Enjoy the arts at Findlay Market! August’s Community Nights are bringing creative and arts organizations to the Market. Whether you’re interested in music, film, theater, or another creative field, there’s something here for you. Meet and mingle with fellow creatives, try something new, and grab a drink at Jane’s!
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Carl's Deli!
Come see Elaina Arthur (duo) at Jane’s from 5 - 7 PM on Friday, August 15. Find more upcoming live performances here!
Come see Clark Jenkins at Race St. Station from 12 - 2 PM on Sunday, August 17. Find more upcoming live performances here!
Looking to develop an inventory system at your small business? Join our Inventory Management class on Thursday, August 21 from 6 - 7:30 PM! We are bringing in James Biro, Chief Supply Chain Officer for Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, to lead this class.
Waste management
Tracking the flow of assets
Determining par levels
Turning your inventory count into cash value
…and more!
James Biro holds a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration. He has led teams in operations, engineering, product launch, and supply chain management in both large corporations and small, privately held businesses. He thrives in complex startup and turnaround environments, and has driven success through engaging teams at every level of an organization. Currently, he is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for Sara Lee Frozen Bakery.
Tickets for this class are $20 each. This class will be held on the 4th floor of The Globe Building - 202 W. Elder Street, Floor 3, Cincinnati, OH, 45202.
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Mama Lo Hizo sampling their Watermelon Tajin!
Come see The AmpFibians at Jane’s from 5 - 7 PM on Friday, August 22. Find more upcoming live performances here!
As a manifestation of the patterns of care woven throughout Findlay Market’s history, we are making a community quilt and we want you to be part of it! Join us at Common Threads: A Community Quilt-Making Event, where you can make a quilt square that represents your relationship with Findlay Market. This event is entirely free thanks to a generous grant from ArtsWave, and all materials will be provided. All you need to bring is yourself and your creativity!
Create a quilt square with these prompts in mind:
How do you feel when you visit Findlay Market?
Illustrate your favorite Market memory.
Depict one of your favorite products.
After the event, we will send off the squares to be stitched together into a beautiful community quilt that we will hang in our future operations center to be enjoyed for decades to come.
Take care.
Come see Meaghan Richardson at Race St. Station from 12 - 2 PM on Sunday, August 24. Find more upcoming live performances here!
Enjoy the arts at Findlay Market! August’s Community Nights are bringing creative and arts organizations to the Market. Whether you’re interested in music, film, theater, or another creative field, there’s something here for you. Meet and mingle with fellow creatives, try something new, and grab a drink at Jane’s!
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Gibb's Cheese sampling their Charcuturie Cup!
Come see Melodk Eye at Race St. Station from 12 - 2 PM on Sunday, August 31. Find more upcoming live performances here!
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is The Empanada’s Box sampling their Buenos Aires Empanada
Art & Poetry is our annual FREE celebration of the creative arts. Spend the day making art with friends, watch live performances throughout the day, and sign up to participate in the Poetry Slam.
Cincinnati Hamilton Public Library: 2 PM - 5 PM
The Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library will be offering black-out poetry, where participants will be able to choose pages from old library books that would otherwise be recycled. Participants can black-out all the words on the page but the ones used to make a poem, adding designs and doodles as they please. Button-making will be available with a few pre-selected designs, as well as wooden bookmark decorating. All three activities are for all ages!
Creative Asian Society: 1 PM - 6 PM
"Poetry in Asian Calligraphy". Creative Asian Society artists will demonstrate Chinese poetry and haiku written in Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. Visitors are invited to copy artists' works or compose their own poems or haiku using calligraphy brushes.
Refresh Collective: 1 PM - 6 PM
Refresh Collective is thrilled to be a part of Findlay Market's Art and Poetry event! Refresh Collective exists to cultivate tomorrow's change-makers through self-expression and skill building rooted in hip-hop culture. Job training and music technology classes are just some of what we do! Stop by to learn more about our amazing programs, get some sweet merch, or even print your own tee!
Indigo Hippo 1 PM - 6 PM
Make your own take home poetry collage with Indigo Hippo, inspired by fridge magnet poetry! Choose words that inspire you (cut from upcycled magazines) to create your own poem, and glue them on a card to create your collage postcard.
