Farmers Markets near Kalispell, MT

Kalispell

Saturday market at Flathead Valley Community College's south lot on Grandview Drive in Kalispell, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. across 24 weeks from the first Saturday in May through mid-October. In its 52nd year, it hosts more than 200 vendors selling local vegetables, fruit, meats, eggs, bread, and handmade goods. It anchors the Flathead Valley's farm-market scene, a short drive from Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake.

Columbia Falls

Thursday-evening community market in Columbia Falls, running 5 to 8 p.m. from mid-May through late September at 165 Veteran Drive next to St. Richard's Catholic Church. More than 70 Flathead Valley businesses take part: farmers, ranchers, artists, makers, and food trucks, plus live music and locally brewed beer. It sits minutes from Glacier National Park's west entrance, drawing both residents and summer visitors. The market reads as a weekly gathering as much as a produce stop.

Tuesday-evening market at the north end of Central Avenue in Depot Park, downtown Whitefish, running 5 to 7:30 p.m. from early June through late September. Vendors bring produce, meats, eggs, starter plants, and mushrooms, with live music and prepared food. The market composts food and packaging on-site, billing itself as zero-waste. Set in a resort town near Whitefish Mountain and Glacier National Park, it pulls a mix of locals and travelers.

Wednesday-afternoon farmers' market in Bigfork, set up in the Masonic Temple parking lot on Highway 35 across from Harvest Foods, near the north shore of Flathead Lake. The Bigfork Farmers' Market Cooperative draws growers from Flathead, Lake, and Sanders counties selling produce, raw honey, eggs, meats, cut flowers, and baked goods. It runs May through mid-October, giving valley farmers a midweek outlet alongside the town's separate Monday market.