Downtown Farmers' Market
Food Market · Des Moines, Iowa
A Saturday-morning market that takes over roughly nine to a dozen blocks of Court Avenue in the historic Court District of Des Moines, from May to October. It runs around three hundred vendors — 306 in the 2026 season — and draws an estimated twenty-eight thousand shoppers a week, which for a city of this size makes it the biggest regular gathering in Iowa outside the State Fair. It is consistently ranked among the best farmers' markets in the country.
300 Court Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, 50309, United States
⚠ SATURDAY MORNINGS ONLY, 7:00 TO 12:00, MAY TO OCTOBER. It is not a daily market and it does not run in winter — a separate, smaller indoor winter market operates at times and is a different event. FREE to attend. Around 300 vendors — 306 in the 2026 season — spread across roughly nine to a dozen blocks of Court Avenue in the historic Court District, drawing an estimated 28,000 shoppers a week. ⚠ ARRIVE BETWEEN 7 AND 8:30: after about 9:30 it is shoulder to shoulder, and the best producers sell out well before the noon close, with stalls packing down from around 11:30. Card is widely accepted but some smaller producers are cash-only, so bring small notes. Paid downtown garages and metered street parking fill early and enforcement is active on Saturday mornings.
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