Farmers Markets in North Carolina

Alleghany Farmers' Market

Sparta, NC

Runs at 185 East Whitehead Street in Sparta, seat of Alleghany County in North Carolina's Blue Ridge high country near the Virginia line. Growers here work a short, cool mountain season, typically bringing summer produce and mountain-grown goods. Market days and contact details aren't confirmed in this listing.

Apex Farmers Market

Held every Saturday at The Depot in downtown Apex, on North Salem Street. Hours run 8 a.m. to noon from April through October and 9 a.m. to noon through the winter. Local growers and makers fill the stalls, and the market posts each week's vendor lineup on Facebook and Instagram.

Archdale Farmers' Market

Archdale, NC

Held at 100 Park Drive in Archdale, a Randolph County town in the Piedmont Triad just south of High Point. The address matches Creekside Park, a common spot for town events. Local growers bring seasonal produce; exact market days and contact details aren't listed here.

Archer Lodge Farmers' Market

Clayton, NC

Held at 14000 Buffalo Road in the Archer Lodge community near Clayton, in Johnston County east of Raleigh. A small-town market serving the Archer Lodge area with local produce and goods in season. Days and contact details aren't confirmed in this listing.

Asheboro Downtown Farmers' Market

Asheboro, NC

Held at 134 South Church Street in downtown Asheboro, seat of Randolph County and home of the North Carolina Zoo. A central-Piedmont market where area farmers bring seasonal produce and homemade goods. Specific market days and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Atherton Mill and Market

Charlotte, NC

Set in the historic Atherton Mill at 2104 South Boulevard in Charlotte's South End, along the LYNX Blue Line light rail. The mill complex has long anchored the neighborhood's shops and dining, and its market brought local produce and artisan food to one of Charlotte's densest, most walkable districts. Current market days and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Avery County Farmers' Market

Banner Elk, NC

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.

Bakersville Farmers' Market

Bakersville, NC

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.

Bakersville Main Street Farmer's Market

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.

Big Ivy Tailgate Market

Barnardsville, NC

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.

Black Mountain Tailgate Market

Black Mountain, NC

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.

Black Mountain Tailgate Market

Black Mountain, NC

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 River Farmers' Market

Atkinson, NC

Held at 100 Church Street in Atkinson, a small Pender County town in southeastern North Carolina near the Black River in the Cape Fear region. A rural community market where local growers bring seasonal produce and goods. Market days and contact details aren't confirmed in this listing.

Blowing Rock Farmers' Market

Blowing Rock, NC

Held at 132 Park Avenue in downtown Blowing Rock, a Blue Ridge Parkway resort town in the North Carolina high country near Boone. The market runs through the warm months, bringing mountain-grown produce, flowers, and local food to a busy summer-and-fall tourist stretch. Exact days and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Boone Winter Farmers Market

Boone, NC

The Boone Winter Farmers' Market offers a wide range of local products such as fresh produce, meats, bouquets, pottery, prepared foods and preserves, honey, homemade body products, herbal remedies, chocolate, coffee, and so much more!

Burke Farmers Market

Burke Farmers Market sets up at 5936 Rock Falls Road in Morganton, in the Blue Ridge foothills of western North Carolina. Local growers around Burke County bring seasonal produce, eggs, and homemade goods to sell straight to shoppers. Like most foothills tailgate markets, it runs through the warm-weather growing season. Check ahead for current days and hours before you make the drive.

Burlington Downtown Farmers Market

Burlington, NC

This market runs in downtown Burlington at 268 East Front Street, in Alamance County's Piedmont. Vendors from the surrounding area sell seasonal fruits and vegetables along with baked goods and handmade items. Downtown Burlington markets typically operate on weekend mornings through the growing season. Confirm the current schedule before you visit.

Burlington Farmers Market

Burlington, NC

Held at 2389 Corporation Parkway on Burlington's east side, this Alamance County market gives area farmers a place to sell produce, eggs, and other homegrown goods directly to the public. It sits apart from the downtown market, drawing shoppers from nearby neighborhoods. Hours shift with the season, so check current times before a trip.

Cabin Branch Farm Market

Cabin Branch Farm Market operates at 104 S. Main Street in downtown Franklinton, north of Raleigh in Franklin County. The market connects local Franklin County growers with shoppers looking for fresh, in-season produce and farm goods. Small-town markets like this one run seasonally. Check for current days and hours before stopping by.

Campus Farmers Market at NCSU

The Campus Farmers Market runs on the NC State University campus at 2205 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. It brings local farmers and food vendors to students, staff, and neighbors along the Hillsborough Street corridor. University markets like this usually operate one weekday during the growing season. Verify the current schedule before you go.

Cape Fear Farmers' Market of Bladen...

Elizabethtown, NC

This Bladen County market meets at 106 Martin Luther King Drive in Elizabethtown, in the Cape Fear River region of southeastern North Carolina. Local farmers sell seasonal produce and homegrown goods to the community. Markets in this farming-heavy part of the state run through the warm months. Check ahead for current days and hours.

Carolina Brewery Farmer's Market

A farmers market held at Carolina Brewery's Pittsboro location, 120 Lowes Drive in Chatham County. The brewery hosts regular events on its large patio, where local vendors bring produce and goods for shoppers. Pittsboro sits in a farm-rich stretch of the central Piedmont. Confirm market days directly with the venue before visiting.

