Farmers Markets near Thurmont, MD

Emmitsburg

Emmitsburg's market has run Fridays, 3 to 6:30 p.m., from late June through mid-October on South Seton Avenue, selling organic food, local specialties, vegetables, fruit, and crafts, with WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefits accepted. The town closed out its most recent season and is rebuilding the event for 2026 under a new name, Emmitsburg Fun, Farm and Family Day. Contact the town's market coordinator for the new format.

Frederick

The YMCA of Frederick County hosts a farmers market on North Market Street downtown, running Wednesdays from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., May through October. Produce, baked goods, wine, jewelry, and popcorn vendors fill the lineup, and the market doubles SNAP/EBT benefits up to $20 a day for qualifying shoppers. It sits inside the same downtown grid as Frederick's shops and restaurants rather than a standalone lot.

Frederick

Frederick City Market runs Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., through late November, with free parking on Sundays including a small lot next to the market. It moved in 2025 from its long-time North Market Street corner to a new spot up the block at 662 N. Market St. — worth double-checking the address before a visit. Expect a mix of produce, artisan goods, and handmade crafts from local vendors.

Frederick

This farmers market runs only during the Great Frederick Fair itself — nine days in September, with 2026 dates set for September 18 through 26 — on the fairgrounds at East Patrick Street. Expect fresh produce, baked goods, flowers, and artisan products sold alongside the fair's livestock shows and midway. It's tied to one of the state's largest county fairs, whose Facebook following runs close to 50,000.

Frederick

This Frederick market runs a single day a week — Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — at 1215 West Patrick Street, and closes the rest of the week. It's built as a traditional cooperative, meaning the vendors themselves run the show rather than a hired promoter, selling produce, baked goods, artisanal foods, and handmade crafts. Call ahead with questions before making the trip.

Frederick

Hosted at Grace Community Church on Old National Pike in Frederick, this seasonal market runs spring through fall with fresh fruit, vegetables, baked goods, flowers, and craft items from area vendors. Listed hours vary by source, so it's worth calling ahead to confirm which day the market runs before making the trip.

The Middletown Farmers Market fills the CRUCC parking lot on South Church Street every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m., May through mid-October. Vendors sell grains, wine, tofu, jams, mushrooms, and baked goods alongside a rotating food truck and live entertainment schedule. An information tent at the entrance helps first-time visitors find specific vendors.

Frederick

Taneytown

Taneytown's farmers market brings together Carroll County growers like Natural Key Farm, Brennan's Produce, and Langelo Farms along East Baltimore Street, with Stone House Bakery among the regular prepared-food vendors. Listed locations have shifted in recent years between Baltimore Street, Memorial Park, and a parking lot on Old Taneytown Pike, so confirm the current site before visiting.

Hagerstown

Meritus Medical Center hosts a farmers market on its Hagerstown campus every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the growing season. Regional vendors sell fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs, milk, meat, and baked goods, and the hospital's Community Health Team sets up free blood pressure and pre-diabetes screenings alongside the stalls — a hospital-campus market rather than a downtown or park setting.

Hagerstown

Records point to 1773 as the founding year for this Hagerstown market, which would make it the oldest continuously operating farmers market in Maryland — older than the city's own incorporation. It runs Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., May through September, at 25 W. Church Street. Main Street Hagerstown has been rebuilding the market's vendor program for 2026; check for the new application cycle before assuming last year's schedule holds.

Mount Airy

Mount Airy's Farmers Market sets up Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m., June through September, near the town's historic train station on North Main Street. Local vendors sell produce, honey, eggs, meats, baked goods, and handmade jewelry, with live entertainment most weeks. The market is organized by the Town of Mount Airy rather than a private vendor group.

This farmers market operates on the grounds of Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard in Dickerson, about 30 minutes from the Capital Beltway. Local growers sell seasonal fruit, vegetables, baked goods, and flowers spring through fall, giving winery visitors a stop for fresh food alongside the estate's Bordeaux-style wines. The rolling vineyard setting makes it more destination than errand.

Brunswick Area Farmers' Market sets up on West Potomac Street in this small Frederick County railroad town, selling seasonal produce, local meats, and specialty goods through the growing season. Schedules have shifted between a Saturday-morning format and a twice-monthly Main Street event in past seasons, so check the current calendar before planning around a specific day.

Damascus

Run out of the Damascus FFA grounds on Ridge Road, this Saturday market (9 a.m. to noon) leans on a rotating lineup of small local sellers — Anam Cara Egg Farm for eggs, Pheasant Hill Farm and Willowponds Hydroponics for produce, and home-based vendors like CC Hsu selling jams, jellies, and baked goods. It's a modest, FFA-organized market rather than a big-production event, built around the same families showing up week to week.

Westminster

Carroll County Farmers Market is the oldest running market in the county and the second-oldest in Maryland, set up at the Agriculture Center on Agriculture Center Drive in Westminster. On a full Saturday it can pull 75 to 100 vendors selling seasonal produce, pasture-raised meat, local eggs, honey, jams, and baked goods — big enough to function as the county's default grocery run in season.

Chambersburg

Chambersburg

Germantown

The Upcounty Hub is a farmers market at 12900 Middlebrook Road in Germantown, serving Montgomery County's upcounty communities north of the I-270 corridor. No independent website or social page was found to confirm current market days or vendor list.

Shepherdstown

Hanover

Hampstead

Hampstead's market runs Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon, June through September, in the parking lot at Coppermine Pantherplex — the former North Carroll High School building on Panther Drive. It's been a fixture at this spot since 2021, with free admission, free parking, and handicap accessibility built in from the start.