Moore Square in a 4-acre park in Downtown Raleigh, bounded by E. Hargett Street to the north, East Martin Street to the south, S. Blount Street to the west, and S. Person Street to the east.
It’s across Hargett Street from Marbles Kids Museum, so it will be a great way to extend the fun when you bring the kids to the museum, when it re-opens.
The park includes several gathering and performing spaces.
Moore Wellness Community Fitness Classes
Moore Square will be hosting several free fitness classes for the community. Here’s the schedule, according to the calendar, but make sure to check the calendar yourself to ensure that nothing has changed. You can also see descriptions of the classes there.
The recurring classes are scheduled through the end of the year.
- Mondays, 5:30 p.m.: Community Fitness Class with YMCA: HIIT: Interval Training
- Wednesdays, 5:15 p.m.: Community Fitness Class with Current Wellness: Tidal Intervals
- Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Community Fitness class with Midtown Yoga
- Saturdays 9 a.m.: Nova Retreats Yoga
- Saturday, November 7th, 10 a.m.: Community Fitness Class with Camp Gladiator
- Saturday, November 21st, 10 a.m.: Community Fitness Class with Camp Gladiator
You can find more free fitness classes in the community here.
Family Programming at Moore Square
Craft Corner
Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
Thursdays at 10 a.m.
Scheduled through November 24th, 2020
Enjoy a fun-filled hour of crafting. Projects include paper flowers, spin art, puppets and more.
Read Moore Storytime
Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Scheduled through November 24th, 2020
Join Moore Square staff every Tuesday at 10am in the Treehouse for Storytime in the Park. For this special series, we’ll read stories by our favorite authors. All ages welcome.
Moore Buskers
Starting September 14th, 2020, singers/songwriters will be performing at Moore Square every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s currently scheduled through December 3rd, 2020.
It’s free to enjoy.
Here’s the start of the schedule:
- 9/14 Tom Del Corro
- 9/16 The Boomers
- 9/18 Tom Del Corro
- 9/21 Mac McCord
- 9/23 Wayne Schindler
- 9/25 The Boomers
- 9/28 Mac McCord
- 9/30 Alice Osborn
Additional Events at Moore Square
Lunchtime Trivia
Thursdays at 12 p.m.
Scheduled through the end of the year, except for November 26th
Quench your mid-day thirst for knowledge with our bite sized trivia game designed to accommodate the lunch crowd! Grab a team of up to 6 and head to the Square for lunch and a chance to win fun prizes! Each week will feature 3 themed rounds of trivia and some extra surprises thrown in! All in just 30 minutes!
Holiday Bazaar at Moore Square — brought to you by Raleigh Night Market
Saturday, December 12th, 2020, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, December 13th, 2020, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Free
This 2-day holiday shopping event will take place at Moore Square with over 40 handmade artisans over the weekend to shop from. Live music photos ops and more for the entire family to enjoy.
December 12th vendors:
Nons Salts
Rock ‘n Roots Farm
Seen Souvenir
Hank E Panky Farm
SKP ink
Pet Wants East Raleigh
Earth and Iron Pottery
Amy Draws
Cultivated Life
Michael’s English Muffins
JOY Filled Foods
Peggy Roses Jellies, LLC
Cottage Lane Kitchen
San Giuseppe Salami Co.
Pierce Paints
Surly Squirrel (formerly Porch Fly Clothing)
Oxford Green Candle Co.
Gems By Jeanne Marie
Ornamentation Shoppe
Port and Starbird Creations
Dew Drop Chocolates LLC
Mama’s Salsa
Clewdoodle
Kettu Woodworks
Wind Blown Jewelry
December 13th vendors:
Usu Company Candles
Heart of Oaks
Lilly and Remains
EMDG Designs
ZenJumps Chainmaille
Milestone Bag Co.
The Oracle’s Haven
SuSueStudio
Made for You by Lindsey Lou
WILD Organic
Rising Smoke Sauceworks
Aire Libre Designs
Honeygirl Meadery
Just Janina Creates
Tastin’ Jamaican Caribbean Style Salsa
olivesky design
MARIA CALAVERA
Tuttleworks
Hana Moriah
Junie B’s Bake Shop
ParMar Media
Green Girl Naturals
Moore Square Market
You might also be interested in this big list of farmers’ markets across the Triangle.
We will update here when scheduled events resume at Moore Square, but we’re happy to report that the Moore Square Market started back up on Wednesday, June 17th. It will run weekly on Wednesdays, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., through October.
Here is some information from Downtown Raleigh Alliance:
About Moore Market
For pre-order information, visit the vendor page.
Moore Square Market features local vendors with farm-fresh produce, meat, dairy, eggs, baked goods, and artisanal goods. New this year, each week the Market will feature six local restaurants and shops offering pre-order pick-up options as well as items for sale. Learn about the Market’s new health and safety guidelines here.
Moore Square is located at 200 S. Blount Street with entrance at the corner of Martin and Blount Streets and exit at the corner of Martin and Person Streets. The Market is open 3:00 – 6:00 pm on Wednesdays from June 17 through October 28. The Market is managed by Downtown Raleigh Alliance and the City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Department.
