The Weekday Market

in downtown Eugene

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10am - 4pm, in The Tango Center, at 194 West Broadway, Eugene, Oregon. (541) 349 - 8682.

Market Layout

Frequently Asked Questions


Hours
The Weekday Market hours are from 10. to 4:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

All vendors who would like to participate should be at the Tango Center (194 W Broadway) and ready to load in by 10:00 a.m. We would like all the vendors and their booths ready by the time the market doors open to the public, at 10:00 a.m.

Fees
The fee is $7.00 a day. We would like our vendors to remain at the market for the duration. If a vendor chooses to leave early the price is the same, and we ask that any vendors needing to depart before the end of the day let us know in the morning as a special space will be assigned in this case, so it won't interrupt the continuity of the market during business hours. No space assignments will be given after 10:00 a.m.

Payment
You can pay your market fees by cash, or check In addition, the Weekday Market will soon be providing merchant services, for vendors who are not able to take credit cards from their customers. The fee for this service will be 20% of the total sale. Vendors will be charge each time a card is run and and given the total of credit cards sales minus fees at the end of the day when they check out.


Space assignments, Reserved spaces & Booth dimensions
The first week, spaces will be assigned on a first-come first-serve basis. At the beginning of the second week we will institute a point system. Vendors with the most points will be given priority booth assignments. Reserved booth spaces will be given to vendors who agree to come and be a regular part of the market on at least two days every week. Vendors need to bring their own booths. Booth size has been determined by the standard in other local markets 8x8 and 4x4 feet.

Participation clarification
Vendors are not obligated to come every day of the week. It's up to the vendor to decide what days work best for them, whether this means coming once a week or once a month. We do however, encourage frequency in order to build points: the more a vendor participates the more points they will earn and space assignments and reserved spaces will be given first to majority point holders.

Loading in & out of the market & Parking
There are two places to load in and out, the front of the Tango Center and the south east corner of the alley behind The Tango Center. Remember to be organized, quick and courteous, so fellow vendors will be able to load in a timely manner as well. Please do not park in the alleys: there are two parking garages on Charnelton and Broadway. The cost is $3.75 for the entire day. There is also metered parking around us. Parking maps provided by the city will be given out with space assignments.

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The Weekday Market

A year-round, local indoor public market in downtown Eugene.
Market Manager: Rhonda Kalista

NO WEEKDAY MARKET UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE *
* We do plan to re-open in the future. Stay tuned.
The Tango Center is still open in the evenings

Last Market
Friday February 20, 2009
Menu
Ful Medama Ethiopian veggie combo plate, pastries.
Argentinian Empanadas
* Chicken
* Veggie Creamy Corn
* Vegan Italian Tempeh
* Beef
Soups of the day:
Chicken & Barley with vegetables and greens
* 5- Bean Chili ( vegan )
* Potato with Leek & Garlic

New Vendors
Hunters Meats
Selling fresh cheese
Chicken & Beef Fajitas
Mexican Chorizo
& fresh Sour Cream

*WiFi Cafe:
* Ethiopian Fair Trade Coffee & Espresso, locally roasted.
* Food made with local organic produce:
* and music with Buskers who sign up on an hourly basis.
* Tango dancers available. :-)

Vendors:
*PD Frasure
with her wonderful Slug Greeting Cards
*Parm's Farm
*Lee Evans Adaptive Art

The Tango Center Art Gallery
artist currently showing
*JoEllen Gregori Waldvogel
*Annie Frantzeskos
*Dana Whitney
*Lee Evans
*Cooper Otte

We're in The Tango Center building, 194 West Broadway, in downtown Eugene, which was built in 1929 as the daily farmer's market, a.k.a. The Eugene Producers' Public Market. Check out the Tango Center's website for community all-ages partner dancing opportunities nearly every evening.

The intention is to restore the building and its purpose, in addition to being a dance-hall in the evening. This will help to incubate small businesses downtown, for locally-driven economic and urban development.

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Vendors!

We're interested in any vendor, who either produces anything locally, or provides any service locally. Please write us a very brief proposal for a booth at The Weekday Market:



Events

Motivation

1) West Broadway revitalization: everyone agrees that not enough happens on West Broadway during the weekday. So, we address this deficit directly.

2) Local economic development: there's also no downtown gathering place for entrepreneurs: local proto-micro-enterprises, new sustainable businesses, and new social initiatives. We want to provide a meeting place, programmed activity, market space, and workshop space, all geared towards facilitating locally-driven economic activity. We call this part of the market "The Bootstrap Cafe".

