Farmers Markets near Burnsville, NC

Burnsville

A Main Street market in Bakersville, listed at 143 Crimson Laurel Way, the same downtown stretch as the town's other farmers market and near the creek that runs through the center of town. Mitchell County growers work a short Blue Ridge season here. It reads as a near-duplicate of the Bakersville Farmers' Market record; days and contact aren't confirmed.

Bakersville

Held at 175 Crimson Laurel Way in Bakersville, seat of Mitchell County in the Blue Ridge near Roan Mountain. This high-elevation market runs a cool, late-starting season built around mountain produce, berries, and local crafts. Market days and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Barnardsville

Held at 1679 Barnardsville Highway in Barnardsville, in the Big Ivy area of Buncombe County north of Asheville. Like other Western North Carolina tailgate markets, it gathers nearby growers for a warm-season run of mountain produce, eggs, and handmade goods. Market days and contact details aren't listed here.

Spruce Pine

A mountain farmers market on Oak Avenue in downtown Spruce Pine, in Mitchell County high in the Blue Ridge. Growers from the Toe River valley sell seasonal produce and local goods near Spruce Pine's historic Lower Street district. High-elevation markets like this run through the shorter mountain growing season.

Black Mountain

A warm-season tailgate market in Black Mountain, the Swannanoa Valley town just east of Asheville. Growers and makers from the surrounding mountains set up at 130 Montreat Road to sell vegetables, fruit, eggs, baked goods, and handmade crafts direct to shoppers. Markets like this one run through the growing season and close over winter. It sits within a short walk of downtown Black Mountain.

Black Mountain

A producer-only tailgate market in Black Mountain, east of Asheville, set up behind First Baptist Church at 130 Montreat Road. Everything sold is grown or made by the vendor, drawing Swannanoa Valley farmers for a warm-season Saturday run of produce, meats, and crafts. Exact hours and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Behind the Community Center overlooking Lake Louise Weaverville

The Weaverville Tailgate Market gathers behind the Community Center overlooking Lake Louise on Lakeshore Drive in Weaverville, just north of Asheville in Buncombe County. Growers and makers from the surrounding mountains sell seasonal produce and local goods at the small tailgate market. Days and hours aren't confirmed online.

Marion

A downtown tailgate market on West Henderson Street in Marion, the seat of McDowell County in the western North Carolina foothills. Farms from the Catawba River valley and the slopes below the Blue Ridge bring produce and goods to sell. Marion sits close to Lake James and the mountains rising toward Mount Mitchell.

McDowell County growers sell at this open-air market on West Henderson Street in downtown Marion. The surrounding foothills and river-bottom farms produce vegetables and orchard fruit as the season turns from summer into fall. Marion is a stop along the way to Lake James, Linville Gorge, and the high peaks of the Black Mountains.

Johnson City

Operating since 1976, the Johnson City Farmers Market sells Saturdays 8 to 1 at the covered pavilion on South Roan Street. Vendors offer fruits, vegetables, eggs, meats, honey, jams, and baked goods, and the space includes indoor room. Most take cash and cards, with some accepting SNAP, EBT, and WIC.

Asheville

This midweek tailgate market sets up around the French Broad Food Co-op on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville, gathering growers from the surrounding mountains. The co-op has anchored Asheville's downtown natural-foods scene for decades. Western North Carolina's tailgate markets are a regional institution, and a Wednesday market gives shoppers a stop between the busier weekend ones.

Asheville

A neighborhood tailgate market in the Oakley area of East Asheville, set up in the Oakley United Methodist Church parking lot on Fairview Road. Growers from the Southern Appalachian mountains bring seasonal produce, and small tailgate markets like this are common across the Asheville area. It draws the surrounding East Asheville community.

Jonesborough

Jonesborough Farmers Market is a 100% producer-only market - which means that all products brought to the market are grown, raised, or made by the vendor. We also limit vendors to a 10-mile radius of Jonesborough, TN, which guarantees the freshest locally-grown products are available. We offer live music, a walking program, and a kids activity once per month. We accept SNAP-EBT funds and participate in a SNAP-match program.

Asheville

A food hub at 50 S. French Broad Avenue in downtown Asheville, Buncombe County. The location sits near the city's Southside neighborhood, and hubs like this connect area farms with residents through aggregation and distribution of local food. No website or posted hours are listed that I could verify, so contact the hub directly for details.

Jonesborough

Boone Street Market is a year-round local foods store sourcing within 100 miles of Jonesborough, TN (primary); in Tennessee; and in the Central Appalachian region. Most products are sold direct-to-consumer to maximize the revenue returned to the vendor. Products include fruits, vegetables, grains, honey, pizza, coffee, meats, and pot pies.

Jonesborough

The Winter Market picks up where the Jonesborough Farmers Market leaves off. We open vendor sign-ups to all active JFM vendors and move locations to in front of Boone Street Market. This year, we'll operate on the first three Saturdays in November and December, and the third Saturday January through April, from 9 am to 12 pm. All products are grown, raised, or made locally - by the vendor.

Marion

Foothills Food Hub in Marion buys produce, meat, eggs, and more from over 80 farmers across McDowell County and Western North Carolina, then distributes it through monthly drive-thru events, pantries, and an online marketplace. Started in 2018 by the McDowell Local Food Advisory Council, it also runs the Marion Tailgate Market and moved more than 92,000 pounds of local food in 2023. Contact [email protected].

The West Asheville Tailgate Market runs Tuesdays from 3:30 to 6:30pm, April through Christmas, at 718 Haywood Road in West Asheville. Vendors sell fruits and vegetables, bread and baked goods, eggs, cheese, milk, meat, poultry, and fish, plus plant starts, herbal medicine, and local art. It accepts SNAP EBT and cards, with live music and free children's activities each week.

Banner Elk

Held at 155 Orchard Lane in Banner Elk, in Avery County, North Carolina high country near the Sugar Mountain and Beech Mountain resorts. Short mountain summers make for a compact season of cool-climate produce, berries, and crafts. Market days and contact details aren't confirmed in this listing.