Farmers Markets near Boulder, CO

Naropa University hosts this market on its Arapahoe Avenue campus in Boulder, spring through fall, Monday through Friday. Vendors sell organic and locally grown produce alongside value-added foods, fine art, and crafts. Past the food tables, it has included free bike tune-ups, live music, and free permaculture design consultations, a mix that fits Naropa's identity as a Buddhist-inspired university built around mindfulness since 1974.

A market on Front Street in Historic Downtown Louisville, part of the cluster of shops and seasonal vendors in this Boulder County town. Specific vendor lineup and current hours weren't confirmed online, worth a call before visiting.

Set up behind the Jax Farm & Ranch store at 400 W. South Boulder Road, this Lafayette market has indoor space and draws on the ranch-and-garden-supply crowd already stopping in for feed and tools. It's a smaller, more casual counterpart to the city's much larger Sunday market on Public Road.

Public Road between Cleveland and Geneseo closes to traffic every Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May through October, for Lafayette's grower-only market. Founded in 2025 by Peter and Margo Wanberg, who also built Denver's City Park Farmers Market, it's grown to more than 80 Colorado farmers, ranchers, and food producers selling straight to shoppers instead of through a grocery aisle.

Erie's Thursday market runs 5 to 8 p.m., May through September, on Briggs Street between Moffat and Cheesman, now operating under the Real Farmers Market banner alongside other East Boulder County markets. Look for Colorado orchards, artisan food vendors, and local nonprofits mixed in with the produce stands.

On Main Street in downtown Lyons, this seasonal market runs roughly May through October, typically 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., though hours shift week to week. Vendors mix produce with pottery, fine art, furniture, wine and handmade crafts, closer to an outdoor arts market than a strict farm stand. Call ahead before making a special trip.

Five Parks runs its own farmers market separate from the Olde Town Arvada market, set up at 13810 West 85th Drive on the city's north side. It serves the Five Parks neighborhood directly rather than downtown Arvada, giving residents on that side of the city a closer option. Call for current-season vendor lists and hours, since the schedule shifts year to year.

Arvada

The Arvada Farmers Market sets up in Olde Town Square every Sunday from June through late September, 9am to 1:30pm, then returns for a smaller December run on Saturdays. Colorado peaches and produce anchor the stalls, but the lineup runs wider, tamales, burritos, fresh-baked bread, cheese, honey, pickled goods, and juice sit next to soap and jewelry vendors. It's as much a prepared-food market as a produce one.

Frederick

Downtown Frederick's market runs Thursdays, June through September, alongside Crist Park on 5th Street: 4 to 8 p.m. in June and July, 4 to 7 p.m. in August and September. Vendors sell baked goods, eggs, vegetables, honey, jams, meat, and coffee, with live music most weeks. Admission is free; you pay only for what you carry home.

Golden's Chamber of Commerce has run this market since 2002, setting up Saturdays from late May to early October, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the parking lot at 10th and Illinois next to the tennis courts. Produce, flowers, artisan goods, food vendors, and live music fill the lot for 19 weeks a year, and the market accepts SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks.

Berthoud

The Berthoud Market sets up at Town Park behind Adams Bank & Trust on Lake Avenue, in this small Larimer County town between Loveland and Longmont. Vendors sell produce, baked goods, and local crafts, with covered indoor space and cash, credit, and debit all accepted.

Downtown Mead's market brings together local growers selling produce raised without synthetic chemicals, in this small Weld County town between Longmont and Greeley. Specific vendor lists and hours are hard to pin down online, so check their Facebook page before visiting.

Nederland

Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., roughly June through October, this Wheat Ridge stop of the Metro Denver Farmers' Market network draws more than 30 vendors at peak season. Many are multi-generation Colorado farming families, selling meat, dairy and honey alongside fair-trade baskets and handmade goods.

Lakewood

The Action Center's Community Food Hub distributes free groceries, prepared food bags, and clothing to Jefferson County families in need. The market runs same-day, walk-in style, open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m., closed Wednesdays and weekends. It operates as part of a larger nonprofit assistance center — this is direct food aid, not a fresh-produce vendor market, despite the name on the map.

