It’s Spooky Season! Join the excitement with an extra special fall market!
Take a peek at Fall Fest 2023 and see what your favorite vendors have up their tricky sleeves this weekend at the DFM!
This Week at the DFM
2023 Fall Fest!
Pumpkin Carving Contest (winner receives a DFM x Fellow travel mug!), Fall inspired Photo Booth, Vendor Costume Contest (all sales from raffle tickets go toward funding kids programs!), Miso Pumpkin Soup tastings courtesy of Short Winter Soups, Make-You-Own Halloween Luminaries, and a special performance by Old North State Jam … you don’t want to miss it!
COSTUMES WELCOME!
Market Site Map
Vendors joining us this week:
Delightful wool felt pumpkins, hand-woven baskets perfect for a classy and eco-friendly trick-or-trick, a wickedly delicious spread of fall squash and produce, and of course, all the PUMPKIN and Halloween themed eats! See your favorite farmer friends all decked out in their Halloween costumes & buy raffle tickets to vote for them and help them win Best Costume! It’s going to be a super fun day – see you there!
What will they come up with this year?!
Market Music By
Old North State Jam
Save the Dates
Upcoming Events at the Durham Farmers’ Market
November Holiday Market
Tuesday, November 21st 2:00-5:00pm
Shop with us during our special Tuesday holiday market & stock up on all the family meal ingredients & gifts you need to be get-together ready!
*DFM will be closed on Saturday, November 25th
Winter Season Hours Begin
Saturday, December 2nd 10:00am-12:00pm
The Durham Farmers’ Market is open year-round on Saturday mornings. December-March, our Winter Market hours are 10:00am-12:00pm.
Saturday Morning Market is OPEN!
Saturdays, December 23rd & December 30th from 10:00am-12:00pm
Pop in to pick up your last minute holiday meal ingredients & gifts – all in one place! Our vendors will be ready for you with all the winter produce, holiday meats, side dishes, baked goods, and gifts you love. The Durham Farmers’ Market will be open for regular winter market hours on 12/23 and 12/30! *No midweek holiday market this month.
Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3ShBM6i
When: Saturday, October 28th, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street
Sun is on the way, and it’s going to be a beautiful day for the farmers market!
Join us for all the fall vibes & good eats!
We’ve got a fun couple weeks ahead of us at the Durham Farmers’ Market! Scroll down to see what community events we have coming up this week, including a Community Circle Sing this Saturday, and our Durham Big Sweep party and Halloween celebration next week. We wrapped up our last Wednesday Midweek Market this week, and we are filled with gratitude for everyone who filled the season with joy, connection, & really good food of course!
Our farmers & creators are really getting into the fall spirit these days, with cozy meals and wholesome ingredients, fall decor and gifts, & lots of pumpkins, squash, and other quintessential fall veggies. Not to mention the gorgeous array of fall floral blooms that you can find at booths like Bluebird Meadows, Wild Scallions, Hurtgen Meadows, & Ever Laughter Farm, as well as live plant at Bonlee Grown Farm, Flat River Farm, and Flowering Earth Natives. The trees are starting to light up with color, and the Saturday morning market space is aflame with the colors of the season. We can’t wait to see you there!
Market Site Map
Vendors joining us this week:
Raise Our Voices Together
Community Circle Sing
Join us TOMORROW, October 21st from 10:00-11:00am for a Community Circle Sing on the lawn at Durham Central Park!
