{"id":357597,"date":"2025-11-05T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357597\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:20:15","slug":"riverside-arts-market-voted-best-farmers-market-in-the-jacksonville-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357597\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverside Arts Market voted best farmers market in the Jacksonville area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Every Saturday, thousands of people gather under the Fuller Warren Bridge to experience all the amazing things the Riverside Arts Market (RAM) has to offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Featuring a variety of local small businesses \u2014 farmers, artists, bakers and food trucks \u2014 RAM has proven to be the best farmers market in the 904, and the community agrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News4JAX Insiders voted RAM as the best farmers market in the area in our 2025 JaxBest contest, beating fellow finalists:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Atlantic Beach Farmer\u2019s Market<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Beaver Street Farmers Market<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>St. Augustine Amphitheatre Farmers Market<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">All four were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/jax-best\/2025\/09\/22\/jaxbest-2025-who-has-the-best-farmers-market-in-the-jacksonville-area-vote-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/jax-best\/2025\/09\/22\/jaxbest-2025-who-has-the-best-farmers-market-in-the-jacksonville-area-vote-now\/\">nominated by our News4JAX Insiders,<\/a> who then picked their favorite from the Top 4 to crown the best farmers market in the 904.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">For many, Saturdays at RAM have become a weekly tradition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cEach Saturday at RAM is different than the next, and the best way to experience is to visit!\u201d its website says.<\/p>\n<p>Riverside Arts Market was filled to the brim on Saturday as small business owners from near and far came out to share their creations and works of art. (WJXT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">One of the main goals of this farmers market \u2014 and what makes it so special \u2014 is its commitment to promote locally-owned businesses and staying \u201cloyal to local.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">RAM is produced by Riverside Avondale Preservation, a nonprofit that has worked to preserve Riverside Avondale\u2019s historic fabric and unique character since 1974.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Riverside Arts Market is hosted on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riversideartsmarket.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/riversideartsmarket.org\/\">To learn more about RAM, visit their website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>A special thanks to our JAXBest sponsor, Farah &amp; Farah!<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/contests\/rules\/2025\/06\/20\/jaxbest-campaign-official-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/contests\/rules\/2025\/06\/20\/jaxbest-campaign-official-rules\/\"><b>Click here to read the official campaign rules.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Every Saturday, thousands of people gather under the Fuller Warren Bridge to experience all the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":357598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,718,3188,723,7310,12048,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-357597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jaxbest","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115497535179669490","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}