The Sebastopol Farmers' Market

This is a great market! I love sitting in the grass watching everybody enjoy the music, and each others company. We have made it Samosa Sunday! The Samosas are absolutely amazing! So packed with flavor and the sauces on top bring so much flavor!! The flowers are beautiful, fresh vegetables, pottery, oils, Anna’a seafood with her amazing selection of seafood! There’s even a small petting zoo and pony rides! And I’ve heard they may be expanding soon, which means more vendors!!

Loved eating at Lata’s Indian cuisine. Thank you 🧡got the pumpkin curry that was sweet, good spices, and delicious.

It was alright. Nothing great. The ‘Farmers’ aspect is pretty lite where you can buy vegetables or fruits etc. There were couple of food truck options. They have someone playing live music and singing which was nice. Some interesting stalls of stuff people were selling. Vegetables and fruits were fresh and decently priced! Parking is a bit challenging in the area with so many things going on the this part of Sebastopol!!

Maybe it's the season. I saw about 4 vendors selling fruits and/or vegetables. If I had been looking for seafood or other meat, bread, arts and crafts, hot food I would give 5 stars. I was looking for produce at the farmers' market.

It’s a lovely farmers market, but Volo coffee is a bust. I ordered a coffee this morning and waited. 15 minutes only to get a lukewarm cup of coffee for six dollars.

I walked through the Sebastopol Farmers Market this past Sunday and learned a few things as I looked over the local farmers labors of love. By purchasing produce from the farmers that grow it, you are strengthening the local economy. The farmers practice ecological stewardship and invest in their employees and communities. I was admiring Hector's Beeswax candles, as he was telling me about the importance of bees. In the background on stage was a guitarist exhibiting his dexterity and offering cd's for sale. I left the market with a bag of beautiful fresh tomatoes. This experience was a great way to start the day.

Great local farmer's market with fresh produce, food vendors, fresh flowers, artisan breads and cheeses and live music. This is a weekly market in town square with a variety of sellers and a good flow of foot traffic. Entertainment is often provided and there are benches and a few tables to enjoy the snacks and drinks sold there.

Was not impressed by the variety or pricing. Had the feeling that in striving to be “organic” the quality and quantity of product suffered. And what there was, was expensive. Hard to understand the rational behind No Dogs. We took our little Shitzu and did not see the sign until we were done. But at least nobody said anything. And there were other dogs there too.

This is a fun farmers market on Sunday open until 1:30 PM in Sebastopol Pony rides are $10 I bought some chocolates from the vendor who has a store across the street. I also bought some sprouts to snack on instead of fattening chocolate! I had a great time here a loved the goose and ponies.

This market is open every Sunday from 10 AM -1:30 PM, rain or shine. It's not very big but its rich in quality, and we had the best time choosing ingredients for a special dinner. We bought fresh halibut, garlic, lemons, butter lettuce, green onions, mushrooms, and goat cheese.. everything was beautiful! There were so many great foodie options, I wish I lived nearby to visit weekly and make my way through it all. Fresh breads, pasta, baked goods, pickles, bone broth, tea, seaweed, oils and vinegars.. I know I'm missing lots of stuff. There are a handful of arts & crafts vendors as well.. I love the woven river grass baskets from Ghana and any kind of beauty products made with beeswax and goats milk. It's also fun and convenient that this Farmer's Market is located by The Barlow, a 12 acre outdoor market with food, wine, beer, spirits, crafts, and more, all made onsite by Sonoma County makers!

Great selection of fruits, vegetables, and baked goods. My first time here at the market and I'm excited to come back

What a fun and intimate community experience this was last week. This was my first visit to the market in Sebastopol and i immediately planned to drive there again from Santa Rosa this coming weekend and spend some more time there. The vendors are friendly and fun to talk with (shout out to the man who sells his amazingly beautiful painted rocks, and to the nice lady who sells high quality natural skin care products, some with honey in it, (BeeNova Naturele). She gave me some excellent samples to try and I plan to go back this weekend and buy multiple products, as the ingredients are super beneficial for the skin. The samples made my skin feel so soft and moisturized! The vibe at the market makes me want to come back every Sunday. There was live music as well and some farm animals for children to pet.(2 horses, one being a pony, geese and chickens) So much fun!!!!!

