Santa Monica Farmer's Market Canceled Saturday

SANTA MONICA, CA — The Santa Monica Farmer's Market is closed Saturday, city officials announced. It's unclear why city officials are closing it.

In a statement on social media and their website, the market announced this statement:

"Due to the dynamic nature of potential events this weekend, the City of Santa Monica will temporarily close the Downtown Farmers Market on Saturday, June 6 to ensure the safety of all vendors, customers and staff," according to the market's website. "We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and wish you all a safe and peaceful weekend. We look forward to seeing you at next week’s Wednesday Farmers Market on June 10 and will share any additional updates we receive."

Santa Monica's Farmer's Market had temporarily shifted last month during the coronavirus pandemic to two days each week, Wednesday and Friday only at the downtown location near Arizona Ave & 2nd Streets.

Some locals shared their disappointment with the closure and its impact on how locals access food.

Patch reached out to city of Santa Monica officials for more information about the farmer's market closure this weekend.

Due to the dynamic nature of potential events this weekend, the City of Santa Monica will temporarily close the downtown farmers market on Saturday, June 6 to ensure the safety of all vendors, customers and staff.… https://t.co/t0UoHe9sA1
— Santa Monica Farmers Markets (@smfms) June 4, 2020

For absolutely NO reason at all,

Saturdays Santa Monica Farmers Market has been canceled.

If we’re trying to get back to normal, isn’t having the #FarmersMarket open the most normal thing we could do?

This makes ZERO sense.@Lane_Dilg #FreshFood #OverCautious #MyDayInLA pic.twitter.com/iH3HdCPqr9
— Our Santa Monica (@OurSantaMonica) June 6, 2020

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