
Smithsonian’s ‘Hometown Teams’
The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

Located in downtown Mt. Vernon, our market is a thriving little community of entrepreneurs. All our products are raised, produced, or created right here in the surrounding community by the person selling them on the other side of the table.
You will find some old friends as well as some new folks at market selling seasonal produce, plants, baked goods, honey, fresh eggs, locally raised pork and lamb, plus a whole slew of other things.

Enjoy the outdoors with some live music from local favorites James Kennedy and Friends. This is an instrumental group based in the Midwest. Fronted by versatile guitarist James Kennedy, they play a mix of classic hits, jazz/blues, Latin and original songs – using only their instruments and years of training to bring the music to life.
The eclectic sounds of James on guitars, Catherine Lawson on the 5 string electric/acoustic violin, Matt Alles on electric bass and Eric Madison on percussion/drums creates an uncommon blend of tunes both familiar and unique at the same time.

New this year, we are proud to be hosting The Crafters Market together with the Annual Home Business Expo on Small Business Saturday, November 24th, from 9am - 4pm inside the First Street Community Center's Gymnasium.
The Crafters Market specializes in well created, handmade items for the discerning customer.
The Annual Home Business Expo will feature numerous home based businesses in the local area including:

The 28th annual Magical Night event will take place Thursday, Nov. 29, from 5 to 8 p.m. at several locations throughout Uptown Mount Vernon.
Magical Night in Mount Vernon, Iowa is a celebration of holiday magic that begins on the lawn of the First Street Community Center, at 5 pm, Santa himself will be throwing the switch unveiling Mount Vernon’s holiday lights on our historic one-of-a-kind building...

Small Business Saturday will be in Mount Vernon and Lisbon, Iowa on three different Saturdays this year: September 26, October 24, and November 28. Shoppers will have opportunities to win prizes each of the three Saturdays. New this year is the addition of outdoor shopping to the annual event to allow shoppers to properly […]