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MISSISSIPPI AVE STREET FAIR!
SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009

10:00am – 9:00pm

All activities take place on Mississippi Avenue Street Fair (between N Fremont and N Skidmore)

View the event poster:


Fun Activities for all, all day:

10-7pm Local Market - featuring interesting arts & crafts vendors plus community service displays & food vendors
Tupello Alley Reusable Art Fair & Water Features
Kids Area - Boise Eliot Eliot Elementary features bouncy castles and kids games for all sizes at Beech
Bingo - lots of prizes
Sustainability Fair at the Mississippi Avenue Lofts (4138 N. Miss Ave)
Salted Ice Cream outside at The Meadow (3731 N. Mississippi Ave)
Rose wine tasting inside at The Meadow

12:00 Children's Parade - starts at Beech

Four stages - featuring a multi-cultural roster of entertainment

10am-9pm MAIN STAGE at Shaver (middle)
1pm Norman Sylvester
2pm Freak Mountain Ramblers
3pm The Dimes
4pm Linda Hornbuckle band
5pm
6pm The SEI Sounds of Soul Gospel Ensemble
6:40 Matt Sheehy Band
7:30 pm Weinland

11am-10pm SIDE LOT STAGE (Mississippi Station)
1pm Nathaniel Talbot
2pm Sneakin Out
3pm James Low
4pm
5pm Bridgetown Saints
6pm Swing Papillon

11am-7pm DANCE STAGE at Fremont (south end)
Celilo
Tezeta Band
Samba Sol
Taylor Newville
Sudden Anthem
The Beauty
Funk Plastic
Cloaked Characters and Mosely Wotta

11am-7pm ACOUSTIC STAGE at Skidmore (north end)

Businesses and eateries along Mississippi will be open on the street for patio dining & summertime refreshments:

Por Que No? Floating Margarita Garden
Mississippi Pizza & Pub Beer Tent
Amnesia Brewing Patio
Lorenzo's Patio
Mississippi Station Patio
Crow Bar Bar
Casa Naranja Patio
Pastaworks Wine Tasting Patio

11am–9pm CRAFT BEER TASTING - Local Organic Beer Tasting at Shaver (by the Main Stage)

Featuring:
Roots OG Brewing
Hopworks Urban Brewery
Lucky Labrador Brewing Company
Deschutes Brewery
McMenamins Breweries

Portland's most unique and diverse neighborhood...

Mississippi Ave Street Fair 2009 Sponsors

MAJOR SPONSORS
Trammell Crow  
Event Sponsors
UPS US Bank
Friends of Trees Alliance of Portland Neighborhood
Business Assns (APNBA)
Mississippi Commons
Supporters
MetroEast Community Portland Community Media
The Sentinel Willamette Week
Cloudburst Recycling Mississippi Studios
Columbia Distributing Legacy Emanuel Hospital
Mississippi Iron Works SEI
Mississippi Pizza & Pub Por Que No?
Albina Community Bank
Community Supporters
Bridgeport Brewing Company Roots Organic Brewing
Company
Lucky Labrador Brewery Hopworks Urban Brewery
Deschutes Brewing Co McMenamins Brewery
Urban Works ReBuilding Center of Our
United Villages
Grand Central Baking Mississippi Avenue Lofts
The Rebuilding Center/ReFind Furniture Falcon Art Community
McMenamins – Crystal Ballroom Altura Furniture
Neil Kelly Salty’s Dog & Cat Shop
Sunlan Lighting Evil Twin Tees
NE Coalition of Neighborhoods  

Directions

It's easy to get here by bike, MAX, bus or car!

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