SNAP Double Bucks Program
To foster an inclusive shopping experience that welcomes everyone to downtown, Moore Square Market is proud to accept SNAP. Moore Square Market’s Double Bucks Program provides matching dollars up to $10 per market visit. Purchase SNAP tokens at the information booth to use for any market purchases.
The Initiative, sponsored by Blue Cross NC, provides matching “Double Bucks” incentives to SNAP-eligible shoppers and is part of the company’s commitment to addressing food security in North Carolina by increasing access to healthy and nutritious local food.
Become a Vendor
Interested vendors should apply online via Manage My Market. We’re looking for resident vendors (Attends the market 3-4 times a month) and guest vendors (Attends the market 1-2 times a month). Click the link to view and complete our 2020 Moore Square Market Online Application. You will be directed to Manage My Market and prompted to create your own business profile for review. Please read through the 2020 Moore Square Market Rules and Regulations prior to applying. If you qualify and agree, submit your online application.
Local Restaurants and Shops at the Market
Want to pick up dinner to-go while shopping at the market? Or maybe pick up a gift from your favorite local shop? Support downtown businesses while at Moore Square Market. Businesses will rotate week to week and offer both pre-order and pick-up options as well as items to purchase on-site. See listing here.
Are you a restaurant or store in Downtown Raleigh and interested in having a presence for pick-up, sales and promotion at the market? Please email David Moore at davidmoore@downtownraleigh.org to learn more.
Curbside Pick-up
The market is offering curbside pick-up for pre-orders. Just pull into the marked parking spaces on the north side of Martin Street at Moore Square. Market staff will come to ask what vendor you are picking up from and will grab your order and deliver to your car.
Current Safety Precautions
Here are the current safety precautions.
Shoppers:
- Keep your market visit simple and short; buy what you need and do not linger, socialize, or congregate in the market space.
- Households should have no more than one or two people in their shopping group. If possible, leave children and senior family members at home.
- Enter and exit the market at designated locations. Entrance is at the corner of Blount and Martin Streets, and exit is at the corner of Person and Martin Streets.
- Wear a mask of some sort before entering the market space, in accordance with the CDC recommendations regarding use of cloth face coverings.
- Wash your hands when you enter the market space. Handwashing stations are available!
- Maintain a distance of at least 6 feet from other shoppers, especially when in line. Market managers will be reminding shoppers to keep their distance.
- Pre-order with your favorite vendors as much as possible for quick and contact-free pickup at the market. If you cannot pre-order, bring your grocery list so you can make your market visit as quick as possible. Find out how to pre-order and other shopping alternatives.
- If you are sick, or a member of your family is sick, STAY HOME.
- If you are part of the at-risk population (particularly older adults or immunocompromised individuals), we encourage you to ask a family or friend to pick up items at the market for you.
- Do not eat any food you purchased while you’re in the market space.
- Wash your produce when you get home.
Farmers/Producers:
- No sampling will be permitted at the market.
- No food preparation will be permitted on site. All prepared foods must be ready to take away to eat off-site.
- All staff MUST USE GLOVES and regularly change them throughout the market.
- Please regularly sanitize or wash your hands AT LEAST once per hour. We have hand sanitizing and hand washing stations available.
- All staff are strongly encouraged to wear masks of some sort throughout the market.
- Vendors are encouraged to bring an extra table or sit farther back in their tent so a 6 ft space is maintained between them and shoppers.
- All products sold must be pre-packaged. Customers MUST NOT be allowed to handle and browse products under your tent.
- Implement contactless pay, pre-order/pickup, and other low-touch or no-touch options as much as possible.
- If have to collect cash, round up to the nearest dollar to limit giving back change. And utilize market-provided plastic bins to collect any cash and SNAP tokens for contactless payment.
Market Managers:
- They have added handwashing stations with hand sanitizer available at the market information tent.
- Market managers will enforce social distancing by placing chalk or tape marks at 6 ft intervals to help with line management at vendor tents, and will remind shoppers as they enter the market, and throughout the market space.
- We will limit the number of shoppers in the market when necessary and will have ONE entrance and ONE exit. A vendor map will be posted online each week.
- Vendor tents will be spaced 6 feet apart, and managers are encouraging a one-way flow of traffic.
- They have postponed all market community events for the near term, including music and entertainment.
- Market managers will wipe down commonly used surfaces, such as the market information table and SNAP redemption devices.
- All products sold must be pre-packaged. Customers MUST NOT be allowed to handle and browse products under your tent.
- DRA will continue to accept SNAP/EBT payments and offer our Double Bucks program. Please bring your EBT card as usual to the information tent to redeem for tokens. Pay with your tokens by placing in designated payment bin at vendor booths to aid in contactless payment. Tokens will be sanitized between markets.
Bridget Pickle says
Can you please explain more about how to sign up for the other fitness classes in the area? Like websites or links on where to singup?
Thanks!
Jody Mace says
Hi, I added a link in the fitness section of this post to other fitness classes in the area. It’s here:https://triangleonthecheap.com/free-fitness-triangle/ It’s a running list of every free fitness class (or run club, etc.) on our calendar. If you follow that link, you’ll find a day by day list, and each item there is a link with information on that particular event.