Farmers Market

Thursday Market by the Lake season ends tonight

Sep 14, 2022

The final Thursday night Lake City Market by the Lake of the 2022 season will take place tonight, Thursday, Sept. 15, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Ohuta Beach area. Shawn Ogden will play music at the Pavilion. The weekly market also features “food trucks, farmer and artist vendors, Power of...

Market by the Lake season begins June 14

May 21, 2020

Lake City Thursday Market by the Lake will open for the season Thursday, June 11. “Farmers Markets have been declared part of the food distribution system in Minnesota by Gov. Walz. Thus it is legal for us to operate during the COVID-19 shutdown,” the market said in a news release. “Taking...

Baldwin photo wins honorable  mention in farmer’s market contest

Oct 16, 2019

Manda Baldwin of Lake City was among the winners announced Oct. 8 in the Minnesota Farmer’s Market Association 2019 farmers’ market photo contest. Baldwin won an honorable mention for the above photo of Eva Gnotke taken at the Lake City Thursday Night Market. Hundreds of photos were entered in the...

Farmers markets in flux for a week

Jun 26, 2019

Thursday Night Market by the Lake will take place at its regular place and time tonight (Thursday, June 27) from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the marina beach parking lot in Lake City. Tim Kriese is the musical entertainment. Because Thursday, July 4, is the Fourth of July, next week’s market will take...

Sun shines on first market

Jun 19, 2019

The first Lake City Market by the Lake of the season was June 13. The markets continue Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with live music, food trucks, and a farmer’s market through Sept. 12. More information is available on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/marketbythelake/ and online at http://...

Market by the Lake hosts Amundson, then Cagley

Jul 6, 2017

Dennis “Solitaryman” Amundson is this tonight’s (Thursday) entertainer at the Lake City Market by the Lake. Amundson performs songs from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. More information at http://www.dennyamundson.com. Next week brings a performance by folk, country and celtic artist Bill Cagley (https://...

Thursday night market debuts shuttle program

Jun 22, 2017

One of the newest things about this year’s Lake City Market by the Lake isn’t what’s at the market, it’s how to get there. This year, for the first time, organizers are offering a free shuttle bus to and from the market. There are two routes. Pick-ups begin at 5:30 p.m. at the following stops: The...

'Power of Produce' kids club debuts at Market by the Lake

Jun 14, 2017

Lake City Market by the Lake is introducing a new free kids program: Power of Produce Club (POP Club) during the 2017 farmers market season. This program was created at the Oregon City, Ore., farmers market in 2011. Due to its success, it has spread to farmers markets all over the nation. The POP...

Wabasha farmers market expands into wholesale

Jan 18, 2017

The Wabasha Farmers Market has become a “food hub,” which is a low-cost aggregation and distribution site for local produce. Purchasing through the farmers market allows wholesale buyers like hospitals, schools and restaurants to place a single order and pay a single invoice. Selling wholesale...

Draves speaks to Rotary  about Market by the Lake

Dec 22, 2016

Susan Draves (right) of Lake City Market by the Lake was the guest speaker at the Lake City Rotary Club’s Dec. 19 meeting. The market, which runs Thursday nights in late summer in the marina beach parking lot, features music, entertainment and drawings for prizes in addition to farmers market...