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Charlotte Farmers Markets: Opening Dates, Features, and Details

by Sophia Jacobs | April 7, 2025

Grab your tote bags girls, we’re going shopping — at the farmers market. Read below for a scoop-girl’s guide to all the Farmers Markets in the QC and in nearby towns, including hours, vendors, and all the farm fresh goods this season has to offer.

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Spring & Summer Only Markets

North End Farmers Market
300 Camp Rd

Via Instagram

Open: April 23 — October 29 on Wednesdays; 4PM — 8PM.

Located between The Mount and Keswick districts in the heart of Camp North End, you can find local fresh food every Wednesday from April through October. The market brings together farmers, ranchers, and food artisans bringing the best of their weekly harvests, craft foods, and curated items to you each week. The 2025 Vendor List is still TBA, stay tuned!

Uptown Farmers Market
300 S. Davidson St

Open: April 12 — December 13 on Saturdays; 8AM — 12:30PM.

Approaching year 5 in Uptown Charlotte, the Uptown Farmers Market offers produce, meat, poultry, and fish, as well as artisan foods and other baked goodies. A few vendors include Seven Sister Farms, Lucky Fish, and Bun Appetit!. For a full list of vendors, click here.

Rosa Parks Farmers Market
West Complex, 1600 W. Trade St.

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Open: Tuesdays, June thru September, 3PM – 7PM

RPFM, a transformational and educational market, brings fresh local and affordable produce to Charlotte communities every Tuesday from June to September.

Kings Drive Farmers Market
938 S Kings Dr

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Open: April 11 thru December

Known for their vegetables and fruits, fresh herbs, baked goods, bouquets of cut flowers, plants, and fresh meats from nearby farms, Kings Drive Farmers Market has it all.

Plaza Midwood Farmers Market
Locations Vary

Open: April — November; times vary.

We have subscriptions to everything else, so why not subscribe to a box of weekly farm goodies? Plaza Midwood Farmers Market is not your typical market… In collaboration with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), you’ll pay an upfront amount for your produce at the beginning of the season and stop by the market weekly to pick up what the farm has to offer. Pickup locations include The Market at 7th Street (Wednesdays, 5PM — 6PM), The Everyday Market (Wednesdays, 5 PM – 7 PM) Local Loaf (Thursdays, 5PM — 7PM), Common Market at Plaza Midwood (Saturdays, 10AM — 1PM), and the University City Farmers Market (Saturdays 9AM — 1PM) and Rhino Market (Saturdays, 10 AM – 1 PM).

Cotswold Farmers Market
4921 Randolph Road

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Open: May — October on Saturdays; 8AM — 12PM.

The 2025 season of the Cotswold Farmers Market kicks off on May 3. Whether you’re looking for fresh produce, breads, seasonal fruits, veggies, eggs, or meats, you’ll find it here. Need fresh-cut flowers and handmade soaps? CFM has got those too. 

Matthews Community Farmers Market
188 N. Trade St, Matthews

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Open: April 13 — November 23 on Saturdays; 8AM — 12PM.

Every Saturday, rain or shine, you can find the Matthews Community Farmers Market selling fresh produce, naturally-raised meats, local honey, and plants, amongst many other goods. Enjoy berries galore from Cody Strawberry Farm, raw honey from Dancing Bees Honey Farm, and fresh-cut flowers from Street Fare Farm while you explore all this Matthews market has to offer. Check out their full vendor list here.

The Village at Robinson Farms Market
8410 Rea Road

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Open: Wednesdays and Saturdays from April 19 through October, 9AM – 3PM.

Known for their produce, come enjoy peaches, tomatoes, melons, squash, plants, herbs, fresh eggs, cut flowers and more.

Waxhaw Farmers Market
27283 Waxhaw Parkway, Waxhaw

Via Waxhaw Farmers Market

Open: Saturdays, starting April 12th from 9AM – Noon. Also open as a Winter Market.

As a proud producer-only market, the Waxhaw Farmers Market is committed to supporting local farmers and artisans while promoting sustainable agriculture and healthy living in our community. Check back for the 2025 Vendor List, coming soon!

Union County Farmers Market
805 Skyway Drive, Monroe

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Open: Saturdays, April thru December, 8am to Noon.

Union County Farmers Market is a grower’s only market, dedicated to supporting local farmers and artisans.

