Best Farmers Markets in Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Virginia — updated August 22, 2026
Charlottesville's market week runs on Saturday morning, with two downtown markets a few blocks apart and a year-round farm market out in Crozet. Here's how they differ and when to show up.
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Almost everything in Charlottesville's market scene happens between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on a Saturday, and the two biggest markets sit within a short walk of each other near the east end of downtown. The main difference is the calendar: one runs April through Thanksgiving, the other keeps going through winter with shifted hours. A third option, a working orchard's farm market in Crozet, is open daily and covers the days the Saturday markets don't.
1. Charlottesville City Market
The largest and most established of the Saturday markets, with a 4.7 rating from 435 reviews, which is enough volume to call the score settled rather than promising. It sets up at 100 E Water St downtown and runs Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., April through the Thanksgiving weekend, then goes dark for the winter. Vendors cover fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, flowers, baked goods, handmade crafts, fresh roasted coffee, doughnuts, organic bagels and cultural food stalls. Come early in the four-hour window if you want produce rather than what's left of it, and plan for the market to be closed from late November until spring.
2. The Farmers Market at IX
The one that never closes: it runs every Saturday, all year, at IX Art Park, 522 2nd St SE. Hours shift with the season, 8 a.m. to noon from April through September and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from October through March, so check which half of the year you're in before setting an alarm. The rating is 4.8, though from 117 reviews, a smaller sample than the City Market's. Its real value is the winter stretch, when it is the standing Saturday option downtown, and its early summer start time for anyone who wants first pick.
3. Chiles Peach Orchard and Farm Market
Not a vendor market but a single farm's own market in Crozet, at 1351 Greenwood Rd, and the only entry here open daily rather than one morning a week. Current hours run 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days. The farm market and bakery operate alongside wine and ice cream, and the seasonal side of the operation, April through December, brings blueberries, apples and pumpkins. The 4.6 rating comes from more than 1,100 reviews, the deepest evidence base on this list. Worth the drive out of town on a weekday, or on any Sunday when the downtown markets aren't running.