May 2 – IFM Kids Bucks return! $5 good for anything at the Market, 1st 20 kids to the Manager tent.
June 6 – 1st Friday Cooking Days are back! Guest chefs cook up local products. Free samples.
June 20 – Kids Day and Healthy Kids Bucks! Join Cowboy Don, 4H, games with Laura, & more! Free fun for the entire family.
Friday July 4 – Town of Independence Parade, market CLOSED
July 11 – Wellness Day Join VDH and area health professionals for free check-ups.
July 18 – Berry Festival. Enter the Berry pie contest and win $100! and enjoy delicious sorbet to benefit the Market and everything Berry. Healthy Kids Bucks too!
July 25 – Take a Break from the Interstate HWY 21 yard sale weekend.
August 1 – Tomato Festival – Free tomato tasting, enter the Monster Tomato contest, enter the salsa contest and win $100!
August 3-9 National Farmers Market Week
Friday & Saturday August 8-9 – Grayson County Youth Livestock Show and Fair
August 15 – Christmas in August Craft Day. Support local artisans and shop local
September 5 – 1st Friday Cooking Day and NEW Garlic Festival. We’ll be featuring garlic in cooking and have mini sessions on growing garlic, and a garlic tasting. Donations appreciated
September 12 – Apple Festival. Enter the Apple Dessert Contest, win $100! Cider Fundraiser & Fiber Day!
September 19 – Pepper Day. Enjoy a free pepper tasting
October 3 – Squashtober and last Cooking Day. Taste the vast array of winter and summer squash.
October 10 – Last Market
November 21 – 11am to 2pm, Thanksgiving Market. Shop locally for your Thanksgiving celebration.
November 28 – 11am to 2pm, 1st Winter Market and Chili Cook-off. Enter the Chili contest and win $100!
December 6 (Saturday) – 11am-2pm, 2nd Winter Market, Free Market Gift Shop, and stay for the Christmas Parade and Town events
