Farmers Market Opening Dates 2026
Complete schedule of season opening dates for 166+ farmers markets across the United States. Never miss opening day!
These markets have already opened for the 2026 season and are currently operating.
Chicago, Illinois
Saturdays 7am-1pm
Tacoma, Washington
Saturdays 9am-2pm
Falls Church, Virginia
Saturdays 8am-12pm
Summerville, South Carolina
Saturdays 8am-12pm
La Mesa, California
Fridays 3pm-7pm
Birmingham, Alabama
Saturdays 7am-12pm
Woodstock, Georgia
Saturdays 8:30am-12pm
Roswell, Georgia
Saturdays 8am-12pm
Corvallis, Oregon
Wed 9am-1pm, Sat 9am-1pm
Norfolk, Virginia
Saturdays 9am-12pm
McKinney, Texas
Saturdays 8am-12pm
Vancouver, Washington
Saturdays 9am-3pm, Sundays 10am-3pm
And 60 more markets currently in season...
2026 Opening Schedule by Month
Charlottesville, Virginia
Apr 4 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Staunton, Virginia
Apr 4 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Roanoke, Virginia
Apr 4 - Daily 8am-5pm, Sat Farmers Market 8am-1pm
Asheville, North Carolina
Apr 4 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Cary, North Carolina
Apr 4 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Athens, Georgia
Apr 4 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Montgomery, Alabama
Apr 4 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Mobile, Alabama
Apr 4 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Bloomington, Indiana
Apr 4 - Saturdays 8am-1pm
Columbia, Missouri
Apr 4 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Wichita, Kansas
Apr 4 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Apr 4 - Saturdays 9am-2pm
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Apr 4 - Saturdays 7am-11am
Roswell, Georgia
Apr 5 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
McKinney, Texas
Apr 5 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Annapolis, Maryland
Apr 5 - Sundays 7am-12pm
Oxford, Mississippi
Apr 7 - Tuesdays 3pm-6pm, Saturdays 8am-1pm
Springfield, Missouri
Apr 11 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 11 - Saturdays 7:30am-11:30am
Summerville, South Carolina
Apr 12 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Birmingham, Alabama
Apr 12 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Chicago, Illinois
Apr 18 - Saturdays 7am-1pm
Corvallis, Oregon
Apr 18 - Wed 9am-1pm, Sat 9am-1pm
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Apr 18 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Macon, Georgia
Apr 18 - Saturdays 9am-12pm
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Apr 18 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 18 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Tacoma, Washington
Apr 19 - Saturdays 9am-2pm
Falls Church, Virginia
Apr 19 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Woodstock, Georgia
Apr 19 - Saturdays 8:30am-12pm
Norfolk, Virginia
Apr 19 - Saturdays 9am-12pm
Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 19 - Sundays 7am-12pm
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Apr 19 - Sundays 11am-4pm
St. Paul, Minnesota
Apr 25 - Saturdays & Sundays 6am-1pm
Kansas City, Kansas
Apr 25 - Saturdays 8am-1pm
Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 26 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
New York, New York
Apr 26 - Sundays & Thursdays 8am-4pm
Wheaton, Maryland
Apr 27 - Sundays 9am-1pm
Royal Oak, Michigan
May 1 - Fri 7am-1pm, Sat 7am-1pm, Tues (seasonal)
State College, Pennsylvania
May 1 - Fridays 11:30am-5:30pm
Chicago, Illinois
May 2 - Saturdays 7am-1pm (outdoor), Saturdays 8am-1pm (indoor winter)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
May 2 - Saturdays 9am-1pm
Northampton, Massachusetts
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-2pm
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-1pm
Keene, New Hampshire
May 2 - Tuesdays & Saturdays 9am-1pm
New York, New York
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-3pm
Brooklyn, New York
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-3pm
Staten Island, New York
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-2pm
Saratoga Springs, New York
May 2 - Saturdays 9am-1pm, Wednesdays 3pm-6pm
Collingswood, New Jersey