The booths were well stocked and the persons manning them were nice and knowledgeable. We found what we needed and had a great time. The weather was perfect.

A great selection of quality foods! Love this farmers market and they they're open year round! Love our community

Sebastopol has a tiny Sunday farmers market (10am-1:30pm), with nice but limited selection. Honestly its closer to a three star experience for us, but what enhanced the experience is its location within easy walking distance to the Barlow, a center for shopping, art, wineries, microbreweries, and retail, which for me justifies an add on to a visit to this small farmers market. The Barlow has taken a hit during the pandemic, things have slowed or closed, but there are still open business and options for outdoor dining. My favorite stands at the Farmers Market include the imported handwoven baskets and some of the local produce and mushroom suppliers, who have some interesting and unusual produce and lots of fun quirky, hippie denizens of Sebastopol selling and shopping. Can't say enough that this is a very tiny farmers market, with limited selection, but close proximity to the Barlow, and as such, a side trip will round out a compliment of food and shopping opportunities downtown.

The best!! I'm not remembering the name of the farm but one of the best stands has fresh salad greens with flowers in it I also love how they go rain or shine all year.

I went here for the first time yesterday and like this farmer's market alot. It isn't huge but has a wide variety of vendors - fish, meat, lots of unique and interesting vegies, eggs, cheese, honey, olive oils and more. Seemed all vendors were at least pesticide free and some Certified Organic. There are many farmer's markets in Sonoma county - they each have different vendors and each is fun to visit. This one also had a couple interesting food vendors, music, pony rides for kids and other entertainment. Definitely worth checking out!

Love this farmers market. Reminds me of a throwback from 60's with love in the air and people hanging out listening to music while the kiddies do chalk drawings on the street. The produce here is probably the most expensive of farmers markets but it's also all mostly organic and you can just tell is very fresh. The vendors here are also super nice people, they answer all your questions and you can tell they like doing what they do. It's a fairly small market so you should arrive earlier than later as they run out of the most in demand items. Some of the highlights are the guy who makes his own chocolate. There is actually two vendors at the market so it the one called firefly. This guy does magic with his chocolate making infusing it with different superpower foods like nibs and medicinal mushrooms. You can try all the flavors and he sells it in bars, round little discs, and even sells a spread. There is a lady that make fresh injera bread that's made 100 w/teff flour that you can take home and make wraps and it's totally worth trying. She also makes wraps she sells with Nutella and a ratatouille one that looks great. I was tempted to buy one of her energy balls but I was starting to run out of money:( Actually there are lots of vegan food vendors here. They seem to change depending on when I come but everything I've had is delicious and fresh tasting. There is a wild green and sprout vendor. This stuff is so fresh I fool some home and survived the heat of the car and still stayed fresh all week. Man that stuff was expensive but again you get what you pay for. All the vendors are good here. Fun place to hang out and people watch. There is love in the air at this market so go so definitely check this place out.

About the same as anywhere else in this area. I'm a tourist so take my comments with that in mind. I'm used to larger farmer markets. The produce didnt look that fantastic and was pricey. No unique food vendors. If you're local it's probably a good place to shop

This is my favorite farmers market here in Sonoma county. It's small but it's perfect. Has a little bit of everything and the vendors are so so friendly and helpful here. I come every Sunday now to pick up produce for my weekly meal prepping.

If you like magical hippie experiences, you will like the Sebastopol Farmer's Market. It's divided into three regions - vendors, farmers, and grassy areas for picnics and dancing. They sell seasonal produce and plants for gardening, as well as treats like liquid chocolate and BLAT's. There are art & CBD vendors. Acro yoga enthusiasts and chalk artists. The event features musicians, and a post-farmer's market drum circle.

Fabulous Farmers Market! Delicious aromas tempt your senses as you stroll vendor to vendor. The Indian meal vendor caught our attention and business, as did the breakfast pizza oven vendor. The bohemian ambiance is alive and well in this charming town square with wonderful folk live music, apple pie contests and much more. Organic produce is beautiful and plentiful, just bring a healthy wallet. Enjoy the experience!

