Free Pilsen Community Market

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When: Select Sundays 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Plaza Tenochtitlán, 1821 S. Blue Island

This market is has reopened check for Facebook page for details. Or website

Admission is free. Contributions are welcome. The market is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation so contributions are tax deductible.

Taking place in the heart of the Pilsen neighborhood, Plaza Tenochtitlán, the Pilsen Community Market presents one of the widest varieties of local Latino vendors and entertainment.

An array of local craft vendors and artisans, food trucks and vendors offer things like pastured eggs and meats, chemical-free produce, cottage foods, honey, butter, natural lifestyle products and more. There are live demonstrations, music and dance performances.

Free Pilsen Community Market – Examples of Vendors and Artists PRE-Corona

MARÍA DE LA PARRA is a Mexico City native and U.S. immigrant. All the produce that she sells in the market is planted and harvested by her family and then driven to Chicago. This season she will be featuring in her market stall: onions, tomatoes, zucchinis, watermelon, peaches, poblano and serrano peppers, green tomatillos, kale, potatoes, squash strawberries, and many more fresh products.

MARCOS RAYA brings together old and new works in a variety of media that mostly explores the sociological impact of technological change. His paintings, collages and installations present an idiosyncratic hybrid of Mexican folklore, American pop-cuture.

VIVIAN GARCÍA is a Chicago based singer-songwriter.

BUTTERFLY COOKIES. Beatriz Navarro and her daughter Crisa passions are baking and painting and offer a variety of cookies, desserts, and cookie coloring workshops. Her goal is to open her own business in Pilsen so more people can enjoy her Tres Leches cake, Chocoflán and decorated marshmallows.

Westside Bee Boyz, LLC: Chicago’s First Urban Apiary Services Company. They manage hives for commercial clients as well as individuals who love Bees.

Amor y Sofrito: Filling up the streets of Chicago with authentic Puerto Rican cuisine.

Sitka Salmon: Renowned for their wild-caught salmon from Southeast Alaska. No antibiotics or dyes here. Just pristine fish from one of the most pristine places in the entire world!

Milk and Honey Farmstead: Quality and freshness are of the utmost importance, renowned for pasteurized eggs and poultry, pastured pork and beef, and organic produce.

Dulce Vida Cupcakes & Pan Dulce: Mexican cupcakes and pan dulce with a fun new twist! Inspiration here has been passed on from generations of family stemming from Guadalajara, Jalisco México. This is a product that speaks to both Latino and American cultures.

Reciclarte Studio: Artist and pastry chef Leticia Rodarte makes art mainly recycled materials, and her desserts are made with the memories and flavors of her beloved Mexico.

Featured Music: ChicagoanGildelgar Sánchez, originally from Mexico City, is a player of many genres including, global psychedelic rock, classic psychedelic rock, rare cultural and contemporary music.