2025 Application Opens in March

We’re excited you’re here!

Hi there,

Thanks for wanting to participate with the market this season. All participants including vendors, musicians, and Community Table applicants must apply. It’s the same application for everyone!

We operate a professional market and ask a lot of our vendors. Please take your time to review the information on this page carefully. We do our best to set you up for success.

Thanks and we look forward to learning more about you!

New For 2025

ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR NOVEMBER MARKETS - THESE MARKET DATES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR FULL-TIME VENDORS AND WILL NOT BE FILLED TILL SEPTEMBER.

ADDITIONAL NIGHT MARKET BOOTHS - 60 TOTAL VENDOR BOOTHS

NEW DIRECT DEPOSIT NEEDED - DUE TO CHANGES IN BANK REGULATIONS WE WILL NEED NEW DIRECT DEPOSIT INFORMATION FROM ALL VENDORS TO HAVE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO PAY VENDORS.

NEW FEE STRUCTURE -

FARMERS

Farmers an Growers

$25 fee rate

REGULAR VENDORS

10 or more market dates

$30 fee rate

NOTE: Regular vendors who pay fees before the first market or use Auto Pay on MarketSpread will pay a $25 fee rate

DROP IN VENDORS

9 or fewer market dates

$35 fee rate

Who We Work With

Application 

FAQs

  • The Downtown Marquette Farmers Market is an artisan and producer’s market meaning everything sold at the market must be made, gathered, or grown by the person selling it. We do not allow resale vendors. More information about who we work with can be found here.

    We also work with musicians and local businesses and organizations. Our musicians are paid for each performance. Eligible local businesses and organizations may apply to be at our Community Table.

    There is only one application to participate with the market. All interested parties including vendors, partners, musicians, and Community Table Applicants must fill out the same application.

  • No, there is no official deadline to apply to the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market. However, vendors who desire full-time or part-time booths at the Outdoor Saturday Morning Market should apply before April, otherwise, benefits cannot be guaranteed.

  • Booth fees vary based on market season, participant classification, and vendor commitment. Full details for this season’s fees can be found here.

  • Read our Market Policies here for a detailed breakdown of vendor expectations including attendance policy, license requirements, conducting sales, product sampling, set-up and tear-down, parking, booth assignments, tables, tents, carts, and more.

  • All applicants will receive email notifications as their application is processed. The first major round of acceptance notifications usually go out mid to late April. Applicants who submit an application during the market season can expect to wait up to 2 weeks to have their application processed. All notifications are sent via email.

2024 Application Process

Step 1:
Create an account.

Make sure to read through the full application process before completing this first step, there’s a few things you need to know! We use MarketSpread to manage applications and market operations. Once you click “apply” on this page you will be automatically prompted to create a MarketSpread account or sign into an existing account. Here’s a quick walkthrough of this process:

Step 2: Know Your Vendor Type

When applyingto a new Market on MarketSpread, you will be asked to classify yourself. A general definition will auto-populate during your account creation, however, we ask that you disregard these definitions and use the following:

  • A person who has grown, raised, or gathered a product that is sold directly to the consumer by themselves, their employee/s, or family member/s.

  • This is a person who creates handmade items that can be consumed, such as bread, jam/jelly, maple syrup, honey, cookies, baked goods, etc.

  • A person who creates handmade items that can be consumed, whose operation during the market depends on a vehicle, truck, trailer, etc, and CANNOToperate out of a 10x10/20 booth space. If you have a trailer, grill, or other cooking equipment set up under a 10x10 tent you are considered a “Speciality Food Artisan”.

  • This is a person who creates handmade items that cannot be consumed, such as paintings, jewelry, woodwork, metalworks, wearable art, fibers, personal care products, etc. Resale Vendors will not be approved.

  • A local organization/group that is applying to occupy The Community Table. FREE Community Table applicants are subject to terms and conditions as outlined on the market’s website.

  • This ia a person or group that is applying to perform at the Saturday Morning and/or Wednesday Evening Market.

  • This is a person or organization that partners with the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market to provide educational, nutritional, or other programming for market shoppers.

Step 3: Know your product offering

You will be asked to provide all the products you plan to offer for sale at the market at the end of the application. Some vendor types are exempt, while other are required to provide this information. Read the tips below to understand what we need from you.

  • The following vendor types should not enter any products at the end of their application:

    -Entertainment (AKA musicians)
    -Organizations (AKA Community Table Applicants)
    -Services (AKA Market Partners)

    For the vendor types listed above, our application process will ask specific questions to understand what you plan to offer.

    All other vendor types are required to submit products with their application.

  • If you offer a product that has different varieties, flavors, scents, etc, you may submit the general category, i.e. "body soap" or "cherry tomatoes". You do not need to list each scent or varietal as its own individual product. You will be able to go back and add more detailed descriptions to your products (such as flavors, scents, and varietals) after your application is submitted.

  • List all products you intend to sell. Each submitted product will be approved or rejected. You are only allowed to sell approved products at the market.

    Do your best, but don’t stress too hard. You will be able to add or remove products after you submit your application and throughout the season.

Step 4: Submit an Application!

Now that you fully understand our application process, let’s get to it. If you haven’t carefully reviewed the information above please take the time do to so otherwise your application may be rejected. You need to apply for EACH market you’d like to be considered for.

Documents to have Filled out Before Applying

Click the button to open filible documents and links

All vendors and Musicians must have an Updated and Compleate Direct Deposit on hand. If you do not provide us with one, any reimbursements or payments we make to you will be considered a donation to the market.

If you are unsure, it is best to fill out a new one.

All vendors and Musicians must have an Updated W9 on hand. If you do not provide us with one, any reimbursements or payments we make to you will be considered a donation to the market.

If you are unsure, it is best to fill out a new one.

All vendors selling nonedible items must have a Michigan Sales Tax Licence on file with us.

Additional Vendor Licenses

Be aware of any additional requirements or licenses you may need regarding the selling of your food or products at the market.

  • Saturday Farmers Market

    9-1 PM
    Marquette Commons

    APPLY

  • Wednesday Night Market

    5-8 PM
    100 block of Washington Street

    APPLY

  • Thanksgiving Market

    10 am - 2 pm
    Marquette Commons

  • Yule Market

    TBD