Travelers Rest Farmers Market

Travelers Rest Farmers Market is presented by Prisma Health, a partnership that anchors a Saturday market focused on fresh food, local goods, and direct connections between shoppers and producers. The market runs at Trailblazer Park, right off the Swamp Rabbit Trail, giving it a setting that ties a weekly shopping trip to one of Travelers Rest’s most recognizable public places. From May through September, the market brings together about 70 vendors on Saturday mornings, shaping a seasonal stop with a broad mix of farms, makers, and prepared-food businesses.

Why it matters locally

The market’s mission centers on connecting the community through fresh food, local goods, education, and hospitality while investing in the sustainability and resilience of local farmers and makers. That local emphasis is reinforced by its producer-only model, which gives retail access to locally grown food and locally made goods rather than a resale-heavy mix. The market also directs support beyond weekly sales: the TRFM Farmer Fund, launched in May 2023, was created to support farmers in the Upstate, and the Farm to Table dinner benefits that fund. On the vendor side, the market links sellers to programs such as Clemson Extension’s Food2Market and trainings from the South Carolina Small Business Development Center, showing an investment in the businesses behind the booths as well as the products on the tables.

What you'll find there

The mix here leans heavily toward growers, food producers, and market businesses that show up elsewhere in the market’s dinners, tastings, and seasonal programming. Even without a posted master product list, the named vendors and event partners sketch out a market with farm ingredients, baked goods, mushrooms, shrimp, meat, flowers, and garden starts in the same orbit.

• -Find baked goods from Rise Bakery, which appears in the market’s Tomato Sandwich Taste Off lineup.
• -Pick up prepared food from Camilla Kitchen, another named participant in the Tomato Sandwich Taste Off.
• -Look for offerings from Humble Roots, also featured among the taste-off competitors.
• -See Fireforge Brewery represented in the Tomato Sandwich Taste Off roster.
• -Spot Urban Wren in the same event lineup, tying the market to nearby food businesses.
• -Source beef from Lukens Land and Cattle, identified as a local ingredient vendor for the Farm to Table dinner.
• -Shop products from Horseshoe Farms, another vendor named as a local ingredient source for that dinner.
• -Bring home produce or farm goods from Wet Knot Farms, listed among the dinner’s market vendors.
• -Expect seafood from Broadwater Shrimp Co., which supplied local ingredients for the Farm to Table dinner.
• -Add mushrooms from Darkspore Mushrooms, another TRFM vendor named in the dinner sourcing.
• -Watch for flowers, seeds, indoor plants, bonsai trees, gardening supplies, and summer plant starts during the annual Plant Sale tied to the opening of the summer season.
• -Encounter beer and wine from Happy Tappy Camper at the Farm to Table dinner offerings.

The market calendar adds texture around the shopping itself, with recurring events including Apple Fest, Folk Craft Day, the Tomato Sandwich Taste Off, the Kids Bike Parade, and the Scottish Games Preview. At Travelers Rest Farmers Market, one clear thread is how often the market turns farm products into public events. The Tomato Sandwich Taste Off pulls in names like Rise Bakery, Fireforge Brewery, Camilla Kitchen, Urban Wren, and Humble Roots around one summer staple, while the Farm to Table dinner stretches that same idea into a meal built with ingredients from vendors including Lukens Land and Cattle, Wet Knot Farms, Broadwater Shrimp Co., and Darkspore Mushrooms. That pattern continues with themed dates like Apple Fest, Folk Craft Day, and the Scottish Games Preview with Greenville Pipes and Drums, giving the market a season shaped by specific foods and local traditions rather than a generic weekly routine.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed at this market under City of Travelers Rest rules, so that policy may change your plan before you head to Trailblazer Park. The market takes place at 115 Wilhelm Winter Street in Trailblazer Park, right off the Swamp Rabbit Trail, which makes it easy to pair with a walk or bike ride on the trail. It runs on Saturdays only, and the listed visitor amenities note that restrooms are not available. If you are visiting outside the main season, the market has also hosted winter pop-up markets in February and March along with a Christmas Market and Small Business Saturday programming.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Travelers Rest Farmers Market, an important detail for shoppers planning to use food benefits. The market also shares clear payment information for visitors, which helps when you’re deciding how to pay across different vendors. Seniors may also encounter information connected to the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program through partners including the USDA, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, and Senior Action in Greenville County.