Farmers Markets near Madison, WI

Madison

The Dane Coun­ty Farm­ers’ Mar­ket on the Square is a Sat­ur­day and Wednes­day tra­di­tion in Madi­son, Wis­con­sin. You’ll find the season’s best boun­ty of veg­eta­bles, flow­ers, meats, cheeses, and spe­cial­ty prod­ucts from approx­i­mate­ly 220 ven­dors through­out the year. Over 130 mem­bers attend every Sat­ur­day. All of the items for sale are grown, raised, and pro­duced in Wis­con­sin by the per­son behind the stand.

Madison

The South Madison Farmers' Market runs several days a week across South Park Street sites, including the Madison Labor Temple and the Urban League hub, from spring into late October. Vendors bring fresh and organic produce, flower bouquets, meat, and baked goods. It was built to widen fresh-food access on Madison's south side. The market keeps its own website and active Facebook pages with the weekly schedule.

Madison

This is Madison's Tuesday-afternoon market on the near east side, meeting near 953 Jenifer Street at Central Park in the Marquette neighborhood. Smaller and more neighborhood-focused than the big Saturday market on the Capitol Square, it leans on organic growers, prepared food, and local makers that define Madison's east side. It runs through the warm months and has become a weekly gathering point for the Williamson Street area.

This community market on South Park Street works to get fresh, affordable produce to Madison's south side, a neighborhood the city has long flagged for limited grocery access. Local growers bring vegetables, fruit, and other farm goods through the warm months. It sits along the 2300 block of S. Park Street near the Villager corridor. Days and vendor lineups shift by season.

Madison

The Northside Farmers' Market was born in 2005 after Madison's Northside was declared a food desert — the surviving legacy of the Northside Community Co-op, now running Sundays 8:30 to 12:30, May through October, at Northside TownCenter. SNAP/FoodShare shoppers are welcome with Quest card token exchange, and every vendor produces what they sell.

Fitchburg

This market gathers at the Agora Pavilion in Fitchburg Center, the mixed-use development along E. Cheryl Parkway just south of Madison. Fitchburg is a fast-growing Dane County suburb, and the covered pavilion gives the market a fixed home through the warm months. Dane County has one of Wisconsin's deepest benches of small produce and organic growers, and area farmers stock the tables across the region's long growing season.

Fitchburg

Garden To Be operates from Commerce Park Drive in Fitchburg, on Madison's south edge, and sells through area farmers markets. Fitchburg's food-production corridor houses a number of small growers and makers who supply the Dane County market circuit. Check local market schedules to find their booth.

McFarland's market runs along US Highway 51 in this Dane County village on Lake Waubesa, just southeast of Madison. Growers from the surrounding farmland bring seasonal vegetables, flowers, and baked goods through the warm months.

Middleton

This market takes place at Greenway Station, the open-air shopping center in Middleton just west of Madison, near the Deming Way area. Middleton sits in Dane County, home to one of Wisconsin's strongest communities of small and organic growers, and area farmers supply seasonal produce through the warm months. It is a shopping-center market convenient for Middleton and west-side Madison shoppers.

Madison

The Capitol View Farmers' Market runs Wednesdays 3 to 7, late May through mid-October, on Sharpsburg Drive near Madison's Eastside Great Dane — managed by the North Star Neighborhood Association, with weekly food scrap drop-off through Sustain Dane and special events through the season.

Saturday mornings from spring through fall, the Oregon Farmers Market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 787 N. Main Street. Tables carry locally grown produce, fresh-baked goods, flowers, Wisconsin cheeses and curds, farm-processed meats, and artisan crafts. It sits in the village of Oregon just south of Madison, an easy stop for Dane County shoppers.

Verona

Held at Hometown Junction Park in Verona, this Dane County market serves a fast-growing town southwest of Madison that calls itself 'Hometown USA' and hosts the sprawling Epic Systems campus. Local growers and food makers bring produce, eggs, cheese, and baked goods through the summer season. The park setting near the old rail depot and the Military Ridge State Trail makes the market an easy stop for cyclists and families.

