Grab your tote bags and get ready for spring produce. There are farmers markets almost every day of the week in the Baltimore area. Below is our guide to markets from Howard, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties as well as in Charm City proper.
Many stands accept the Farmers Market Nutrition Program as well as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Saturday
32nd Street Waverly Farmers Market
Want to run into well-known local chefs scoping out seasonal produce? Or do some people-watching while waiting in line for a biscuit from Blacksauce Kitchen? Head to the mother of markets, which operates year-round from 7 a.m. until noon. Go early to beat the crowds (and to ensure you find a parking spot).
400 block of East 32nd Street, Baltimore
Fell’s Point Farmers Market
This market is open year-round from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. through April and 8 a.m. till 12:30 p.m. in the summer.
800 S. Broadway at Thames Street, Baltimore
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Baltimore Museum of Industry Farmers’ Market
South Baltimoreans can shop with a view of the Inner Harbor from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m at the BMI from May 18 through Nov. 16. Previous vendors have included a mix of farms, distilleries and prepared good stands.
1415 Key Highway, Baltimore
Hereford Farm Market
Located in the front parking lot of Hereford High School, this Baltimore County market is open from 9 a.m. until noon from May 4 through November.
17301 York Road, Parkton
Overlea Farmer’s Market
Every other week from June 8 through Oct. 26, you can find this farmers market from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Natural History Society of Maryland.
6908 Belair Road, Overlea
Greater Dundalk Chamber of Commerce Farmers Market
Runs 7 a.m until noon from June through October.
44 Shipping Place, Dundalk
Clarksville Commons Farmers Market
This weekly market at the Clarksville Commons food hall runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., May through November. Vendors include Great Harvest Bread Co., Twin Valley Distillers and Dimitri Olive Oil.
12250 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville
Crofton Farmers Market
Just outside the Crofton Library, this year-round market operates from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and includes more than 50 vendors as well as food trucks.
1681 Riedel Road, Crofton
Severna Park Farmer’s Market
Featuring around two dozen vendors including local produce and baked goods, cheese, meat, fish and some crafts, this market runs from 8 a.m until noon, April 27 through October. “We’re really an old-school farmers market that focuses on food and not crafts,” said market manager Anita Robertson.
Park & Ride lot at Route 2 & Jones Station Road, Arnold
Sunday
Baltimore Farmers’ Market
Open since 1977, the big kahuna of markets operates this year from April 7 through Dec. 22, 7 a.m. until noon, beneath the JFX. The event hosts nearly 50 vendors, including newcomers Kitchen Girl Farm, Lindy’s Seafood’s and Watson and William Farm. Free parking is available at Mercy Hospital’s Bunting garage at 330 Guilford Ave.
Saratoga Street between Holliday and Gay streets, Baltimore
Cross Street Farmers’ Market
South of Cross Street Market, this event runs from 10 a.m until 2 p.m. from May 7 through Oct. 29, except on Ravens home game days.
East Cross Street outside Cross Street Market (1065 S. Charles St.), Baltimore
Mount Washington Famers Market
This relatively new, year-round market runs Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
2101 West Rogers Ave., Baltimore
Reisterstown Farmers Market
Just outside Franklin Middle School, this Sunday market runs 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. from June 9 through Oct. 29.
120 Main St., Reisterstown
Catonsville Sunday Farmers Market
This popular Catonsville market runs 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. from May 5 through Nov. 24. Look for produce from area farms as well as baked goods from The Breadery.
15 Mellor Ave., Catonsville
Howard County Farmers Market
The producer-only market runs from May 12 through Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Last year, vendors included Kenny’s Produce of Millersville and Ellicott City’s own Fairy Greens.
5851 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia
Tuesday
Tuesday Market in Lauraville
This neighborhood market runs 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. beginning in June. Past vendors have included Prigel’s Family Creamery and local farms like Fetter’s Fruit Farm and Zahradka Farm.
4500 Harford Road, Baltimore
University Farmers Market
Downtown? Stop by this farmers market May through November from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at University Square Park, on the corner of Paca and Baltimore streets. Vendors have included Kora Lee’s Cafe and Tuckey’s Fruit and Vegetable Farm from Gettysburg, Pa.
500 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore
Kenilworth Farmers Market
The market runs 3 to 6 p.m. from April through November. More than a dozen vendors participated in the 2023 market, including Calvert’s Gift Farm, One Straw Farm, ProEdge Knife Sharpening, Doppio Pasticceria, Broom’s Bloom Dairy and Andy’s Eggs and Poultry.
800 Kenilworth Drive, Towson
Pikesville Farmers Market
Open afternoons from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. May through November at Pomona Square.
1700 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville
Wednesday
Baltimore County Farmers Market
Held on the Maryland State Fairgrounds, this market, now in its 14th year, runs 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., June 5 through Oct. 30.
2200 York Road, Fairgrounds Main Gate, Lutherville-Timonium
Catonsville Farmers’ Market
Microgreens, mushrooms and local mozzarella: you can get it all at this year-round producer-only market at Catonsville’s Christian Temple. It’s open from 9 a.m. until noon from May through December, and operates every other Wednesday from January until the end of April with hours 10 a.m. through noon.
5820 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore
Northwest Chamber’s 2024 Farmer’s Market
Back for its fourth year, this market runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. June 19 through Oct. 16 in the Hilton Garden Inn parking lot.
4770 Owings Mills Blvd., Owings Mills
Agrihood Farmers Market
Find this farmers market on Wednesdays at Druid Hill Park from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Druid Hill Park, Beechwood Drive
Govans Farmers Market
This small local farmers market runs Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., June through September.
5104 York Road, Baltimore
Thursday
Towson Farmers’ Market
Centrally located in downtown Towson, this market runs 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. from June 6 through Nov. 21.
17 Allegheny Ave. between York Road and Washington Avenue, Towson
Pratt Street Farmers Market
Just outside the Transamerica Building, this market runs 11 a.m until 2 p.m. from May through September.
Pratt and Light Street Plaza, Baltimore
Multiple days of the week
Anne Arundel County Farmers’ Market
Spotlighting fresh produce and other vendors since 1981, this market runs Saturdays 7 a.m. till noon and Sundays 9 a.m. until noon. A Wednesday afternoon market day begins May 10.
Riva Road and Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis
This article has been updated to correct the dates of the Northwest Chamber's Farmers Market.
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