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You are here: Home / Blog / New West Farmers Market – 2026 Inaugural Block Party

New West Farmers Market – 2026 Inaugural Block Party

March 6, 2026 By Emily Gaudette

We’re back! The New West Farmers Market’s 17th season kicks off on March 26th with a season kick-off Block Party!

The market runs weekly on Thursdays from 3pm – 7pm in Tipperary Park until October 29th.

 

Sponsored by Key West Ford, this season starts with a bang – a free, family-friendly Block Party! Stop by the first market of the season and leave not only with all your locally-produced groceries, but with an assortment of free goodies, including cupcakes for the first 100 visitors, a piñata, free children’s crafts, face painting and balloon twisting! 

The first 100 guests get a FREE TREAT, so come early!

Stay for our Welcome Ceremony at 3:30 PM and hear from some of the folks who love the market and make it happen.

It’ll be fun for the whole family! Keep your kids entertained with our balloon twister, face painter, Sprout Club Scavenger Hunt, and Piñata Party (at 5:30 PM).

We’ve also got games for adults! Our Silent Auction features over $1500 in products, gift cards, tickets, and more from local vendors and New West businesses. It’s a great opportunity to get a sampler of our 2026 vendor roster (we’re really excited about it) and to get to know more local New West businesses.

Member Appreciation Day is also coming early! Sign up for a $10 annual membership and be entered to WIN $50 of Market Money, which can be used at any NWFM vendor booth at any market! Show your card at participating vendors on March 26th and the first market of every following month and access discounts from a rotating selection of 8+ participating vendors!

Featuring live music all day long, delicious food trucks, and so much more!

Come by for some fun and get all your shopping done! Meet the New West Farmers Market’s 2026 vendors for their first date of the season. There will be lots of your favourite businesses plus many new products, farms and faces. Bring your reusable shopping bags, your appetite, and the whole family! 

The New West Farmers Market focuses on environmentally sustainable food by bringing locally grown and produced food to the community, thereby contributing to local economic development, healthy eating, and food security. We strive to make our market diverse in our offerings so there is truly something for everyone, as well as being an inclusive, welcoming environment for the community to gather.

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Our market is grateful to operate on the unceded land of the Qayqayt, Kwikwetlem, and other Halkomelem speaking Peoples. We acknowledge that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land. We acknowledge the incredible gift this land is to our market and BC Agriculture. We commit to the ongoing work of decolonization and allyship.

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