August Third Friday Market

When:

August 21, 2026

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Where:

Downtown Baldwin City

What:

August Third Friday Market brings back a community favorite activity!

Sponsored by Baldwin State Bank and Standard Grooming Supply

See List of Vendors

Along with street vendors, open storefronts, live music, and activities for all ages there will be a community water fight with the Baldwin City Fire Department. Water guns are welcome but water balloons are not.

OPEN STOREFRONTS
Art Market at Lumberyard Arts Center | 718 High Street
Baldwin City Made | 707 Eighth Street
Standard Grooming Supply | 616 High Street
This & That | 703 Eighth Street
Town Galleria | 715 Eighth Street

FOOD AND DRINK
Baldwin City Beer Company | 520 High Street
Concessions booth| 710 High Street (giant freezer pops and other sweets and snacks)
El Patron | 711 Eighth Street
Gambino's Pizzeria | 721 Eighth Street
Ice Cream House | Eighth and High Streets
The Bullpen | 811 Eighth Street
The Mad Greek food truck | near 8th and Grove Streets
Taco Via food truck | near Bullpen

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Dance with the Ottawa Promenaders on the maple leaf at 8th and High Streets. They will be teaching Square and Line Dancing.
6:00 pm
: Street Vendors and storefronts open
                Community water fight with the Baldwin City Fire Department in the street outside the fire station. Bring your own water gun. Water balloons are not allowed. This year they've added an inflatable fire hydrant sprinkler!
               Activities at booths:
                Baldwin City Creative Arts: Information about fall classes and bubbles
               Buck's Honey Bee Company: watch a hive of bees at work
                Douglas County Conservation District: a free, interactive soil activity
                Hornberger Farms: enter to win a children's book
                Lawrence Model Railroad Club: a train switching puzzle
                Santa Fe Trail Historical Society: make a corncob doll
6:00 pm: Lumberyard Arts Center
                Art Market
               Opening Art Gallery: Past. Present. Future. A Baker University Art Department Exhibition featuring historical works, alumni artists, current faculty and students, and new initiatives including the Art Therapy focus.
7:15 - 8:45 pm: Live music featuring The Lintners on the stage in Sullivan Square.
                         Sponsored by Standard Grooming Supply.
                          Settle in for a pleasant walk down musical memory lane. Their lineup presents popular songs across a variety of genres (including Celtic) and date as far back as the '30's and even older.

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