Quarto Mercato returns on Sunday 26 May, the free monthly event which takes place on the last Sunday of the month at Spazio 4.0, the municipal meeting center in Via Manzoni 21 in Piacenza.
As usual there will be second-hand stalls, the children’s market, the DJ set, the Earth Market of the Resistant Farmers Association, the ethical and solidarity products of Caffè Sociale, the street food of La Moretta Gipsy and the Resistant Farmers and events free open to all.
Furthermore, the Ciclofficina Pignone team has a surprise, in addition to being available to anyone who wishes to have their bicycle checked up, they will propose an auction of bicycles that have been given new life in the cicloofficina!
The collaboration also continues with Baratto Market, the barter market organized by The Green Nook, and with the Germoglio social cooperative, of which you can eat delicious cakes and biscuits “Made in the shop” at the Caffè Sociale di Spazio 4.0 to which from this edition adds the one with the “180” artisan workshop and its ice cream.
Finally, among the benches you will also find that of the students of the Marconi Institute with their basil plants and the one dedicated to the Participatory Budget of the Municipality of Piacenza, an opportunity for all the townspeople!)
Here is the program for the day:
SPACESTOR
from 9am to 7pm – reuse and vinyl banquets
STREET FOOD
for breakfast, lunch, snack and aperitif (also vegan options) with La Moretta Gipsy and the dishes, also to take away, of the Resistenza Farmers
BAR organized by CAFFE SOCIALE of Spazio 4.0
from 9am to 7pm
(from breakfast onwards, with ethical and fair-trade products and with the “Made in the shop” cakes and biscuits by Il Germoglio Onlus)
BARTER MARKET
from 9am to 7pm – hosted by The Green Nook
Inside Quarto Mercato three pitches are dedicated to the exchange of items with Baratto Market (on the left when entering from the entrance on Via Manzoni 21). To participate you can bring with you a maximum of 10 items, such as clothes and bags, which the staff will check at check in: only items in good condition that are not discolored or damaged will be accepted. Socks, underwear and swimsuits are accepted only if still in the original packaging or with label. Once the good condition of the items has been verified, you will be issued a card and marked with the number of stamps corresponding to the number of approved items. At the end of the shopping you can go to the check-out where the staff will check the items purchased and the card. If you haven’t found any items, you can use the remaining stamps at the next event, keeping and presenting the card again. What is brought will be made available to all barter participants, while everything that is not exchanged will be reused for future events or donated.
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET INFORMATION POINT + LABORATORY
from 10.30 to 16.00 and from 16 to 17.30
Do you have an idea to improve the city’s public spaces? Nominate it for the Participatory Budget: there are 210 thousand euros in the municipal budget to finance at least 7 projects presented by citizens! If we have intrigued you and you want to have some more information, have any doubts or need clarification on how to participate and present proposals, you can find an information point in Quarto Mercato from 10.30am to 4.00pm. Furthermore, you can participate in the ideation workshop to share your proposal and compare yourself with the other participants.
SPACESTOR FOR CHILDREN
from 3pm to 5pm
Children’s and teenagers’ market
REFURBISHED BIKE AUCTION
from 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Organized by Ciclofficina Pignone (open for bike check-ups with the help of volunteers during the day)
SOCIAL CHICKEN HOUSE® MERCHANDISING
It will be possible to purchase shopping bags, t-shirts, water bottles and pins to support the employment over time of the people with fragilities who manage it.
