Dallas Farmers Market
News, recipes, produce guides, and producer stories from the market.
Featured
Events
National Barbecue Day meets peak grilling season — and Dallas Farmers Market has everything you need. From Hurtado's award-winning brisket to Kit N Spice rubs, Rika's marinades, and a dozen sauces rooted in Texas and Caribbean tradition. Here's who to see this weekend.
Read MoreNo posts found for ""
Events
This Mother's Day weekend, give her the gift of moments. M.A.D.E. Market, afternoon tea, kids' DIY cards, face painting, and a full market of seasonal blooms, berries, and early peaches.
Community
Chef Brett Curtis brings his East Coast seafood concept to The Market Building this summer. Maine lobster rolls, Lobsta Grilled Cheese, and fresh-caught tacos — opening Summer 2026.
Events
Cinco de Mayo comes to the market with folklorico performances, a mariachi band, mechanical bull riding, tamales, margaritas, and kids' cactus crafts — May 1–3, plus all-day $5 margaritas on the 5th.
Produce
The Blossoms & Berries Festival arrives April 25–26 with over 30 vendors, terrarium workshops, native plant talks from Dallas Master Gardeners, and the best of North Texas spring in bloom.
Events
Earth Day weekend celebrates gardening, sustainability, and community. Plant starts, vintage vendors in Pearl Street Plaza, a recycled derby car build, and a kids' potting workshop — April 18–19.
Events
National Pet Day falls April 11 — celebrate with doggy costume contests, pet-friendly vendors, rescue adoption events, FREE microchipping from Hearty Paws, and the Dallas Police Mounted Unit on Saturday.
Events
Easter weekend means photos with the Easter Bunny, Zorya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Country Critters Petting Zoo, and everything you need for a Texas-style Easter brunch — including Hurtado's Blueberry Burnt End French Toast.
Events
The Spring Chapter Bookfair at Pearl Street Plaza joins forces with plant starts, DIY bookmark crafts, and local authors. Storytellers bookshop hosts Saturday's fair — pick up tomato starts and a new novel in one trip.
Produce
North Texas enters its best planting window. Master Gardener Janet Smith presents native plants; Texas A&M AgriLife highlights agricultural careers; and Kelley Produce offers an herb potting workshop for $35.
Producer Stories
From a single printing press on Lowest Greenville to DFW's top gift shop — Bullzerk's hyper-local tees, hand-sewn hats, and $300,000 donated to local charities make it one of The Market Building's essential stops.
Events
Irish dance from Shandon-O'Regan and McLane academies, clover potting for kids, a scavenger hunt with gold chocolate coins, and a Hemingway Hill Farm tulip tour — plus all the spring produce you can carry.
Community
Texas leads the nation with over 152,000 women farmers and ranchers. This International Women's Day, meet the female producers at The Shed — and pick up a bingo card at the Information Booth to find them all.
Events
Texas Independence Day is March 2 and the market is flying its flag. Flea Style Hat Bar, Texas flag crafts for kids, Texas Story Time at Pearl Street Plaza, and 13 Texas-made vendors all weekend.
Events
The Year of the Fire Horse — rare, passionate, and in full gallop at DFM. Lunar New Year brings a Jiu Long Lion Dance, Fortune Cat, pony rides, a dumpling demonstration, and an Audubon Texas bird workshop.
Events
From hand-poured candles to locally roasted coffee, bespoke leatherwork to small-batch hot sauce — everything you need to skip the mall and shop local this holiday season. Updated weekly through December.
Produce
October is the best planting month in North Texas. Kelley Produce leads a live workshop on cool-season vegetables — kale, broccoli, spinach, garlic — plus everything you need to start a fall container garden from scratch.
Events
Watermelons are Texas' most celebrated summer crop — and Watermelon Day at The Shed is the market's most competitive. Seed-spitting contest, vine-ripened tastings from five farms, and free quarters for the littlest competitors.
Events
The Regional Wholesale Night Market brings 60+ regional producers inside The Market Building every third Thursday. Open to the public, wholesale pricing, and a lineup of DFW chefs shopping live alongside you.
Events
Seventeen vendors. One afternoon. Tickets gone in 72 hours. The 2025 Taco Throwdown crowned its champion — but at DFM, every taco wins. Read the full recap and who took home the People's Choice trophy.
Produce
June through August is peak summer at The Shed — okra, black-eyed peas, cantaloupes, peaches, and heirloom tomatoes from more than 40 Texas farms. Here's what to look for and who's growing it best right now.
Events
Last year's Mother's Day weekend set a single-day attendance record for The Shed. This year, meet the women farmers behind your bouquet, visit the M.A.D.E. Market, and bring the whole family for a spring morning out.
Community
The M.A.D.E. Market (Makers, Artists, Designers, Entrepreneurs) takes over Pearl Street Plaza the first Sunday of each month. Here are 10 makers worth seeking out this April — and what they're bringing to the table.
Recipes
Strawberry jam with Hill Country honey, asparagus frittata, spring onion flatbread, radish butter with market rye, and a rhubarb vinaigrette — five recipes built entirely from what's in season at The Shed right now.
Events
Roses, artisan chocolates, hand-thrown pottery, and a Valentine's brunch menu from four Market Building restaurants — everything you need to make the weekend feel like a date. Including an afternoon jazz set at Pearl Street Plaza.
Events
The Lunar New Year celebration at DFM has become one of the market's most attended weekends. Dragon dances, traditional foods, children's lantern-making, and a special red envelope giveaway at the Information Booth.
Producer Stories
Brandon Hurtado's Central Texas-style barbecue has earned national recognition — and a line that starts forming before The Market Building opens. We talked to Brandon about post-oak smoke, brisket, and why the DFM felt like home.
Produce
October's cooler nights bring a dramatic shift at The Shed — sweet potatoes, butternut squash, pumpkins, persimmons, pecans, and the first fall apples from East Texas orchards. A guide to what's at peak right now.
Community
Dallas Farmers Market's Double Your Dollars program matches SNAP/EBT purchases up to $20 per week — giving families twice the buying power for fresh local produce. Here's how the program works and who it's helped most.
Showing 9 of 29 posts
