When Do Farmers Markets Open in Virginia?

From 54 season statements in public registers and market websites · Data as of October 16, 2026

• Opening and closing months
• First markets to open in spring
• Markets open into November and December
• Winter-season markets
• Year-round markets
• Every Virginia market with a published season
• Where these dates come from

Opening and closing months in Virginia

April and May account for 89% of season openings in Virginia. Of the 53 main seasons (spring to autumn), 10 close by the end of September and 15 stay open into November or December. In December 3 dated seasons are still running, and 1 in January, not counting year-round markets.

"Dated seasons running" counts the seasons that include at least part of the month; add the 32 year-round markets for every month. A month-only season ("May through October") counts for the whole of both months.

First markets to open in spring in Virginia

The earliest main-season openings on file from March on, by stated opening date. Where the source gives only a month, the month is shown.

• Hazel Witch Farm Richmond
  March – June · Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri (market website, read 2026-10-13)
• Met Park Farmers Market Arlington
  March – November · Tue, Sat (Arlington County (VA) Department of Environmental Services, Farmers Markets, 2026, retrieved 2026-10-13)
• Valley View Farm Delaplane
  March – October · Fri, Sat, Sun (market website, read 2026-10-13)
• Archwood Green Barns Farmers' Market The Plains
  April – December · Sun (market website, read 2026-10-13)
• Burnley Farm Apiary LLC. Fredericksburg
  Apr 1 – Oct 31 · Daily (market website, read 2026-10-13)
• Carter Mountain Orchard and Country Store Charlottesville
  April – September · Daily (market website, read 2026-10-13)
• Critzer Farm Afton
  April – October · Sat (market website, read 2026-10-13)
• Fairlington Farmers Market Arlington
  April – November · Sun (Arlington County (VA) Department of Environmental Services, Farmers Markets, 2026, retrieved 2026-10-13)

Every Virginia market with a published season (54)

Sorted by opening date, with winter seasons last. The days are the market days the same source gives. Seasons shift by a few days from year to year, so check the market's own site before a first visit.

Where these dates come from

Each season above is read from the text a source publishes: public registers and the markets' own websites. We take the dates as written ("May 16 – October 10", "June through October") and do not estimate missing ones; a register older than 2023, or website text we could not tie to the current season, is left out. A register's dates describe the season of the year it was published, which the source line gives.

• Market websites: 48
• Arlington County (VA) Department of Environmental Services, Farmers Markets, 2026: 6

More on how listings are built is in the methodology. If a date here is wrong or out of date, send a correction.

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