Frequently asked questions

It depends on the season. From November through April the market runs Sunday mornings at the Flagstaff City Hall parking lot (211 W Aspen Ave), 9 am to 1 pm, or 10 am to 2 pm in the darkest winter months. From May through October it runs every Saturday morning, 9 am to 1 pm, at Pine Forest Charter School on the east side (2257 E Cedar Ave at Fourth Street), and every Wednesday afternoon from 3 pm to dusk at Heritage Square downtown (22 E Aspen Ave). Each market page on this site lists the published dates for the season.

Nearly. In summer (May through October) there is a market every Saturday at Pine Forest and every Wednesday at Heritage Square. In winter and spring (November through April) the Sunday markets at City Hall run every Sunday in November, the last three Sundays of December, and then weekly from mid-January through April. The gaps are the first weeks of December and January and the turn of the season at the end of April. Weather cancellations and day-of changes are posted on Instagram.

No. They are two different markets that share the same City Hall parking lot in different seasons. The Flagstaff Mountain-Town Market is an Indigenous-woman-owned market that runs the Sunday mornings at City Hall from November through April (plus Pine Forest Saturdays and Heritage Square Wednesdays in summer) and is dog-friendly at City Hall. The Flagstaff Community Market is a separate, long-running farmers market run by a different organization on Sunday mornings from May through October, and it does not allow dogs. The Saturday Urban Flea & Artisan Market and the December Sleigh Winter Market at the same lot, and the East Flagstaff Community Market at the mall, are also different operators. If you came looking for our market, look for our name and our dates.

Yes. Admission to every Mountain-Town Market is free and open to everyone.

Leashed, well-behaved dogs are welcome at our Sunday markets at City Hall. That is one of the things that sets them apart from the summer Community Market at the same lot, which does not allow dogs. Please clean up after your pup and keep them close in the crowd. We are confirming the dog policy for the school lot at Pine Forest and for Heritage Square.

For the Sunday markets, the City Hall parking lot at 211 W Aspen Ave is free on weekends and after 5 pm on weekdays, so you park free right at the venue. For the Wednesday market at Heritage Square, the City Hall lot is two blocks west and free after 5 pm; downtown street meters are $2 an hour and enforced until 5 pm Sunday through Thursday and until 8 pm Friday and Saturday. Some nearby residential blocks are permit-only; read the signs. The City Hall lot has EV chargers, which are paid. For the Pine Forest Saturday market, park along Cedar Avenue at the corner of Fourth Street.

Mountain Line Route 5 (Orange) serves Flagstaff City Hall from the Downtown Connection Center, hourly on weekends, and Heritage Square is a short walk from the same stop. Route 2 (Blue) stops at Cedar Avenue and Fourth Street for the Pine Forest market. Check the Mountain Line schedule for current weekend service times.

The Flagstaff Mountain-Town Market is listed in the USDA SNAP Retailer Locator at both its Pine Forest and City Hall locations, so SNAP/EBT is accepted. Ask at the market how it works with each vendor. We are confirming whether Double Up Food Bucks applies at our markets; the summer Sunday Community Market at City Hall (a different operator) is the Double Up site most people know downtown.

It is a hybrid market: local farms and produce, heritage-grain bread and pasta, honey, pickles, salsa, chocolate and prepared food; Native and local artisans and makers; community organizations and educators; plus live music. In the deepest winter weeks the market runs as an accordion market, a concentrated booth or two carrying the partner farms' and makers' goods, and expands as the weather eases. The mix changes from market to market.

It is an outdoor market in a high-country town: summer afternoons can bring monsoon storms and winter Sundays can be cold. If weather affects a market, we post updates on Instagram; check there before heading out on an unsettled day.

The market was founded and is run by Meg Kabotie Adakai. It is an Indigenous-woman-owned market and community space with a mission to support local food, agriculture, art, music, and education, with a special emphasis on community and food equity.

We welcome farmers, makers, Native and local artisans, flea vendors, food and beverage vendors, community organizations, and musicians, including first-time vendors. Fill out the vendor application on this site (it covers the dates you want, your licenses and the fee option that fits you). Meg reviews every application and confirms you by email or text. Questions first? Email us or send a message on Instagram (@flagstaffmountaintownmarket).

Each vendor gets a 10 by 10 foot space (a canopy is not required). Registration is $100 for the year if you take more than ten market dates, or $10 per market; small, beginning growers, ranchers and bee keepers pay no registration fee. On top of registration, a sales fee of 10% of your first $500 in daily sales and 5% of anything above is settled at the end of each market day; it pays market expenses and funds the smaller neighborhood markets. Do not pay anything until Meg confirms your application. Do not be put off if you have never done a market before; we have a special emphasis on welcoming beginning vendors. (For Arizona permit and licensing basics, see our vendor requirements guide.)

It depends on what you sell. Most vendors need an Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) license; food vendors may need a Coconino County food permit; and some homemade foods qualify under Arizona's Cottage Food program. Our vendor requirements page breaks this down in plain English by vendor type, and we will help you figure out what applies to you.