Red Stick Farmers Market - Saturday Downtown Year Round

The Saturday Red Stick Farmers Market runs downtown at Main Street Market at 5th & Main Streets, with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge operating the Arts Market as a collaborator in the same orbit. That pairing gives this Baton Rouge market a distinctly downtown Saturday shape: farmers and food producers set up at Main Street Market while a nearby arts collaborator adds another local layer to the morning. The market operates year-round, and the vendor roster stretches from seasonal produce and cut flowers to wild-caught shrimp, artisanal bread, dairy, mushrooms, and prepared foods.

Why it matters locally

BREADA runs the Saturday market downtown as part of a wider Red Stick Farmers Market network that also includes Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday markets at the Main Library at Goodwood, ExxonMobil YMCA, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center. That spread of weekly sites ties the downtown Saturday market to a larger Baton Rouge food access footprint rather than a single pop-up location. The organization also works with the Louisiana Legislature on “Greaux the Good,” and SNAP Match at its markets is sponsored by Louisiana Healthcare Connections. In practice, that means the downtown Saturday market sits inside a local system that links farmers, public institutions, and food benefit programs in Baton Rouge.

What you'll find there

The downtown Saturday lineup covers a broad spread of raw ingredients, ready-to-eat staples, and pantry goods, with especially strong representation in breads, dairy, proteins, and Louisiana-style prepared foods. Plants and cut flowers also show up alongside produce, so this is a market where grocery shopping can overlap with garden starts and tabletop flowers.

• -Find seasonal produce and cut flowers from Cicada Calling Farm.
• -Pick up tea cakes and fruit pies from Courtableau.
• -Browse artisanal breads from Maru Bread Co..
• -Choose sourdough, brioche, and baguettes from Our Daily Bread Artisanal Breads.
• -Bring home grouper filets.
• -Add snapper filets to the cooler.
• -Stock up on wild-caught, flash frozen shrimp.
• -Cool off with locally made gelato.
• -Look for goat’s milk soap, soap sets, and milk baths.
• -Sip cold pressed juices and wellness shots.
• -Jar up fresh hibiscus, hibiscus tea, jellies, preserves, and pickled vegetables.
• -Take home goat milk, yogurt, eggnog, cheesecake, and cheese.
• -Heat up frozen prepared meals and baked goods including beef eggplant sauce, cabbage roll soup, and low-carb chicken enchiladas.
• -Shop pasture-raised Berkshire pork and poultry.
• -Pour muscadine wine and cook sausage from a single vendor stall.
• -Get local dairy products including milk, butter, eggs, and creole cream cheese.
• -Cook with locally grown gourmet mushrooms.
• -Start a garden with flower plants, vegetable plants, and herb seedlings.
• -Grab stone ground grits, polenta, cornmeal, cornbread, Louisiana seasonings, jams, jellies, and pickled vegetables.

Saturday is the downtown market day at Main Street Market from 8 a.m. to noon, while the broader Red Stick Farmers Market schedule also includes weekday locations elsewhere in Baton Rouge.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is one of the clearest visit-planning details for this market. Restrooms are not available on site, so plan that before arriving downtown. The market is held at Main Street Market at 5th & Main Streets, and the listed street address is 501 Main Street in Baton Rouge. Saturday market hours run from 8 a.m. to noon. Payment methods are clearly communicated, which can make mixed-vendor shopping simpler when you are buying across produce, seafood, breads, dairy, and prepared foods in one trip.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP EBT is accepted at Red Stick Farmers Market. At all of BREADA’s markets, customers can match up to $40 in SNAP purchases, and that SNAP Match is offered through sponsorship from Louisiana Healthcare Connections. Payment methods are clearly identified for shoppers planning purchases across multiple vendors.