The Brightside Market

08/28/2025

It's our last market this evening, 5 to 8pm! Hope you all come by to experience the absolutely great crafts, food, produce, beer, conversation, aura, and vibes that is the Brightside Market!

You can get all you need from our vendors this evening including

• Coal Creek Farm
• Mustache Leftovers
• Wilson & Sons Sauce and Spice Company
• Claire’s Cake Corner
• First Pick Farms
• Sparkle & Stitch Studio
• Designed by KanyaMarie
• The Potters Ltd.
• MJ's Hometown Honey
• Swing Soapery
• Brightside Aleworks
• Pho Wheels & Sushi
• Big Acai Bowls

And so much more!

There is Adult Coloring presented by the Altoona (IA) Public Library from 6:30 to 8:30pm tooooo!!

08/21/2025

Look at these popcorn clouds, look at that fountain behind the patio! The weather is perfect to come out this evening and support all sorts of local vendors including:

Food by:
Stickyfingers mobile food unit and Big Acai Bowls

Drinks by:
Lucky Wife Wine Slushies and Brightside Aleworks

Local vendors including:
Wilson & Sons Sauce and Spice Company
MJ's Hometown Honey
Sparkle & Stitch Studio
Lula Lather
Swing Soapery
First Pick Farms
Savage Sparkle
Century Way
Little Flour Mill & Bakeshop
Claire’s Cake Corner
Iowa Eats Well
Designed by KanyaMarie
Beauty in Your Story - Permanent Jewelry
Ember Roots Design

and so much more!

08/19/2025

Did you miss us? The market is back this Thursday from 5 to 8pm

This week has everything: wine slushies, cute soaps, produce, baked goods, acai, chicken tenders, gardening advice, more produce, pottery, award winning honey, more baked goods, craft beer, and so much more!!

Come stop out, meet your vendors, and

08/14/2025

Just a reminder the next market will be next Thursday, August 21st. See you all there!!

08/13/2025

No market tomorrow, August 14th.

Check out the state fair and support all the local vendors there! See you all August 21st!

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08/07/2025

The weather is looking mighty "fair" out there this evening! Stop by the market from 5pm to 8pm tonight and grab some food from:
• NesEmil Yum-Yum
• Let's Go Cookie Dough

Plus tons of from crafts and produce from places like
• Lula Lather
• Mustache Leftovers
• Little Flour Mill & Bakeshop
• Iowa Eats Well
• MJ's Hometown Honey
• Esther Unearthed
• Century Way
• Sparkle & Stitch Studio
• Swing Soapery
• Brightside Aleworks
• First Pick Farms
• Savage Sparkle
• DOE DOE'S

And many others! Come out and support local!!

07/31/2025

It's going to be a great evening to wander / mosey / meander your way to the market this evening 🤠😊 starting at 5pm, so many fun vendors including:

Mustache Leftovers
MJ's Hometown Honey
Sparkle & Stitch Studio
Lula Lather
Swing Soapery
First Pick Farms
Savage Sparkle
Iowa Family Gardens
Wilson & Sons Sauce
Designed by KanyaMarie
Claire’s Cake Corner
DOE DOE'S Cake & Crack Candy
Esther Unearthed
Coal Creek Farm
Kape Kai Street Food
Iowa Eats Well
Brightside Aleworks 🥰
and many more!

Plus food trucks Best Spudz and C'est la Crepe bringing the foods 🥔🥐

Come on through and

07/30/2025

It looks like fantastic weather tomorrow! Plus we have a couple new vendors to spotlight this week!!

• Wilson & Sons Sauce is bringing an eclectic mix of small batch flavors for any occasion
• C'est la Crepe is our dessert food truck bringing everything from the classic strawberry and banana crepe, to Nutella, jam, and even some savory crepes 😋

SO many more local craft vendors too! Be sure to stop by tomorrow from 5 to 8pm!

07/24/2025

We've got a great lineup for you this evening at the market! We especially want to highlight the fresh melons 🍈 from Otter Creek Produce and amazing bread 🍞 from Little Flour Mill & Bakeshop you can definitely meal prep just by strolling through the various vendors 😋😋

Other friends on the market list:
Kape Kai Street Food
Lula Lather
Beauty in Your Story
Century Way
Swing Soapery
Sparkle & Stitch Studio
MJ's Hometown Honey
First Pick Farms
Savage Sparkle
Dripping Dogs
Claire’s Cake Corner
Esther Unearthed
Iowa Eats Well

And many more!

Plus food trucks Liza’s Sushi & More and Sweet Swirls Rolled Ice Cream

Come through and

07/17/2025

The weather is absolutely gorgeous this evening so walk, bike, run, scoot, or even drive to get here and enjoy the lovely local craft scene! 5 to 8pm in the Brightside Aleworks parking lot!!

Tonight we have:
• Otter Creek 🌽🌽
• Iowa Family Gardens
• Lula Lather
• Mustache Leftovers
• Ember Roots Design
• Sparkle & Stitch Studio
• Lucky Wife Wine Slushies 🍷🍷
• Designed by KanyaMarie
• Claire’s Cake Corner
• MJ's Hometown Honey 🍯 🐝
• Savage Sparkle
• Little Flour Mill & Bakeshop 🍞
• Esther Unearthed
• Swing Soapery
• Mud Creek Workshop

Plus so much more and food by Pho Wheels & Sushi and Big Acai Bowls 🥣 😋

07/15/2025

We've got an absolutely stacked market for you this Thursday!
• Wine slushies are back 🍷
• More corn and produce 🌽
• So many baked goods 🥧
• Fun crafts 👒

Plus an exciting new vendor!

Esther Unearthed will be aura farming with tarot cards, crystals, and other super neat stuff 😊

Plus we have Pho Wheels & Sushi and Big Acai Bowls for your din-din

Watch for the full vendor list soon, but for now get hyped!

07/10/2025

Looks like the storms should hold off until later tonight, so come down and stock up to the market tonight starting at 5pm! This is the first week with sweet 🌽 plus a couple new bakeries too 🍞🥧

We have them all:
Iowa Food Cooperative
Harter Family Farm
Otter Creek Produce
S and S Acres
First Pick Farms
Sparkle & Stitch Studio
Swing Soapery
MJ's Hometown Honey
DOE DOE'S Cake & Candy
Century Way
Designed by KanyaMarie
Lula Lather
Brightside Aleworks
And a whole lot more
Featuring Dripping Dogs as a new 🌭 vendor

Food trucks: Mala’s Kitchen and Big Acai Bowls