Ferry
Building Marketplace Harvest Festival Set for October 23- 26
Famed Ferry Building the Spot for
Food•Wine•Sheep Shearing•Pumpkin Carving•Apple Pressing•Wool
Spinning• Wheat Threshing• Bee Keeping•Live Music•Cooking
Demonstrations•Gift Baskets•Children’s Halloween Costume
Parade •Trick-or-Treating
The Ferry Building Marketplace
is steadily adding new shops, lending momentum to what has quickly
become one of San Francisco’s favorite destinations for food
shopping, eating and socializing .
Just announced: from October 23-26
the first of a series of seasonal public festivals . First up: the
Harvest Festival.
Thursday, October 23, 5-8pm Wine
Tasting
The Marketplace joins with CUESA
(Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture) to host a
Wine Tasting featuring organic wines, Capt’ Mike Smoked Salmon,
Andante Cheese and Della Fattoria Bread. Over 21 only.
Friday, October 24, 11:30am-1:30pm
Harvest Lunch
Marketplace’s restaurants MarketBar,
Hog Island Oyster Bar, Slanted Door, and Taylor’s
Refresher serve casual food at long tables in front of the
building. This is an opportunity to sample fare from marketplace
restaurants which are open or about to open.
Saturday, October 25, 8am-2pm
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market Harvest Day
Sheep Shearing, Pumpkin Carving,
Apple Pressing, Butter Churning, Spinning Wool, Threshing Wheat,
Live Music, Cooking demonstrations.
Sunday, October 26, 11;00am-2pm
Treats For All Ages
Specially for Children 10 in
Halloween Costumes:
11:30 Complimentary Goblin’s
lunch (grilled cheese and almond butter & jam sandwiches, cider,
apples)
12:00 Parade of children in
costume through the building, led by a fiddler ,with trick or
treating at selected shops
12:30Awards for Best Costumes
1:00 Cookie Decorating
For Everyone:
Pumpking Carving, Wool Spinning,
Beekeeper • Plant in Fall Not Spring lecture, Fall Plant
seed planting for kids, Sunday Plant Market, Special Tastings from
Marketplace shops, Live Music
Drawing For Gift Baskets 2:00
Sunday, October 26
Gift Baskets created by merchants
in the Marketplace will be given away at a drawing to be held at
2:00pm, Sunday, Oct. 26.
The Ferry Building is located at the foot of
Market Street on the Embarcadero