UPDATE: Event Photos have been added to this article This weekend Kirkland will be hosting two very special Christmas fairs that you should know about because they are a great way to do some holiday shopping that will benefit more than one recipient. ...

  [gallery] The Kirkland Wednesday Market celebrated the end of the season with a "Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Fashion Show" which featured dogs of all shapes and sizes dressed up for Halloween. By popular demand, there was an encore appearance of the MaxMobile. The ...

Downtown Kirkland was hopping Wednesday as two events filled Park Lane with vendor booths, information, activities and live music as both the Green Festival and the Harvest Supper shared the street. The Kirkland Wednesday Market...

“Harvest Supper and Grape Choice Grape Stomp” Wednesday, September 17 from 2-8 PM This is your chance to support the farmers market, local farms and our community by joining us for a “farm style” supper prepared by top Kirkland chefs with our farmers....

This shiny green tractor was on display and ready for climbing, steering, turning switches, pulling knobs and other important imaginary work at the Kirkland Wednesday Market (map). The KWM is hosting new events each week like cooking demonstrations, guest chefs, lots of fun stuff for the kids.

Downtown Bellevue has a new Safeway in a mixed-use project and there are lessons for Kirkland Parkplace to learn from this first of its kind store on the Eastside. The "flagship lifestyle store" includes underground parking that stands out as superior to some...

Be sure to visit Juanita Beach this Friday night as the Friday Night Market at Juanita Beach opens for the first time this season. The market has approximately twenty vendors lined up to kick off the market's second season. 

An overcast day could not dim the smiles on faces everywhere yesterday on Park Lane East. Farmers and vendors were there to greet the throngs of shoppers, neighbors, browsers, strollers and dogs on the opening day of the Kirkland Wednesday Market. With new hours (2pm - 7pm) and some 60 booths of farmers and other vendors, the market looks to be off to a strong start to the 2008 season. The market's new colorful flags waved in the breeze as shoppers from around the Eastside descended into the downtown core. The new "green" orange bags were quite popular with shoppers (free with coupon, or two dollars at the KWM booth) as they shopped the market stalls.

What is the role of government? Should city government compete against the private sector? The year old Friday Night Market at Juanita Beach map is Kirkland's second farmer's market, joining the Kirkland Wednesday Market map in downtown. The Juanita market is establishing itself good neighbor and resident of Juanita community. Farmers markets in general are a wonderful source for local produce and act as a gathering place for the public. But one has to ask the question, why does the Kirkland Parks Department operate a farmers market? During a review of the City of Kirkland Services Matrix for the upcoming budget study session on May 7th, we ran across item PK-36, a discretionary expenditure $85,877 for "Special Events". The description includes the following:

The Kirkland Wednesday Market opens on May 7th and runs thru October. New hours at the market are 2 PM to 7 PM and this year there will be over 50 vendors. The Friday Night Market at Juanita opens from 3 PM to 7PM May 30th. It runs through October. Be sure ...