Mark your calendars for September 25th and 26th, when the first annual Pike Place Market Artisan Food Festival hits the cobblestones alone Pike Place!!!

The festival celebrates local food, sustainability, and biodiversity with tastings, seminars, chef demos, live music, a busker stage, and a beer-and-wine garden.

The Artisan Food Festival replaces the long-running Pike Place Market Street Festival that was traditionally held in June, and benefits the Pike Place Market Foundation.

Here’s a list of the chef scheduled to appear on the Chef Demo Stage:

11 a.m. – Café Campagne: Daisley Gordon
12 p.m. – Steelhead Diner: Anthony Polizzi
1 p.m. – Le Pichet: Brent Harding
2 p.m. – Sur La Table: Anne Haerle
3 p.m. – Lowell’s: Mark Monroe
4 p.m. – Matt’s in the Market: Chester Abel

The 2010 Artisan Food Festival sponsors include the Pike Brewing Company, Charlie’s Produce, Caffe Vita, The American Lamb Board, Mahatma Rice, Clockwork Studios, and CWP Music Productions.