Sunday Sacramento farmers market returns downtown this weekend. Here’s what to expect

Hanh Truong
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Sacramento’s Sunday Certified Farmers Market returns to the underbelly of Highway 50, on Eighth and W streets this week.

The market was relocated to Arden Fair Mall in 2021 due to a highway construction project.

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With its highly anticipated return downtown, customers can expect business as usual.

“It is our special goal to make the market return day atmosphere as normal as possible,” Dan Best, coordinator of the markets, told The Bee in an email. “We wish to keep the disorientation caused by the move as minimal as possible.”

According to a June 21 update, you can expect to find a wide variety of fruits and vegetables at the stands, including green beans, root vegetables, garlic, tomatoes, berries, cherries and early stone fruit.

Due to the winter rains, some produce will be ripening a little later than usual for the season.

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Here’s what to know before you go to the market:

Where and when is the Sunday market open?

The farmers market will be at the parking lots at Eighth and W streets in the Southside Park neighborhood.

It is open at 8 a.m. to noon.

Where can I park?

Best said customers can park on nearby streets or in the East Parking lot at Eighth and W streets.

Other Sunday farmers markets

If you can’t head to the Sunday Certified Farmers Market, there are others you can visit in the area on Sunday, according to the Downtown Grid.

This includes the Asian Farmers Market on Fifth and Broadway streets and William Land Park Farmers Market at the Slab by Sutterville and Freeport.

The Asian Farmers Market is open 5:30 a.m. to noon, and the William Land Park Farmer Market opens 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Outside of the city’s core, there’s the Carmichael Farmers Market on 5750 Grant Ave., which opens 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the Elk Grove Farmers Market on 9615 Railroad St. which opens 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

While the Certfied Farmers Market won’t be at Arden Fair anymore, nearby residents can hit an Arden Arcade market on Saturday at Country Club Plaza in the Butano Drive parking lot.

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