the best farmers markets in minneapolis, sorted by day.
minneapolis doesn't have a farmers market. it has a rotation — somewhere in this town, most days of the week, someone is setting up tents at sunrise (or, in one glorious case, mid-afternoon). so instead of ranking them like restaurants, here's the guide sorted the way you actually decide: by when you can go.
full disclosure before we start: tandoco is a market vendor — you'll find our protein bakery tent in richfield on saturdays and at linden hills on sundays (live schedule here). we've tried to keep the takes honest anyway; these are the markets we shop as customers on our days off.
saturday morning, the classic
richfield farmers market · veterans memorial park, 6335 portland ave, richfield · saturdays 7am–noon (8am start sept–oct), may 2–oct 31. our home market: 50+ vendors, free live music, 8:45am yoga on the grass, snap/ebt matched with market bucks. the full love letter is in our richfield guide.
mill city farmers market · 750 second st s, on the riverfront by the ruins · saturdays 8am–1pm through september, 9am–1pm in october. the chef-y one — stone arch bridge views, serious produce, worth the trip for the setting alone.
minneapolis farmers market (lyndale) · 312 e lyndale ave n · saturdays and sundays 6am–1pm, plus wednesday–friday 7am–1pm, through october. the big one. sheds, scale, and 6am starts for the people who mean business.
northeast farmers market · st. boniface church lot, 629 second st ne · saturdays 9am–1pm through october 10. small, neighborly, very northeast.
southwest farmers market (the market formerly known as fulton) · 5025 knox ave · saturdays 8:30am–1pm through october 31.
sunday, the encore
linden hills farmers market · settergren's lot, 2813 w 43rd st · sundays 10am–1pm through october 25. compact, neighborly and walkable, and home to our sunday booth (10am to noon). the whole case is in our linden hills guide.
linden hills farmers market · settergrens, 2813 w 43rd st · sundays 10am–1pm through october 25. compact and charming; also the site of our favorite surprise pop-up ever, so we're biased and grateful.
kingfield farmers market · mlk park, 4055 nicollet ave s · sundays 8:30am–1pm through october 25. proper neighborhood market energy.
(and the lyndale market runs sundays 6am–1pm too, if your sunday starts at dawn.)
midweek, the secret weapon
nokomis farmers market · 5167 chicago ave · wednesdays 4–7:30pm, june 17–september 30. the after-work market — restock produce midweek without touching your weekend.
minneapolis farmers market (lyndale) again · wednesday–friday 7am–1pm. when you need a thursday tomato emergency handled.
the market crawl, if you want it all
the schedule stacks almost suspiciously well: richfield or mill city saturday morning, lyndale sunday at dawn if you're wired that way, linden hills or kingfield sunday late morning to close the weekend. nokomis catches whatever you ran out of by wednesday.
if you shop with your protein targets in mind, our protein-first market guide covers what to grab tent by tent. and if your route crosses ours — richfield saturdays, linden hills sundays — come say hi to the protein bakery tent, or pre-order by thursday and skip the sell-out roulette entirely.
FAQ
which minneapolis farmers markets are open on sunday?
the minneapolis farmers market on lyndale (6am–1pm), kingfield (8:30am–1pm), and linden hills (10am–1pm) — so you can market-hop from dawn to early afternoon on a sunday.
is there a weekday evening farmers market in minneapolis?
yes — the nokomis farmers market runs wednesdays 4–7:30pm from june 17 through september 30 at 5167 chicago ave, and the lyndale market is open wednesday through friday mornings.
what is the biggest farmers market in minneapolis?
the minneapolis farmers market on east lyndale avenue north — open every day of the week in season, with saturday and sunday hours from 6am to 1pm.
do minneapolis farmers markets take snap or ebt?
many do — the richfield farmers market, for example, accepts snap/ebt and matches it with market bucks. programs vary by market, so check the market's own page before you go.
which markets is tandoco at?
tandoco's protein bakery booth is at the richfield farmers market on saturdays and the linden hills farmers market on sundays (10am to noon) — the live schedule is at tandoco.com/events, and pre-orders at tandoco.com/store are guaranteed for booth pickup.