Vienna Farmers Market To Return With Vendor Favorites, Music In May

VIENNA, VA — Locally produced goods will be offered for sale each week as the Vienna Farmers Market returns for the season on Saturday, May 6.

The Vienna Farmers Market is held on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon from May 6 to October 28 in the Vienna Community Center parking lot, 120 Cherry Street SE. The volunteer-run market is hosted by the Optimist Club of Greater Vienna, which uses booth rental proceeds to benefit youth groups and charities in the Vienna area.

Vendors must be within a 150-mile radius of Fairfax County and grow, raise, bake or make all items they sell at the farmers market. Items range from produce to Crafters selling non-food items typically cannot participate, but vendors may sell items such as beeswax candles.

On the market's opening day on May 6, shoppers can expect vendors like Roaming Stone, Master Gardeners, Caffe Amouri, Dog Love, Ericott Mini Farm, Family of Nuts, The Fermented Pig, Great Harvest Bread Co., Greenheart Juice Shop, Gypsy Hill, J & W Valley View Farm, Kuhn's Orchard, Los Sabrositos, LLC, Mama's Donut Bites, Pleitez Produce, Quail & Hound Farms, Savagely Good, Smith Family Farm, Smith's of Mecklenburg, Tuckey Mountain Fruit, Westmoreland Produce, Lucy's Charity Plant Sale and Ayr Hill Garden Club.

Another highlight of the market is live music each week. The Jazz Trotters will kick off the market season on May 6, followed by Swingology on May 13, Accotink Rising on May 20 and Carter Farm Band on May 27. The full live music schedule is available here.

Check back on the Optimist Club's website for a vendor list and other information during farmers market season.