Seattle Farmers Markets: A Day-by-Day Guide for Every Season

Opened in 1993, this is the city’s oldest and largest farm-and-food-only market: more than 80 booths at the summer peak, lined up along University Way NE between NE 50th and 52nd streets. Plenty of the farmers have sold here for decades, and cooks, professional and otherwise, come every Saturday for ingredients a grocery store won’t carry. If you learn only one Seattle market, make it this one.

When

Saturdays, year-round, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Good for

A serious weekly shop, winter produce, and showing visitors how Seattle eats.

Know before you go

The U District light rail station is about two blocks away. Parking in the U Heights lots is a suggested $3 donation, paid at the market manager booth, which is also where you swipe EBT for tokens and can leave extra produce for local food banks through Buy Some / Share Some.

Seattle’s first year-round neighborhood market has run since 2000 on the cobblestones of Ballard Avenue NW, between 22nd Avenue NW and Vernon Place. Its produce comes only from Washington farmers, and the market has expanded twice in the past decade. Add coffee and a wander through Ballard‘s shops, and your Sunday is mostly planned.

When

Sundays, year-round, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine.

Good for

A Sunday ritual with brunch on either side, and a long, unhurried browse.

Know before you go

Parking meters are free on Sundays, and ADA parking is on NW Vernon Place between Shilshole and Ballard avenues. Hunting for one farm? The online vendor map is updated Fridays by 5 p.m. EBT/SNAP, Market Match, WIC and Senior FMNP checks, and Fresh Bucks are all accepted.

The market fills E Barbara Bailey Way, the stretch of old East Denny Way between Broadway and 10th Avenue East that was renamed in 2019 for the Seattle-born bookseller and LGBTQ+ rights activist. Getting there without a car is simple: the Denny entrance of the light rail station opens right onto it. Stalls selling ready-to-eat food made with local farm ingredients turn the grocery run into lunch on Capitol Hill.

When

Sundays, year-round, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, June through September, 3 to 7 p.m.

Good for

Car-free shoppers, late risers, and a weeknight stop in summer.

Know before you go

Street parking is free on Sundays. ADA parking is at 11th Avenue East near Denny.

Every Sunday, farm stalls take over the street at California Avenue SW and SW Alaska Street, in the heart of the Alaska Junction. The market started out in a parking lot and outgrew it, and it now runs in rain, shine or snow as the West Seattle peninsula’s standing weekly meetup. The Junction’s shops are a few steps away when you’re done.

When

Sundays, year-round, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Good for

West Seattle neighbors, a winter market south of downtown, and folding errands into the morning.

Know before you go

Some farm vendors take EBT cards directly, and fruit and vegetable purchases can earn up to $50 a month back on your card. The RapidRide C Line stops at the Junction, and there are parking lots between SW Edmunds and SW Oregon streets.

Seattle opened a public market on Pike Place in August 1907, and farmers still sell here seven days a week. The rules are strict: farmers must grow everything they sell, and grow it in Washington. Produce and fish sellers open at 7 a.m., hours before most of the Market, so an early weekday visit is the calm way to shop. In summer, Produce on Pike adds a Wednesday-evening farmers market on the street at Stewart.

When

Daily, year-round. Produce and seafood from 7 a.m., farm tables 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and most of the Market 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Produce on Pike runs Wednesdays, 3 to 7 p.m., late June to early September.

Good for

Weekday shopping, out-of-town guests, and a farmers market fix on a Monday.

Know before you go

Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. In summer and fall the Market also runs Pike Place Express farmers markets in South Lake Union on Thursdays and on First Hill on Fridays, with an information tent that explains how to double EBT dollars and use Fresh Bucks.

This market opened in 1998, and two years later it joined the University District and West Seattle markets to form Neighborhood Farmers Markets, the nonprofit behind most of this list. It sits in one of the most diverse ZIP codes in the country, and the stalls show it, with Asian greens and Ethiopian food alongside the farm produce. Columbia Park is close by if you’d rather eat your haul on the grass in Columbia City.

When

Wednesdays, early May through late October, 3 to 7 p.m.

Good for

A weeknight market dinner, picnics, and South Seattle shoppers.

Know before you go

The Columbia City light rail station is a block away, and street parking around the market is zoned for two hours. The same corner hosts a night market on third Saturdays, year-round; it’s in our pop-ups and night markets guide.

