Upcoming Events
We regularly schedule fun and educational special events throughout the season. Be sure to sign up for our weekly newsletter and keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram accounts - every market day is an event of its own!
wednesday market kick-off + Market bunch begins
wednesday, april 3rd, 2024
Our mid-week Market is back for the Main Season! Every Wednesday from April 3rd through November 20th, our Wednesday Market is open 3-6pm (3-5pm in November). Our Wednesday Market is a great after-school and after-work stop, with your favorite farmers and some Wednesday-only vendors too.
Every Wednesday Market we offer free kids activities through our Market Bunch program, with activities related to sustainability, local agriculture, arts & crafts, healthy eating, and more.
Main season hours opening day + 45th birthday party
saturday, april 6th, 2024
Celebrate the start of our Saturday Main Season hours (7am - 12pm), which run through the end of October! We are thrilled to kick off our Main Season with a birthday party to celebrate 45 seasons. Founded in 1979, the Carrboro Farmers’ Market is “Locally Grown, Nationally Known” and one of the finest producers-only farmers markets in the state. This event will feature a 45th birthday celebration that includes tie-dye of special limited edition merch, a Mini-Museum with the Market’s history, festivities around the Market area, and the debut of this year’s t-shirts.
kids seedling day
Saturday, ApriL 20th, 2024
Kick off the spring season with Kids Seedling Day! Kids can get excited to start their own gardens with a free tomato seedling donated by CFM farmers. Kids can plant their seedlings to take home, decorate a label, and then write a thank-you card to the farmer that donated it. Kids Seedling Day also features a raffle, live music, and much more. Kids Seedling Day is sponsored by Fifth Season Gardening Co.
STRAWBERRY JAMBOREE
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market celebrates all things strawberry with Strawberry Jamboree! Market-goers can pick up strawberry recipes, get information about local you-pick strawberry farms, enjoy samples of strawberry dishes around the market, enter a raffle, enjoy live music, and much more. Visit our many strawberry growers and stock up your freezer and pantry for the year. Many of our prepared foods vendors at the Market also offer strawberry specials.
June in Bloom
Saturday, June 8th, 2024
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market’s June in Bloom celebrates the beauty and bounty of spring flowers in bloom! June in Bloom features make + take art, unique photo opportunities, a raffle, special coloring book prizes for market-goers, vendor specials, live music, and much more.
Photo credit Alicia Bao (2024)
TOMATO DAY
Saturday, July 13th, 2024
Our biggest signature event of the year is Tomato Day! CFM farmers grow over 70 varieties of tomatoes - like Sun Gold, Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Big Beef, Black Krim, and much more. The Market celebrates tomato season with samples of freshly-sliced tomato samples, local Guest Chefs, a raffle with over 25 prizes from local Carrboro businesses, and much more. Don’t forget to pick up limited-edition merch, like Tomato Day t-shirts and posters.
Press Release | Facebook Event | 2024 Tomato Day Zine
In 2020, we made a special booklet all about tomatoes called “Tomato Daze: A Sungold-Sized Collection of Stories, Recipes, and Art in Honor of the Tomato Days of Summer,” which includes art, trivia, memories, essays, and recipes all about tomatoes from our vendors as well as our customers. Click here to view a digital flipbook of Tomato Daze!
Photo credit Alicia Bao (2024)
national Farmers Market Week
August 4th - 10th, 2024
Join us in celebrating farmers markets with National Farmers Market Week! The Carrboro Farmers’ Market joins other farmers markets across the country in celebrating the vital role that farmers markets play in our food system - they preserve farmland, stimulate local economies, increase access to nutritious food, support healthy communities, promote sustainability, and more. On our market days during this week shoppers can enjoy our “Mini Museum” of market history in the gazebo, with banners highlighting the market’s history and timeline. Our Saturday celebrations will include a raffle to win a basket full of goodies from market vendors, live music, samples of in-season products, and more.
Photo credit Alicia Bao (2023)
Carrboro Cookout
Saturday, august 31st, 2024
(Labor Day Weekend)
On Labor Day Weekend the Carrboro Farmers Market celebrates Carrboro Cookout - a showcase of local meat from local farmers. Our farmers raise and sell a diverse range of local NC meats, including chicken, duck, pork, beef, lamb, and bison. Shoppers will be able to pick up a list of all of our meat farmers with the products they offer.
vendor halloween costume contest
Saturday, october 26th, 2024
Join us in celebrating the Halloween season with our annual Vendor Halloween Costume Contest. Our vendors, staff, volunteers, and collaborators will all be in costume - we invite you and your family to dress up as well! Stop by the Information Tent to purchase $1 tickets to vote for your favorite vendor costume, and then cast your votes at the jack-o-lanterns at vendor stalls around the market. All proceeds go to our Double Bucks program.
The last Saturday in October is also our last Saturday of Main Season Hours!
Root Fest
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
Join us in celebrating our humble root vegetables in honor of the start of our winter market season. The first Saturday of the market’s winter hours (9am-noon) is the perfect time to celebrate root vegetables perfect for all of your upcoming Thanksgiving and holiday dishes. Shoppers will be able to enjoy vendor specials that feature root vegetables, an educational display about sweet potatoes (North Carolina’s state vegetable!), samples of recipes that feature root vegetables to inspire your shopping, a raffle with root trivia, and much more.