Carteret Local Food Network \"Hub\"

Newport, NC

CLFN supports our community by purchasing from local Carteret County farmers only and selling their fine farm fare either on our Veggie Van, or through CSA sales, or to restaurants directly, or at local farmers\' market, or served at one of our popular farm-to-table dinners or cooking classes. We try very hard to strengthen the relationship between our local farmers and our local consumers through education and enthusiasm!

Cedar Valley Farmers' Market

Murphy, NC

Cedar Valley Farmers' Market is in Murphy at 925 Andrews Road, in the far western mountains of Cherokee County near the Georgia and Tennessee lines. Mountain growers bring seasonal vegetables, fruit, and handmade goods to sell. This corner of North Carolina has a short, intense growing season. Check current hours before making the drive.

Chapel Hill Farmers Market

Chapel Hill, NC

Chapel Hill Farmers' Market runs year-round at University Place, 201 S. Estes Drive, with Saturdays 8am to noon and Tuesdays 3pm to 6pm. Every vendor farms or makes their goods within 60 miles of Chapel Hill, selling fresh produce, value-added farm products, and crafts. Staying open all year sets it apart from most Orange County tailgate markets.

Charlotte Tailgate Farmers Market

This tailgate market operates at 100 West Park Avenue in Charlotte's South End, near the Atherton Mill district. Local growers sell produce directly from their trucks and stands, the tailgate format these markets are named for. South End draws steady weekend foot traffic. Check current days and hours before heading over.

China Grove Farmers Market

China Grove, NC

China Grove's Farmers Market aims to be a gathering place where you find community, locally grown food, and handmade products! Open every Tuesday night from 4:00 - 7:00 pm (May - August).

Claremont Tailgate Market

Claremont, NC

Claremont Tailgate Market sets up in the Claremont City Hall parking lot at 3288 E. Main Street, in Catawba County's Piedmont. Area farmers back in to sell produce, eggs, and homemade goods straight from their vehicles. Small-town tailgate markets like this run on set mornings through the growing season. Confirm the schedule before you go.

Clayton Farm and Community Market

Clayton, NC

The Clayton Farm and Community Market gathers at Horne Square, 348 E. Main Street in downtown Clayton, east of Raleigh in Johnston County. Local farmers and makers sell seasonal produce, meats, baked goods, and crafts. The downtown setting makes it as much a community gathering as a produce stop. Check current market days before visiting.

Columbus Farmers Market

Columbus, NC

A farmers market that specializes in local produce, crafts, baked goods, and artisan goods.

Columbus Winter Market

Columbus, NC

A Farmers' Market that operates in the winter, which focuses on local crafts, baked goods, and fall and winter produce.

Conover Farmers' Market

Conover, NC

Conover Farmers' Market runs at 109 First Street East in downtown Conover, in Catawba County's foothills. Growers from the surrounding area sell seasonal fruits and vegetables plus homemade goods. It's one of several small tailgate markets clustered around the Hickory metro. Hours follow the growing season, so check ahead before stopping in.

Crossroads Regional Farmers' Market

Crossroads Regional Farmers' Market operates at 1551 East Broad Street in Statesville, the Iredell County seat where I-40 meets I-77. As a regional market it pulls growers and shoppers from across the surrounding counties for seasonal produce and farm goods. Its central location makes it an easy stop off the interstate. Confirm current days and hours before you go.

Davidson Farmers Market

Davidson, NC

The mission of Davidson Farmers Market is to sponsor a weekly farmers' market in Davidson which provides locally grown food, educates the public about nutrition and the importance of eating locally grown foods and offers musical entertainment, special events and cooking and other demonstrations to create a community festival for the Town. DFM’s goal is to create a vibrant community gathering place with locally grown agricultural and horticultural products and family-friendly educational, musical and entertainment activities.

Deans Farm Market

Dean's Farm Market runs a working agritourism operation at 4321 NC Hwy 42 West in Wilson, selling produce from its own fields and partner farms. Beyond the market stand, it hosts school field trips led by a master's-level educator, summer camps, a Fall Fest, Christmas tree tours, and private events. The on-site kitchen turns out prepared foods, making it a year-round destination rather than just a produce stop.

Denton Farmers' Market

Denton, NC

Denton Farmers' Market sets up at 28 W. Salisbury Street in Denton, a small town in southern Davidson County. Local growers sell seasonal produce, eggs, and homemade goods to neighbors. Denton sits in a rural stretch of the Piedmont known more for its farm heritage than its size. Check current days and hours before visiting.

Dobson Farmers' Market

Dobson, NC

Dobson Farmers' Market meets on the square in downtown Dobson at 114 W. Atkins Street, the Surry County seat in North Carolina's foothills wine country. Nearby growers bring seasonal fruits, vegetables, and homemade goods. The town square setting keeps it close to shops and county offices. Confirm the schedule before you make the trip.

Downtown Asheboro's Farmers' Market

This market runs in downtown Asheboro at 134 S. Church Street, the Randolph County seat in the central Piedmont. Randolph County farmers sell seasonal produce, plants, and homemade goods a short walk from the courthouse square. Downtown Asheboro anchors a growing dining and shopping district. Check current market days and hours before stopping by.

Downtown Farmers' Market Reidsville

Reidsville, NC

Reidsville's downtown market gathers at Market Square, 303 S. Scales Street, in Rockingham County north of Greensboro. Local farmers and makers sell seasonal produce, baked goods, and crafts right downtown. The market doubles as a weekend gathering spot. Confirm current days and hours before visiting.

Downtown Hickory Farmers' Market

Hickory, NC

The Downtown Hickory Farmers' Market runs on Union Square at 220 Union Square NW, in the middle of Hickory's downtown in Catawba County. Growers and food vendors from the foothills sell seasonal produce, meats, and prepared foods. The Union Square setting puts it among shops and restaurants. Check current market days before you go.

