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Join us on September 22nd when Simeone Allocco takes to the stage at the Spencer Creek Growers Market. Simeone will perform on banjo together with his girlfriend who’ll be assisting with vocals.

This coming Saturday, September 15th, we’ll be featuring our Annual Locavore Hamburger Luncheon at the Spencer Creek Growers Market. We’ll be serving pasture raised beef burgers on buns made from organic, locally grown heirloom whole wheat flour, baked black beans with honey, roasted red potatoes from Let it Grow Farm, green salad from our local gardeners, apple and blueberry pies with whipped cream, all sweetened with honey rather than sugar. Genie’s special sauces (tahini, ginger carrot, basil, etc.) will also be available for folks that want to add extra pizazz to their burgers! Music will be performed by the Daniel Powell Quartet, an extraordinary group of musicians who have played together for the past several years in the Eugene area. Hope you can make it!!

Eric Nicholson, a well-known and accomplished folk musician from the Eugene area, will be performing at the Spencer Creek Growers’ Market on September 8th at 11:30. Eric is a folksinger/songwriter who likes to make his own arrangements of some of his favorites from the 60s and 70s as well as celtic and american folk traditionals on guitar, harmonicas, mountain dulcimer and clawhammer style banjo. Grab a healthy plate of delicious all-local lunch at Genie’s Open Source Kitchen, pull up a chair and enjoy the performance!

The Good Vibes Marimba Band, comprised of marimba players from several middle schools in Eugene, will gather at the Spencer Creek Growers Market on Saturday, September 1st, and perform a wide range of popular tunes. Be sure and stop by and fill your shopping bag with a plethora of fresh veggies, sourdough bread, muffins, scones, cookies and more!! Stay for lunch and enjoy a plate or bowl of barley and wild rice, beans and green salad fixings together with multiple homemade sauces wrapped up in a whole grain tortilla rolled out that morning using locally grown organic Red Fife flour! Don’t forget to peruse the numerous craft vendors planning to set up and sell that day. See the full list of who’s selling and what they’re bringing. See y’all there!

Join us on August 25th when fourteen recent graduates from Adams Elementary perform in the Adams School Marimba Band at the Spencer Creek Growers Market at 11:30. These performers will have just returned from the Marimba Summer Camp. Be sure and catch these talented marimbists while enjoying a deliciously satisfying lunch — and remember to take home some fresh produce while you’re at it!

Join us in welcoming Bob and Rene as they return on August 11th to the Spencer Creek Growers Market. They’ll be appearing together as Wandering Thyme around 11 a.m. and then again at 1 o’clock with their ensemble Late for Dinner, an accomplished local acoustic band performing Americana and folk tunes.

We’re excited to welcome back Buffalo Gals to perform on the first Saturday in August from 11:30 to 1 p.m.   Rachel Marcotte and Dr. Dianne Dugaw play and sing ballads, cowboy classics and lively dances from the roots of American music.

Join us for a day of Jazz at the Market when the Daniel Powell Quartet performs on July 28th. Daniel Powell has performed with the Metropolitan Saxophone Quartet in a number of venues in the Eugene area over the past several years.

Join us on Saturday, July 21st from 10 till 2 at the Spencer Creek Growers Market at the corner of McBeth Rd and Lorane Highway. Performing this Saturday will be The Sorrel Way Jam, a group of talented musicians who have been meeting weekly for an acoustic music jam and have performed locally for the past six years.

Also participating on Saturday will be 9 produce vendors, 5 craft vendors and 3 food artisans, including Genie’s Open Source Kitchen where you can try out a buffet-style, locally grown lunch featuring fresh picked greens, wild rice, barley and black beans — topped with your choice of any or all of 6 amazing sauces! Get in a bit of shopping, grab a plate of healthy scrumptious food from our outdoor locavore kitchen, say hi to the goat kids, pull up a chair and enjoy the music!

Join us on July 14th at 11:30 for a performance by guitarist singer/songwriter Per Marshall. Get in a bit of shopping, grab a bite to eat at our acclaimed outdoor kitchen, pull up a chair and enjoy the music!