Meridian Playground gives this market the best setting on the list: apple trees to picnic under, a playground, and the P-Patch garden at the Good Shepherd Center next door. The Washington State Farmers Market Association has named it one of the best markets in the state. Along with fruit and vegetables, expect wine and cider, popsicles and ice cream, food stalls, and usually a busker or two.

When

Wednesdays, late May through September, 3 to 7 p.m.

Good for

Families, a picnic dinner, and a midweek market north of the Ship Canal.

Know before you go

Park along Meridian Avenue N. The Good Shepherd Center lot and Sunnyside Avenue N are off limits. EBT/SNAP, Market Match, WIC and Senior FMNP checks, and Fresh Bucks are accepted.

Set beside the Lake City branch of the Seattle Public Library, this market has served Northeast Seattle since 2002, with produce and artisan foods from small local farms and businesses. Summer Thursdays often bring kids’ activities and tables from community groups. In fall it switches to Saturday mornings and keeps going into mid-December, an extended season backed by the City of Seattle.

When

Thursdays, June through September, 3 to 7 p.m. Saturdays, October to mid-December, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Good for

North-end shoppers, families, and a late-fall Saturday market.

Know before you go

Bike racks are at the library. There’s street parking, with two accessible spaces on the west side of 28th Avenue NE.

Neighbors started organizing in 2006, opened the market in 2007, and still run it themselves: it’s Seattle’s only independent, community-run farmers market. The roster is all food, from farmers and local producers, and Thursday evenings at the top of Queen Anne come with live music, chef demos and a kids’ program called Roots to Shoots.

When

Thursdays, late May to early October, 3 to 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. after Labor Day). Saturday harvest markets, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., around Halloween and just before Thanksgiving.

Good for

Turning Thursday dinner into an outing, kids, and Queen Anne and Uptown neighbors.

Know before you go

It’s at West Crockett Street and Queen Anne Avenue N. Swap EBT for tokens at the info tent, where SNAP Market Match doubles them; Fresh Bucks, WIC and Senior FMNP checks are also accepted.

Georgetown‘s Thursday market sets up outside Bloom Bistro on Carleton Avenue S. It’s a short row of stalls with a strong roster: regulars include Collins Family Orchards for apples, cherries and stone fruit, Olsen Farms for pork and potatoes, kimchi from The Stone Soup Kitchen, Pan de La Selva’s Mexican and Central American pastries, and naturally leavened pizza from Pizza Ritual. Simple Bloom brings flowers and Republic of Cider the cider.

When

Thursdays, May to early October, 3 to 7 p.m.

Good for

An after-work dinner and errand run, and South Seattle neighbors.

Know before you go

The market accepts SNAP, Market Match and Fresh Bucks. Some vendors come only occasionally, so the lineup changes week to week.

Held with the Phinney Neighborhood Association in the upper lot of its community center, the Friday market is how Phinney Ridge and Greenwood ease into the weekend. Live music plays in the courtyard and there’s a playground next door, so it doubles as an early family dinner outing. It reopens for one day in November for a pre-Thanksgiving harvest market.

When

Fridays, June through September, 3 to 7 p.m., plus the November harvest market.

Good for

Starting the weekend, families with small kids, and north-end neighbors.

Know before you go

Parking is free in the PNA’s lower lot and on the street. Bike racks are by the stairs up to the PNA.

Magnolia Village’s Saturday market has been the neighborhood’s gathering spot since its first season in 2003, set up at W McGraw Street and 33rd Avenue W. Regional family farms bring produce, eggs, cheese and meat, and select summer Saturdays add kids’ activities. After the regular season it returns for a harvest market before Thanksgiving and a holiday market in early December.

When

Saturdays, June to early October, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., plus the late-November harvest market and early-December holiday market.

Good for

A relaxed neighborhood Saturday, and a last local-food run before the holidays.

Know before you go

There’s no market on the first Saturday of August, when Magnolia SummerFest takes over the village. Free street parking is plentiful, and Metro Route 24 runs from downtown.

Looking for the Fremont Sunday Market? It’s more vintage than vegetables, so it lives in our flea and vintage markets guide. For one-off harvest and holiday markets, check our live events calendar.

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