Let’s Resonate the Sound of Togetherness
Humans have gathered in song for thousands of years: to celebrate, to memorialize, to grieve and to connect. Everyone was a part of the musical landscape, in our ancestry. Everyone contributed and was a valuable addition, regardless of what we now call “talent” or “pleasingness” of sound. There is no exclusivity to singing and using your voice in community here. This is a free, open-hearted, improvisational, supportive, safe opportunity to come together, raise our voices, dissolve barriers and have a unique experience. Facilitated by Karen Novy, Durham Vocal Guide and Teaching Artist
Free & open to the public,
All voices welcome
No experience required
Market Music By
Stephan Hermann
Poetry by
William Davis
Recipe of the Week
Spotlight on Fall Superfoods & Recipe for Classic Apple Crisp
This season, we will be featuring recipes and health + nutrition highlights in partnership with Dietetic Interns at Meredith College! Our thanks to Dietetic Interns Katie Totten, Kayla Murphy, and Shayla McTaw for their contributions. We can’t wait to find out what they have in store for us.
Save the Dates
Upcoming Events at the Durham Farmers’ Market
Durham Big Sweep
Wednesday, October 25th 3:00-5:00pm – Meet at the Durham Central Park Pavilion
Come on out to enjoy one last Wednesday afternoon with us in the park by joining our volunteer cleanup crew! To show our appreciation for the space where we gather week after week, the DFM is hosting a group of volunteers to pick up litter all around Durham Central Park.
Big Sweep is coordinated by Keep Durham Beautiful, the City of Durham Stormwater Services Division, and County Soil and Water Conservation District, with help from other City and County departments. It is the biggest litter removal event of the year, with over 210,000 pounds of litter removed since 2005.
Great Pumpkin Halloween at DFM
Saturday, October 28th 8:00am-12:00pm
Grab your costumes & join us for Halloween weekend at the market! Here’s a look at the special Saturday market activities:
Vote for your favorite vendor costume!
Enter the Pumpkin Carving Contest – Bring a pumpkin you’ve carved at home to the market booth and enter to win a prize!
Sample Handcrafted Pumpkin Soup courtesy of Short Winter Soups!
Caption the memories – Take your picture at the fall photo booth
November Holiday Market
Tuesday, November 21st 2:00-5:00pm
Shop with us during our special Tuesday holiday market & stock up on all the family meal ingredients & gifts you need to be get-together ready!
*DFM will be closed on Saturday, November 25th
Winter Season Hours Begin
Saturday, December 2nd 10:00am-12:00pm
The Durham Farmers’ Market is open year-round on Saturday mornings. December-March, our Winter Market hours are 10:00am-12:00pm.
Saturday Morning Market is OPEN!
Saturdays, December 23rd & December 30th from 10:00am-12:00pm
Pop in to pick up your last minute holiday meal ingredients & gifts – all in one place! Our vendors will be ready for you with all the winter produce, holiday meats, side dishes, baked goods, and gifts you love. The Durham Farmers’ Market will be open for regular winter market hours on 12/23 and 12/30! *No midweek holiday market this month.
Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3tHePzf
When: Saturday, October 21st, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street
Join us for our last Wednesday Market of the season!
Don’t miss out! It’s going to be a gorgeous fall afternoon in the park. Shop local today from 3-6!
We have had a most wonderful season of midweek markets this year! A great turnout of local farmers and creators, the return of Sprouts Club, WIC and Senior Days, Duke field trip day to the market…we’ve had a lot of fun with you all this season. Thank you to everyone who came out to shop and join in on the fun. We’re already planning for next Wednesday Market season, which will run from mid-April to mid-October 2024, but we’re not done yet! Come on out TODAY to pick up some groceries, coffee, and pastries, and enjoy this sunny day at Durham Central Park!
Going to miss your weekly Wednesday afternoons in the park?
Join Us October 25th!
Join us NEXT WEEK, October 25th, as we give back to beautiful Durham Central Park! We’re participating in Durham Big Sweep, facilitated through Keep Durham Beautiful and will be cleaning up trash around the park.
No need to sign up ahead of time or bring any supplies, we’ll bring everything you need. Just meet us at the Pavilion at 2:00pm next Wednesday! Kids and families welcome!
This Week’s Vendors
Check out this week’s lineup!
Click the links below to learn more about these local farms & businesses, and get a sneak peak at the products they have on offer!