The City of Edgewater Farmers Market sets up at 2401 Sheridan Blvd. with a vendor lineup built entirely from primary producers: farmers, bakers, cheesemakers, and food artisans selling what they grow or make, with no resellers in the mix. It's a small-city market in this one-square-mile Denver suburb.

Denver

Every Sunday from May through October, vendors set up along W. 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard in Denver's Highland Square for fresh produce, local honey, and food trucks. The market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., is dog-friendly, and adds live music to the mix. It's been a fixture of the neighborhood since 2014, drawing shoppers who'd rather buy a peach from the grower than a grocery store.

Feed Denver is a nonprofit urban farm and market at 2139 W. 44th Avenue, built around a caring-economy model of local food production. The market sells produce grown on-site alongside goods from area farmers, with indoor shopping and mobile ordering through an app. Hours shift with the growing season, so call ahead before visiting.

A Sunday-morning fixture in northwest Denver since 2014, this market runs on Boulder Street in the Highland neighborhood during the warmer months. Expect produce, potted plants, and prepared food from a rotating slate of local vendors, plus a dog-friendly, street-level setup that's stayed close to its neighborhood roots for over a decade.

Denver

On Boulder Street between 15th and 16th in Denver's Highland neighborhood, this seasonal open-air market runs Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with produce, baked goods, preserved foods, flowers, and plants from local growers. It's cash- and card-friendly and small enough that you'll recognize the same vendors week to week.

The Lakewood stop of the Metro Denver Farmers' Market, the oldest location in the network at roughly 40 years running, sets up Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June through early October, in the Mile Hi Church parking lot at 9077 W. Alameda Ave. SNAP and EBT are accepted at the info booth.

Denver

Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., roughly June through mid-September, this market sets up outside Denver's Union Station at 1701 Wynkoop Street. Coffee, fresh bread, honey, jams, and produce dominate the stalls, and chefs from the restaurants inside Union Station often stop through to shop or run cooking demos on the patio. Jarman and Co. Events, which also runs the South Pearl Street market, manages it.

Loveland

Loveland

A farmers market held inside the Rainbow Plaza Event Center on West Eisenhower Boulevard in Loveland. Independent of the larger City of Loveland Farmers Market across town at Fairgrounds Park, this one has little presence online — current vendors and hours weren't confirmed. Call the venue before making a special trip.

Denver's first weekly outdoor market takes over the entire block at 2301 Larimer Street at Park Avenue every Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., late April through early November. Up to 140 merchants set up for it, antiques, fresh flowers, farm produce, baked goods, jewelry, and ready-to-eat food, making it as much a flea market as a farm stand.

Denver

This weekly street market takes over Skyline Park at the 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, mixing farm-fresh produce and baked goods with prepared food and live entertainment. It works as much as a lunchtime stop for downtown office workers as it does a grocery run, set in the middle of the city's busiest pedestrian corridor.

Evergreen

The Original Evergreen Farmers' Market sets up Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June through October, in the Bergen Village Shopping Center at 1240 Bergen Pkwy. More than 50 vendors sell produce, gourmet cheese, nuts, bread, meat, and flowers in this Jefferson County mountain town west of Denver.

A small farmers market operating out of the 1522 California Street address in downtown Denver. Limited public information is available for this market online; check local Denver farmers market listings or contact the address directly to confirm current hours and vendors.

Sundays from June through September, the alley behind 1112 Broadway in Denver's Golden Triangle neighborhood fills with pop-up vendors selling flowers, produce, prepared food, and handicrafts, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Leashed dogs are welcome, and it runs more like a neighborhood gathering point than a big-box market, wedged between the art museums and downtown.

Loveland

Historically held outside the Loveland East location of Jax Farm & Ranch on Eisenhower Boulevard, Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in season. Loveland also runs a west-side version at the Jax on West Eisenhower Boulevard on Tuesdays, worth checking which location is currently active before making the trip.