This tiny farmer's market sure packs in the visitors. It was very crowded when I arrived, and it was late enough in the day that some of the sellers were already packing up. The produce all looked really great. I saw a lot of rainbow chard and collards. Bright green leaves, dark green leaves, colorful stems - veggies are beautiful. I only purchased from one seller and immediately roasted my food when I returned home. I'm so excited for lunch tomorrow! I'll be taking my roasted treats in with me. There was live music, dancing, hula hooping, some people sitting quietly, many families talking by the water fountain, and lots of people eating food from the trucks and vendors situated around the park and bench area. The market is in a really great spot in the heart of downtown - I'm sure the people who live here love Sunday afternoons.

30 minutes is enough time to grab what you need. Relaxing weekend stop to stock up for the week.

This is such a great find from farmtrails.org. I was researching u-pick fruit farms in sonoma county and came upon this farmer's market which is close by home. I drove out yesterday morning and arrived around 10:30am, it was already packed as I parked several blocks away. The vibes I got were a 60's love festival as there were music, art, live dancers and expressionism of all sorts. Past the ready to eat Thai food and tacos, there are tents filled with handmade jewelry, gourmet chocolates, yarns, sheep's wool, etc. Then it's the farmer's market! Tents after tents filled with fruits, all sorts of veggies, garlic, pasta, steaks, lamb, fresh baked bread, eggs, and pastries, etc. A majority of foods are organic but not all. Everyone is friendly and will answer your questions regarding what they sell, their farms and the best way to cook the foods. Maybe it's the fact that I have always wanted to own my own farm and grow my own foods but I am in love with farmer's market and this one has it all..great food, friendly environment, will definitely be back to shop!

The road called, Sunday. So, I gathered up some friends and took to countryside Sonoma toward the Russian River. At first, we thought, we might pack a picnic and pick up a bottle of wine. But, why bother, when you can just join the locals at a festive Sunday Farmer's market that feels more like a street festival than just a produce market? Find your usual fare of local artists and farmers showing off their wares. Let the music wafting in the air mix with food carts (bbq, pizza, Indian, Mexican) under the warm Sonoma sun. Yes, farmer's markets are nothing new or special, but I loved the festive atmosphere and the luxurious abandon with which visitors seemed to be lounging and enjoying the ambiance. It is a small plaza, so variety and venues are limited - a small knock.

One of the BEST farmers markets in the area, in my opinion. They even have a booth that doubles your food stamp purchasing power if you visit them for some kind of coupons. I'm glad this encourages healthier food choices for low income customers and helps the vendors with more sales as well. There are so many choices here! You will NOT be disappointed! Highly recommend! 4 stars only because, as the "powers that be" continue to allow sebastopol to grow pretty much unchecked, traffic and parking are a fricken nightmare. I suggest parking in the movie theatre lot and walking across the street to the market square.

As my work takes me all over Central California I love to visit the farmer's markets. They really are all different. Sebastopol is not a large town and when people gather in one place parking can be difficult. We found the signs to be confusing and weren't sure when we parked if we were going to get a ticket. This market definitely has a Northern California flair. There was a bearded and dreadlocked older man, how can I describe him-voodoo looking?-drawing colorful circles on the ground around him in chalk for a long time. He looked very friendly. It's just that in other cities he would be considered a curiosity but in Northern California he's just part of the culture. I like inexpensive wine, good cheap food and things that are simple and delicious. I was standing in front of some produce about to buy carrots when a lady came up next to me and exclaimed, "Good Lord look at those carrots!"and I will tell you right now there's no question there of the most delicious thing I've eaten in the last month. Three dollars. And I still have half a bag in the fridge. I was surprised and disappointed that there were very few apples for sale here. Maybe I'm remembering the old days before everything was vineyards. I found two lonely boxes of beat up and not particularly firm apples. When I go to a farmers market I'm not usually looking for free range chocolate packaged in organic cardboard made by fair-trade companies in some faraway land. My favorite farmers markets are the ones that really feature the local fresh produce. I remember buying something at the Healdsburg farmers market, which I really like, and asking the vendor where it was grown. His reply was, "my farm is right at the bottom of that hill right there" pointing west about half a mile. If you're in the neighborhood as I was when my wife wanted to visit a store nearby it's worth dropping in and finding some good produce. Check out the multicolored carrots! But if you're passing through the area I would keep going as there are better places to buy produce. Or stop and buy yourself some organic free range chocolate.

