Downtown Marquette Farmers Market

Downtown Marquette Farmers Market ties its shopper resources to the Michigan Farmers Market Association, a useful signal for a market that also runs multiple food-assistance programs and a packed seasonal calendar. In Marquette, the market’s main setup centers on the Marquette Commons at 112 S. Third Street, with a separate Wednesday night market on the 100 block of West Washington Street. The regular season stretches from May into November, with Saturday morning hours anchoring the market and Wednesday evenings adding a second downtown shopping window in summer. The vendor roster reaches 24 farms and producers, with a strong lean toward produce, meat, eggs, maple, flowers, mushrooms, and plant starts.

Why it matters locally

Food assistance is built into how this market operates: shoppers can use a Bridge Card for SNAP, EBT, or P-EBT, along with WIC Project FRESH, Senior Market Fresh coupons, Double Up Food Bucks, and Food as Medicine vouchers. That breadth matters because the market is not limited to a single weekly setup. It runs a Saturday morning season at the Marquette Commons, a Wednesday Night Market in summer, and additional seasonal programming including a Thanksgiving Market and Yule Market. The market also partners on children’s programming through Power of Produce and Partridge Creek Farm, and it hosts recipe sampling through Marquette Alger RESA Health Education’s Food Navigator program.

What you'll find there

Produce drives the mix here, but the vendor lineup also branches into meat, maple, eggs, flowers, mushrooms, fibers, skin care, and CSA pickups, which gives the market a clearly farm-first profile. Saturday shoppers in particular can work across staple groceries and a few more specialized stands without leaving the plaza.

• -Pick up produce from Big Creek Farm.
• -Find meat from Case Country Farm.
• -Browse plant starts from Designs By Nature.
• -Look for produce, meat, and maple products from Ever Yielding Acres.
• -Shop produce from Fairest Promises.
• -Choose produce from Freshwind Farm.
• -Reserve or collect CSA shares and produce from Full Plate Farm.
• -Bring home produce and maple from Gladstone Berry Farm.
• -See flowers and produce from Going Small Farm.
• -Buy meat from Guindon Farms.
• -Pick up flowers from Jeff Heidtman.
• -Add produce from Little Parsley Farm.
• -Stock up on maple products from Marquette Maple Co..
• -Check the Wednesday lineup for produce from New Dalton Farm.
• -Get CSA shares, produce, and eggs from Pileated Farms.
• -Find flowers and produce from Rock River Farm.
• -Shop CSA shares, produce, and meat from Seeds and Spores.
• -Look for U.P. eggs, animal fibers, and tallow skin care from Shady Grove Farm.
• -Choose produce from Snowy Acres Farm.
• -Buy produce and honey from Swanzy Farm.
• -Pick up produce, mushrooms, and eggs from Tonella Farms.
• -Find mushrooms from UP Gourmet.
• -Browse animal fiber from Winter Sky Wool Co..
• -Get CSA shares, produce, and eggs from Yooper Country Farms.

Beyond shopping, the calendar includes Saturday yoga with Pinecone Yoga Institue, a children’s Power of Produce program facilitated by Partridge Creek Farm, recipe sampling through the Food Navigator program, and special events such as a Halloween market day and an art market.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed at the market, and pets left in a vehicle may be reported to the Marquette City Police Department. There is a doggie hitch on the west end of the plaza near the bike station, which matters if you arrive on foot through downtown before entering the market area. Parking changes a bit by market day. For Saturday market hours, shoppers can use the Commons parking lot on the north side of the plaza or the Pathways Community Mental Health lot on the south side; on weekdays, public parking in the Pathways lot starts after 5 p.m., while Wednesday night shoppers can also use the North Main Street lot and nearby street parking. Restrooms are not available on site.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP is accepted here through Bridge Card, including SNAP, EBT, and P-EBT. The market also accepts WIC Project FRESH, Senior Market Fresh coupons, Double Up Food Bucks, and Food as Medicine vouchers, making this one of the more flexible grocery-shopping setups in downtown Marquette.