Women Writing for (a) Change 1 PM - 8 PM
Join Women Writing for (a) Change for a creative adventure—where we’ll blend collage and words to build a one-of-a-kind community poem together!
The Poetry Slam will be held at Jane’s from 5 - 8 PM! All poets are welcome to apply!
There will be prizes for the winners, and the poems will be judged by Women Writing for (a) Change
1st Place $250
2nd Place $125
3rd Place $100
Come see Hutown Solo at Race St. Station from 12 - 2 PM on Sunday, September 7. Find more upcoming live performances here!
Our Community Nights in September are a celebration of learning, featuring community organizations that provide resources and opportunities to folks of all backgrounds and ages as they continue their learning journey. Community Nights are free, family-friendly events that we host every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at Jane’s. Come on down to Findlay Market, bring a friend, and learn something new with us!
Participating Organizations
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Kofinas Olive Oil & Vinegar sampling their Kababs!
Come see DJ Casper (solo) at Jane’s from 5:30 - 7:30 PM on Friday, September 12. Find more upcoming live performances here!
Come see Faye Williams at Race St. Station from 12 - 2 PM on Sunday, September 14 Find more upcoming live performances here!
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Artichoke sampling their Grilled Chicken Wings with Homemade Blue Cheese.
Sample the perfect new additions to your tailgate or watch parties at our Tailgate Favorites Tasting Tour. We'll take a full tour of Historic Findlay Market, stopping along the way to sample dishes and drinks from Merchants that will make the perfect refreshments for this season's tailgate parties.
Barlion’s Seafood & Poultry - Buffalo Chicken Dip
Eckerlin Meats - Housemade Sausage
Eli’s BBQ - your choice of pulled pork or pulled turkey
Juniper Seed- Who Dey Party Potatoes
The Rhined - Sample TBD
Tickets are $35 and include all samples, drinks, and treats received during the tour. There are only 12 tickets available for this tour - buy yours today!
Please note that payments are non-refundable and will be gratefully accepted as a donation to the Corporation for Findlay Market, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution directly supports vital food access and food entrepreneurship initiatives in our community.
Our Community Nights in September are a celebration of learning, featuring community organizations that provide resources and opportunities to folks of all backgrounds and ages as they continue their learning journey. Community Nights are free, family-friendly events that we host every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at Jane’s. Come on down to Findlay Market, bring a friend, and learn something new with us!
Participating Organizations
Are you an aspiring food entrepreneur, starting out, or looking to grow? Join our Food Business Foundations cohort on Thursdays from 6 - 8 PM starting on September 25! This 6-week course is specifically designed to help you establish the foundations of your food business, build community, and learn how to be the leader your business needs.
WEEK 1: Defining Your Purpose taught by Jamie Bierman, HR Elements
WEEK 2: Optimizing Operations taught by Jordon Kuhn, from Findlay Market’s Food Innovation Team
WEEK 3: Financial Fundamentals taught by Kyanna Garrett, Mo2v8
WEEK 4: Smart Marketing Strategies taught by Findlay Market’s Marketing Team
WEEK 5: Planning for Success taught by Caitlin Siegel Hartzler, Alloy Development
WEEK 6: Graduation & Roundtable Discussion
Insight into key food business management systems
Practical operational strategies
Financial management fundamentals
Please send questions to: findlaylearn@findlaymarket.org
Findlay Learn is a Findlay Market program dedicated to food business education for entrepreneurs. Our programming connects current and future food entrepreneurs with knowledge, support, and access to opportunities. Findlay Learn builds on Findlay Market’s principles of driving economic activity, social interaction, and an inclusive experience for all, by placing food entrepreneur needs, support, and access, at the core of our focus. We strive to empower and embrace the wealth of culture and diversity that is needed to advance and sustain a vibrant food ecosystem right here in the heart of our city.
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is The Empanada’s Box sampling their Buenos Aires Empanada!
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is The Gourmand Group!
