Events

The market is more than shopping! Enjoy weekly activities like the childrens' area and facepainting as well as special event like the ones listed below:

Garden Festival - East Vancouver May 24

Bike to Market Day - Kitsilano June 1, East Vancouver June 7

Cookbook Swap - East Vancouver July 19

Tomato Festival - East Vancouver Aug 23, Kitsilano Aug 24, West End Aug 30, Riley Park Aug 27

Harvest Festival - enjoy a tast of fall at all markets! East Vancouver Sept 20, Kitsilano Sept 21, West End Sept 27, Riley Park Sept 24. Activities like our first apple pie competition at the East Vancouver market, digging for potatoes at Riley Park and grinding grain at Kitsilano. We'll also have on-site coffee roasting at the West End which will be sure to draw West Enders out of their beds to the market! Discover the vast array of squash, apples and pears grown in BC. Take home some recipes too!

BC150 Feastival

Celebrate BC's Agricultural Traditions at the East Vancouver Farmers Market weekly throughout August. Each week a demonstration or display of traditional crafts, techniques and farm culture. Check out the red display tent in the middle of the market and celebrate the best of BC. Sponsored by BC Association of Farmers Markets and BC150 celebrations.

East Vancouver Farmers Market Events
August 2 - Arila Apiary demonstrate how to make beeswax candles and explain how bees make honey with a demo hive on display
August 9 - The Greater Vancouver Weavers and Spinners Guild show how to use table looms, spinning wheels and weave a basket too
August 16 - Learn how to make butter the old-fashioned way.
August 23 - Goat's Pride Dairy demonstrate goat milking and get folks involved with their "faux" goat
August 30 - Matthew of Matthew Freed Ceramics brings his potter's wheel to make bowls, plates and more

More events coming soon at our other 3 locations....

Buskers

Interested in sharing your musical talents with the market community? We book 2 buskers at each of our markets each week throughout the summer. All music should be acoustic and appropriate for an all ages event. Bookings must be done in advance through the market office. Email or call us if you're interested in booking a busking date at the market.

Free Community Tables

As a commitment to our community, we aim to involve community-based organizations in our Markets. Under normal circumstances, we charge for space at the Markets. We have made an exception with community groups. We set aside one free space each week at each of our three markets for community education. This is our way of saying thank you for doing the work you do and offering you an opportunity to inform others of your organization.

Since this table is a free space, there are limits to what you may sell. The only permitted items are:

society memberships
general donations
raffle tickets
event tickets

You may not sell T-shirts, coffee mugs, buttons, badges, plants, seeds, food items, or other items not listed above at this free table. Additionally, to sustain the economic efforts of our vendors, free food and hand-crafted items may not be offered at this space. If you want to sell or distribute something that is not on this list please contact Jen for more information.

Community Table Guidelines and Application