Huntingburg farmers market opens June 6, seeks 2026 vendors

Downtown Huntingburg is again opening its summer sales season at Market Street Park, and Destination Huntingburg is looking for vendors who can fill the pavilion with homegrown produce and products from June 6 through Oct. 3. The market will run every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Market Pavilion, 310 N. Main Street, giving small growers, bakers, makers and other sellers a recurring morning slot in one of the city’s busiest public spaces.

The organization says vendor fees are minimal, but the real draw is the audience: a market that already serves as a weekly stop for shoppers, visitors and downtown foot traffic. Destination Huntingburg also pointed to the market’s community role in 2025, saying in an Oct. 29 report to the Huntingburg City Council that it distributed more than $9,000 in food vouchers through the farmers market program. That suggests the market is not just a place to sell produce and baked goods, but a place where food dollars stay local and customer traffic is substantial enough to support both sales and access programs.

Anyone interested in selling this season should plan to attend the vendor meeting Wednesday, May 20, at 5 p.m. at Market Street Park. Destination Huntingburg says paperwork will be on hand, along with time to answer questions and collect vendor forms and fees. For sellers, that meeting is the point of entry into a season-long schedule, not a one-day event, so staffing, inventory and Saturday morning readiness matter from the start.

The market’s return also shows how firmly it has settled into Huntingburg’s downtown calendar. The city’s events calendar listed Farmers Market at Market St Park as a recurring Saturday event in 2025, and Destination Huntingburg has long used the market alongside Derby Day, 4th Fridays, Farmers Table, Haunted Huntingburg and A Christmas Journey to keep downtown active. Founded in 2014 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3), the group says its mission is to revitalize downtown, support local businesses and create a place where residents and visitors choose to live, work and play.

A local market directory lists categories that include baked goods, arts and crafts, flowers, herbs, vegetables, honey, jams, maple products, meats, nursery items, nuts and plants. That range points to the kind of mixed vendor base Huntingburg is trying to build, one that can turn Market Street Park near Old Town Hall into a steady Saturday marketplace for Dubois County shoppers all summer long.