Eden St. Market

Eden St. Market is in Davidson at 106 Eden Street, a college town north of Charlotte in Mecklenburg County. The market brings local growers and makers to the walkable downtown near Davidson College. Vendors sell seasonal produce and homemade goods. Check current days and hours before stopping in.

Efland Farmers Market

Efland Farmers Market runs at 3106 Highway 70 West in Efland, a rural community in western Orange County between Hillsborough and Mebane. Local farmers sell seasonal produce and homegrown goods along the old highway corridor. Small roadside markets like this operate through the growing months. Confirm the schedule before you go.

Elkin Farmers Market

Elkin Farmers Market sets up at 226 North Bridge Street in downtown Elkin, a foothills town on the Yadkin River at the edge of North Carolina's wine country. Area growers sell seasonal fruits, vegetables, and homemade goods. Elkin marks the eastern end of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Check current days and hours before visiting.

Eno River Farmers Market

Eno River Farmers Market runs every Saturday year-round at 144 E. Margaret Lane in Hillsborough, 8am to noon from April through November and 9am to noon in winter. Vendors within 60 miles bring farm-fresh vegetables, fruit, cheese, pasture-raised meat and eggs, wood-fired baked goods, and crafts. Live music, master gardeners, and chef demonstrations round out the mornings.

Erwin Farmers Market

Erwin Farmers Market operates at 101 13th Street in Erwin, a former mill town in Harnett County along the Cape Fear River. Local growers sell seasonal produce, eggs, and homemade goods to the community. Markets in this part of the coastal plain run through the warm growing season. Check current days and hours before you go.

Faison Farmers' Market

Faison Farmers' Market runs at 503 West Main Street in Faison, a small Duplin County town known across the region for vegetable farming, especially cucumbers and other row crops. Local growers sell straight from the fields that surround the town. This is working farm country in the southeastern coastal plain. Confirm current market days before visiting.

Farmer Foodshare

Durham, NC

Farmer Foodshare is a Durham-based nonprofit food hub that buys fresh produce from North Carolina growers year-round, then moves it two ways: donated to hunger-relief groups and sold wholesale to local institutions, with revenue routed back to farmers. It works across the Triangle from an office on North Mangum Street. Reach the team at [email protected] or 919-701-2543.

Farmers Market at Center United Methodist Church

This market meets at Center United Methodist Church, 4945 Sherrills Ford Road in Catawba, near Lake Norman in Catawba County. Church-hosted markets like this give nearby farmers a place to sell seasonal produce and homemade goods close to home. It runs through the growing season. Check current days and hours before stopping by.

Farmers Market at the Wallace Depot

Held at the historic Wallace Depot, 206 SW Railroad Street in Wallace, this Duplin County market puts local growers in a restored train depot setting in the southeastern coastal plain. Vendors sell seasonal produce and homegrown goods. Duplin County is heavy farm country. Confirm the schedule before you make the trip.

Farmington Farmers Market

Farmington Farmers Market runs at 1723 Farmington Road near Mocksville, in the Farmington community of Davie County. Local growers sell seasonal produce and homemade goods in this rural Piedmont setting between Winston-Salem and the Yadkin River. Small community markets like this operate on set days through the season. Check ahead for current hours.

Farmville Food Hub

Farmville, NC

A food hub based in Farmville, Pitt County, in eastern North Carolina's tobacco and row-crop country. Food hubs aggregate produce and other goods from area farms and move them to buyers and residents. Only a P.O. box is listed, with no posted schedule or storefront details I could confirm, so contact the group directly for how to buy or take part.

Fayetteville Farmers' Market

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville Farmers' Market sets up at 205 Forsythe Street at the ReStore Warehouse in Fayetteville, the Cumberland County seat in the Sandhills region. Local farmers bring seasonal produce, plants, and homemade goods to shoppers near downtown. Markets here run through the long southern growing season. Confirm current days and hours before visiting.

Flat Rock Tailgate Market

Flat Rock, NC

An open-air tailgate market in the village of Flat Rock, just south of Hendersonville along Greenville Highway. Growers from around Henderson County, one of North Carolina's leading apple-producing counties, sell seasonal produce and homemade goods. Flat Rock is known for the Carl Sandburg Home and the Flat Rock Playhouse, and the market pulls in both residents and summer visitors passing through the area.

Foothills Farmers' Market Kings Mountain

The Kings Mountain site of the Foothills Farmers' Market, Cleveland County's grower network that also runs a larger market in nearby Shelby. Vendors set up downtown on Railroad Avenue with produce and goods from farms across the western Piedmont foothills. Kings Mountain sits near the South Carolina line and the Revolutionary War battlefield that gives the town its name.

Foothills Food Hub

Marion, NC

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].

French Broad Co-op Wednesday Tailgate Market

Asheville, NC

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.

Gates County Farmers' Market

Gates, NC

A county farmers' market in Gates, a small community in far northeastern North Carolina near the Great Dismal Swamp and the Virginia line. Gates County is rural farm country where peanuts, cotton, soybeans, and corn cover much of the land, and the market gives area growers a place to sell produce close to home. It sits along NC Highway 37 north of town.

Greenworks Farmers Market

A farmers market on Old Goldmine Road in Marshville, in the farm country of eastern Union County southeast of Charlotte. The road name nods to the Carolina Piedmont's 19th-century gold-mining history, which began in this region. Marshville, hometown of country singer Randy Travis, sits in a rural stretch of produce and livestock farms.

