The Heathsville Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. August 17 at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern (RHHT), 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. An antique and classic car show will be featured from 9-11 a.m. Bingo for Quilts will follow at 1:30 p.m., organized by the Tavern Quilt Guild.
At the car show, the public will be invited to vote for their favorite car to receive a “People’s Choice Award,” said RHHT director Corinne Becker.
The market will offer fresh produce, meat, flowers, nursery plants, baked goods, eggs, canned goods, honey, roasted coffee and handcrafts, said Becker.
The Heritage Arts Center gift shop will be open. Shoppers will find artists in their studios with wares for sale. The Tavern Café will serve light luncheon fare and sweet treats, all made by the volunteers of the Tavern’s Culinary Group. Outside, a food concession stand will offer breakfast and lunch sandwiches.
Dating from the 1700s, the tavern is home to blacksmith, woodworker, quilter and spinner and weaver guilds.
Other shops, attractions and historical sites will be open to “Make It a Heathsville Saturday,” including the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church thrift store, Kathy’s Korner, Ye Olde Book Shoppe and the old Northumberland Jail. Pick up a Historic Heathsville Walking Map and wander past homes and buildings from every century since the 1700s.
All sites are on Northumberland Highway in Heathsville. Primis Bank is a major sponsor of this community initiative.
