The 2025 Plymouth Farmers Market is held 2:00-6:00 p.m. every Wednesday, June 18 through October 1 at the Parkers Lake Playfield, 15500 County Road 6, Plymouth, MN 55447.
Farmers Market Newsletters:
A weekly newsletter is emailed to subscribers to provide information and offer recipes or health benefits for ingredients available at the market. To receive or view weekly newsletters, visit plymouthmn.gov/farmersmarket
Paris Chansons is an exciting French band with an Eastern European gypsy twist! They perform original renditions of French favorites. For example, Charles Aznavour, Joe Dassin, Edith Piaf, Macias, Adamo, Dalida, all the way to contemporary artists like Zaz. Moreover, they punctuate their exhilarating performances are punctuated with gypsy jazz standards. Also, they revive classics in Russian, Italian, and other languages.
Save the date for the October Art Crawl in Historic Downtown St. Cloud. Experience the art of local artists while enjoying local shops and restaurants.
Most Minnesotans are unaware of the significant role our state played in the early development of U.S. Military Language Intelligence. Camp Savage (once located in the town of Savage, MN) and Fort Snelling secretly trained 6,000 Japanese linguists who accompanied troops in every combat theatre and engaged in every major battle launched against Japanese military forces during WWII. The vast majority of these soldiers were Americans of Japanese descent. The speaker’s father, Walter Tanaka, was in the first class that trained at Camp Savage in 1942. Join Dr.
With his unique voice, more unique song writing, and even more unique double necked “Guit-Steel” guitar, there has absolutely never been ANYONE like Junior Brown. He’s an American Original.
With roots in the church and a solid foundation of musical education, Joyann Parker found her authentic voice later in life. Then, she created her own blend of roots music that combines soul, R&B, gospel, jazz, and traditional blues styles. For the past decade, Parker has been a steadily rising star on the Midwest music scene. Now, she brings her full range of talent as an accomplished singer, pianist, guitarist and songwriter to worldwide stages.
Vocalist ganavya’s latest recording, 2024’s Daughter of a Temple, came out of what she describes as “a gathering in and for devotion”. She drew on studies of the musico- philosophies of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda. Furthermore, she’d even promised herself she’d invite anyone who brought up Turiyasangitananda’s name around her. “You really shouldn’t do that,” she chuckles. “It turns out a lot of people talk about her!””
Elvin Bishop has been performing his rollicking brand of electrified front porch blues for over sixty years. (His first professional gig was as guitarist for Junior Wells’ band in 1962.) Moreover, he is as vital and creative an artist today as he was when he first hit the national scene. He did this in 1965 with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. He is still as slyly good-humored and instantly crowd-pleasing as when he effortlessly created solo hits during the 1970s.
A man like Dave Mason never leaves touring. Yet, at 78, there are no guarantees…so now is the moment to experience a legend! Don’t miss your chance to see this iconic artist live and may these 2025 performances become treasured memories that last a lifetime.
The Blind Boys of Alabama enjoy worldwide recognition as living legends of gospel music. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and The Recording Academy/Grammys have celebrated them with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Also, they earned induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Further, they won six Grammy Awards. Thus, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over seventy years.