It’s our final tasting event of the year and this time, it’s all about autumn! Fall Food Fest is a celebration of the harvest season. Our Merchants prepare dishes using seasonal ingredients for you to sample one by one. We are excited to celebrate all the spoils of Autumn at our annual Fall Food Fest on Sunday October 5 from 10 AM - 4 PM!
Always Canning - Jelly
Eliza Jane's Bakeshop- Caramel Apple Crunch Cake
Evolve Bakeshop - Pumpkin Cheesecake and/or Mini Apple Poptart
Honey Child Pops - Pumpkin Pie Vegan Pops
MaiRo & Co Dog Treat Bakery - Donuts and/or Classic Dog Treats
Makers Bakers Co. - Creamy Tomato Soup OR Liquid Apple Pie Drink OR Caramel Apple Pie
Mis Saboras - Encebollado (Fish Broth with Plantain Chips)
Pet Wants - 2 Pumpkin Shaped Housemade Cookies for Dogs
Queen Tequenos - Cachapas and/or Cheese Tequenos
Tasting event tickets are sold in bundles. One ticket = one sample.
8 for $20
18 for $40
Tickets will be available for pickup on the day of the event at the ticket tent. We will have a very limited amount of on-site ticket sales beginning at 10 AM. We strongly advise guests to pre-purchase tickets as the onsite tickets sell out quickly.
Refund Policy
Please note that payments are non-refundable and will be gratefully accepted as a donation to the Corporation for Findlay Market, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution directly supports vital food access and food entrepreneurship initiatives in our community.
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Sabor Alaniz sampling their Tamales!
Whether you’re seasoned in the art of salsa dancing, or curious to try it out, you’re invited to our Salsa Night at Jane’s on Saturday, October 12 from 5 - 8 PM!
Professional Latin Dance Instructor Diana Hoffman will be teaching free salsa lessons all evening to the tune of Joel Alleguezson’s live musical performance.
This event wouldn’t be possible without the support of The Arepa Place.
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Deeper Roots Coffee sampling their Mini Chocolate Croissant!
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Churchill's Fine Teas sampling their Hot Cincinnati Spice Green Tea!
This tasty program highlights a different vendor and their products each week. Customers can enjoy FREE samples and cooking demos at Elaine’s Kitchen located on the Race Street Esplanade from 12 - 1 PM.
This week’s featured merchant is Pet Wants sampling their House-Made Beef Jerky!
Trick or Treat at Findlay Market! Our Merchants dress up and pass out candy to any kiddo in costume. Findlay Market invites you to the best Trick-or-Treating in town. All families, school groups, and neighbors are welcome to join us from 4 - 6 PM on Halloween to trick-or-treat from our Market Merchants and partners. Kids will have the chance to get candy inside of the Market House and at our surrounding storefronts. All businesses passing out candy will be clearly marked so you know where to stop!
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Enter your dog in our annual dog costume contest! Owners are encouraged to dress up with their pup. Dogs will be scored by three judges based on things like cuteness, cleverness, and ability to keep their costume on. The top three dogs win prizes, and each pup will go home with a bag of treats from Pet Wants.
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Shop Small Saturday is a nation-wide movement to support local businesses in lieu of shopping from big box stores during the holidays. Findlay Market is a beautiful patchwork quilt of small, family-owned and -operated businesses that provides so much value to our community. Jumpstart your holiday shopping by supporting Small Businesses this Saturday!
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Our annual Holiday Market is the perfect opportunity to jumpstart your holiday shopping while still supporting local small businesses. We invite dozens of local artisans to sell their handmade goods at our Outdoor Market so you can gift shop while you grocery shop!
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Celebrate National Farmers Market Week with a tour of Findlay Market and the chance to meet some of our Farm Shed regulars. Beyond a full history tour, you'll be able to taste fresh samples from a a handful of businesses that set up at our weekend Farmers Market in the spring, summer, and fall.
Always Canning - Choice of 4oz Jelly
Backyard Orchard - Peaches or Apples
Lobensteins Farm - Cucumbers
Roth Produce - Plums
Scott Family Farms - Tomatoes
Tickets are $35 and include all samples, drinks, and treats received during the tour. There are only 12 tickets available for this tour - buy yours today!