This market sets up Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 3133 N. Garfield Street in Loveland, with jams, soap, baked goods, honey, fruit, plants, flowers, and vegetables from local vendors. SNAP and EBT are accepted, a straightforward neighborhood market without much beyond the produce itself.

East Colfax Ave. & Columbine Street Denver

City Park Esplanade Fresh Market runs Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October, along the esplanade at East Colfax Avenue and Columbine Street, across the park from the separate Saturday City Park Farmers Market. Expect Colorado produce, flowers, and prepared food, with free parking nearby in the Bluebird District.

Broadway Farmers' Market sets up Wednesday evenings at South Broadway Christian Church, 23 Lincoln St., with vendors selling organic produce, cut flowers, and other Colorado-grown goods in the church parking lot. It's a small, walkable market serving the Baker and Speer neighborhoods south of downtown Denver.

Estes Park's Thursday market runs 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through September, in the Visitor Center parking lot at 2200 Mall Road. Vendors bring Colorado-raised beef and eggs, locally roasted coffee, organic mushrooms, honey, and handmade soap, a mountain-town market steps from the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance.

Idaho Springs' Chamber of Commerce runs this seasonal market at Courtney-Ryley-Cooper Park, at the corner of Colorado and Miner, an open-air setup typical of small Clear Creek County towns with produce, crafts, and prepared food from regional vendors. Mail inquiries go to the Chamber's P.O. Box 1641.

Denver

Cherry Creek Fresh Market has run on the east side of Cherry Creek Shopping Center since 1997, making it one of the longest-running markets in Denver. USA Today named it a standout Colorado market in 2017 and 2018. It runs Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May through October, with flowers, produce, cheese, and prepared food from vendors across the state.

Denver

Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through the end of October, this market fills the parking lot at the Shops at Northfield between Target and Bass Pro Shops in northeast Denver. Several vendors carry USDA-certified organic produce, with covered indoor vendor space for the rest.

Little verifiable information exists online for this listing beyond its name and Denver, Colorado location. It appears tied to the Highland neighborhood's community organization, but current vendors, hours, and season could not be confirmed. Check locally before visiting.

Held at the Indian Hills Community Center on Parmalee Gulch Road, this market runs under the Indian Hills Improvement Association, a nonprofit that's stewarded the historic community center for decades. It operates on Thursdays during the growing season, a small mountain-community market more about neighbors than volume.

The Stanley Fairgrounds Estes Park

Estes Valley's farmers market has run for decades every Thursday, June through September, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., now based in the east lot of the Estes Park Visitor Center. It's the valley's original market gathering, predating several of the newer vendor events that have popped up around Estes Park in recent years.

Denver

Over 170 vendors line the 1400 and 1500 blocks of South Pearl Street every Sunday from May through November, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jarman and Co. Events has managed the market since 2007, building on one that started here in 2001, in Denver's Platt Park neighborhood. Shoppers find Colorado produce, baked goods, craft coffee, flowers, and prepared foods like tacos and empanadas. It runs rain or shine and closes only for extreme weather. Pets aren't allowed; service animals are welcome.

Every vendor here has to grow, raise or produce what they sell in Colorado or a bordering state; no resellers allowed. The market runs Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the 1500 block of South Pearl Street between Florida and Iowa avenues in Denver, with live music at each week's market.

Every Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., this market sets up at East 29th Avenue and Roslyn Street in Denver's Stapleton (now Central Park) neighborhood. Colorado Fresh Markets, the company behind Cherry Creek Fresh Market, runs it, bringing produce, proteins, and specialty foods from regional farms into the neighborhood. Some directories still list it under older names like Stapleton Founder's Green Farmer's Market — same market, same corner.

Cherry Creek Valley International Farmers Market operates from an indoor space at 710 S. Ash St. in southeast Denver and once won the Best of Denver® award for Best Farmers' Market. Current vendor lists and hours are thin online, so call ahead before making the trip.

Denver

Denver

Set up in the parking lot outside Hangar 2 at the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, this market runs Tuesdays from 4 p.m. until dusk, June through September. It sits steps from the Lowry Beer Garden, with produce, meat, dairy and artisan goods from area farms and covered indoor vendor space.