Growers Market of Fuquay-Varina

A downtown market on North Main Street in Fuquay-Varina, a fast-growing town in southern Wake County below Raleigh. Growers from the surrounding Triangle farmland bring produce and homemade goods to sell. Fuquay-Varina formed from two once-separate towns and keeps a walkable historic downtown that anchors weekend foot traffic.

Guilford Farmers Market

A neighborhood farmers market on West Northwood Street in Greensboro, the largest city in Guilford County and part of the Piedmont Triad. Vendors sell produce and goods grown on farms around the central Piedmont. Greensboro anchors a metro of nearly a million people, giving nearby growers a steady urban customer base.

Hayesville Evening Market

Hayesville, NC

An evening market on Main Street in Hayesville, the small county seat of Clay County in North Carolina's far southwestern mountains near Lake Chatuge and the Georgia line. Held around the historic courthouse square, it gives growers from the Nantahala region a place to sell after the workday. Hayesville is the only incorporated town in the county.

Healthy Harvest Farmer's Market

A farmers market on Mocksville Avenue in Salisbury, the seat of Rowan County in the central North Carolina Piedmont. Rowan County's farms turn out produce and homegrown goods for the market. Salisbury sits along the old main rail line between Charlotte and Greensboro and keeps one of the state's largest historic downtown districts.

Henderson County Tailgate Market

Hendersonville, NC

One of Henderson County's tailgate markets, held on North King Street in downtown Hendersonville. Henderson County grows more apples than anywhere else in North Carolina, and its orchards, produce farms, and greenhouses supply the market through the season. Hendersonville's brick Main Street sits a block over and keeps the downtown busy in summer and fall.

Hildebran Farmers' Market

Hildebran, NC

A small-town farmers market on South Center Street in Hildebran, a Burke County town along the I-40 corridor between Morganton and Hickory. Growers from the western North Carolina foothills bring produce to sell. Hildebran grew up around the old rail line and the furniture and textile mills that once ran through this part of the Catawba Valley.

Historic Marion Tailgate Market

Marion, NC

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.

Holly Springs Farmers Market

Holly Springs, NC

The Holly Springs Farmers Market runs every Saturday morning year-round, 8 a.m. to noon, hosted by the town's Parks & Recreation department. Weekly vendor lineups bring farm-fresh produce, pasture-raised meats, free-range eggs, NC coastal seafood, local honey, baked goods, and artisanal foods — even sustainably raised ostrich.

Huntersville Market

A town market on Maxwell Street in downtown Huntersville, a fast-growing suburb north of Charlotte near Lake Norman. Growers and makers from the northern Mecklenburg and Iredell County countryside sell produce and homemade goods. Huntersville sits at the edge of the Charlotte metro where new neighborhoods meet the farmland that remains around the lake.

Jones County Farmers Market

A county farmers market in Trenton, the small seat of rural Jones County in eastern North Carolina's coastal plain southwest of New Bern. The area's farms grow row crops and vegetables along the Trent River. Trenton is one of the state's least-populated county seats, and the market gives nearby growers a local outlet.

Joseph Community Farmers' Market

New Bern, NC

A community market on Neuse Boulevard in New Bern, the Craven County city where the Neuse and Trent rivers meet on North Carolina's coast. New Bern was the state's colonial capital and is the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola. Growers from the surrounding coastal-plain farms bring produce to sell to area residents.

Kernersville Farmers Market

A downtown market on East Mountain Street in Kernersville, a Forsyth County town positioned between Winston-Salem and Greensboro in the Piedmont Triad. Farms from the surrounding Triad countryside sell produce and homemade goods. Kernersville's compact historic center, marked by the Körner's Folly Victorian landmark, keeps the market within walking distance of downtown shops.

Kernsville Farmers' Market

Kernersville, NC

Kernersville's farmers market sets up on East Mountain Street in the town's historic downtown, midway between Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Growers from across the Piedmont Triad bring seasonal fruit and vegetables. The town takes its name from early settler Joseph Kerner, whose family built the ornate Körner's Folly house a short walk away.

King Street Farmers Market

Boone, NC

​The King Street Farmers' Market, powered by Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture is returning for the 2022 season! The market has been operating since 2017! The King Street Market is a spacious, outdoor market that operates every Tuesday from May through October. The King Street Market is designed with working families in mind to give them the perfect opportunity to shop local during the week! We have a variety of vendors including produce, meat, eggs, dairy, bread, baked goods, crafts, soap and more!

Krankies Farmers Market

Held at Krankies, a coffee roaster and event space on East Third Street in downtown Winston-Salem near the Innovation Quarter. Vendors bring produce and prepared goods to the market in and around the warehouse venue. Krankies has been part of the city's arts and food scene for years and draws a downtown crowd.

Kure Beach Farmers Market

Kure Beach, NC

A seaside farmers market on Atlantic Avenue in Kure Beach, a small town on Pleasure Island south of Wilmington. Held near the oceanfront, it draws both residents and beach visitors to buy produce and local goods. Kure Beach sits beside the Fort Fisher historic site and the North Carolina Aquarium at the island's south end.

L.A. Reynolds Farmers Market

A market at the L.A. Reynolds Garden Showcase on Styers Ferry Road in Winston-Salem, a long-running independent garden center on the city's west side. Growers and plant sellers set up alongside the nursery with produce and garden goods. The location pairs the market with one of the Triad's larger home and garden centers.

