Mercado on Fifth will be back Sept.30 – Oct. 28

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Mercado on Fifth is an outdoor evening market in the Floreciente neighborhood in Moline featuring food trucks, free live music and entertainment and vendor booths from a variety of local businesses and cultural offerings every Friday at 5PM.

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Mercado on Fifth kicked off on August 26 and has since brought a very nice neighborhood gathering kind of feeling to Friday nights right outside the Boys & Girls Teen Center on 12th street and 5th Avenue.

“It’s great to have a place where people can get together to enjoy a variety of food, music and just see what different businesses/people have to offer.” said Marina Varela a former long time resident of the Floreciente neighborhood.

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“Our community needed something positive to bring us together and what better way of doing it on a Friday night when we all could use a break from working all week. It would be nice to have more local Mexican bands and restaurants present.” Varela added.mercado-2

And that is precisely what is in the plans for Mercado on Fifth.

There will be no Mercado this Friday night due to another event at the B&G Club. But Mercado on Fifth will be back on SEPTEMBER 30th with a performance and salsa dancing class by Sunset Salsa Iowa City and more food vendors, including Flavor Train and Chocolate Manor.

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The last 5 dates to close the 2016 Mercado season will be filled with amazing performances, Jumping Houses and more vendors.

September 30 – Sunset Salsa Iowa City     Salsa Dancing Class

October 7 – Kids Day

Entertainment to be announced

October 14 –Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Music by Grupo Innstinto

And performances by the Glenview Mariachi Band and the Quad Cities Ballet Folklorico

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Also a Low Rider Car Show

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October 21 – Sarah Marie Dillard and her band are playing

October 28 – Day of the Dead at el Mercado

Come dressed in costume or get your face painted to celebrate Día de los Muertos at el Mercado

Mercado on Fifth has a very exciting program line up for the whole family to close the season.

Mercado on Fifth is every Friday evening at 5 PM at the corner of 12th Street and 5th Avenue in Moline’s Floreciente neighborhood. For more information visit their Facebook page Mercado on Fifth

Photos by Erika Macias

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