Tentative Market space and themes

Local apparel & accessories
Farmers' Market
Secondary food products, local kitchen & garden goods
Local Appropriate Technology: "The Makers' Faire"

... other suggestions? We'll cluster people as they sign up.

Blog Posts

Greg Bryant

Mention in Eugene Weekly

Thanks to Eugene Weekly today for encouraging people to come to the Weekday Market:

We wrote about Eugene’s Weekday Market at the Tango Center as it was opening back in July, but the new indoor marketplace is not generating enough foot traffic to make it grow and thrive. Come on, people, get on down to 194 W. Broadway and do some serious browsing and shopping. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm… Continue

Posted by Greg Bryant on August 28, 2008 at 3:30pm

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Grand Opening August 18

The Weekday Market's Grand Opening has been moved to August 18th.

Posted by Greg Bryant on July 25, 2008 at 10:33am

Greg Bryant

KMTR TV-16 story -- video online

Video from Donnna Fox's story on The Weekday Market in The Tango Center is now online.

Posted by Greg Bryant on July 19, 2008 at 7:00pm

Greg Bryant

Weekday Market in Saturday Market Newsletter

The Grand opening on July 28th was announced in the July 19 Saturday Market Newsletter:

"Weekday Market seeking vendors: Sign up for the Grand Opening day of the indoor Weekday Market – Monday, July 28th. Mayor Kitty Piercy will cut the ribbon, the press will be there, along with music, performances, and other vendors. The Weekday Market is in The Tango Center at 194 West Broadway, Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm, in tContinue

Posted by Greg Bryant on July 19, 2008 at 6:30pm

Greg Bryant

Weekday Market on KMTR TV (NBC)

Story here

Reported by: Donna Fox

Weekday Farmer's Market

EUGENE (KMTR) - All over town, local farmer's markets - are basking in the glow of bustling crowds and healthy sales - now Lane County can look forward to another market joining the fray - the Downtown Weekday Market.

The Tango Center's ambitious effort is spearheaded by Executive director, Greg Bryant. He wants the center
Continue

Posted by Greg Bryant on July 16, 2008 at 1:20pm

Greg Bryant

Weekday Market in Eugene Weekly

Eugene Weekly, July 10, 2008
Volume XXVII, Number 28, page 11

MARKET INSIDE TANGO CENTER

A new initiative has been launched inside the Tango Center at 194 W. Broadway. It’s called The Weekday Market, and Tango Center director Greg Bryant describes it as “an 8,000 sq. ft. vendor market, service market, café, performance space, teaching/ workshop space, workspace-showcase space and local micro-entrepreneur networking space.”

The market will operate from 9 am to 5 pm Monday… Continue

Posted by Greg Bryant on July 10, 2008 at 1:30pm

Greg Bryant

Weekday Market in Register-Guard

The first mention of The Weekly Market in our local daily, was Friday, June 27, 2008:

Right next door to the glass show, at the Tango Center at 194 W. Broadway, executive director Greg Bryant is still busy encouraging local vendors and artisans to take part in something he’s calling the Weekday Market. It’s expected to open Monday or Tuesday and run through Friday, Br
Continue

Posted by Greg Bryant on June 29, 2008 at 1:05pm

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Vendors: the value proposition

The Weekday Market
Monday through Friday, 9am - 5pm.

How much?

Daily, $7 + 7%.

What do we offer the public?

1. The Bootstrap Cafe -- food and drink.
2. Theme days and clusters of vendors
3. Instruction: classes and workshops by vendors
4. A practice dance floor
5. Short dance, theatre or music performances every hour
6. The downtown exchange: project announcements at noon
7. Ambient live music
8. Bulletin boards for all the interest groups that have meetings in the cafe.

WhContinue

Posted by Greg Bryant on June 17, 2008 at 8:00pm

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Announcement

From the Market Corner section of the Saturday Market newsletter:

A new indoor market for local products and services is opening, during the weekdays on West Broadway.

It’s called The Weekday Market, at 194 West Broadway, Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm, in the same large space that hosts social dances in the evenings: The Tango Center. This building was built for Eugene’s daily market, back in 1929. They have room for approximately 25 booths each day, and will organize the days by themes, based
Continue

Posted by Greg Bryant on June 15, 2008 at 10:00pm

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