We came across this farmer's market year's ago and returned mainly for the Yucatan tamales in banana leaves that I still remember til this day. It is located in the town square and had a nice variety of vegetables, fruits, other food items like granola and cheese. They also had a separate section for arts and crafts like woven baskets that had more of a bohemian atmosphere. Of course we couldn't leave without enjoying the yucatan tamales at their tables they set up under a "tent" and took a few frozen ones to go. Tamales are $8 for plate including rice or 6 for $25.

Note to self, next time come hungry. There are so many vegan options I was a little overwhelmed (the good kind). There were many places that you won't see elsewhere but here. From good, local, organic produce to vegan treats, and other local food and other vendors, it's a great small town farmers market! No dogs in vendor area but families gather around on grassy area with dogs where live music is going, usually a drum circle of sorts happening. Hope to update in future.

Wow, such a hip market...I decided to check out the Sebastopol Farmer's Market with a friend recently, and we had fun checking out all of the little stands. I liked that everything seemed high quality and I'd love to check out a lot of the food options they have for lunch sometime. I think there was one stand doing sushi-burritos, kind of like they do at Sushirrito in SF... Everything was clean, and I liked the ambiance, with music playing in the background, and people just being overall friendly and cheery on a weekend morning. My only qualms were that some of the stuff seemed kinda pricey and that I wish it was bigger, but the market is still worth checking out if you want to go for a stroll on the weekend!

Love this gem! Small, but the vendors are premier and everything offered is top pick. Today we scored a half chicken from Pepper Ranch Poultry and some chard, leeks and carrots from Singing Frog Farms, delicious!

Local, fresh food, flowers, music, art and conviviality. Sebastopol Farm Market is a place that is centered around farmers whose livelihood is based on biodiversity and a sense of place in nature. The farmer's market offers a link between farmers and the greater, diverse community of eaters while fostering a mutual interdependence that creates direct opportunities for all stakeholders to engage as active participants in growing healthy and resilient local family farms, artisans and communities. This shared space and experience offers an opportunity for community members to collectively create a sense of place while benefiting the economic, social and cultural landscape. The Market's shared open-air public space offers spontaneous opportunities to enjoy and participate in the community's diverse cultural life through food, flowers, art and live music. Engaging in the shared creative experience of shaping deeply felt values into meaningful forms of expression creates a sense of communal well-being that is an integral, living cultural heritage and a timeless tradition of the human community. LIKE the Sebastopol Farmer's Market on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sebastopol-Farm-Market/115479670123 http://www.sebastopolfarmmarket.org/ Sunday10am-1:30pm Thursday Market 5-7:30 through at least October

Farmer's markets are very different on the west coast than the east coast. This is the first farmer's market I have seen on this side and I was pleasantly surprised. There are all kinda of food, farmers, crafts and vendors sitting in the cute little park in Sebastopol. There are even pony rides sometimes! I brought by daughter and there was a woman who was helping children paint with apples. We got some food, painted a little, sat in the grass and grabbed some veggies for home. What I really dislike about farmer's markets in Sonoma County (or maybe even on the west coast) is that it attracts a group of people that seem to gravitate towards each market everyday throughout the week. Then it clogs up the little towns and it is hard to park or do anything in the town that you live in. That is why I love this one so much because the street parking fills up but if you want to be in a lot you aren't crowding up an area where locals need to go and get things done instead of just hanging out and drinking in the streets. Don't get me wrong.. I love a party.. but it is always at the time I am trying to get home from a long week of work. That's why this one is perfect on Sunday morning.

I love going to this farm store, the vegetables are fresh, they have a good variety of in-season starters and the service is always friendly. This is a type of local business I want to support and do as often as I can.

