete without fire spinning shows at 6:30pm and 7:30pm performed by the Incendiary Circus.
Over 8 bands will take to the silly stages throughout the day, including local favorites Swagger & Patwa on the Bonanza Park Main Stage and Matt Wink & the Legendary Porch Pounders on The Canyons Stage on 5th Street. In the evening Park Silly's Main Stage headliner WhiteWater Ramble; will bring "High-Octane Rocky Mountain Dancegrass" to the street, starting at 6pm. The Park Swilly Bar will be serving their famous Bloody Mary's and all of your other favorite Silly Cocktails until 8pm as well.
The 4th St Regis Chef Challenge will take place at 1pm in front of Main Stage, where Montage Deer Valley's Chef Matt Leonard will face Stein Erickson's Chef Zane Holmquist for the honor of winning Utah's biggest outdoor chef challenge.
This is the last chance until next summer for locals to enjoy their favorite street food treats including ribs, noodle bowls, tacos, and more. Food will be sold in the venue until 8pm.
With the winter holidays right around the corner, it's also a great opportunity for locals to buy locally made gifts for friends and family. With a wide range of arts, crafts, fashion, jewelry and more; there is something for everyone. Fresh fruit and vegetables are in season at the High Star Ranch farmers market on 5th Street.
Don't' forget to get to check out the fun free kids activities on Town Lift Plaza. Kids of all ages can get their face painted and take part in a wide range of fun and interactive activities.
The Park Silly Sunday Market would like to send a huge thank you to the Park City community, Historic Park City's Main Street, Park City Municipal, all of their sponsors, volunteers, friends and families, for their support of Park Silly Sunday Market this season. Park Silly Sunday Market is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization.
Park City's Historic Main Street Gets Silly From Top to Bottom
Park Silly Sunday Market Dedicates Kid's Activities ProgramPark City, UT - |
Park City's Historic Main Street welcomes back the Park Silly Sunday Market and will host the event each week beginning Sunday, June 13-September 26, 10am - 5pm. (With the exceptions of Saturday, July 3 to allow for the traditional 4th of July parade and on Sunday, August 8 for the Kimball Arts Festival.) The market organizers are excited to call Main Street home for the next many years after signing an extended service contract with the Park City Municipal to keep the event on Main Street.
Plentiful parking is available near the top of Main and in the China Bridge parking structure on Sweede Alley. Begin your day at the top of the street to visit the many small, locally owned stores who will host sidewalk sales and don rainbow windsocks to indicate "Silly Sunday Specials" in the restaurants and shops. The Park City Museum and galleries are open and the market hours have been extended to encourage patrons to enjoy the lovely evenings Park City offers.
The layout for the market is an indicator of the new dynamic relationship with Main Street. The entire street will be programmed with musical performances and entertainment throughout the day. Miner's Park will host morning classes such as yoga and Qigong. Just across the street is the new location for the 5th Street Farmers & Gourmet Market. Holistic Chef Jason Kieffer will offer a tour of the Farmers Market in the mornings prior to hosting the Chef Presentations on the Main Stage. A little further down the street in the pocket park dedicated to one of our fallen officers; Schreurs' Centennial Park will be transformed into Body~Mind~Peace Park and is the location to stop for an interesting health presentation, a quick massage, henna tattoo or tarot card reading. Cross Heber Avenue where you can safely hula hoop in the street if you wish and zig zag to see the variety of local vendor and artisan offerings. The food court and "Bloody Silly" beer garden, located at the bottom of the street, features a new bloody mary bar and the exciting addition of gourmet offerings from some Park City's finest restaurants.
On opening day, there will be a ceremony to dedicate the Kid's Activity Program to Park City's beloved councilman, Roger Harlan, who passed away unexpectedly in January of this year. "Roger had supported us from the very beginning, I still wear the shawl his daughter Lynn knit and sold at the market the first year." says Kimberly Kuehn, Co-founder of the market. "It was Roger's wish for us to keep the event on Main Street. He was our inspiration to bring it back. It means a lot to all of us, that together, with the support city and the Historic Main Street Business Alliance, we were able to make that wish come true." says Jewels Harrison, Executive Director and Co-Founder. When the group ran the new name by his wife, Marilyn, she laughed and said " His friends used to call him that and it certainly is silly!" The kid's program will take place on the Town Lift Plaza and will futhermore be known as " Roger Dodger Land" kid's activities.
Volunteer/Vendor, What's happening this week and 50/50/Free Park City Weekend Getaway Promotions visit www.ParkSillySundayMarket.com or call (435) 655-0994.
FAST FACTS of the Park Silly Sunday Market; much of this data has been extracted from the economic analysis study conducted in 2009 by Economic Planning & Systems, Inc. (EPS) of Berkeley, CA.:
PSSM takes place on Sundays beginning June 13 - September 26 from 10am - 5pm with the exceptions of Saturday, July 3 to allow for the traditional 4th of July parade and on Sunday, August 8 for the Kimball Arts Festival.
PSSM signed a 7 year contract (3 years with 2-2 year automatic renewals) with Park City Municipal Corporation to host the event on Park City's Historic Main Street.
PSSM has seen a monumental increases in attendance each year since inception: 30,000 in 2007; 60,000 in 2008; 90,000 visitors in 2009! We anticipate another 30% increase in attendance this season.
PSSM is one of few free events on Sunday in the entire state. Each week features different vendors, entertainment, music and activities for kids and adults.
Market demographics: 65% locals from Park City, the Wasatch Front and Wasatch Back.
Zero Waste goals have been surpassed: 2007 - 70% of waste was recycled; 2008 - 7.5 bags of trash to landfill; 2009 hosted 90,000 visitors and sent only 2 bags of trash to landfill.
Park Silly Sunday Market
The Park Silly Sunday Market is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create an eco-friendly open air market, street festival and commUnity forum to showcase all of the things that make Park City, Utah one of the finest places on our planet.
Park Silly Sunday Market takes place on Sundays, June 13 - September 26 from 10 am - 5pm on Park City's Historic Main Street.
www.ParkSillySundayMarket.com
(435) 655-0994
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