Elevation Farmers Market
On May 1, the Bend Factory Stores changes its name to Elevation Bend and launches a weekly Friday Farmers Market through October. More than 50 vendors are scheduled for the inaugural event.
“The market will feature a wide variety of local vendors, including fresh vegetables and berries, flowers and beef products, along with artisans offering photography, artwork, jewelry, pottery, clothing, handmade furniture and home décor,” Marketing Director Madison Zierott told the Source. There will also be skincare and wellness products, prepared food vendors, bakeries, coffee/tea vendors and Gompers Distillery will serve cocktails.
Food trucks will rotate throughout the season. “Early participants are expected to include Sharkmouth Fajitas, Mountain Mahalo Shave Ice, Crepes du Jour, Boba Tea Bend, Vintage Vibes, Jazzy Joe Coffee Co., The Corndog Co. and more. Food tents will also include vendors such as Crepe Oh! Holics, Mango Mood, Sugarpeel, and others,” Zierott says.
Live music will be announced each week on the Elevation Farmers Market website. On May 1, Get Up and Groove will kick off the festivities at 3pm with another musical group at 5pm. A kid zone, hosted by 541 Bounce, will have a variety of activities available with the purchase of tickets.
Elevation Farmers Market
May 1-Oct 30 Fridays 3-7pm
Elevation Bend
61334 S Third St, Bend
elevationfarmersmarket.com/
Free
Redmond Farmers Market
Redmond’s Farmers Market also kicks off May 1 from 3 to 7pm in Centennial Park. Vendors include local produce, meat, fresh flowers, plants, crafts, jewelry with live music and kids activities. Emma Meyers from Harvest House Events, which manages the farmers market, says it’s their third year coordinating the event. “This season, we’re especially excited to introduce a new addition for families, a bounce house on the first Friday of each month,” she says. “We’re excited to continue growing a space that brings the community together each week.”
Redmond Farmers Market
May 1-Aug 28 Fridays 3-7pm
Centennial Park
446 SW 9th St, Redmond
redmondoregonfarmersmarket.org/
Free
Bend Farmers Market
The Bend Farmers Market reopens for the season on Wednesday May 6 in Brooks Alley in downtown Bend. There will be 42 vendors on opening day. “This season, we’re continuing to build that “outdoor grocery store” experience, making it easy for shoppers to find a wide variety of locally produced foods all in one place,” Market Manager Ann Pistacchi-Peck says.
On opening day, the High Desert Food and Farm Alliance will launch the 2026 local food guide with free cooking demos and samples at their booth. The market also accepts SNAP/EBT and provides a $20 per week Double Up Food Bucks match for fruits and vegetables plus a $10 Protein Perks match.
“One exciting new addition this year is a collaboration between the region’s three nonprofit farmers markets – the Bend, Redmond, and Sisters markets – to launch a “Recipe of the Week” series. Each recipe will come from one of our farmers, ranchers or local food producers, giving shoppers a simple, seasonal way to cook with what they find at the markets,” she says. Recipes will be shared on social media and the HDFFA website. There will be also signs at the market showing which vendor created the recipe that week and where to find the ingredients.
Bend Farmers Market
May 6-Oct 7 Wednesdays 11am-3pm
Brooks Alley, Bend
bendfarmersmarket.com/
Free
Northwest Crossing Saturday Farmers Market
The Saturday Farmers Market returns to Northwest Crossing on May 30. Now in its 19th year, the popular event features more than 150 vendors. One of the new sellers this year is Gillian O’Leary with Slow Street Granola. She created the product in San Francisco and applied for several farmers markets, but NWX was the first to respond so she’s bringing the product here, where her parents live. The granola, which comes in original, peanut butter and dark chocolate/cherry flavors, is currently sold online and at a few locally-owned San Francisco grocers.
Northwest Crossing Farmers Market
May 30-Sept 26 Saturdays 10am-2pm
Northwest Crossing Drive
nwxfarmersmarket.com/
Free
The Sisters and Prineville farmers markets open in June.
This article appears in the Source April 23, 2026.
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