Joplin Empire Market 2025
June 21, 2025 @ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
10 a.m. - noon
David Loving is an independent singer-songwriter and producer based in Southeast Kansas. He has been playing acoustic guitar for more than twenty years starting with jam sessions at family gatherings. He began writing and performing his own songs soon afterward. David’s music blends influences from classic singer-songwriters such as James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jackson Browne with modern performers such as The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers and Dawes.
In November 2021, David released his second full-length album, titled "Travelers," which included popular singles "A Train that Never Came" and "A Darker Piece of Sky." The songs on the album all tell stories of people going on journeys and finding their way back home after many trials and travails. It closes with David's rendition of the classic American gospel tune "The Wayfaring Stranger."
David's second album, “Milltown Requiem,” released in February 2021, is a collection of songs telling stories of people in a struggling small town in Middle America dealing with failing relationships, factory closures, job loss, drug addiction, and other challenges. Popular singles “Honest and Innocent" and “Breakaway” deal with the mixed emotions of leaving home for the first time.
David lives in Southeast Kansas with his wife and two dogs. He is available for performances at coffee shops, pubs, wineries, living rooms, and anywhere else. You can contact him at [email protected] or by clicking the b
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The Empire Market is a growing food-centric public market. You might have been to something similar in other cities including Kansas City’s River Market, Soulard Market in St. Louis or Pike Place Market in Seattle. Opened in late April of 2018, the Empire Market has 30-35 vendors each week, all selling items they have made or grown themselves. You won’t find any veggies with stickers here!
The Empire Market is an economic and community centerpiece that strengthens and engages the entire city. A vibrant four-season market where you can find the best of what this area has to offer; produce, meats, cheeses, wine, beer, crafters, artisans and any number of other vendors, set up in a collection of permanent and rotating stalls. Starting in late winter of 2023, visitors can also enjoy freshly prepared gourmet food from the Newton Kitchen.
In December of 2016, the Empire District Electric Company donated to the Downtown Joplin Alliance over 33,000 square feet of buildings on 3.34 acres in the center of Joplin. The primary structure, built in 1907, is located at 4th and Railroad. Downtown Joplin Alliance has re-purposed this historic building and its attached 11,000 sqft. garage as the newest “third-place” in Joplin.
The Empire Market is located at 931 E. 4th Street in Joplin, Missouri. It is open from 10am-2pm every Saturday. We have a convenient parking located in the lot directly east of the Market.
