Events

The market is more than shopping! Enjoy weekly activities like the childrens' area and facepainting as well as special event like the ones listed below:

Upcoming Events for 2010

Tomato Festival - September 11 - Trout Lake - celebrate the "Love Apple" with tastings, beautiful and informative displays and recipes to make with those delectable heirlooms you just found at the market.

RIPE - The 2nd Annual Evening of Local Food & Libations - September 26 - Join us for an evening of delicious local food, enchanting entertainment and fun for the whole family. This family-friendly event is our annual fundraiser to support the growth and security of Vancouver's Farmers Markets. Ticket and event information available on our RIPE page.

Harvest Festival -October 2 - West End - everything squash and apples and pears! Recipes, information, cooking tips and demonstrations. Enter your pie in our pie competition.

 

Past Events in 2010

Garden Festival May - Trout Lake - celebrate the growing season with demos and displays about composting, heirloom seeds, planning your garden and even info on community gardens in your area.

Bike to Market Day June - all markets - don a helmet and dust off the bike shorts! Bike to the market on Bike to Market day and you'll receive our thanks by way of coupons and special treats for cyclists.

Cookbook Swap - last Saturday of the month - Trout Lake - everyone has a book or two in their collection that doesn't quite match their cooking style - swap it for something more your taste at our annual cookbook swaps.

Blueberry Festival - July 14 Main St Station Market - blueberry muffin bake-off, recipes, tips on preserving and cooking with blueberries and fun for the kids.

Corntastic Celebrations - August - Kitsilano Farmers Market - enjoy fresh roasted corn, corn recipes, corn shucking competition and corny kids activities too!

Buskers

Interested in sharing your musical talents with the market community? We book 2 buskers at each of our markets each week throughout the summer. All music should be acoustic and appropriate for an all ages event. Bookings must be done in advance through the market office. Email or call us if you're interested in booking a busking date at the market.

 

Community Information Tables

As a commitment to our community, we aim to involve community-based organizations in our Markets. Under normal circumstances, we charge up to $60 a day for space at the Markets but for community groups we are offering space at a lower rate - just $20 a day. We set aside one space each week at each of our three markets for community education.

There are limits to what you may sell. The only permitted items are:

society memberships
general donations
raffle tickets
event tickets

You may not sell T-shirts, coffee mugs, buttons, badges, plants, seeds, food items, or other items not listed above at this free table. Additionally, to sustain the economic efforts of our vendors, free food, beverages and hand-crafted items may not be offered at this space. If you want to sell or distribute something that is not on this list please contact Alita for more information.

2010 Community Table Application (PDF document)

If you would like to be notified when the applications go online, contact us at communitytables@eatlocal.org to be put on our mailing list.