Your Guide: Stoughton Farmers Market

The Farmers Market will run every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Trackside Plaza (2 Canton Street) from June through October.

Vendors this week include:

Akin Bak Farm, Oakdale Farm, Fairmont Fruit Farm, Langwater Organic Farm, O'Briens Bakery, Foxboro Cheese Co., Giovanni's Italian Ice, Jordan Brothers Seafood, Next Step Living, Made with Love Jewelry, Puppy Luv Bakery, Marshfield Trading Post, Sheldonville Soapworks, Bernadette Johnson (Summer Hats and African jewelry), Simpson Springs
There will be a kids' tent, with farm and train toys.

Starting this week, there will also be a kids' story time at 10 a.m.

Entertainment will be provided by award-winning Singer/Songwriter Cliff Hillis (for more on Hillis, scroll down to the end of this post).

People can also take a self-guided Stoughton Train Walking Tour, which includes 15 locations in the downtown area that have model trains set up for children and families to enjoy.

There is no admission to the market, which is held rain or shine. Market goers are asked to keep their pets at home.

Any local artist or crafter with unique handmade products interested in having a booth at the Farmers Market, should contact Teresa Tapper at ttapper@stoughton-ma.gov.

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More about Entertainment Act Cliff Hillis from Pam Carr of the Stoughton Farmers Market Committee:

Cliff Hillis (www.cliffhillis.com) is an award-winning singer/songerwriter from PA with finely-honed pop/rock sensibility.

His original songs have been featured in TV shows and films. Hillis has also won national and regional songwriting / jingle awards and contests. In baseball terms, Hillis is a valued, multi-talented “utility” player: He plays guitar, bass and keyboards. He sings, he writes. And he’s an in-demand studio whiz who has recorded, produced or mixed many artists.
In addition to showcasing his original songs, Cliff also plays covers including Beatles, Kinks, Neil Young, Wilco, Fountains of Wayne.

We are thrilled to have him play for us at the market on this MA tour, on which he joins Rhett Miller (of Old 97s fame) at the Beachcomber in Wellfleet and Johnny D's in Somerville.

Stoughton's own pop star Mike Viola is a Cliff Hillis fan. - "Cliff is taking some chances while also delivering some solid pop production, the stuff you'd expect from a big fan of big pop. it's a blast to listen to." -Mike Viola (Candy Butchers) on Hillis' latest solo album "Dream Good" (the album’s title comes from one of its songs, but Hillis happily points out that “Dream Good” is also #20 on Woody Guthrie’s list of New Years Resolutions from 1943)

"There are some artists who you just know should rise up and become stars, and Cliff Hillis is one of them." - David Bash  for Entertainment Today, Los Angeles.