Findlay Hosts Walleye Festival and Farmer Market
Photo by RR Best
Pictured are Lisa Jackson (left) and Bonnie Scott (right), who are both vendor’s at the farmer’s market. Jackson sells Young Living essential oils while Scott offers kitchen products by the company Wildtree.
•August 5, 2015•
By Nick Fiala
Reporting in Findlay
Walking into the 2015 Findlay Walleye Festival and Farmer’s Market last weekend was like walking into an old corner of Americana, mostly-forgotten and yet somehow still brimming with joy and life.
That’s an especially fitting description considering the circumstances surrounding this particular year, the 27th in the festival’s history and the fifth for the farmer’s market.
Located at the park across the street from the festival sight, the farmer’s market boasts corn, collard greens, lettuce, and herbs in its produce this year.
Activities include a very popular basketball tournament, with countless teams standing in packs to wait for their chance to play. Festival-goers and locals passed the time with an all-American cheeseburger or hot dog lunch at park benches. Younger families went to enjoy their Saturday morning with modern music blaring from speakers, while the walleye festival, which peaks at night, boasted a gospel band that played out a healthy old-time ambience.