Lenoir County Farmers' Market

Kinston, NC

Kinston's county farmers market on North Herritage Street, the seat of Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina's coastal plain. The surrounding tobacco-and-produce country feeds the town's growing food scene, put on the map by Chef Vivian Howard's Chef & the Farmer restaurant a few blocks away. Growers sell vegetables, fruit, and homemade goods in season.

Lenoir Downtown Farmers Market

A downtown market in Lenoir, the seat of Caldwell County in the western North Carolina foothills, not to be confused with Lenoir County out east. Long a furniture-manufacturing town, Lenoir sits below the Blue Ridge Escarpment, and its market draws produce from the surrounding foothill and mountain farms. Harper Avenue runs through the historic center.

Lincoln County Farmers' Market

Lincolnton, NC

Lincoln County's farmers market on West Water Street in downtown Lincolnton, the county seat in North Carolina's western Piedmont. Farms across the county, a mix of produce, livestock, and dairy operations, supply the market. Lincolnton lies northwest of Charlotte near the Catawba River and was the site of the Revolutionary War battle at Ramsour's Mill.

Marion Tailgate Market

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.

Meeting Street Farmers Market at Morriosn Plantation

One of the Meeting Street Markets, held at Morrison Plantation, a shopping and residential development in Mooresville near Lake Norman. Vendors bring produce, baked goods, and handmade items to sell. Mooresville, known as Race City USA for its cluster of NASCAR race shops, sits in Iredell County at the north end of the Charlotte metro.

Meeting Street Market at Elon Park Elementary School

A Meeting Street Market held at Elon Park Elementary School on Ardrey Kell Road in far south Charlotte, near the Ballantyne area and the South Carolina line. Growers and makers set up in the school lot with produce and local goods for the surrounding suburban neighborhoods. It is one of several Meeting Street locations around the Charlotte region.

Meeting Street Markets

The Meeting Street Markets on Williamson Road in Mooresville, the Lake Norman market group's home turf in Iredell County. Vendors offer produce, baked goods, and crafts from farms and kitchens around the region. Williamson Road runs along Mooresville's main commercial stretch near I-77, north of Charlotte.

Men and Women United for Youth and Families or Men and Women United for Youth & Families, CDC

Delco, NC

A community development corporation in Delco, on Andrew Jackson Highway in Columbus County, southeastern North Carolina. Alongside its youth and family programs, the group runs a farmers market that connects area growers with local residents. Specific market days and vendor details aren't posted where I could confirm them, so contact the organization directly.

Mint Hill Farmers Market

A suburban farmers market on Matthews–Mint Hill Road in Mint Hill, a town on the southeastern edge of Mecklenburg County outside Charlotte. Growers from the farmland along the Union County line bring produce and homemade goods. Mint Hill keeps a small-town feel at the Charlotte metro's rural edge, and the market serves its residential neighborhoods.

Mocksville Farmers' Market

Mocksville, NC

Davie County's market in the Town Hall parking lot on South Clement Street in Mocksville, the county seat in the central North Carolina Piedmont. Farms around Mocksville, set between Winston-Salem and Statesville along I-40, bring produce and homemade goods. Downtown Mocksville centers on its historic square and courthouse a block away.

Montgomery County Farmers' Market

Troy, NC

Montgomery County's farmers market on North Main Street in Troy, the county seat set among the Uwharrie Mountains of central North Carolina. Farms in this rural, heavily forested county bring produce and homemade goods to sell. The Uwharrie National Forest and Lake Tillery draw visitors nearby, and Troy anchors the small towns of the region.

Moore County Farmers Market

Pinehurst, NC

Producers based within a 50-mile radius of Moore County bring fresh seasonal produce and locally made goods to this market, which runs year-round on Thursday mornings and adds a Saturday market in the warmer months. Local chefs cook complementary food samples during the summer season. The market covers the Sandhills communities around Pinehurst and Southern Pines. Current dates and vendor lists are posted on the market's website.

Morehead City Curb Market

A curb market in Morehead City on the Crystal Coast, at 1300 Evans Street. Curb markets are a longstanding North Carolina tradition where area growers and home producers sell homegrown vegetables, baked goods, and preserves. Given its coastal Carteret County setting, expect seasonal produce alongside other local homemade goods.

Murchison Road Community Farmers Market

A community farmers market on Murchison Road in Fayetteville, in Cumberland County. Markets like this one connect neighborhood residents with fresh local produce from nearby growers. It sits along the Murchison Road corridor near central Fayetteville.

New Bern Craven County Area Farmers Market Inc.

Open Saturdays year-round from 8am to 2pm at 421 South Front Street in historic downtown New Bern, this market carries local produce, plants, farm-raised meats, eggs, dairy, honey, jams, baked goods, and handmade crafts. In season vendors bring summer vegetables, tomatoes, berries, mushrooms, cut flowers, and potted plants. It anchors the riverfront district near the meeting of the Neuse and Trent rivers.

Newell Farmers Market

A neighborhood farmers market in the Newell community of northeast Charlotte, at 1704 Rocky River Road in Mecklenburg County. Local growers sell seasonal produce here, near the University City area and UNC Charlotte.

Oak Island Farmers' and Artisans' Market

Oak Island, NC

Held at the soccer fields behind Oak Island Town Hall on E. Oak Island Drive, this market pairs produce growers with local artisans and crafters. It serves the beach communities of Brunswick County along North Carolina's southern coast. Expect seasonal fruits and vegetables alongside handmade goods.

Oakley Farmers' Market

Asheville, NC

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.

OBX Farmers' Market

Nags Head, NC

An Outer Banks farmers market on South Croatan Highway in Nags Head, in Dare County. Vendors bring produce and local goods to the barrier-island community. Coastal markets like this one run mainly through the warmer tourist season.

