Norfolk artists, authors and organizations will gather on Station Place the afternoon of Sunday, August 3, to show off and sell their creations, do fundraisers and offer information about their missions. Sidewalk Sunday is a new feature of Weekend in Norfolk (WIN), designed to let participants introduce their wares and their passions to a wider audience.
Tents will go up along the sidewalk on either side of the street, forming an open-air market. The road will be closed to vehicles from the Berkshire Country Store to the post office, from 12:45 until 5:00 p.m., when the market ends.
The WIN committee tested the concept last summer and decided to make it a full-fledged feature this year, sending email invitations for free spaces to every Norfolk artist, artisan, author, food producer and organization it could find. “We are still getting replies from people who want to jump in,” said committee chair Sue Frisch, “and we are happy to have them.” The email address to use for requesting space is win@earthlink.net, she said.
A succession of musicians on Robertson Plaza—Elias Neuman-Donihue, Julia Autumn Ford and Mike Cobb and his band—will make the proceedings even more lively, and everyone is invited to come sing along, dance, eat or just plain listen while they shop.
To view all three days of Weekend in Norfolk activities, visit https://weekendinnorfolk.org.