2006 Marketplace

Oregon Country Fair Site, Veneta, Oregon
9:00 am to 10:00 pm Daily • July 21–22–23, 2006

The lively sounds of marimba and mbira music from Zimbabwe will accompany you while you stroll this festive, open-air musical instrument and crafts marketplace. The Zimfest Market offers high quality African musical instruments from Zimbabwean and North American instrument makers. You will find beautifully handcrafted wooden marimbas, mbiras from renowned Zimbabwean mbira makers, African hosho and other percussion, exquisite Shona serpentine sculpture, art from rural Zimbabwean villages, fabric and clothing, a wide selection of southern African and Zimbabwean CDs & tapes, and much more. The 2006 Zimfest Market also included food vendors.

Food Vendors

Caravan Cafe

Junction City, OR

Hemp burgers (vegetarian), buffalo burgers, hemp shakes.

Maty’s Peruvian Food

Eugene, OR

Peruvian food.

Roll On Egg Rolls

Albany, OR

Vegetarian egg rolls, shrimp egg rolls, ginger tea.

Summer Santa’s Frozen Fun

Eugene, OR

Ice cream novelties: fudgesicles, popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, and more.

Paradise Shaved Ice

Junction City, OR

20 flavors of shaved ice.

Merchandise Vendors

Africa Mama

Seattle, WA

African attire and fabrics, costume jewelry, musical instruments, batiks, leather sandals, music CDs and DVDs.

Ancient Ways

Scio, OR

Hosho, serpentine sculpture, textiles, children’s toys, T-shirts; sponsorship of children or other village needs; educational information about our rural Zimbabwe projects Nhimbe for Progress and Jangano.

Dandemutande

Winlaw, BC, Canada

CDs, books, videotapes, mbira.

Fancy Pans Steel Drums

Creswell, OR

Hand-crafted steel drum instruments, pine needle baskets, and small quilts with African designs and words.

MyLinda King Hosho

Portland, OR

Hosho, mallets, buttons, raw gourds, marimba-building DVDs and videotapes.

Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center

Eugene, OR

T-shirts and CDs.

Lane County Darfur Coalition

Eugene, OR

Information about the situation in Darfur, Sudan, and bags to fill with donated school supplies. The bags will be sent to Darfur through a national relief organization.

Little Thunder Drum Company

Eugene, OR

Ashiko drums.

Love Zimbabwe

London, U.K.

Zimbabwean arts and crafts: batiks, cushion covers, recycled metal ornaments, wooden houseware. Love Zimbabwe is a non-profit organization aimed at empowering people to support themselves in rural areas of Zimbabwe. We work on fair-trade principles — the people who make these products receive a fair price.

Marimbaworks

Eugene, OR

Marimbas, hosho, mallets.

MBIRA

Berkeley, CA

Mbira CDs, mbiras, and ebony sculpture, all from Zimbabwe. Also MBIRA T-shirts, display about MBIRA activities, mbira workshop sign-up forms, etc.

Pamusha

Tacoma, WA

Shona stone sculptures, wood carvings, framed art, batiks, tie and die material; Zimbabwean-made garments, hats, handbags, and woven baskets.

Swahili Imports

Eugene, OR

Spin drums, assorted musical shakers, gourd shakers, Zimbabwe-related books and CDs, CD racks.

Zimbabwean Music Festival

T-shirts, CDs.