Farmers Market at Ix, Feb. 21, 2026
Location: Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE Charlottesville; Winter Hours: 9:00-1:00
Hello Market Fans,
We’re dodging rain storms tomorrow at the Market. Anyone who wants to brainstorm shelter from weather conditions at a future market, step right up! There are openings on the Market Central Board, the organization who operates the Market at Ix. This season brings home how impactful the weather is on accessing local food.
The farms are slowly coming out of hibernation ( they are germination seeds for planting in the right conditions) and submitting their applications to the seasonal market. While there is still space, the bakers, ranchers, sauce, jam and pickle makers, and prepared food vendors are filling in. Enjoy breakfast, brunch and lunch during our winter hours. In April, we revert to the 8:00-12:00 a.m. hours. Daylight savings time starts the first weekend in March!
This week, the crafts people are offering hand-made paper, pottery, soap, herbal products, felted critters, jewelry, textile arts, baskets and beadwork. The bakers and choices of prepared foods are abundant. A Matcha Tea vendors joins us, our bead makers return from Kenya. and Wayfinders Holistics and Encanto Homestead attend their first market this season. Check out the late winter vendors Mediterranean Family, Emily Ruth prints, and Zeus’ Gourmet Barkery, who will return to City Market in spring. Use the map to find all the vendors too numerous to list.
Dress warmly -it’s still chilly in the morning. See you at the market, and thanks for your amazing support.