Fort Mill Farmer’s Market
Veterans Park, 106 N. White Street

Via Facebook

Open: Saturdays, May 10 to October 25, 2025, 9AM to Noon

Now in its sixth year, the Fort Mill Farmers & Artisans Market is a place to enjoy local produce, farm/agricultural products, and handmade/handcrafted items.

Mint Hill Farmers Market
Mint Hill Historical Society, 7601 Matthews Mint Hill Road

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Open: Every Saturday, May through September, 9AM to 1PM.

Vegetables, meat, eggs, honey, breads, and bakery items, prepared foods, organic teas, kombucha, fresh flowers, food trucks and artisans.

East Charlotte Farmers Market
McLawland Farms, 8632 Reedy Creek Rd

Via McLawland Farms

Open: April – May on Wednesdays, 3PM – 6:30PM

Joining the QC Farmers Market scene is McLawland Farms; offering garden plants, fresh produce, locally raised meats, naturally grown flowers, baked goods, and more. A few featured vendors include Garden Window Farm, Cakey Organics, and Windcrest Farm.

University City Farmers Market
6010 Jasmine Lane

Open: Saturdays, May — October from 10AM — 2PM.

Visit University City Farmers Market to shop for local, responsibly-raised veggies and fruits, meats, pasture-raised eggs, plus artisanal food, wellness products, and other curated items.

Old Town Market
101 E Main Street, Rock Hill

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Open: Saturdays, May 3 to October 25, 9AM to 2PM. Special market day on November 22, 2025.

Old Town Market celebrates farm, food-based, artisan, and craft vendors every Saturday at Fountain Park.

Huntersville Growers Market
Veterans Park, 201 Huntersville-Concord Rd.

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Open: Saturdays, May 3 – August 30, 2025, 8AM – Noon

The town of Huntersville Growers Market is all handmade, homemade, or homegrown small batch products from local producers and artisans.

Davidson Farmers Market
120 S. Main St, Davidson

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Open: April — November on Saturdays; 9AM — 12PM.

Hear the Big Red Market Bell ring and you’ll know a Saturday at Davidson Farmers Market has begun. With 30+ vendors ranging from dairy and produce to prepared foods and baked goods, the market has something for everyone.

Mount Holly Farmers Market
226 South Main Street, Mount Holly

Via Mount Holly Farmers Market

Open: April — October on Saturdays; 8AM — 12PM.

With an emphasis on supporting local farms, educating the community about the benefits of eating locally grown food, and empowering people to grow their own food, Mount Holly Farmers Market is a market with a cause. The market includes vendors that carry eggs, coffee, olives, baked goods, meats and more.

Belmont Farmers Market
24 S Main St, Belmont

Via Belmont Farmers Market

Open: Thursdays, April 4 — October 31; 4PM — 7PM.

The Belmont Farmers Market, located in Stowe Park in Belmont, strives to provide diversity in their vendor offerings by promoting locally sourced products and ingredients, while educating the community on the advantages of shopping local.

Year Round Markets

South End Farmers Market
2000 South Blvd

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Open: Year-round on Saturdays; 8AM — 1PM.

Since 2010, South End Farmers Market has been serving Charlotte’s historic South End community and surrounding areas with local, sustainable, responsibly raised produce and proteins – along with locally sourced artisanal food products and crafts. Located outdoors at Atherton Mill – across from the Charlotte Rail Trail. You can access the market from either Tremont Avenue or behind Vin Master (look for the light rail tracks).

Charlotte Regional Farmers Market
1801 Yorkmont Rd

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Open: Year-round, Wednesdays — Sundays; 8AM — 5PM.

With a mission to “Eat Local”, the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market strives to make that goal easier to accomplish by offering open hours multiple days a week. Highlighting NC’s fresh & locally grown, the market offers produce, plants, shops, arts & crafts, and more.

Mecklenburg County Market
1515 Harding Pl.

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Open: Year-round, Mondays — Fridays, 9AM — 6PM; Saturdays 7AM — 6PM; Sundays 12PM — 5PM.

With lots of hours and plenty of local goods to choose from, Mecklenburg County Market offers produce, dairy, and more, year round. Come check out a Mecklenburg county favorite, just make sure to check the hours before you make your way to the oldest farmers market in North Carolina.

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