The Kids Sprouts Club may be ended, but the Museum of Life + Science is back with us for one last week of fun activities! Stop by to see what they’re up to this week:
Waste Sorting:How can we produce less waste? How can we properly sort it? Working towards these goals together will help make the earth a more sustainable place to live for wildlife and humans!
Poetry Corner
William Davis
William Davis is back for our last afternoon market of the season with personalized, live written poems that are perfect for you or as a gift for a loved one, as well as his typewriter table for all to come and explore the world of typewritten poems!
Fall Produce Spotlight & Weekly Recipe
Classic Apple Crisp
Starting this week, our weekly newsletters will feature recipes and health + nutrition highlights in partnership with Dietetic Interns at Meredith College! Our thanks to Dietetic Interns Katie Totten, Kayla Murphy, and Shayla McTaw for their contributions. We can’t wait to find out what they have in store for us.
Upcoming Event
Raise Our Voices Together
Join us this Saturday, October 21st from 10:00-11:00am for a Community Circle Sing on the lawn at Durham Central Park!
Let’s Resonate the Sound of Togetherness
Humans have gathered in song for thousands of years: to celebrate, to memorialize, to grieve and to connect. Everyone was a part of the musical landscape, in our ancestry. Everyone contributed and was a valuable addition, regardless of what we now call “talent” or “pleasingness” of sound. There is no exclusivity to singing and using your voice in community here. This is a free, open-hearted, improvisational, supportive, safe opportunity to come together, raise our voices, dissolve barriers and have a unique experience. Facilitated by Karen Novy, Durham Vocal Guide and Teaching Artist
Free & open to the public,
All voices welcome
No experience required
Want to find out what else is coming to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/45QFC9H
When: Wednesday, October 18th, 3pm – 6pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street
High quality, locally raised and crafted groceries & goods from the farmers & creators you love…
Shop Durham Farmers’ Market Saturday from 8am-12pm!
Roberson Creek Farm is back this week & will have a selection of fall produce and gifts like arugula, fall corn decorations, turnip salad, okra, and of course their famous heirloom pie pumpkins!
The Spicy Hermit is also back with a delicious menu: Napa cabbage, green cabbage, green garlic, radish, collard greens (limited stock), turnip, sweet onion, kohlrabi carrot, and butternut squash.
Botanist & Barrel is highlighting a new batch of Forbidden Root, releasing this weekend. Whole Blackberry, baby ginger and turmeric spice up this perfect fall cider that’s both earthy and bright. It’s a must try.
Lil’ Farm(pictured above) has a gorgeous and plentiful table of fall and late summer produce, including basil, peppers, eggplant, radishes, turnips, cilantro bok choy, ginger, kale, and more. Stop by for their beautiful tables & pick up something super fresh this weekend!
MoonDance Soups and Sundries is getting us excited for spooky season with Ghoulish Goodies Bath Bombs that are perfect for bath time fun! Fun, fizzy color embeds are contained inside, so watch for the colorful explosion once they hit the water.
Chapel Hill Creamery is throwing the spotlight on their pastured raised meats this week! Perfectly paired with the cozy fall weather, their seasonal selections include beef roasts and steaks, ham hocks and ground pork, as well as four varieties of sausage. Their Polish Sausage is a perfect companion for winter squash, greens, or sauerkraut, and the Smoked Andouille is great in a gumbo!
Market Site Map
Vendors joining us this week:
Market Music By
Carolina Cutups
Poetry by
William Davis
Recipe of the Week
Spotlight on Fall Superfoods & Recipe for Fall Harvest Salad
Starting this week, our weekly newsletters will feature recipes and health + nutrition highlights in partnership with Dietetic Interns at Meredith College! Our thanks to Dietetic Interns Katie Totten, Kayla Murphy, and Shayla McTaw for their contributions. We can’t wait to find out what they have in store for us.
