<body><div>CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - This weekend marks the kickoff of a favorite pastime in downtown Cape Girardeau, exciting folks in the Heartland, including nearby businesses - the Cape Riverfront Market.Saturday is opening day for the Cape Riverfront Market 2026 season. The venue features family activities, live music and over 70 vendors selling everything from food to collectibles. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0H4RQz_1Ay1IOWI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0H4RQz_1Ay1IOWI00" width="1300" height="730" ><figcaption>Cape Riverfront Market kicks off this weekend (Morgan Johnson)</figcaption></figure>Organizers expect thousands to be in attendance throughout the market, which local businesses are looking forward to. The co-owner of Encore Pizzeria and Many Good Things Kitchen, Lunden Manuel, explains how the market helps his business. “Anything that brings anybody from Spanish Street all the way to Water Street helps us out,” Manuel said. “As they make that trip down Broadway and come down here, you kind of need something. More than one place or two places. And it’s just community. How community can come together and have all these different pieces, and how beautiful it can be when we all can do something that makes us all successful.”Just up the street from Encore Pizzeria sits the antique store, Spanish Street Mercantile. Associate Sam Pearman explained how the market allows people from out of the region to explore.“It allows people from the surrounding region that come down for the farmers’ market to get an idea of what we actually have in the downtown historic district,” Pearman said. “By 8:30 in the morning, you can’t get a parking place. It really impacts, if nothing else, the awareness of what we can offer in downtown.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=18FLpR_1Ay1IOWI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=18FLpR_1Ay1IOWI00" width="1300" height="730" ><figcaption>Cape Riverfront Market kicks off this weekend (Morgan Johnson)</figcaption></figure>Gates open at 8 a.m. on Saturday at 35 South Spanish Street. Cash is recommended. </div></body>

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - This weekend marks the kickoff of a favorite pastime in downtown Cape Girardeau, exciting folks in the Heartland, including nearby businesses - the Cape Riverfront Market. Saturday is opening day for the Cape Riverfront Market 2026 season. The venue features family activities, live music and...

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Cape Riverfront Market kicks off this Saturday

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