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Events Calendar at Otis

May 8 – As our market begins on Mother's Day weekend, we will be staring the season out with plants for sale, courtesy of our local farms and greenhouses. If you're looking for a gift for Mother's Day what better place to get it than at the Otis Farmer's Market! Plant sales will be going strong throughout the month of May and into the rest of the season. Hope to see you there!

June 5 – On this day we will be welcoming all New Vendors to our market. We are very excited to welcome Snow Farm of Sandisfield, Around the Bend Creations of Tolland and Lyric Hill Farm of Granby, CT, all to our market. And, we are pleased to announce the return of our beloved Planted Feather Bakery! If you are interested in becoming a vendor for our market, please contact Jess Ripley at either email or phone.

June 12 – This weekend is the Town of Otis' Bicentennial. Come shop at the farmer's market while waiting for the festivities to begin! The parade will be starting at 1 pm with many of the local farms who are vendors at the market displaying their farm names on floats. Come be a part of the festivities!

June 19 – Our Crafter's Fair gives the local crafters of the area a chance to join our market for a day and sell their trade. So far we have crafters that will be selling their jewelry, handmade soy candles, handmade goat milk soap, and handmade bags. We will also have live entertainment from local musician Jeff Fowler. If you are interested, please contact Jess Ripley by either email or phone. We are welcoming all crafters for this day!

July 3rd~ Live music by Larry Southard, the owner of L&M Auto and his friend Ron on harmonica. Stop by and enjoy some good music!

July 10 ~ live music from local musician Jim Kaminski, also known as "Jimmy K."

July 17 ~ Go back to the 70's with a day of tie dying! Be sure to bring your own shirts. Dye and rubber bands will be provided. Already tie dyed shirts will be available for purchase. Also on this day we will be hosting a nature walk with Naturalist Hank Elliott.

July 24 ~ Farm Day! Get out your pitch forks and come to the market to see some real life farm animals and become educated on the workings of a farm. We may even have fiddle playing as well!

July 31st ~ Blueberry Festival Time! Come get your fresh, local blueberries, sold by local farms When Pigs Fly and Maple Corner. There will also be a cooking demo with lots to sample in the world of blueberries, including a beer and wine tasting, courtesy of L&M Auto. And we hope to have live music from local musicians Chris Collins and Dan Tribe. Come join us!

August 7 ~ We will be hosting a Poetry Slam / Open Mic during the market. To make it a bit easier to get up and talk in front of people, L&M Auto is having another beer tasting! Enjoy some samples before hitting the open mic.....as well as some Native Flute playing from local Torrington resident Bob Valliere. Bring your poems!

August 14 ~ Art Show! To raise money for our market, we will be holding an art show. The cost will be $5 per piece of art and you're in charge of displaying it..... To accompany our art show will be local musician Nathan Day, well known in the Farmer's Market circut!.

August 21 ~ Safety Day / Back to School. This is a day devoted to our youth. We will have fire fighters with a fire truck, EMT with an Ambulcance, and our local police who will be available to do finger printing books on our kids. CPH will also be there with an info table as well as free tick removers. And we will be joined by a Shriner's Clown (for the kid's entertainment and adults!) Sorry, no beer tasting this day!

August 28th ~ Our Summer Festival with a cooking demo by Sandra Snyder of When Pigs Fly Farm, working her magic on the grill. Come by and see what new recipes she's concocted!