Two weeks to go! Join us in Frome on Sunday 3rd December from 10am until 3pm. Here's a little taster from our friends at Pixie, who will be with us at our December market to help you earn loyalty points as you shop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar7hF0jTvMc

Looking for something cool for the kids this Christmas? Check out our edit of homewares and gifts for the discerning child in your life. There are weird and wonderful creatures of Frome artist and prop maker Gaganis that can be found in Market Place, or you can make your way up Catherine Hill for beautiful print-making kits from Boo to a Moose and snazzy retro doll's clothes from Jollydollyshop. For those looking for colourful kids homewares, check out the hand-painted wall art from Frome artist Gwendoline Liby, and those rather brilliant unicorns by Laura Holden Studio. Come pay these makers a visit on Sunday 3rd December, or check out their pages and get your order in early...

Cakes by The Bakemonger Photographed by Joe Hulbert Photography

If you're starting that Christmas shopping and need a bit of inspiration, we are here to help! In the run up to our final 2017 market on December 3rd we'll be sharing some ideas to help your festive shopping run smoothly. But if you're looking for something special for the Market goer who has everything, there's always Market Maker membership - the gift that keeps on giving! Market Maker membership lasts for one whole year, and gives the member access to exclusive offers and discounts from a whole load of market traders and some of Frome's best-loved independent shops too, such as these... To find out more or to sign a friend or loved-one up for Market Maker membership, hit the SIGN UP button at the top of this page.

Market Makers, beer and cheese aficionados and all-round great Frome people Palmer Street Bottle are running creative courses in the run up to Christmas. This week they have Frome designer and one-time market trader Polly from Alizarin Studio in session, helping you to make hand-printed Christmas card. Pop over to the PSB page for more info and to reserve your place! ________ Palmer Street Bottle continue to support The Frome Independent through our Market Maker membership scheme, and offer Market Makers 10% on their products, both on market days and in between! Not a Market Maker yet? Joining takes two ticks, costs just £20 for a whole year and gets you access to loads of great offers and discounts. Hit the SIGN UP button at the top of our page for more info and sign up forms.

Join us this week for a Night School workshop from the rather brilliant Laura Holden Studio . Laura will teach you how to create a textile wall hanging, using appliqué techniques. This is perfect for those of you looking to hone your skills or try out something new - plus you'll have a ready-made Christmas gift at the end of the session. There are still a couple of places left on this course, which takes place from 7pm on Thursday 9th November from 7pm, here at Forward Space in Frome. To book your place, click here >> http://bit.ly/2y9lpRc

That’s all folks! Huge thanks to everyone who traded, performed, shopped and made merry today. Extra special thanks to all of our fantastic set-up crew, litter pickers, DJs, and helpers of all kinds! We’ll see you all on Sunday 3rd December for our final Market of 2017...

Open for business! Come join us in Frome until 3pm today...

Happy weekend! Join us on Sunday 5th November from 10am - 3pm in FROME... We have got... Designer-makers, vintage experts, award-winning street-food, local food producers, live music, the Vintage Mobile Disco, revamped Village Green, Doodlebug Club to help your kids make fireworks (gunpower not included), GOOD GUYS competition (bring your bonfire night effigy to town and be in with a chance to win a pizza for two from Field to Fire) and more! The usual Park & Ride service will run throughout the day, as well as Great Western Railway trains between Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire and Dorset. For full travel information, please check out the VISIT page on our website: www.thefromeindependent.org.uk/visit

Whether you fancy spending the day learning how to make some amazing venison charcuterie with one of our best food producers, or if you're looking for an extra-special gift for the charcuterie connoisseur in your life, look no further! We have an exclusive, one-off experience on offer from Somerset Charcuterie and The Ethicurean restaurant, who will host a day of charcuterie making and tasting, followed by a slap up meal on Saturday 20th January 2018. Participants will take a tour of Somerset Charcuterie HQ, try their hand at butchering wild local venison, and prepare meat for curing and charcuterie cuts, all under the watchful eye of these award-winning producers. After a day of making, participants will retire to the nearby Ethicurean restaurant for supper for more discussions about the joys of curing and fermentation. This is a very special, one-off course that's not available through other channels, so be sure to snap up a place! For tickets, visit our biletto page and select the Venison Charcuterie course >> http://bit.ly/2w9TG1v

Foodies! Remember that our friends at Somerset Farmers Markets are still in their temporary home whilst works continue at Boyles Cross in Market Place. You'll find SFM traders throughout Market Pace, Stony Street and along Justice Lane this Sunday offering their usual delicious abundance of organic veg, locally reared meats, bread, pastries, cider, cut flowers and much more. Come pay them a visit and stock up on all your seasonal favourites.

"Moist began in May 2015 with a simple mission - to ensure no one ever needs to buy boring, generic, characterless supermarket hummus EVER again! " We never ceased to be inspired by the passion our traders have for their products. James from Moist is a great example of this. He's pretty much dedicated his life to perfecting his hummus recipe and you can definitely taste the results. What Moist don't know about hummus probably isn't worth knowing. This West Country food producer is the embodiment of doing one thing well. And they do it really, really well. Come and find James this Sunday, where you can stock up Moist's range of dips, which are served with freshly baked flatbreads.