Oriental Farmers Market

A small-town farmers market in Oriental, a waterfront sailing village near where the Neuse River meets Pamlico Sound, at 310 Hodges Street. Growers and producers from Pamlico County sell seasonal produce and homemade goods. The market fits Oriental's tight-knit harbor community.

Parktown Food Hub

Durham, NC

Parktown Food Hub works across southern Durham to get fresh, nutritious food to local families, running distributions, community events, and volunteer days from a site on Revere Road. It's built on partnerships with neighborhood groups and doubles as a gathering place rather than a single storefront market. Reach them at 984-484-8475 or on Facebook and Instagram.

Peachtree Farmers Market

A farmers market in Bermuda Run, in Davie County just west of Winston-Salem, at 111 Peachtree Lane. Growers from the northwest Piedmont sell seasonal produce and local goods. It serves the communities along the Yadkin River near the Highway 158 corridor.

Pearson Food Hub

Asheville, NC

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.

Pickles Farmers Market

A market at 136 East 36th Street in Charlotte, within the North Davidson (NoDa) arts district. The spot sits among the galleries, shops, and eateries of NoDa in Mecklenburg County.

Piedmont Farmers Market/Concord

Open every Saturday year-round at 518 Winecoff School Road in Concord, this Cabarrus County market runs 8am to noon from April through October and 9am to noon in the colder months. It's one of three locations operated by the Piedmont Farmers Market, which brings regional growers and their seasonal produce to the area east of Charlotte.

Piedmont Farmer's Market/Harrisburg

The Harrisburg site of the Piedmont Farmers Market, one of three locations this Cabarrus County market runs. Regional growers sell seasonal produce and local goods every Saturday year-round, 8am to noon spring through fall and 9am to noon in winter. It serves the Harrisburg community on the east side of Charlotte.

Piedmont Triad Farmers Market

Colfax, NC

The Robert G. Shaw Piedmont Triad Farmers Market in Colfax is one of North Carolina's state-run farmers markets, open daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. just off I-40 near the Greensboro airport. Farmers buildings, market shoppes, and outdoor sheds carry NC-grown produce, plants, crafts, and restaurants year-round — shop local, buy local, eat local.

Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council (a program of the Piedmont Triad Regional Council)

Kernersville, NC

The Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council is a food-policy and coordination group run through the Piedmont Triad Regional Council in Kernersville. It works across the Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point region to link farmers, food businesses, and local governments and strengthen the area's food system. This is a planning and networking body rather than a storefront market; contact the Regional Council for meeting and program details.

Pleasant Garden Farmers' Market

Pleasant Garden, NC

A community farmers market behind the Town Hall in Pleasant Garden, a small town in southern Guilford County near Greensboro, on Alliance Church Road. Area growers sell seasonal produce and homemade goods to the surrounding community.

Rutherford County Farmers' Market

Forest City, NC

A county farmers market on Depot Street in Forest City, the seat of Rutherford County in the western North Carolina foothills. Growers from the surrounding foothills bring seasonal produce and local goods to downtown Forest City near the old rail depot.

Salisbury Farmer's Market

A downtown farmers market at 300 South Main Street in Salisbury, the seat of Rowan County in the central Piedmont. Growers from Rowan and nearby counties sell seasonal fruits and vegetables and other homemade goods along Salisbury's historic Main Street corridor.

Salisbury Rowan Farmers Market

Salisbury, NC

The Salisbury Farmers Market connects our community with local farmers, food producers, and artisans offering fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, honey, baked goods, plants, flowers, and handmade items. SNAP/EBT and nutrition incentive programs are accepted. The market is held Saturdays, mid-April - December, 8 AM–12 PM, on the Railwalk at the Farmers Market Pavilion, 228 E Kerr St, Salisbury, NC.

Saluda Tailgate Market

Saluda, NC

The Saluda Tailgate Market focuses on selling fresh, local produce, locally made crafts, and freshly made baked goods.

Sampson Farmers Market

A farmers market on Lisbon Street in Clinton, the seat of Sampson County — one of North Carolina's largest farming counties, in the southeastern part of the state. Local growers sell seasonal produce here, backed by Sampson's deep base in vegetables, poultry, and row crops.

Sandhills AGInnovation Center

Ellerbe, NC

The Sandhills AgInnovation Center on Crawford Road in Ellerbe is a shared-use food and farm facility in Richmond County. Centers like this give small growers licensed kitchen and processing space to turn crops into sellable products, along with a market outlet for local food. Current market days and services aren't posted where I could confirm them; contact the center for details.

Sandhills Farmers Market

A farmers market at the Village Green in Pinehurst, in the Sandhills region of Moore County. Growers from the surrounding Sandhills sell seasonal produce and local goods near the historic village center. The area is known for its golf resorts and longleaf pine landscape.

Sandhills Farmers Market of Spring Lake

A community farmers market in Spring Lake, on Chapel Hill Road in Cumberland County near Fort Liberty. Area growers sell seasonal produce and homemade goods to the surrounding Sandhills community north of Fayetteville.

Serenbe Farmers Market

Chapel Hill, NC

The listing pairs the Serenbe name with 201 South Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, which looks like a data mix-up: the Serenbe Farmers Market belongs to the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. The Estes Drive address is a longtime Chapel Hill market site near University Place. Treat the two as separate places until the record is corrected.

