Even before I moved to Redding, Marketfest was one of my favorite summertime rituals. Despite the event’s reputation, in the last few years, as a hangout for rowdy emo teens and an assorted cast...
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I was recently in the downtown of a major American city on a major American holiday the day after the city’s biggest annual event. Thousands of people were walking around downtown on a warm,...
Plenty of people turned out for the first MarketFest of the season on Thursday in Redding’s Library Park. Here’s a sample of what the afternoon looked like, photographed by Alan Ernesto Phillips. For more on this...
Coinciding the arrival of warm weather, the free summer concert season is starting in Shasta and Siskiyou counties. The music started last night, June 8, as Mosquito Serenade opened its 30th season in Anderson...
What: MarketFest begins June 9 in downtown Redding
When: Thursday, June 9, 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Library Park, 1527 Yuba St, Redding
The Downtown Redding MarketFest begins its summer run of free community concerts starting this week …
One of the all-time great bands from one of the all-time great music towns (Austin, Texas) performs at 8 p.m. tonight at the Shasta District Fair in Anderson. The Fabulous Thunderbirds are known from...
What: The House Jacks opens MarketFest When: June 17, 5:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Where: Library Park The sensational singing group The House Jacks opens MarketFest on Thursday, June 17 in Library Park in...
With temperatures expected to hit the 90s this coming weekend, it’s finally starting to feel like summer. Bring it on! If you’ve lived in the Redding or Red Bluff areas for any length of...
It’s over now; one more year of MarketFest has come and gone. It seems just a moment ago that I was standing in the center of Library Park in downtown Redding for the first...
My summer ritual always includes a weekly dose of music, art, community booths, snow cones, food and beer at Redding’s summer staple – Marketfest – presented by Viva Downtown Redding. Marketfest may be our...