Raise Our Voices Together
Community Circle Sing
Join us next week, October 21st from 10:00-11:00am for a Community Circle Sing on the lawn at Durham Central Park!
Let’s Resonate the Sound of Togetherness
Humans have gathered in song for thousands of years: to celebrate, to memorialize, to grieve and to connect. Everyone was a part of the musical landscape, in our ancestry. Everyone contributed and was a valuable addition, regardless of what we now call “talent” or “pleasingness” of sound. There is no exclusivity to singing and using your voice in community here. This is a free, open-hearted, improvisational, supportive, safe opportunity to come together, raise our voices, dissolve barriers and have a unique experience. Facilitated by Karen Novy, Durham Vocal Guide and Teaching Artist
Free & open to the public,
All voices welcome
No experience required
What’s in Season
October
Upcoming Events
This Season at Durham Farmers’ Market
Last Wednesday Afternoon Market:
Wednesday, October 18th 3:00-6:00pm
We have two weeks left in our Wednesday Market season – come on out and enjoy the afternoon sun, kids activities, and shorter lines before our winter break when we reopen Wednesday Markets in April 2024!
Durham Big Sweep
Wednesday, October 25th 3:00-5:00pm – Meet at the Durham Central Park Pavilion
Come on out to enjoy one last Wednesday afternoon with us in the park by joining our volunteer cleanup crew! To show our appreciation for the space where we gather week after week, the DFM is hosting a group of volunteers to pick up litter all around Durham Central Park.
Big Sweep is coordinated by Keep Durham Beautiful, the City of Durham Stormwater Services Division, and County Soil and Water Conservation District, with help from other City and County departments. It is the biggest litter removal event of the year, with over 210,000 pounds of litter removed since 2005.
Great Pumpkin Halloween at DFM
Saturday, October 28th 8:00am-12:00pm
Grab your costumes & join us for Halloween weekend at the market!
Vote for your favorite vendor costume theme, buy your carving pumpkin at our market pumpkin patch, enjoy fall recipe samples, enter to win a market basket raffle, & take your picture at our photo booth. Superheroes, ghosts, princesses, & punny characters welcome!
November Holiday Market
Tuesday, November 21st 2:00-5:00pm
Shop with us during our special Tuesday holiday market & stock up on all the family meal ingredients & gifts you need to be get-together ready!
*DFM will be closed on Saturday, November 25th
Winter Season Hours Begin
Saturday, December 2nd 10:00am-12:00pm
The Durham Farmers’ Market is open year-round on Saturday mornings. December-March, our Winter Market hours are 10:00am-12:00pm.
Saturday Morning Market is OPEN!
Saturdays, December 23rd & December 30th from 10:00am-12:00pm
Pop in to pick up your last minute holiday meal ingredients & gifts – all in one place! Our vendors will be ready for you with all the winter produce, holiday meats, side dishes, baked goods, and gifts you love. The Durham Farmers’ Market will be open for regular winter market hours on 12/23 and 12/30! *No midweek holiday market this month.
Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3rDmXQn
When: Saturday, October 14th, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street
Come enjoy a couple more beautiful afternoons in the park with us!
The weather is perfect today, and we’ve got some extra celebrations as we prepare to wrap up Wednesday Afternoon Markets on October 18th. This week, we’re celebrating our Sprouts Club kids with an end of season party! Full details below.
This week’s vendor line up is a fun one! We’ll have Soul Cocina and Bouquet Garni Foods here to provide delicious entrees to go, freshly harvested fall produce and flowers from five of your favorite farmers, pastured meat and eggs from Bull City Farm, cheese, yogurt, and gelato from Celebrity Dairy, raw local honey from woman-owned business, Tulip Poplar Honey, coffee, tea, and whole beans from 321 Coffee, and baked breads, pastries and more from bakeries Loaf, Ninth Street, and Strong Arm!
This Week’s Vendors
Check out this week’s lineup!
