Foodie night market in Downtown aiming to create more evening foot traffic

[thelakelander]

Nice!

One Downtown Jacksonville advocate is hoping a food-focused evening market can bring more nighttime foot traffic to the urban core.

Mike Field, whose day job is senior analyst with JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jacksonville, said the inaugural Jaxsons Night Market will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 17 in the parking lot adjacent to Burrito Gallery at the corner of Main and Adams streets. The event is to be held every third Thursday of the month.

The event will feature about 25 vendors and be "heavily food focused," Field said. Field is a co-founder of Jax Truckies, which promotes the city's food truck scene via social media.

full article: http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/04/10/foodie-night-market-in-downtown-jacksonville.html

for more information: https://www.facebook.com/JaxsonsNightMarket

[tufsu1]

what's a foodie market?

[thelakelander]

Here's an example of a night market in Philadelphia:

Night Market Philadelphia is the city's premier street food festival, a roving food event spotlighting Philly's best ethnic and regional restaurants and food trucks. Inspired by Asia's lively outdoor markets, our events celebrate up-and-coming neighborhoods and showcase Philadelphia's diverse food and drinks and vibrant arts and culture scene.

The first Night Market took place in East Passyunk in 2010. Since its debut, The Food Trust has hosted twelve Night Markets, attracting over 200,000 attendees and more than 300 food vendors to neighborhoods across the city, including University City, Northern Liberties, West Oak Lane, Washington Avenue, Mt. Airy, Fairmount, South Street, and Chinatown, and attracting local and national attention to Philadelphia's food scene.

http://thefoodtrust.org/night-market

[CityLife]

This is going to be sweet. I'd love to see it grow to the point of being able to shut down Adams between Ocean and Main and also take the party to the street.

[Tacachale]

Dag, everything cool happens when I've got class.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Nice idea.  Great job, Mike.

[CityLife]

I just realized there's a fairly good band (by Jax touring standards) playing at Freebird that night (Local Natives). Hopefully the 2 events don't cannibalize each other. I bought tickets for that show months ago and know of a few others going as well. I'm sure there are enough hipsters in town to spread the love.

Ohhh and its crap that a band like Local Natives is playing at Freebird and not downtown. Downtown needs a mid sized music venue in the worst way. Anyone ever wants help making it happen, hit me up.

[johnnyliar]

I just realized there's a fairly good band (by Jax touring standards) playing at Freebird that night (Local Natives). Hopefully the 2 events don't cannibalize each other. I bought tickets for that show months ago and know of a few others going as well. I'm sure there are enough hipsters in town to spread the love.

Ohhh and its crap that a band like Local Natives is playing at Freebird and not downtown. Downtown needs a mid sized music venue in the worst way. Anyone ever wants help making it happen, hit me up.

Someone is trying to do just that! By turning the old Snyder Memorial Church Building into a live music venue and recording studio/community hub.
I SERIOUSLY hope it gets funded for bands just like Local Natives!

[Wacca Pilatka]

Snyder would be a terrific location for that, that's for sure.

[NativeDigs]

After walking into Snyder last night, it is definitely an excellent candidate for a music venue in downtown. Spoke with one of the volunteers and she mentioned a $4mil price tag to structurally restore the building.

[Tacachale]

I just realized there's a fairly good band (by Jax touring standards) playing at Freebird that night (Local Natives). Hopefully the 2 events don't cannibalize each other. I bought tickets for that show months ago and know of a few others going as well. I'm sure there are enough hipsters in town to spread the love.

Ohhh and its crap that a band like Local Natives is playing at Freebird and not downtown. Downtown needs a mid sized music venue in the worst way. Anyone ever wants help making it happen, hit me up.

I've been saying that for 15 years. Something holding 500, 1000, 2000 people would change the music scene in a big way.

How big is Snyder?

[InnerCityPressure]

Underbelly is not a bad space for that.  They just don't book many good acts.

[Tacachale]

It's definitely awesome, but it's a lot smaller than the kind of venue we're talking about.

[ProjectMaximus]

I know it has its share of issues, but Florida Theatre is exactly that. just under 2000 capacity.

[Charles Hunter]

Was talking to one of the "Creators" of the Snyder project last night.  Is currently configured for about 300 seats, but they plan on more - she didn't say how many more, maybe up to 400 - 500?