Art in the Park - Food & Music

Open from 11am - 3pm, the food court features good things to eat ranging from sandwiches and hamburgers to ethnic cuisine to frozen treats. Located in the Broadway/Ocean Street area of the park near Kids in the Park, the food court offers tables and chairs for you to enjoy your meal, or you can relax on the grass under a tree and listen to musicians.

The 2009 show vendors included: Breakwater Daybreak Rotary Club (hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage sandwiches, chips, soda), CVC Catering Group (pulled pork, wraps, chips, cookies, whoopie pies), India Palace (authentic India cuisine: somasa, pakora, chicken tikka masala, lamb & vegetable curries), Portland Shellfish (fresh Maine lobster rolls, fresh Maine crab rolls), Sarah’s Ice Cream Company (a wonderful variety of pre-packaged ice cream treats), Sweet-Tooth Catering (pastries and baked goods), Town & Country Federal Credit Union (Captain Eli’s soda; raising money for the Ending Hunger Campaign. Captain Eli’s will be serving free samples from 1-3 p.m.), Verbena eat right now (wraps, salads, muffins & cookies), and the Waterfront Market Association (ice cold sno-cones).

Wellness:

Also next to the Food Court, the Wellness Area will offer chair massage, reflexology, acupuncture, and home and body items. Vendors are SOMA and Healthy Body Fit Mind.

Music:

Jim Gallant Plays Guitar in the Afternoon
Jim Gallant’s uptempo guitar music sets the mood in the afternoon. Jim is a member of the Seacoast Guitar Society and was a featured artist in its first fingerstyle compilation CD. In a review of Jim’s CD “River Watch,” Good Times music magazine’s Ron Hart wrote that “Gallant ranks among some of the finest tunesmiths in the Northeast.” Ron Silverstein of 20th Century Guitar Magazine referred to Jim as “a gifted acoustic guitarist” whose “fretboard is both rhythmic and tuneful.” In 2003, New England Trekker declared Jim to be a “world class player.” Jim’s latest CD, “Living the Dream,” on the Outer Green label, is a collection of funny and heartfelt stories featuring some of the area's finest musicians. Most recently his song "The Don," about the 1941 boating tragedy off the coast of Maine, will be featured in an upcoming special on PBS.

Look for Jim in the gazebo between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. For more info or to contact Jim, click here to visit his website.