Click the links below to learn more about these local farms & businesses, and get a sneak peak at the products they have on offer!
This week, we’re celebrating all of our wonderful sprouts club kids and the fun that we’ve had this season at the Wednesday Afternoon Market. We’ll have party favors, a special appearance by DJ Piddipat, activities by the Museum of Life + Science, story time and snack with Stephanie, and (of course) our last week of Sprouts Bucks to enjoy a tasty treat from market!
Fall Produce Spotlight & Weekly Recipe
Fall Harvest Salad
Starting this week, our weekly newsletters will feature recipes and health + nutrition highlights in partnership with Dietetic Interns at Meredith College! Our thanks to Dietetic Interns Katie Totten, Kayla Murphy, and Shayla McTaw for their contributions. We can’t wait to find out what they have in store for us.
Poetry Corner
William Davis
Special Sprouts Club Market Music
DJ Piddipat
Want to find out what else is coming to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/45q5KYD
When: Wednesday, October 11th, 3pm – 6pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street
It’s autumn in Durham! Embrace the season with us tomorrow 8am-Noon at Durham Central Park!
Will it drizzle? Will it be a perfect sunny & crisp fall morning? Trick question, every day is a perfect day for the farmers market! One of the things we love about being able to host the DFM outdoor at beautiful Durham Central Park is the way that is connects us to nature, setting the rhythm of each season in our daily lives as it does. Research shows that spending even 15 minutes outside where we can see trees, put our feet in the grass, or feel the sprinkles of rain on our faces can have a big impact on our health and well being. And spending that time in shared spaces with our friends, family, or neighbors can help us connect to our community and create a sense of belonging. We are grateful that we get to enjoy nature and spend time with you every Saturday morning. Thanks for coming out to support your local farmers & creators, rain or shine! See you tomorrow, Durham!
Market Site Map
Vendors joining us this week:
Market Music By
Old North State Jam
Poetry by
William Davis
Recipe of the Week
Spotlight on Fall Superfoods & Recipe for Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
Starting this week, our weekly newsletters will feature recipes and health + nutrition highlights in partnership with Dietetic Interns at Meredith College! Our thanks to Dietetic Interns Katie Totten, Kayla Murphy, and Shayla McTaw for their contributions. We can’t wait to find out what they have in store for us.
What’s in Season
October
Upcoming Events
This Season at Durham Farmers’ Market
Sprouts Club Celebration:
Wednesday, October 11th 3:00-6:00pm
We want to celebrate all of our wonderful sprouts club kids and the fun that we’ve had this season at the Wednesday Afternoon Market. We’ll have party favors, a special appearance by DJ Piddipat, activities by the Museum of Life + Science, food samples, and (of course) our last week of Sprouts Bucks to enjoy a tasty treat from market!
Last Wednesday Afternoon Market:
Wednesday, October 18th 3:00-6:00pm
We have two weeks left in our Wednesday Market season – come on out and enjoy the afternoon sun, kids activities, and shorter lines before our winter break when we reopen Wednesday Markets in April 2024!
Durham Big Sweep
Wednesday, October 25th 3:00-5:00pm – Meet at the Durham Central Park Pavilion
Come on out to enjoy one last Wednesday afternoon with us in the park by joining our volunteer cleanup crew! To show our appreciation for the space where we gather week after week, the DFM is hosting a group of volunteers to pick up litter all around Durham Central Park.
Big Sweep is coordinated by Keep Durham Beautiful, the City of Durham Stormwater Services Division, and County Soil and Water Conservation District, with help from other City and County departments. It is the biggest litter removal event of the year, with over 210,000 pounds of litter removed since 2005.
Great Pumpkin Halloween at DFM
Saturday, October 28th 8:00am-12:00pm
Grab your costumes & join us for Halloween weekend at the market!
Vote for your favorite vendor costume theme, buy your carving pumpkin at our market pumpkin patch, enjoy fall recipe samples, enter to win a market basket raffle, & take your picture at our photo booth. Superheroes, ghosts, princesses, & punny characters welcome!
