Jun 09 Sunday
Join in the fun at the 2024 French Heritage Festival to celebrate the unique traditions, architecture and music of Ste. Genevieve’s French and Creole heritage in Missouri and the Mississippi River Valley. Experience the Opening Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, at the Church of Ste. Genevieve and activities in Lions Club Park and each of the historic tour homes, National Park sites and museums.
Explore the beauty of Ste. Genevieve's historic homes, gardens, and art centers, sample delicious food and live music in the National Historic Landmark District. Enjoy storytelling, dancing, street performers, re-enactor skill demonstrations and immerse yourself in the music, food, shopping and history of Missouri’s oldest town. Stay overnight for more live music on North Main Street Saturday night and join the guided Audubon’s Nature Walk at the levee wildlife refuge early Sunday morning. Then take a trolley on a driving tour of the Creole Corridor.
Other than some of the historic sites’ admission fees, the activities throughout the Ste. Genevieve French Heritage Festival are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve and the City of Ste. Genevieve. Learn more at VisitSteGen.com and HistoricSteGen.org
Jun 15 Saturday
The Cape Riverfront Market opening day will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2024, and will run every Saturday morning between May and October from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Cape Riverfront Market occupies the lot at 35 S. Spanish Street in Downtown Cape Girardeau. Patrons of the farmers’ market can expect to find a wide variety of vendors selling hot breakfast and lunch foods, farm-fresh produce, meats and cheeses, baked goods, jams, honey, flowers and plants, arts and crafts, and natural wellness products, all of which are locally grown, homemade, and handmade.
Returning this year, the Old Town Cape will host monthly themed market days starting on May 4 with a collaboration with the Muddy River Marathon at the Casino Parking lot (777 Main Street). All vendors will attend the first market so this is a great opportunity to see what you can expect all year long! Other event days include: Marketeers Day, OTC Birthday Party, Youth Entrepreneurship Day, Harvest Festival, and Oktoberfest. The Cape Riverfront Market will also continue with our weekly musical guest series kicking off on May 4.
Due to the increased interest in market, vendors we will be closing the section of Spanish Street every Saturday to allow for more vendors at the market. We will have many additional vendors! There will be a portion of the street dedicated to Grass Roots BMW Motorcycles on the end of Spanish St. closest to Merriwether St.
Jun 22 Saturday
Jun 24 Monday
The Voices of the Ozarks project, which started in Fredericktown pre-COVID, will be renewed and expanded with a focus on family recipes and intergenerational dialogues in 2024!
The goal is to record approximately two (2) interviews per month (one in the Fredericktown library and one in the Ironton library) from April through December of 2024. These short audio recordings will be posted online with photos of the participants, the recipe, and a sample (when possible) to celebrate the past and present of Ozark cuisine. This program is designed to be a recorded dialogue between our older and younger generations, but participants are not required to bring someone with them.
Visit ozarkregional.org or call (573) 546-2615 for more information.
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