Hobbit Day at Joplin Empire Market!
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
Hobbits love food. Hobbits love gardening. So it just makes sense that the Empire Market would be a perfect place for hobbits!
Join us* once again this September 19, as the Empire Market celebrates Hobbit Day, and the birthdays of Bilbo & Frodo!
Here’s some of what you can expect:
Goats & Garden Giveaways
*Goats, goats, goats! (nothing to do with Hobbits, but we love goats)
*Fall seeds for planting (no Mallorn seeds, unfortunately)
*Kids activities, including tiny pot painting
*Photo Booths! Get a pic in a Hobbit house of your own!
*Lord of the Rings-themed story quote walk
*Riddles in the Dark Scavenger Hunt
*Come in costume and put your name in the Runaway Barrel to win a prize
*Live music from Tom Davis (Bombadil?) and Bill “The Pony” Braun
We encourage you to dress up in your best Tolkien (or other fantasy) clothes (as if you’re attending an eleventy-first birthday party) and be ready for some fun, merriment, and perhaps even hijinks!
*Sackville-Bagginses STILL VERY VERY MUCH not invited. Thank you. Harrumph
10a-2p
Free admittance, but we hope you patronize our precious vendors