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Easton, Pennsylvania
May 2 - Saturdays 9am-1pm
Reston, Virginia
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Morgantown, West Virginia
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Greenville, South Carolina
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
May 2 - Saturdays 10am-3pm
Marietta, Georgia
May 2 - Saturdays 9am-12pm
Knoxville, Tennessee
May 2 - Saturdays 9am-2pm, Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Akron, Ohio
May 2 - Saturdays 9am-12pm
Indianapolis, Indiana
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Evanston, Illinois
May 2 - Saturdays 7:30am-1pm
Naperville, Illinois
May 2 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Kalamazoo, Michigan
May 2 - Saturdays 7am-2pm
La Crosse, Wisconsin
May 2 - Saturdays 7am-12pm
Iowa City, Iowa
May 2 - Wednesdays 5pm-7pm, Saturdays 7:30am-12pm
Ames, Iowa
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Lincoln, Nebraska
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
May 2 - Saturdays 8am-1pm
Colorado Springs, Colorado
May 2 - Saturdays 7am-1pm
Fort Collins, Colorado
May 2 - Saturdays 9am-1pm
Burke, Virginia
May 3 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Edmonds, Washington
May 3 - Saturdays 9am-2pm
Puyallup, Washington
May 3 - Saturdays 9am-2pm
Queens, New York
May 3 - Sundays 8am-3pm
Schenectady, New York
May 3 - Sundays 10am-2pm
Newark, Delaware
May 3 - Sundays 10am-2pm
Chicago, Illinois
May 4 - Sundays 8am-2pm
Santa Fe, New Mexico
May 5 - Sat 8am-1pm, Tues 8am-1pm
Boston, Massachusetts
May 5 - Tuesdays & Fridays 11am-6pm
Champaign, Illinois
May 5 - Tuesdays 4pm-7pm
Newport, Rhode Island
May 6 - Wednesdays 2pm-6pm
Louisville, Kentucky
May 6 - Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Springfield, Illinois
May 6 - Wednesdays & Saturdays 8am-12:30pm
Providence, Rhode Island
May 7 - Thursdays 11am-2pm
Jersey City, New Jersey
May 7 - Thursdays 4pm-8pm
Nashville, Tennessee
May 7 - Thursdays 3:30pm-6:30pm
Chicago, Illinois
May 8 - Thursdays 7am-3pm
Somerville, Massachusetts
May 9 - Saturdays 9am-1pm
Concord, New Hampshire
May 9 - Saturdays 8:30am-12pm
Toledo, Ohio
May 9 - Saturdays 8am-2pm
Fort Wayne, Indiana
May 9 - Saturdays 9am-1pm
Traverse City, Michigan
May 9 - Saturdays 8am-1pm, Wednesdays 3pm-7pm
Rochester, Minnesota
May 9 - Saturdays 7:30am-12pm
Fargo, North Dakota
May 9 - Saturdays 8am-12pm
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
May 12 - Tuesdays 12pm-4pm
Princeton, New Jersey
May 14 - Thursdays 11am-4pm
Chicago, Illinois
May 16 - Saturdays 8am-1pm
Worcester, Massachusetts
May 16 - Saturdays 9am-12pm
Greenwich, Connecticut
May 16 - Saturdays 9:30am-1pm
Asbury Park, New Jersey
May 16 - Saturdays 9am-2pm
Oak Park, Illinois
May 16 - Saturdays 7am-1pm
Duluth, Minnesota
May 16 - Wednesdays 3pm-6pm, Saturdays 7am-12pm
Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 17 - Sundays 10am-3pm
Springfield, Massachusetts
May 19 - Tuesdays 10am-2pm
Allentown, Pennsylvania
May 21 - Thursdays 10am-2pm
New London, Connecticut
May 22 - Fridays 10am-1pm
Westport, Connecticut
May 28 - Thursdays 10am-2pm
Stamford, Connecticut
May 30 - Saturdays 9am-2pm
Tarrytown, New York
May 30 - Saturdays 8:30am-2pm
Rockville, Maryland
May 30 - Saturdays 9am-1pm
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
May 30 - Saturdays 7:30am-12pm
Red Bank, New Jersey
May 31 - Sundays 9am-2pm
Newton, Massachusetts
Jun 2 - Tuesdays 1:30pm-6pm
Bronx, New York
Jun 2 - Tuesdays 8am-4pm
Hoboken, New Jersey
Jun 2 - Tuesdays 2pm-7pm
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Jun 3 - Wednesdays 2pm-6pm
Queens, New York
Jun 3 - Wednesdays 8am-3pm
White Plains, New York
Jun 3 - Wednesdays 8am-4pm
Wilmington, Delaware
Jun 3 - Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jun 3 - Wednesdays & Saturdays 7am-12pm
Brookline, Massachusetts
Jun 4 - Thursdays 1:30pm-6:30pm
Manchester, New Hampshire
Jun 4 - Thursdays 3pm-6pm
New York, New York
Jun 6 - Saturdays 9am-3pm
Montclair, New Jersey
Jun 6 - Saturdays 8am-2pm
Appleton, Wisconsin
Jun 6 - Saturdays 8am-12:30pm
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Jun 10 - Wednesdays 3pm-6pm
Year-Round Farmers Markets
These 36 markets operate throughout the year - no need to wait for spring!
