Looking for farmers markets in Bellevue? This Eastside city has a well-loved farmers market showcasing the Pacific Northwest’s exceptional produce, berries, and flowers. This local guide covers Bellevue’s farmers markets, what to buy, when to go by season, and how to find the freshest, most current details from people who shop them every week.

Bellevue’s farmers markets

The Bellevue Farmers Market runs in the warmer months, typically with a weekday market downtown and additional market days, offering the region’s renowned produce, berries, flowers, and artisan goods. It’s a highlight of the Eastside’s warm-season weekends.

What to buy at Bellevue farmers markets

Expect the Pacific Northwest’s outstanding berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries), apples and stone fruit, fresh vegetables, gorgeous flowers, local honey and cheese, and often fresh Washington seafood and artisan breads.

Seasons & when to go

Pacific Northwest markets are seasonal, running roughly late spring through fall — early summer brings berries, late summer peaks with tomatoes and corn, and fall offers apples and squash. The region’s berries are a special highlight. To pair a market run with a walk, see our guide to the best parks in Bellevue.

What to know about Bellevue farmers markets

Check the current market days and hours, as they’re seasonal. Downtown Bellevue is walkable, and parking is easier than in Seattle. The famous Northwest berries sell out fast — go early in berry season.

What Bellevue locals recommend

Market days, seasonal hours, and the best vendors change constantly — and locals know which stalls are worth the trip. On Neighborhood Nurturers’ Bellevue community, real Bellevue neighbors share their favorite markets and vendors, and what’s in season right now. For more, see our guide to the best things to do in Bellevue. Join your Bellevue neighbors free and get real local market recommendations →

Getting the most out of Bellevue

Each market has its own rhythm, vendors, and best-early hours worth learning. If you are planning a morning at the market in Bellevue, it helps to build it around the parts of town you already love. Spots like the Bellevue Botanical Garden (free) and Downtown Park anchor the areas locals gravitate to, and the best plans tend to pair one of those with a stop from this guide. Neighbors also point to the Mercer Slough Nature Park when they want something a little quieter or off the usual path. Knowing those anchors makes it far easier to line up a morning at the market that actually fits the day you have in mind, whether you have a couple of free hours or a whole afternoon in Bellevue.

More Bellevue guides worth bookmarking

Part of what makes Bellevue rewarding is how much it packs into a small footprint. If you found this useful, these companion guides cover the same neighborhoods from different angles: Best restaurants in Bellevue, Things to do in Bellevue, Parks in Bellevue. Between them you can plan an entire day — or an entire weekend — without ever leaving town.

Ask a Bellevue neighbor first

Guides get you started, but the freshest tips always come from people who live here. Hours change, new spots open, and locals know which places are worth it right now. The Bellevue community on Neighborhood Nurturers is where residents swap honest, current recommendations — ask Bellevue neighbors what they would do, or join your town community free and get answers from real people who actually know Bellevue.

The two Bellevue farmers markets, with days, times and addresses

Bellevue runs two seasonal farmers markets on different days in different parts of the city, and which one suits you depends far more on your working week and your tolerance for parking than on the produce, which overlaps considerably.

Bellevue Farmers Market, downtown, Thursdays

The downtown market runs Thursdays from 21 May to 1 October 2026 at 1717 Bellevue Way NE, in the Bellevue Presbyterian Church parking lot. Hours are 3:00 to 7:30pm from May through August and 3:00 to 7:00pm in September through the 1 October close.

The late-afternoon timing makes it an after-work market rather than a weekend outing, which is a deliberate and rather good decision in a city with this many commuters. It also means the last hour is the calmest and the first hour has the best selection, and you have to choose which of those you care about more.

Crossroads Bellevue Farmers Market, Tuesdays

The east Bellevue market runs Tuesdays from June through September, noon to 6pm, in the Crossroads East parking lot at Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St.

This is the more practical of the two for anyone who works locally or has a flexible midday, and the parking situation is dramatically easier than downtown, because Crossroads has a free private surface lot. It also lets you combine the market with the Public Market food hall inside, where around thirty independent international kitchens surround shared seating. Our Crossroads Bellevue guide covers the rest of the site.

Which market to choose

If you finish work downtown, the Thursday market is on your way and you can walk to it. If you live in east Bellevue, the Tuesday market is closer, cheaper to park at, and quieter. If you are shopping for a household rather than picking up dinner, go early to either one, because the growers with the best produce sell through their strongest items first.

Both markets are strictly seasonal, and both have adjusted their published hours in recent years. Confirm current dates at the start of each summer rather than relying on last season’s schedule, which is exactly the sort of thing neighbours know before any website updates.

What is actually in season here, and when

The Pacific Northwest growing calendar catches out people who move here from warmer states, because the season starts late and finishes strong.

Late May and June is the thin end: greens, radishes, spring onions, rhubarb, early lettuces, and the first strawberries, which in this region are worth waiting for and are nothing like a supermarket strawberry. July brings the berries properly, along with cherries, the first stone fruit and peas. August is the peak of the whole year: tomatoes that actually taste of something, corn, beans, summer squash, peppers and the full berry range. September shifts to apples, pears, winter squash, root vegetables and the last tomatoes.

Berries in particular are the thing to build a summer around here. This region grows them exceptionally well, and the difference between a market berry in July and a shipped one in February is not subtle.

Picking your own, and the farms inside the city

Mercer Slough Nature Park contains a working blueberry farm inside a 320-acre wetland within Bellevue city limits, which is one of the more unlikely facts about this city. Blueberry season is high summer, and picking there is a genuinely good morning with children.

Kelsey Creek Farm at 410 130th Pl SE is a working farm park rather than a produce farm, with ponies, sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, rabbits and waterfowl viewable in their pastures every day of the year from 9:30am to 3:30pm, free and without reservations. It pairs naturally with a market trip if you are making a morning of it with small children.

Practical advice

Bring your own bags, and bring more than you think. Bring cash as a backup, because while most vendors now take cards, the one you want at the end of the day may not.

Come early for selection or late for the chance of end-of-day pricing, but do not expect aggressive discounting; these are small growers rather than a wholesale market. Talk to the person behind the table, because they will tell you what is actually good this week, which is frequently not the thing you came for.

Dogs are a common question and the answer varies by market and by year, so check the current policy rather than assuming. Our dog-friendly Bellevue guide covers the wider rules.

Beyond the markets

For year-round shopping, H Mart anchors Asian groceries for the entire Eastside and is worth walking through even if you are not cooking, because the produce range is different from a conventional supermarket and the prepared-food counters make a cheap lunch. It is one of the most searched food destinations in the city.

Bellevue also has a strong bakery scene that pairs naturally with a market trip, covered in our bakeries guide, and both markets sit within easy reach of one. Buying bread and produce on the same trip is the small habit that makes the whole thing feel less like an errand.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Bellevue farmers market?

The Bellevue Farmers Market runs downtown in the warmer months (typically a weekday market plus additional days) — check current schedules for days and hours.

What is sold at the Bellevue farmers market?

The Pacific Northwest’s renowned berries, apples and stone fruit, fresh vegetables, flowers, local honey and cheese, and often fresh Washington seafood.

What do locals recommend at Bellevue markets?

Bellevue neighbors share their favorite market days, vendors, and seasonal picks in our community.