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Farmers Markets Guide 2023
from May 10 - 16, 2023
SATURDAYS
Plant Chicago (L)(M)
4459 S. Marshfield Ave.
May 7 – October 29, 11am–3 pm
Monthly markets include live music, swapping opportunities, dance and yoga, cooking demos, and more. A variety of Saturday workshops will be taking place simultaneously at the firehouse.
Division Street City Market (L)(C)(M)
100 W. Division St.
May 6 – October 28, 7am–Noon
Englewood Village
Farmers Market (L)(M)
Englewood Village Plaza, southwest corner of Halsted & 58th streets
June 24 - November 4 10 am- 2 pm
(no market on July 1 and Sept. 2) For questions or vendor applications contact connect@growgreater.org
www.growgreater.org
(Garfield Park Community Council photo)
Evanston Farmers Market (L)
1800 Maple Ave. (Oak Avenue & University Place)
May 6 - November 4, 7:30- 1 pm
Free parking is available at the Maple Avenue garage. Parking tickets should be brought to the City of Evanston to validate. Starting in June, the Home Grown Artist area will be expanding to showcase more original art than seen at previous markets.
www.cityofevanston.org/residents/ farmers-market
Garfield Park Neighborhood Market (L)(M)
The Hatchery, 135 N. Kedzie, on the plaza
June 10, 24; July 8, 22; August 12, 26; September 9, 23; October 14, 28, 10am-2pm
www.gpcommunitycouncil.org/ programs/neighborhood-market
Green City Market West Loop (L)(M)
Mary Bartelme Park, 115 S. Sangamon St.
May 6 - November 19, 8-1 pm
At all its venues, Green City Market welcomes the Illinois Link card, an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. GCM triple matches the value of Link benefits up to $25 per customer, per market day, so spending $25 at the market is matched with
$50 more. SNAP benefits can be used for food items or seeds and plants that can grow food. They cannot be used for prepared food items such as desserts, pastries and sandwiches.
www.greencitymarket.org/market/ details/west
Experimental Station
Mercado de Colores
Green City Market
Lincoln Park (L)(M)
Lincoln Park, 1817 N. Clark St. April 29 - November 19, 7 am-1 pm Green City Market is the first farmers' market in the nation to require all of its farmers to be certified by a nationallyrecognized third party agency. The Chef Connection program offers wholesale pricing to chefs and restaurant buyers from many participating vendors. The market resumes indoors NovemberApril in the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
www.greencitymarket.org/market/ details/lincoln
Horner Park Farmers Market
2741 W. Montrose Ave., in front of Horner Park Fieldhouse June 3 - October 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Live music at every market, under the trees. It is operated by the Horner Park Advisory Council (HPAC). FREE Yoga is offered at 10 am each week in the grassy area adjacent to the market, weather permitting. This year, Kids Day will take place on September 16 with kid-focused music and activities. hornerpark.org/farmers-market
61st St - Experimental Station (L)(M)
6100 S. Blackstone Ave.; 61st Street between Dorchester and Blackstone avenues, and continues on to Blackstone Ave.
May 13 - October 28, 9 am-2 pm
Market is a producer-only, food-only market, so the market offers produce, meat, eggs and prepared foods from local and regional farms. Each week at the Market School tent, individuals, groups and organizations volunteer to engage market customers in conversations about topics like nutrition, sustainability, buying locally, gardening, and living more healthfully.
www.experimentalstation.org/market
The Lincoln Park Farmers Market
Lincoln Park HS parking lot, 2001 N. Orchard St.
April 29 - November 28, 7 am-1 pm
Celebrating its 42nd season, this year’s market has a 30-week calendar running rain or shine. Free parking in the Lincoln Park High School lot.
Mercado de Colores (L)(M)(C)
Manuel Perez Memorial Plaza, 4345 W. 26th St.
June 3 – October 7, 11am–3pm
Nettelhorst French Market
3252 N. Broadway
July - October, 8-2 pm
Developed by a family that runs 80 markets throughout France and brought the French town square market concept to
the U.S. nearly 30 years ago, this market offers Parisian flair in the form of foods and drinks, flowers, clothing, arts and crafts, books and jewelry. www.bensidounusa.com/nettlehorst
Northcenter photo
Northcenter Farmers Market
Northcenter Town Square, 4100 N. Damen Ave.
June 10 - October 28, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. www.northcenterchamber.com/northcenterfarmers-market
Oak Park Farmers Market
Pilgrim Church parking lot, 460 Lake St. (one block west of Ridgeland Ave.)
May 20 - October 28, 7 am-1 pm
www.oak-park.us/our-community/oak-parkfarmers-market
South Loop Farmers Market
632 S. Dearborn St.
May 27 - October 14, 9 am - 1 pm
No market on September 10 10th anniversary!
www.southloopfarmersmarket.com
West Humboldt Park City Market
in partnership with NHS Chicago (L)(M)(C)
3601 W. Chicago Ave.
June 3 – October 7, 10 am–2 pm
Wicker Park Farmers Market (L)(M)
Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen Ave.
May 7 - October, 9 am-2 pm
Special events vary every week including yoga and breathwork, child/family-centered activities, live music, and interactive artwork.
www.wickerparkbucktown.com/farmersmarket