Shacktown Farmers' Market

A rural farmers market on Shacktown Road in Yadkinville, the seat of Yadkin County in the northwest Piedmont. Growers from Yadkin County — part of the Yadkin Valley farm and wine region — bring seasonal produce and local goods.

Shallotte Farmers' Market

Shallotte, NC

Held at Riverside Park on Main Street in Shallotte, this market serves the Brunswick County coast between Wilmington and the South Carolina line. Local growers and producers sell seasonal fruits and vegetables and other goods along the Shallotte River. Coastal markets here run mainly in the warmer months.

Siler City Farmers Market

Siler City, NC

Open Saturdays 9am to 1pm from April through November in Siler City, this Chatham County market sells produce and baked goods from area growers, closing at noon when temperatures top 95 degrees. Siler City sits in a heavily agricultural stretch of the central Piedmont. The market posts current product availability on its Facebook page each week.

Smithfield Farmers Market

Downtown Smithfield runs a fresh market in the Johnston County seat, selling seasonal fruits and vegetables from local farms plus baked items, specialty foods, and handmade products. It operates every other Saturday from 8am to noon, May through October, in the county lot near 3rd Street South and Johnston Street. Smithfield lies in the farm country southeast of Raleigh.

Smoky Mountain Harvest Hub

Waynesville, NC

A food hub on Old River Road in Waynesville, Haywood County, in the mountains west of Asheville. Hubs like this gather produce, meat, and other goods from area farms and channel them to buyers and community members. No website or schedule is posted that I could verify, so contact the hub directly for how to order or take part.

South Durham Farmers Market

Durham, NC

Vendors within a 50-mile radius — qualified farmers, prepared-food makers, and craftspeople — sell produce, meats, and other goods at this Saturday market on the south side of Durham. Summer hours run 8am to noon from April through October, and winter hours 9am to noon. It draws shoppers from the Research Triangle Park side of the city.

South Elm Urban Market

An urban market on South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro, in the South Elm arts and entertainment district. Vendors bring produce and local goods to this Guilford County city center. The market fits Greensboro's walkable downtown near the shops and restaurants of South Elm.

Spring Run Market & Cafe

A market and cafe at 3701 Charles Boulevard in Greenville, in Pitt County and home to East Carolina University. The spot combines a market with a cafe on the city's south side.

Spruce Pine Farmers' Market

Spruce Pine, NC

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.

Stanly Commons Farmers' Market

Albemarle, NC

A farmers market at Stanly Commons on North 1st Street in Albemarle, the seat of Stanly County in the southern Piedmont. Growers from Stanly and nearby counties sell seasonal produce and homemade goods near the Uwharrie region.

Stanly County Farmers Market

A county farmers market on Railroad Street in downtown Albemarle, serving Stanly County in the southern Piedmont near the Uwharrie National Forest. Local farmers sell seasonal fruits and vegetables and other goods. It is one of a couple of market sites in the Albemarle area.

Stecoah Tailgate Market

A tailgate market at the historic Stecoah schoolhouse on Schoolhouse Road in Stecoah, in remote Graham County in far western North Carolina. Growers and makers from the Great Smoky Mountains foothills sell seasonal produce, crafts, and homemade goods. The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center anchors this small mountain community.

Stokes Farmers Market

A community farmers market on Coy Hall Road in King, the largest town in Stokes County. This is the northern Piedmont foothills just above Winston-Salem, an area of small family farms and home gardens where growers sell what's in season. Current days, hours, and vendor details aren't posted online.

Sunset Beach Waterfront Market

Sunset Beach, NC

The Sunset Beach Waterfront Market sets up along Sunset Boulevard near the water in Sunset Beach, a Brunswick County barrier-island town at North Carolina's southern coast. Seasonal coastal markets like it usually mix local produce, food, and handmade goods for the summer beach crowd. Specific dates and vendors aren't confirmed online.

Sylva Farmers Market

Sylva, NC

The Sylva Farmers Market in downtown Sylva, NC, connects small, local farms with the community, offering seasonal fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy, meats, and value-added products. The market supports sustainable and heritage farming, fosters direct farm-to-consumer sales, and promotes food access programs like HOP and FarmsSHARE. Educational events and vendor interactions strengthen local food knowledge while helping small farmers thrive.

Tanglewood Farmers' Market

Clemmons, NC

Tanglewood Farmers' Market operates on Clemmons Road in Clemmons, a western suburb of Winston-Salem near Tanglewood Park in Forsyth County. It's one of several small Piedmont markets where nearby growers sell seasonal produce and local goods. Days and the vendor lineup aren't published online.

Tarboro-Edgecombe Farmers Market

The Tarboro-Edgecombe Farmers Market runs on Albemarle Avenue in Tarboro, the Edgecombe County seat on the Tar River in eastern North Carolina's coastal plain. This is prime farm country known for corn, tomatoes, and melons through the summer. Current hours and vendors aren't confirmed online.

The Evening Farmers' Market

Statesville, NC

The Evening Farmers' Market is a downtown Statesville market held at Pecan Park on North Center Street, unusual for meeting in the evening rather than the typical Saturday morning. Statesville sits in Iredell County in the central Piedmont, where area growers sell seasonal produce. The full schedule isn't posted online.

The Farmers' Market in Star

This farmers market sits on South Main Street in Star, a small town in Montgomery County near the Uwharrie National Forest in central North Carolina. Growers from the surrounding rural county bring seasonal produce to the market. Days and hours aren't confirmed online.

The Friendly Market

The Friendly Market is on Friendly Road in Morehead City, a Crystal Coast town in Carteret County on North Carolina's central coast. Markets in this area run from inland-farm produce to seafood and handmade goods. Specific vendors and hours aren't listed online.