November Holiday Market
Tuesday, November 21st 2:00-5:00pm
Shop with us during our special Tuesday holiday market & stock up on all the family meal ingredients & gifts you need to be get-together ready!
*DFM will be closed on Saturday, November 25th
Winter Season Hours Begin
Saturday, December 2nd 10:00am-12:00pm
The Durham Farmers’ Market is open year-round on Saturday mornings. December-March, our Winter Market hours are 10:00am-12:00pm.
Saturday Morning Market is OPEN!
Saturday, December 23rd 10:00am-12:00pm
Saturday, December 30th 10:00am-12:00pm
Pop in to pick up your last minute holiday meal ingredients & gifts – all in one place! Our vendors will be ready for you with all the winter produce, holiday meats, side dishes, baked goods, and gifts you love. The Durham Farmers’ Market will be open for regular winter market hours on 12/23 and 12/30! *No midweek holiday market this month.
Want to find out what else your local farmers are bringing to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3rDmXQn
When: Saturday, October 7th, 8am – 12pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street
October is here! Celebrate the season of cozy meals, pumpkin carving, and halloween costumes with the DFM!
The market is full of colorful pumpkins, tender fall squash for roasting, luscious greens, and fall flowers. But don’t worry, if you’re still sad about saying goodbye to summer, there is still plenty of watermelons, tomatoes, cucumbers, and lots of other late season summer produce for you.
This week we’ve got a great Wednesday Market line up! Bouquet Garni Foods and Soul Cocina will be here with their flavorful entrees, snacks, and juices; Celebrity Dairy will have their gelato as well as goat cheese chevre and other goat-milk products; Harland’s Creek, Huanong Ecorganics, Hurtgen Meadows, Lyon Farms, and Wild Scallions are flush with produce and flowers; Bull City Farm will be here with a wide variety of pastured chicken, pork, and beef (as well as fresh eggs by the dozen); Tulip Poplar Honey is back with raw honey and beeswax products; and of course we’ll have lots of coffee from 321 Coffee and pastries from Loaf, Ninth Street, and Strong Arm!
This Week’s Vendors
Click the links below to learn more about these local farms & businesses, and get a sneak peak at the products they have on offer!
It’s officially the month for fall festivals, pumpkin carvings, and cozy meals. Plan your spooky season menus with a glimpse at what’s in season in our region this October!
Sprouts Club
Join the The Museum of Life + Science at the Sprouts Club table from 3-5pm today for this week’s theme: Science of Spice/ What’s in my Salsa:Delve into the fascinating world of spicy peppers and discover the science behind their heat.
Poetry Corner
Poet William Davis is back at market this week! Give a gift of a personal poem to your loved ones or dear friends. Find out more here: endlesswill.com
Spotlight on Fall Superfoods Kale, Sweet Potatoes, and Apples
Starting this week, our weekly newsletters will feature recipes and health + nutrition highlights in partnership with Dietetic Interns at Meredith College!
Our thanks to Dietetic Interns Katie Totten, Kayla Murphy, and Shayla McTaw for their contributions. We can’t wait to find out what they have in store for us.
Next Week: Sprouts Club Celebration
Join us next week, Wednesday October 11th for our Sprouts Club end of year Celebration!
We want to celebrate all of our wonderful sprouts club kids and the fun that we’ve had this season at the Wednesday Afternoon Market. We’ll have party favors, a special appearance by DJ Piddipat, activities by the Museum of Life + Science, food samples, and (of course) our last week of Sprouts Bucks to enjoy a tasty treat from market!
Want to find out what else is coming to the market this week? Check out this week’s Newsletter! https://conta.cc/46AApU8
When: Wednesday, October 4th, 3pm – 6pm
Where: The Pavilion at Durham Central Park / 501 Foster Street