DeForest

DeForest's area market runs at Firemen's Park, near Jefferson and Stevenson streets in this Dane County village just north of Madison. Growers from the surrounding farmland bring seasonal produce, eggs, honey, and baked goods once the harvest starts. The park setting makes it a neighborhood gathering point through the warm months rather than a big regional market.

DeForest

The DeForest Farmers' Market runs Tuesday afternoons through the summer season in the Village of DeForest, Wisconsin, alongside village summer series music and movie nights.

Sun Prairie

Held at the Colonial Club's Cremer Auditorium, 301 Blankenheim Lane, this Sun Prairie market meets at an indoor community venue rather than an open lot. Sun Prairie, northeast of Madison, is the fast-growing Dane County town known as home of Jimmy the Groundhog and the birthplace of painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Vendors bring the produce, eggs, and baked goods typical of south-central Wisconsin's markets.

Stoughton Plaza Stoughton

Held in the Stoughton Plaza parking lot at 1050 W. Main Street, this market sits on the commercial west side of town rather than the historic core. It gives Dane County farmers and food makers a weekly spot for seasonal vegetables, fruit, and homemade items, with easy parking that suits a quick grocery run. Stoughton, southeast of Madison on the Yahara River, supports more than one market through the summer.

Stoughton

This market runs at 207 S. Forrest Street in Stoughton, a Dane County town known for its Norwegian heritage and yearly Syttende Mai festival. Local growers bring the produce, eggs, honey, and baked goods common to south-central Wisconsin markets through the growing season. Stoughton sits on the Yahara River just southeast of Madison, so the market draws both townspeople and day-trippers exploring the historic downtown.

Lodi

Lodi's market gathers on the Village Green along North Main Street, in a Columbia County valley town north of Madison near Lake Wisconsin. Expect seasonal vegetables, flowers, eggs, and baked goods from growers in the surrounding countryside.

Poynette

Saturday mornings from mid-May through mid-October, the Poynette Area Farmers' Market sets up at Pauquette Park on South Main Street, 8 a.m. to noon. Vendors bring locally grown fruits and vegetables, honey, plants, herbs, baked goods, and homemade items alongside arts and crafts. The Village of Poynette handles vendor applications and posts market details. It serves this Columbia County village north of Madison.

Evansville

Evansville holds its market near Church and Maple streets, in a Rock County town known for one of Wisconsin's larger historic districts south of Madison. Growers bring seasonal produce, eggs, honey, and baked goods through summer to the walkable old downtown. It is a small-town market serving Evansville and the surrounding farm country.

A second listing for Mount Horeb's downtown market, meeting on East Main Street in this Norwegian-heritage village southwest of Madison. Vendors from the surrounding Dane County farmland sell produce, eggs, honey, and baked goods during the growing season.

Mount Horeb

Mount Horeb runs its market along East Main Street, the downtown stretch locals call the Trollway for the carved wooden trolls that line it. This Dane County village west of Madison sits in Norwegian-heritage country, and growers bring seasonal vegetables, flowers, cheese, and baked goods.

Cambridge

The Open Air Market runs along East Main Street in Cambridge, a village on the Dane-Jefferson county line known for its pottery studios and nearby Lake Ripley. Vendors bring produce, flowers, baked goods, and handmade items, mixing farm stalls with the local craft tradition. It is a warm-season market in a small downtown that pulls weekend visitors off the Madison-Milwaukee route.

Columbus

Columbus holds its downtown market on East James Street, in a Columbia County town known for preserved turn-of-the-century architecture, including a Louis Sullivan-designed bank on the main drag. Farmers from the surrounding Crawfish River farmland bring produce, eggs, and baked goods through summer. The market anchors a compact downtown northeast of Madison.