The Produce Box

Raleigh, NC

TPB started in 2008 (when there were almost NO subscription or delivery businesses) out of a garage working with 1 farmer. Since then, The Produce Box has grown to 11,000 members, 50+ corporate and nonprofit partnerships that support more than 40 farmers and 60 artisan food businesses as well as many food-insecure families across North Carolina. And the TPB staff has grown too – from one stay-at-home mom in her garage to more than 150 moms and dads delivering boxes in the neighborhoods they live in.

The Urban Farmer's Market

The Urban Farmer's Market meets on West Ruffin Street in downtown Mebane, a growing Piedmont town straddling the Alamance-Orange county line between Burlington and Durham. Nearby small farms supply the seasonal produce typical of central North Carolina markets. The current schedule isn't posted online.

Thomasville Farmers Market

The Thomasville Farmers Market runs Saturday mornings at 21 East Guilford Street in downtown Thomasville, gathering local farmers, makers, and small businesses. Beyond seasonal produce, it hosts themed days like Salsa Saturday and Sunflower Day and sends a weekly newsletter with vendor spotlights and recipes. Thomasville sits in Davidson County in the central Piedmont, just south of Winston-Salem.

Transylvania Farmers' Market

Brevard, NC

The Transylvania Farmers' Market gathers makers, growers, and producers from within 100 miles of Brevard every Saturday in the downtown mountain town. It runs 9am to noon May through October and 10am to noon in the off-season, and leashed dogs are welcome. Brevard sits in the Blue Ridge of western North Carolina near Pisgah National Forest.

Troutman Farmers' Market

The Troutman Farmers' Market sits on North Avenue in Troutman, a small Iredell County town just south of Statesville near Lake Norman. Growers from the surrounding central Piedmont bring seasonal fruit and vegetables. Days and vendor details aren't posted online.

Union County Food Hub

Monroe, NC

A food hub on Presson Road in Monroe, the seat of Union County southeast of Charlotte. Union County remains one of North Carolina's stronger farming areas, and a hub here would aggregate local produce and goods for buyers and residents. No website or schedule is posted that I could confirm, so contact the group directly for how to buy or take part.

Uptowne Market

Uptowne Market is a farmers market on North Main Street in High Point's Uptowne district, part of Guilford County in the Piedmont Triad. The furniture city's market brings area growers and makers together with seasonal produce and local goods. Days and the vendor lineup aren't listed online.

Uptown Wadesboro Farmers' Market

Wadesboro, NC

The Uptown Wadesboro Farmers' Market runs on East Wade Street in downtown Wadesboro, the Anson County seat in south-central North Carolina near the South Carolina line. Growers from this rural farming county sell seasonal produce. Current hours aren't confirmed online.

Valdese Farmers' Market

Valdese, NC

The Valdese Farmers' Market operates in downtown Valdese, a Burke County foothills town founded by Waldensian settlers in western North Carolina. Nearby mountain and foothill farms supply the market's seasonal produce. Specific days and vendors aren't posted online.

Village Farmers Market

Village Farmers Market sits on NC Highway 42 East in Clayton, a fast-growing Johnston County town just east of Raleigh. Johnston County is one of North Carolina's top produce and sweet-potato counties, and markets here carry local fruit and vegetables in season. Hours aren't confirmed online.

Wake Forest Farmers Market

Wake Forest, NC

The Wake Forest Farmers Market sets up on South White Street in downtown Wake Forest, on the northern edge of Wake County above Raleigh. Growers and makers from around the Triangle sell seasonal produce and local goods there. Exact days and hours aren't confirmed online.

Wallace Community Tailgate Market

This community tailgate market is listed on Eastfield (Harris) Road in Huntersville, a suburb north of Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, though the name points to a Wallace community. Tailgate markets like it let area farmers sell produce straight from the truck. Its current schedule isn't confirmed online.

Washington Saturday Market

Washington, NC

The Washington Saturday Market runs along Stewart Parkway on the Pamlico River waterfront in Washington, or 'Little Washington,' the Beaufort County seat in eastern North Carolina. Set near the downtown docks, it brings coastal-plain farmers and vendors together on Saturdays. Vendor and hours details aren't posted online.

Watauga County Farmers' Market

Boone, NC

The Watauga County Farmers' Market runs Saturdays from April through November at Daniel Boone Park on Horn in the West Drive in Boone, opening 8am (9am in November) to noon. Vendors sell produce, berries, honey, jams, eggs, cheeses, meats, mushrooms, herbs, cut flowers, and mountain crafts like pottery and woodwork. Boone sits high in the Blue Ridge of northwestern North Carolina.

Waverly Farmers' Market

Cary, NC

The Waverly Farmers' Market meets at Waverly Place on New Waverly Place in west Cary, a Wake County suburb in the Research Triangle. Triangle-area growers and food vendors sell seasonal produce and local goods at the shopping-center market. Its current schedule isn't confirmed online.

Waxhaw Farmers Market

Waxhaw, NC

The WFM is a producers-only, non-profit organization. It was established in 2001 to provide a venue for local farmers & vendors to sell farm-fresh produce & specialty items to the Waxhaw area. You will find local, seasonal produce every week!

Waynesville Tailgate Market

Waynesville, NC

The Waynesville Tailgate Market sets up at 171 Legion Drive behind the American Legion in Waynesville, the Haywood County seat in the western North Carolina mountains. Growers from the surrounding high country sell seasonal produce and homemade goods straight from their tailgates. Exact days and hours aren't confirmed online.