July 7th RRFM Report-Back

The July Really Really Free Market was July 7th 2013 at John Ball Park on the West side of Grand Rapids.

This was the first RRFM since we've been changing a lot of things. The folks who have been organizing the events for a while recruited some awesome new people and we've been hard at work trying to improve how these things work. This was also the first RRFM of the 2013 Summer Tour. (see our Calendar page for upcoming events)

First off, we would like to thank all the folks who came ready to help us out with organizing the stuff, and the musicians for really rocking it, we've never seen so much dancing from the crowd before! Thanks to everyone who brought food, it was tasty!

We should also thank the "park ranger" and the security officer who kicked us out of the park... apparently the RRFM is too cool for the grumps who "own" the park, even though the park was supposed to be the property of the people.

Nevertheless, it was a success. We unrolled some new changes, like the sorting table for all incoming items, which cut down significantly on the amount of trash coming in and let the organizers keep all the items more tidy. It was really inspiring to see new faces (as well as familiar ones) since there's never been one of these things in the west side of GR before.

Looking forward to the August 4th RRFM at Cherry Park.
We are looking for musicians, performers and anyone who wants to put on workshops or offer some service (like fortune-telling, dog grooming or massage, for example) so... drop us a line GR.RRFM@gmail.com or just show up in August!
See everyone soon!
facebook event for the Aug RRFM