Farmers Markets near Reading, PA

Reading

This seasonal open-air market runs on the 400 block of Penn Street in downtown Reading, the Berks County seat. Curbside stands carry produce, flowers, and prepared foods from Berks farms into the city center. Penn Street is Reading's main downtown corridor, near the courthouse and the GoggleWorks arts center.

Reading

West Reading

A producer-only farmers' market on Penn Avenue in West Reading, where every vendor grows, raises, or makes what they sell within 50 miles. Sunday mornings bring produce, meat, dairy, and value-added foods made from local ingredients. The market accepts SNAP and FMNP checks, widening access for shoppers in the Reading area. It runs from mid-morning to early afternoon.

This is a Pennsylvania Dutch-style indoor market at 845 Woodland Road in Wyomissing, a Berks County suburb of Reading. PA Dutch markets keep stalls for the region's staples: fresh produce, meats and deli, cheeses, baked goods, and homemade foods. Wyomissing's spot off Route 422 makes it an easy stop.

Reading

The Fairgrounds Farmers Market, next to Boscov's at Fairgrounds Square in Reading, gathers about 65 family-owned vendors at 2934 N. 5th Street Highway. Berks County shoppers come for locally grown produce, meats, cheeses, and prepared foods, and the market was voted the county's best in 2019. It runs year-round, Thursday and Friday 8am to 7pm and Saturday 8am to 4pm.

The market runs at 10 South Summit Avenue in Shillington, a Berks County borough just southwest of Reading. Shillington is best known as the boyhood home of writer John Updike. Warm-season stands here carry produce, flowers, and baked goods from surrounding Berks farms.

Reading

Leesport

Leesport Farmers Market — "Where Friends Meet" — is a Berks County, Pennsylvania institution on Gernants Church Road, anchored by its Wednesday market (8 to 6) plus Sunday flea markets, craft shows, toy shows, livestock feeder sales, and events from the summer Hoedown to Halloween flea markets.

Birdsboro

A small-town farmers' market on West Main Street in Elverson, a northern Chester County borough near French Creek State Park and Hopewell Furnace. Growers from the surrounding farmland bring seasonal produce and local goods to the center of town during the growing season. Days and current vendors aren't posted online.

Oley

A growers' market on Main Street at 357 W. Main Street in Kutztown, the Berks County borough at the center of Pennsylvania Dutch country. Local farmers bring seasonal produce and homemade goods to the market, a short walk from Kutztown University and the grounds of the long-running Kutztown Folk Festival.

An organic-focused market at 19 E. Main Street in downtown Kutztown, Berks County. It puts local, chemical-free produce and natural foods front and center, drawing on the Pennsylvania Dutch farmland that surrounds the college town. A counterpart to Kutztown's Main Street growers' market a few doors away.

New Holland

The Boyertown Farmers Market runs at 100 South Walnut Street in Boyertown, a Berks County borough in southeastern Pennsylvania. Local farmers and food makers sell seasonal produce, baked goods, and other farm products at the community market. Days and hours follow the growing season, so confirm the current schedule before stopping in.

New Holland

Pottstown

Pottstown

The market runs along East High Street in downtown Pottstown, a Montgomery County borough on the Schuylkill River between Reading and Philadelphia. High Street is the town's historic main drag. Warm-season stands here bring produce, flowers, cheese, and baked goods from Berks and Montgomery county farms.

Leola

Leola

Orwigsburg

Exton

Eagleview Farmers' Market sets up at Wellington Square in the Eagleview Town Center, a planned community in Exton, Chester County. Seasonal outdoor markets like this one gather regional growers and food producers selling fresh produce, baked goods, flowers, and prepared foods around the square's green. The town-center setting draws families and neighbors on market evenings through the summer. Check the current day and hours, since the market runs on a seasonal schedule.

Breinigsville

A producer-only, family- and pet-friendly market held rain or shine at Grange Park (360 Grange Rd). Vendors sell fresh fruits and vegetables, local honey, locally roasted coffee, fresh baked goods, and more.

Paradise

Paradise

This Saturday market sets up at 3293 Lincoln Highway East (Route 30) in Paradise, deep in Lancaster County's Amish farm country east of Strasburg. Standholders sell produce, meats, cheeses, and baked goods, much of it from the surrounding Plain-community farms.

Schuylkill Haven

The Anselma Farmers and Artisans Market sets up at the Historic Mill at Anselma, a preserved colonial gristmill and National Historic Landmark at 1730 Conestoga Road in Chester Springs. Vendors bring local produce alongside handmade and artisan goods, pairing a working-history site with a small seasonal market. Schedules vary by season, so confirm market days before visiting.

Downingtown

Macungie

Lititz

A downtown market at 9 N. Water Street in Lititz, the Lancaster County borough known for Wilbur Chocolate and the Julius Sturgis pretzel bakery. Local farmers and food makers sell produce and baked goods near Lititz Springs Park, in one of the region's most walkable small towns.

Downtown Lititz Farmers Market runs at 20 South Water Street in Lititz, a well-preserved Lancaster County town known for its Moravian roots, pretzel history, and busy Main Street. Vendors from the surrounding farmland bring seasonal produce, baked goods, flowers, and prepared food to the town center. Lititz's walkable downtown and steady visitor traffic make the market a lively weekend stop in season. Check the current day and hours before you go.

Allentown

Pottsville

Lancaster

Strasburg

Lancaster

Lancaster

Lancaster County Food Hub runs a grocery pantry, a seasonal clothing bank, and outreach that connects unsheltered neighbors to services from 812 North Queen Street in Lancaster. It is a nonprofit, not a farm stand: households facing food insecurity pick up groceries here, and the clothing bank covers coats and warm-weather basics as the seasons turn. Reach the hub at 717-291-2261 to check pantry hours and volunteer needs.

Emmaus

Emmaus Farmers' Market has run since 2003 at Triangle Park in Emmaus, a Lehigh Valley borough south of Allentown. The producer market opens Sundays from 10am to 1pm during its May-to-November season, then shifts to a shorter winter schedule from December through April. Vendors focus on locally grown food, and the market runs rain or shine. Its central-park location makes it an easy Sunday-morning stop in town.

Central Market in Lancaster ranks as the oldest continuously operating public market in the country, running at 23 North Market Street since the 1730s. Standholders sell produce from local growers, meats, dairy, baked goods, cut flowers, and prepared meals spanning several cuisines. The market opens Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday from 6am to 3pm inside a historic brick market house just off Penn Square in downtown Lancaster.

A historic indoor market house at 35 S. 8th Street that has operated since 1892, open Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stands run from fresh produce and local meats to candies, pastries, hot pretzels, a coffee bar, and several sit-down restaurants inside. It anchors downtown Lebanon in the Pennsylvania Dutch country north of Lancaster.

Allentown

Open since 1953, the Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market is an indoor market at 1825 W. Chew Street on the Allentown Fairgrounds, with more than 50 local merchants under one roof. Vendors sell fresh produce, butcher meats, seafood, baked goods, prepared and ethnic foods, coffee, and more. It runs Thursday through Saturday year-round, a dependable weekly stop in the Lehigh Valley.

Manheim

Open every Tuesday since 1925, Root's Country Market & Auction is a Lancaster County institution at 705 Graystone Road in Manheim. Standholders sell fresh local produce, farm-raised meats, and homemade baked goods alongside handcrafted items and collectibles. The grounds also host flea markets and live auctions for livestock, produce, flowers, and equipment. Hours run 9am to 9pm April through October, 9am to 8pm in winter.