Free Outdoor Art Market in Sopchoppy Saturday June 4th June 4, 2011

Update on the Free Outdoor Art Market & Day Of Music
in Sopchoppy Saturday June 4th

“COME JOIN US FOR A FREE DAY OF FUN”

Salli Squitieri and Gabriel Butterfield proprietors of Sopchoppy's award winning Eclectic Music & Art Forum ~~”The Frog and The Hummingbird Co & Butterfield's Roadhouse” are hosting yet another one of their free community affairs and are pleased to announce that this event is growing and evolving every day.

The First Free Outdoor Sopchoppy Art Market is scheduled for Saturday June 4th from 10 am to 5 PM and will repeat the first Saturday of each month outside of The Frog and The Hummingbird Co & Butterfield's Roadhouse along Municipal Ave and Rose St. The next ones will be on July 2nd and then August 6th.

Salli and Gabriel will be offering a 10% discount on same day purchases at their store as their way of saying thank you for visiting and they will also be doing free door prize drawings and offering complimentary Iced Tea and cookies to visitors.

The event will include free live music and tips are encouraged for performers.

Musicians lined up to date are Gabriel Butterfield, Bodega Bob and Sugar Harris of Cheap and Easy, Andy “Sax Man” Moorer, Deb “Sweetgroove” Berlinger (of the Mayhaws and the Charles Atkins Band), Jim Crozier, Ken “The Muffin Man”, Matt Kornegay, Mike {“Salty”) Lanigan of Swinging Harpoon Band, RKR Fusion, John Kepler, Brad Foutch Band, Tommy Owen, Jimi McKenzie Susan & Snori Solburg, Cody Solburg & friends, Tupelo Railroad, Allie McKay (formally Allie & The Allie Cats, Dale Cook and more…

Acoustic music begins at 10 am and leads into assorted music ranging from Folk, Americana, Honky tonk, Blues, Funk, Fusion and a smokin’ finale Music jam.

Artists, Crafters, Authors and assorted vendors are invited to set up tables for free for this affair and reserve their free space with Salli Squitieri

Instead of a booth/table fee artists are requested to donate a small prize of any type for the free drawings and to assist with networking and spreading the word of this event.

Vendors to date for June 4th include: Lori Volano~ Sopchoppy River Art, Deb McCoy~Pet items, Penny Kerruish~ Pet Gifts & Creations, Debbie McReynolds~Painted signs, bird baths, bird houses and feeders, Barbara Donner~ Happy Dog Tails, Don Bishop~Forged Knives, Vicki Gypsylynn Dunlap Jewelry & frames done w/old pottery that was found on the Sopchoppy River, Carla Parris: Traditional Watercolor& collage & multimedia whimsical pieces, Kim Campbell with fused glass, Jim Bock & Joy Green~Whimsical Paintings mostly animals & mermaids w/some kitchen/food/wine type subject matter and Cathy Corredor with her line of Jewelry & Bags. Kim Campbell, Donna Letton & Debora Passetti With colorful and whimsical Paper Mache Sculptures of birds, Collage-type pictures/plaques with a beach theme emphasis, Ken Methvin with magnetic products, Toni Nystrom with jewelry Vicki Cole with Fabric & Quilted pieces and more….The Frog and the Hummingbird Co & Butterfield's Roadhouse will be representing Rick Swaine's Old English Garden Pots and a line of Mermaid products by Fineline Glass as well as Photographs by Nancy Conoly, Jess Gaboury and Misty Penley . And more to come…. The Tallahassee City paper will also have a table set up.

All Activities for this Free Outdoor Day of Music, Art and Fun will be held on Municipal Ave starting from the corner of Rose St.

“The Frog and The Hummingbird Co & Butterfield's Roadhouse” now in its third year is a venue that directly supports all art and is helping to support live music.


The concept of this small affair is to support the arts, create a networking opportunity, enhance local business, enhance awareness of our community and create a free event that folks can enjoy during these economically hard times.

These events are their way of making a small positive contribution to this rural community and to the region. Salli and Gabriel expressed that it is during these economic challenging times that the arts are often the first to suffer. Yet it is most often the musicians and artists who are among the first to step up and donate their work and services for an array of good causes.

They hope that everyone will come out and help support the evolution of this fun and free event and support the plethora of regional talent participating in this event.

They also encourage everyone to browse the many local businesses that Sopchoppy has to offer.

Don't forget to have a bite to eat at Backwoods Bistro, Sally's Restaurant or The Frog and The Hummingbird Co, and Backwoods Bistro is having their fabulous weekend dinner special. Or pack up a lunch and sit by the Sopchoppy River at the city park or by the Music area on Municipal Ave and the Sopchoppy IGA Grocery Store has all your picnic needs

Also, Please don't forget to bring a donation of one non-perishable food item for our local food bank and/or a pet need for CHAT or used eye glasses for the Lion's club. Donations can be dropped off at The Frog and The Hummingbird Co & Butterfield's Roadhouse at 118 Municipal Ave Corner of Rose St Sopchoppy FL

Items can conveniently be purchased at the Sopchoppy Grocery store and the Sopchoppy Hardware Store the same day of event and dropped off at the containers The Frog and The Hummingbird Co.

For More info & Interested Musicians and Vendors contact Salli Squitieri at frogandhummingbirdco@yahoo.com and/or 305-304-2226

Special Thanks to Bodega Bob, Mo Strickland of Sopchoppy Hardware, Backwoods Bistro, Sopchoppy IGA Grocery Store, Ciy of Sopchoppy, Vicki & Lester Dunlap, Grant Peeples, Andy “Sax Man” Moorer, Susan & Snori Solburg, Lori & Richard Volano, Jackie Lawhorn, Richard Harden, Amazing Mail Solutions, Auto Trim Designs and Signs, Winn Dixie, Walmarts, Costco, and all the many participating Musicians and Artists and more...

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