This is really more of a Yelp about Yucatan Tamales www.mateogranados.com, than the actual Farmer's Market. Like little hungry soldiers, a friend and I went there as directed by another friend this past Sunday. She commands: Go to the Sebastopol Farmer's Market. Find Yucatan Tamales and Chef Mateo. Order huevos rachcheros. Order pork tamales. Order the berry agua fresca. And so we go. And we order. And we eat. And it is good. Very good. But here's the thing...we got there half past noon and they were out of the berry agua fresca. No big. We order the navel orange instead. Delicious! Made with local seasonal fruit and not over sugared. I know, citrus is past peak right now. Whatever. It's still really good. Huevos plate was fantastic. It's not "traditional" (well, maybe in Yucatan it is...I really have no idea), meaning that it doesn't come with salsa verde or corn tortillas. Instead, the eggs are over a bed of shredded lettuce and tortilla chips. Filling and hearty, but not heavy. By the time we each finished the above and went back in line for a pork tamale, they only had veggies left. No matter, it was fantastic too. And I'll be back, anyway. There are also other rotating specials on the menu. If you want your choice of everything that is available, get there before noon.

Mateo's breakfast hash = 5 stars The vendors = 5 stars Cranky smug west county faux hippy folk = 1 star Average score = 4 stars

This is an outstanding farmer's market. There is a good selection of vendors selling a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. They have the standard greens and veggies, all fresh and grown locally, plus things like mushrooms, dates, and meats. There are also some great people selling prepared foods. There's a raw food stall, multiple bakeries, soups, Indian food, and more. Plus live music, too! Lots of variety without being too large or overwhelming.

Beautiful booths. Beautiful food and many of the folks selling were very nice. Hard to get an hello from the crowd tho. Compared to the Grand Lake where almost everyone is friendly and the San Rafael Farmers market where you are sure to get a few smiles and hellos, the Sebastopol shoppers seemed, let's say, a bit shy with the eyes. The food, presentation and quality are good enough to bring us back for another visit this year.

Really enjoyed. Small but full of variety. Plenty of sitting benches & shaded grass to stop & enjoy the food & music. No dogs allowed. Parking is a challenge.

A cute and very local farmers market! They also have vendors who sell homemade products and goods in addition to food. You can find some funky clothing here. Very unique stuff. Lots of organic produce! Can't go wrong.

So...first thing I noticed: Not a lot of produce. Why? probably because most of the people in the area grow their own grub. Albeit, this farmer's Market is a unique one as it sits right in the plaza in Sebastopol and exudes the essence of this town. Love the handwoven baskets and the flower selection. Lots of coffee stations. The stage area had a local band playing and people and children were scattered about to enjoy their small bites to eat and relax. a perfect way to end a weekend trip if you are in the area.

I know it's Sunday morning.....get out of bed and get to the market. Great produce, great scones at the Angelica table, and buy Taylor Maid coffee; it's the best (decaf espresso).

Lots of artsy fartsy stuff. Parking is tough. There's not a lot of produce, but if I lived closer or brought a cooler I would have bought eggs and chicken. I had the foie gras sammie, it was ok but teensy pieces of foie gras. The Sonoma Chocolates were delicious although service was just "eh." I bought a pumpkin to make into baby food. All in all it was just ok. I liked the music!

I went last weekend. It's a pretty dinky (small) farmer's market, as far as farmer's markets go. I guess it fits the size of the town, though. The produce was very high in quality. Just too expensive, though. This is true of all farmer's markets, but maybe the bourgeois higher-income people in the area have driven the prices up even more. It doesn't make sense when you look at all the "poor" hippies and deadbeat teenagers that hang out there, though. I'm still not sure it was worth the drive out. Maybe I'll give it another shot when I'm not feeling so broke.

I live farmers markets and this one is one of the best ones in north bay. I go for the produce but there is so much more here!

