The Squamish Farmers Market is a weekly summer market featuring fresh farm produce and artisan products in downtown Squamish on Saturdays.
Saturday Farmers Market in Squamish
The Squamish Farmers Market celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023. Its first day of the season in 2023 was February 4th.
The Squamish Farmers Market is a medium-sized farmers market in the Sea to Sky region that takes place at the corner of Victoria Street and Cleveland Avenue in Squamish. Shopping runs from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm every Saturday between April and the end of October. It’s also open bi-weekly on Saturdays during the months of February and March running, on the 4th and the 18th of both of those months from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
The market typically features close to four dozen vendors selling everything from fresh produce to homemade preserves, baked goods and art.
The Squamish market had a delayed start in 2020 due to COVID-19. Its typical opening date of April 4th in 2020 was pushed back until May 9th. In 2021 the first market of the season was on April 17th.
The 2022 season began on April 23rd and ran until December 10th. Last day of the 2023 season is to be confirmed.
Market Entertainment
Similar to most Lower Mainland farmers markets, the Saturday markets in Squamish feature a musician or two providing background entertainment each week.
The 2020 market did not feature any live entertainment because of COVID-19. To give you an idea of what to expect in a typical year though, below is a list of scheduled performers who featured in 2019.
Market Performances in the Spring
- April 6th, 2019 – Rick Rogoza
- April 13th, 2019 – Ava Swanson
- April 20th, 2019 – Matt Blackman: from Squamish and specializing in Blues and R&B
- April 27th, 2019 – Terry Maple
- May 4th, 2019 – Monty Biggins: a multi-talented musician and composer
- May 11th, 2019 – Cam Salay: a guitar player and former member of the JUNO Award-winning group the Paperboys
- May 18th, 2019 – Carolyn Grass & Friends: a Squamish-based band
- May 25th, 2019 – Rachel Lewis
Market Performances in the Summer
- June 1st, 2019 – Paul Coulter-Brown
- June 8th, 2019 – Ev Kinsella
- June 15th, 2019 – Brainchild: a Folk and Blues band from Vancouver
- June 22nd, 2019 – Shone Harcourt
- June 29th, 2019 – Carolyn Grass & Friends: a Squamish-based band
- July 6th, 2019 – Jana Seale: a guitar-playing singer from Chilliwack
- July 13th, 2019 – Nice Verdes: a tropical-Folk-playing duo
- July 20th, 2019 – The Tree Huggers
- July 27th, 2019 – Connor Gray
- August 3rd, 2019 – Stephen Vogler: a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Whistler
- August 10th, 2019 – Monty Biggins: a multi-talented musician and composer
- August 17th, 2019 – Laura Nedelak
- August 24th, 2019 – Dana Marie-Battaglia: an Electro Orchestral Folk Indie Pop musician from Squamish
- August 31st, 2019 – The Overcomers: a Blues Folk band from Vancouver
Market Performances in the Fall
- September 7th, 2019 – Brian denHertog & Jill Russell
- September 14th, 2019 – Cam Salay: a guitar player and former member of the JUNO Award-winning group the Paperboys
- September 21st, 2019 – Pernell Reichert: a Vancouver-based Bluegrass musician
- September 28th, 2019 – Rick Rogoza
- October 5th, 2019 – Susan Holden: a singer, songwriter and manager at Arts Whistler
- October 12th, 2019 – Madelyn Read: a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Vancouver
- October 19th, 2019 – Brainchild: a Folk and Blues band from Vancouver
- October 26th, 2019 – The Tree Huggers
Other Activities in the Area
The Squamish Farmers Market is definitely worth checking out if you find yourself in Squamish on a Saturday. Great activities to combine with a visit to the market include trips to nearby parks like Porteau Cove on the water, Shannon Falls and its beautiful waterfall, rugged Stawamus Chief and picturesque Alice Lake. All of these are beautiful and perfect places for a stroll, hike and/or picnic.
Tourist attractions in the area also include Britannia Mine (a historic copper mine museum), the Sea to Sky Gondola (for sightseeing and rides up the mountain) and the West Coast Railway Heritage Park (with its historic trains and artifacts).
Squamish is also a convenient place for a rest break on the way to and from the resort town of Whistler and Vancouver.
More Information
To learn more about the market, see the Squamish Farmers Market website.
Also in Squamish, and separate from the regular Saturday Farmers Market, once-a-month street markets take place on Cleveland Avenue between 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Click Squamish Street Market for details.
For a list of other farmers’ markets, click Lower Mainland Markets.
For more information on the town and region, click Squamish or Sea to Sky Region.
