09/01/2026
Thats all folks!!
What a season it was.
This year brought its share of challenges, from seemingly endless rain to extreme summer heat. Through it all, our vendors, partners, volunteers, entertainers, and community continued to remind us exactly why the Franklin Street Bazaar is so special.
We have so many people to thank.
First Federal Savings Bank our amazing sponsor. Your financial support and incredible volunteers help make the Bazaar possible. Without your continued commitment, we simply could not create the community event we are so proud of each year.
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library thank you for the generous use of your facilities and for providing our vendors and visitors with a wonderfully cool place to escape the heat during those especially hot Bazaar Saturdays.
Evansville Parks & Recreation thank you for helping us make the park such a beautiful and unique home for the Bazaar. There truly is no better setting for our market.
Our talented entertainers thank you for filling the Bazaar with incredible music and creating the soundtrack to our Saturday mornings.
Our wonderful yoga instructors thank you for bringing another kind of nourishment to the Bazaar and helping our community take care of both body and mind.
Urban Seeds thank you for operating our SNAP program and helping provide vital resources that improve food access and food security throughout our community.
Our incredible vendors thank you for your creativity, talent, craftsmanship, hard work, and attention to detail. Week after week, you showed our community exactly what supporting local looks like. The Franklin Street Bazaar would be nothing without the amazing variety of makers, growers, bakers, artists, food vendors, and small businesses who call it home.
And finally…
Thank YOU to our patrons!
Your enthusiasm, your energy, your dollars spent with local businesses, and your love for everything local are the reasons we exist. Every purchase, every conversation, every Saturday morning visit, and every friend you brought along helped support real people right here in our community.
We are incredibly grateful.
Although the Bazaar has closed for the season, please continue supporting the many wonderful local markets, events, makers, artists, farmers, food vendors, and small businesses throughout our area.
Thank you for an unforgettable 2026 season.
We can’t wait to welcome you back for Opening Day of the 2027 Franklin Street Bazaar on Saturday, May 29, 2027!
Until then shop local, eat local, support local, and love local.
Tom Leggett
Market Master
Franklin Street Bazaar
PS. If you are interested in being a vendor at the Franklin Street Bazaar an interest form will be available around the end of January!