Like so many things we used to do here, this got old real fast. This is where all the hippies, yippies & zippies hang out on the weekend when they have nothing else better to do. I'm sure that Frank Zappa could write a great song about it, if he were still around. Sorry so-called 'flower children', the "Summer of Love" ended over a half-century ago. The produce prices & almost everything else here are about double what you would pay in a store, even hole foods. This makes our csa look a like a super bargain in comparison. The only good reason to come here is to get the senior bucks, for those 60 & over. Other than that, it's no big deal. Once you've seen one farmer's market, you've seen them all. Buy local, & overpay more for it, even when you buy direct.

went here with my friends and there's something for everyone from vegan, gluten free to carnivore. its a shame it's still off season as the locals reported there's more during spring and summer. But I got some delicious breads, sausages and a vegan gluten free brownie for my friend. worth a look.

Great small and friendly ! Love the baskets from Ghana well made with leather handles* sampled some meat pasties $5 each to die for! Cannot remember her name but she was sold out within an hour :) we also purchased some halibut and they were nice enough to put it on ice for us as it was rather warm on Sunday *

Love this little small town Farmers Market. We were told about the market from the AirBnB host that we were staying at. Many local fruits and vegetables with live music playing in the background. Some food vendors were there to grab a bite if you were hungry. It was fun to sit on the bench and people watch. If we lived in Sebastopol this will definitely be the spot to grab some vegetables and fruits. It was good to sit back, grab a bite, get a ginger beer and just relax and people watch. Sundays rain or shine from 10-2. Oh, side note, NO dogs IN the Market. You can walk your dog on the perimeter but no dogs in it.

I was in Sebastopol to work - I was covering an event for my blog - but had a few extra minutes to check out the Market. It had been cold and rainy that morning but the sun was finally coming out along with a few people. There was plenty of certified organic produce and I was so excited to find a plant based restaurant run by a fellow vegan. We chatted a bit - he is friends with several Napa chefs and has helped open several trendy Napa eateries! I didn't have time to eat any of his food but did enjoy his coconut milk chai. Delicious. He also takes credit cards which was really helpful. My favorite raw, vegan cacao was also there - CaCoCo. I just ran out of my last bag and needed a replacement. I don't drink hot chocolate but it is amazing in my smoothies and even in oatmeal. I also met the biggest, sweetest, wettest dog while I was there. It was a really nice way to spend the few extra minutes I had. I look forward to coming back and spending more time checking it out!

Ridiculously charming farmer's market in ridiculously charming location, not to mention ridiculously charming vendors. There isn't every vegetable under the sun, but with a Whole Foods across the street, if there's anything you cannot find at the farmer's market, you can always get it close by. Also, the Bodega Goat Cheese is INSANE! Get some!

A lovely small town farmer's market. The produce is always organic and fresh, although the selection is sometimes a little low since it's a small market. There's a local apiary selling honey: the man will give you samples of everything from blackberry honey to purple vetch and poison oak, which supposedly increases your resistance to the dreaded plant (all I know is that it tastes amazing). He also has thick dripping honeycomb and royal jelly. There are also stalls selling woven baskets, chocolates, massages, jewelry, and there's a man each spring who brings an A-frame covered in bearded iris. Each tiny vase has a single, amazing blossom for you to admire and smell (they have a rich, fruity scent), from sunny yellow to a deep, almost-black purple, and the back of his truck has piles of iris roots to plant.

This farmer's market was an awful elitest experince. (don't park at whole foods, they will shoot you) I dropped more money on a few items then I ever would at our weekly SF farmer's market. I was madly disappointed with the prices and then even more put off when the corn I came home with for way more than corn should cost was so old and dry it was unusable. WTF Sebastopol? This was pretty much the worst farmer's market for out of towners ever...

I went this fall 2005, and it was great. Great because there was all kind of produce available especially organic. There were produce vendors I had not seen at any of the other local markets in Sonoma County. Everyone seems to be in a good mood and there's always people playing drums or other instruments in the plaza.

Such a lovely town. The farmer's market was tiny, but quite energetic. I love the fact that there's a gazebo for performances and grass area to bring small children. It just seemed to be a lovely way to spend a sunday afternoon. The food from the vendors smelled amazing as well. Will definitely be back next time to check them out.

This is the most magical farmer's market. Always a variety of seasonal produce and well made delicious prepared food. It is open year round. I do the majority of my shopping here every Sunday.