The Happy Elephant

06/25/2026

🇺🇸We’re ready to celebrate America’s birthday!🇺🇸

Surprise! We made a limited batch of these adorable, festive USA candles — and they’re available ONLY in store while supplies last! ❤️🤍💙

ALSO… if you haven’t heard yet, there’s a special additional Jarvis Square Market x Maryville Farmers Market happening downtown Troy on Thursday, July 2nd from 5–8 PM to celebrate America! Come hang out with us, shop local, and cool off with our delicious Bomb Pop cocktail or mocktail — the perfect patriotic treat for your summer night! Plus we’ll have our 🍋lemon shake ups🍋 available during the farmers market too ❤️🤍💙

We can’t wait to see you✨🇺🇸

06/24/2026

It’s not a “third Thursday” market - it’s a special, EXTRA farmers market to celebrate AMERICA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 stay tuned for our specials and of course, the FUN DRINKS we’ll have! ❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸 Join us for a special market on July 2nd! 🇺🇸

Our All-American BBQ market with grilling specials, veggies and berries for your holiday weekend! And amazing BBQ from the firefighters and fried chicken from Heatrz!

🍬Community partners will have old fashioned games for the kids including a mini cake walk! So cute!

🎶 Special holiday performance by the community band ensemble

🧘 Free Community yoga with Moonbird Yoga

Stay tuned for a full list of details!

06/22/2026

Born to live free, ridin on the breeze 🍃 Ella fan or not, 🌼dandelion🌼 is a customer fave already and it’s not hard to see why 🫶🏻

Sea salt + orchid is one of our all time fave scents, it has an amazing cold + hot throw 🙌

P.S. Ummmm have you snagged your summer candles yet?!? Link in comments/bio to shop online or snag in store Wednesday thru Sunday!

06/19/2026

☀️happy weekend☀️ we are gearin up for a busy weekend 🙌 but have a few candle making time slots open! All others are full for private parties 🤗 don’t forget you can always come by for drinks, the gift shop, and to make your own charm necklace or bracelet! Let the good times roll 🪩

06/16/2026

The next Jarvis Square Market x Maryville Farmers Market is this Thursday from 5-8!! Make sure you stop by the shop for a 🍋LEMON SHAKE UP🍋 too! We will also have sales and specials only available during the farmers market!

🌽🚜 From the Fields to Main Street – Agriculture Night at the Market! 🚜🌽

Join us Thursday, June 18 from 5:00–8:00 PM in Downtown Troy for a fun evening celebrating the farmers, producers, and agriculture!

In partnership with the Madison County Farm Bureau this month’s market features:

🌾 Touch-a-Tractor
🐄 Free Cow Cuddles (5:00–7:00 PM, sponsored by Troy Car Care)
📚 Kids Activity with the Tri-Township Library
🧘 Free Community Yoga with Moonbird Yoga at Kokomo Joe’s
🚜 Interactive Agriculture Displays
🥕 30+ Local Farms, Food Producers & Artisans
🍔 Great Food & Drinks
🎶 Acoustic Music on Main Street

Bring the family, meet your local producers, and spend an evening with us! (And the mini cows 🐮)

📍 Downtown Troy
🗓 Thursday, June 18
⏰ 5:00–8:00 PM

06/16/2026

LOVE this! The next First Fridays Downtown Troy in August will be all about creativity and ART! Which we couldn’t love more 🫶🏻 reach out to their page if you’re a creative looking to join the fun 🎉

🎨 CALLING ALL ARTISTS! 🎨

On Friday, August 7th, First Fridays Art on the Streets—a celebration of creativity and community! This event is perfect for students as well. While not a "juried event" we do limit vendors to have the best variety. There is a small participation fee for those selling their items, and some sponsored spaces available for those particularly doing chalk art. Please message us if you are a chalk artist or muralist!

We're looking for artists of all kinds to help transform Downtown Troy into an outdoor gallery- if you think you have something cool to share, please message us if it's not listed:
🖌️ Visual Artists
📸 Photographers
🎨 Mixed Media Artists
🧵 Fiber Artists
🏺 Potters & Ceramic Artists
🪵 Woodworkers
📚 Authors & Literary Artists
🎭 Performers & Musicians
✏️ Chalk Artists
⚒️ Live Demonstration Artists
🤝 Interactive Community Art Projects

Whether you create in a studio, on a stage, behind a camera, or right on the sidewalk, we want to hear from you!

This isn't just an art show—it's an opportunity to bring creativity into the streets, connect with the community, and showcase the amazing talent found throughout our small towns.

📍 Downtown Troy, Illinois
📅 Friday, August 7
⏰ 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Help us fill Main Street with art, music, imagination, and inspiration.

🎨 Artist applications are now open! Link in the comments.

Send to your favorite artist, maker, musician, performer, or creative friend below—we want to meet them!

06/11/2026

Random shop views today 📸 ☀️🪩 you all have been loving our $40 summer candle making special 🙌 Wednesday thru Sunday every week - check availability & book at link in comments or bio! Beat the heat and come see us for delicious cocktails, the best handmade candles and gifts, summer vibes, charm bar, and of course candle making 💃🫶🏻

06/09/2026

We are so excited our new neighbors Market & Main are officially OPEN today! 🎉🍾🫶🏻

We are so excited that this day has come! We will be officially open at 3PM today. Our hours are listed below along with our website. Thank you in advance for your patience these first few weeks and we iron out some kinks and get our timing down. We are thrilled to be part of this community!

Tues-Thurs 3-9
Fri-Sat 3-10

Www.marketandmaintroy.com

We will not be taking reservations to start but you can join our waitlist through the website. This system will send you a text with an estimated wait time. Our hosts will update via text if anything changes.

We look for years to many years in Troy!

06/07/2026

An amazing night indeed! 🙌

Last night was one for the record books! Holy Moly!

Now we’ve had some rest and rehydration, we want to give some specific thank yous and talk about the tremendous effort behind the scenes! We also make plenty of notes of what we liked, what could be better, and what we didn’t think worked well and use that for the next events.

A huge thank you to the Troy Illinois Police Department for doing traffic duty- it’s hot, a bit dangerous and not the least bit fun. But the officers we had on site and patrol were absolutely some of the best of the TPD! Plus hosting a bounce house was an awesome addition!

The City Street Department for all the prep work getting barricades dropped off, everything spruced up and ready to go. No matter what challenges we throw at them, they get it done!

Triad Hockey Team volunteers- I’m not exaggerating when I say these boys saved us! It was hot, we are old- they brought the muscles, the enthusiasm and working with them was one of my favorite parts of the day!

Our guest wineries, breweries, and distilleries- thank you for going on an adventure with us while we figure out new and unique things to do in our Downtown! You all were amazing and it was a successful night because of you!

The things people don’t see- other business owners like CMC Electric and Ace Hardware pitching in at the end of the night to help with trash, and carry stage pieces after working all day. I’ve never experienced anything like the way this town supports one another. City department heads helped change out trash bags and pick up litter- not because they were asked, they just pitched in. Thank you for having our backs when we need it!

A special shoutout to the crews at Happy Elephant and Kokomo Joe’s, who hosted hundreds of guests and continue to be incredible community partners. We are so grateful for your support and hospitality.

We could go on thanking sponsors, vendors, all the business owners but I’ll leave it with this:
Troy shows up! And it’s a beautiful thing! 🩵

Coming up: June 18th- From the Fields to Main Street Market with the Mad Co Farm Bureau and July 2nd- The 250 years of America Farmers Market and you all are invited! Plus we know the city is planning a banger for the 4th!

06/05/2026

Happy first Friday eve!!!!