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 2012
Garden Festival - May 26 - Trout Lake Farmers Market -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 Festival - June 17 - Kitsilano Farmers Market - 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.
Berry Festival - July 18 - Main Street Station Farmers Market - blueberry muffin bake-off, recipes, tips on preserving and cooking with the bounty of local berries and fun for the kids.
Corn Festival - August 25 - Kitsilano Farmers Market - enjoy fresh roasted corn, corn recipes, corn eating competition and corny kids activities too!
Tomato Festival - September 16 - 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.
Harvest Festival - October 20 - West End - everything squash and apples and pears! Recipes, information, cooking tips and demonstrations. Enter your pie in our pie competition.
RIPE - The 2nd Annual Evening of Local Food & Libations - Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 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.
Buskers
Interested in sharing your musical talents with the market community? We book buskers at each of our markets each week all year long. All music should be acoustic and appropriate for an all ages event. Bookings must be done in advance through the market office. Fill out the application below and email, mail or drop it off to any market or our office.
2012 Busker Application - PDF - 
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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 plus an annual application processing fee of $25. We set aside one space each week at each of our 6 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 Robyn for more information.
2012 Community Table Application
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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.