New York, New York
Wednesdays 8am-6pm
Brooklyn, New York
Sundays 9am-4pm
Brooklyn, New York
Saturdays 8am-4pm
Syracuse, New York
Saturdays 7am-2pm
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Tues, Fri 6am-4pm, Sat 6am-2pm
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Daily 8am-6pm
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Thurs-Sat 7am-5pm
Baltimore, Maryland
Saturdays 7am-12pm
Bethesda, Maryland
Sundays 9am-1:30pm
Takoma Park, Maryland
Sundays 10am-2pm
Silver Spring, Maryland
Saturdays 9am-1pm
Arlington, Virginia
Saturdays 8am-12pm
Alexandria, Virginia
Saturdays 7am-12pm
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Saturdays 9am-4pm
Charleston, West Virginia
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
Wilmington, North Carolina
Saturdays 8am-1pm
Greensboro, North Carolina
Saturdays 7am-12pm
Columbia, South Carolina
Daily 6am-6pm (seasonal hours vary)
Savannah, Georgia
Saturdays 9am-1pm
Jacksonville, Florida
Saturdays 10am-3pm
Gainesville, Florida
Saturdays 8:30am-12pm
Sarasota, Florida
Saturdays 7am-1pm
Huntsville, Alabama
Tues, Sat 6am-12pm
Jackson, Mississippi
Tues, Thurs, Sat 6am-2pm
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Saturdays 8am-12pm
Lafayette, Louisiana
Saturdays 8am-12pm
Dayton, Ohio
Saturdays 8am-3pm
South Bend, Indiana
Saturdays 7am-1pm
Flint, Michigan
Tues, Thurs, Sat 8am-5pm
Lansing, Michigan
Tues-Sat 10am-6pm
Austin, Texas
Sundays 10am-2pm
Houston, Texas
Various days by location
Fort Worth, Texas
Saturdays 8am-12pm
El Paso, Texas
Saturdays 9am-1pm
San Francisco, California
Tues & Thurs 10am-2pm, Sat 8am-2pm
Seattle, Washington
Daily 9am-6pm
Opening Dates by State
When Do Farmers Markets Open in 2026?
Most farmers markets in the United States begin their outdoor season in late April to early May, though timing varies significantly by region. Markets in warmer climates like California, Florida, and Texas often operate year-round, while northern markets typically run from May through October or November.
Regional Opening Patterns
- Southeast & Southwest: Many markets are year-round or start as early as March
- Mid-Atlantic: Most markets open in late April to mid-May
- Midwest: Typically opens late April through early May
- Northeast: Often opens in May, with some June openings in northern areas
- Pacific Northwest: March-April for year-round markets, May for seasonal
How to Prepare for Opening Day
Opening day at your local farmers market is a celebration of the new growing season. Here's how to make the most of it:
- Arrive early for the best selection - many markets see peak crowds in the first hour
- Bring reusable bags and cash (many vendors prefer cash)
- Check if your market accepts SNAP/EBT - many offer matching programs that double your benefits
- Follow your favorite markets on social media for opening day specials