Chelsea Farmers' Market

Mascoma Bank sponsors the music and performances at Chelsea Farmers' Market, which helps explain why a Friday stop here on Chelsea's North Common can include both shopping and a live set in the same visit. The market runs at the corner of Route 110 and Route 113 in Chelsea, gathering vendors who sell produce, prepared foods, baked goods, crafts, and art made in Vermont. Its stated rule is unusually clear: everything sold here must be grown, produced, or created in the State of Vermont. That gives the market a distinctly place-based mix, from maple products and pasture-raised meats to pottery made in Chelsea itself.

Why it matters locally

The market’s guiding mantra is that “Everything sold at the Chelsea Farmers Market must be grown, produced, or created in the State of Vermont". In practice, that keeps the focus tightly on in-state food and handmade work rather than resold goods. The market’s history also runs deep in town memory: its about page says Chelsea legend traces the start to 1974 and describes it as “one of the oldest Farmers Markets in the state”.

Local connections show up in who helps shape the weekly market. Jennie Martin, the board president, has lived in Chelsea for over two decades and has served on several boards in town and beyond. Emily Reiss, another board member, had managed the market for the past three years and is also a vendor through Fledgling Farmstead with her husband, Evan. Family programming is organized with the Chelsea Public Library and head librarian Kate MacLean, tying the market to another regular institution on the Green.

What you'll find there

Produce and pantry goods sit alongside a notably broad craft lineup here, so a single lap can cover dinner ingredients, a loaf of bread, and handmade housewares. The vendor roster also includes prepared foods and a few offerings you do not see at every market, including divination services and educational nature art.

• -Pick up gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan baked goods from Baked By Trizmo.
• -Browse handcrafted functional pottery made in Chelsea from Blackbird Studios.
• -Find vegetables, perennials, plant starts, berries, jam, and pickles at Blue Dragonfly.
• -Stock up on garlic, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, greens, squash, and strawberries from Bowman Farm.
• -Bring home blueberries and blueberry jam from Bumper Crop Farm Stand.
• -Choose beef, pork, chicken, turkey, goat milk soap, caramels, fudges, sauces, and crochet items from Cedar Brook Homestead.
• -Look for pastured pork, beef, poultry, lamb, eggs, vegetables, and wood-fired artisan bread at Crossmolina Farm.
• -Shop Fledgling Farmstead for vegetables, culinary herbs, cut flowers, eggs, grass-fed lamb and beef, and plant starts.
• -Taste maple syrup, maple products, pasture-raised chicken and eggs, and prepared foods from Loeffler Homestead.
• -Try fresh cider infused with flowers and herbs from Old City Farmentation.
• -Pick up duck eggs, breads, pastries, muffins, cupcakes, scones, and English muffins from Sarah Bump Homestead.
• -Order authentic Jamaican cuisine from K & P Catering Service, prepared by Akeliyah Robinson.
• -Find fresh Punjabi cuisine from Shere Punjab.
• -Buy maple syrup, maple products, and maple-sweetened cookies and doughnuts from Whitney Family Farm.

Music happens every week, and the market also sets aside a Kids Zone each Friday where children can play while careful adults keep watch. Family-friendly activities organized with the Chelsea Public Library include Mini Garden Planting on May 29, DIY Bug Hotel on June 26, Berry Box dioramas on July 31, and the annual Fairy House build on August 28.

Know before you go

No dogs and no restrooms are the two details most likely to shape your visit. The market is held on Chelsea’s North Common at the corner of Route 110 and Route 113, with the regular Friday market running from 3 to 6 pm. The Kids Zone activities run from 3 to 5 pm, ending an hour before the market closes, which matters if you are timing a family stop around those programs.

The vendor page also notes there is no market on Friday, September 18, 2026, the week of the Tunbridge Fair. Later in the year, a separate Holiday Market is scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 9 am to 2 pm in the Chelsea Public School Gym.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Chelsea Farmers' Market. At least one vendor, Baked By Trizmo, specifically notes that it accepts SNAP market currency. Payment methods are presented clearly by the market, which is useful here because the vendor mix spans farms, bakers, prepared food sellers, and craft makers.