Northside Farmers Market

Northside Community Co-op launched the Northside Farmers Market in 2005 after the Northside was declared a food desert, giving this Madison market a mission that is still part of how it presents itself today. The market now runs as an outdoor Sunday market at Northside TownCenter, with a seasonal schedule from May through October. That pairing of origin story and present-day setting gives the market a clear identity: a neighborhood market shaped around produce access, weekly shopping, and a consistent north-side location rather than a one-off event.

Why it matters locally

The market’s founding purpose is unusually explicit: it began when the newly formed Northside Community Co-op opened the farmers market as the “produce” section of an intended co-op after the Northside was declared a food desert. That makes the market’s local role easy to read in its own history. It is not only a place where vendors gather on Sundays, but a market created to improve food access on Madison’s Northside.

That focus carries into the current visitor-facing details. The market continues at Northside TownCenter on a regular Sunday morning schedule, keeping the same north-side anchor in view. Its materials also prominently welcome SNAP/FoodShare and explain Quest card token use for approved purchases, which reinforces the market’s practical role in neighborhood food buying rather than treating assistance access as a side note.

What you'll find there

Northside Farmers Market’s own materials emphasize seasonal shopping, recipes, and SNAP/FoodShare access, pointing to a market organized around weekly food purchasing and what is in season. The public-facing information available here is thin on named vendors, but a few concrete features of the market mix do stand out.

• -Find approved food items available for purchase through Quest card tokens used with market vendors.
• -Look for a seasonal outdoor market setup at Northside TownCenter on Sunday mornings.

The current season is presented as the 2026 Outdoor Market, running Sundays from May 3 through October 25.

Know before you go

No dogs is the clearest visit-planning rule for this market, so leave pets at home when you head to Northside TownCenter. The market is outdoors and operates on Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during the May-through-October season, which makes it a morning stop rather than an afternoon errand. The listed address is 2900 N. Sherman, and the market identifies Northside TownCenter as its outdoor location in Madison.

A few common amenities are not part of the visitor details provided here: restrooms are marked unavailable, while parking, transit, accessibility, rain policy, and sellout guidance are not specified in the market’s published details supplied for this page. If your visit depends on those logistics, plan around the confirmed basics: outdoor setting, Sunday morning hours, and the no-dogs policy.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/FoodShare is welcomed at Northside Farmers Market, and shoppers can use a Quest card to get market tokens for approved items from vendors. That is the clearest payment detail the market highlights in its public materials. Beyond that, the market indicates that payment information is clearly provided, but the supplied materials do not add more specific tender types for this page.