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We’re excited you’re here!

Hi there,

Thanks for wanting to participate with the market this season. All participants including vendors, musicians, and Community Table applicants must apply. It’s the same application for everyone!

We operate a professional market and ask a lot of our vendors. Please take your time to review the information on this page carefully. We do our best to set you up for success.

Thanks and we look forward to learning more about you!

Market Policies
A market vendor posing with his produce including lettuce and tomatoes.

Who We Work With

Vendors
Community Table
Musicians
Youth Vendors

FEE STRUCTURE -

Before You Apply

FARMERS

Farmers and Growers

$25 fee rate.

This accounts for possible vendor or market cancellations.

Receive 1 invoice for the whole season

REGULAR VENDORS

10 or more market dates

$30 weekly fee rate

Regular vendors who pay all their fees before the first market pay a $25 fee rate.

Receive 1 invoice for each week

DROP IN VENDORS

9 or fewer market dates

$40 fee rate

Receive 1 invoice for each week

Vendor Insurance is Not Required, But…

We have had many vendors ask us about available options, so in your application, there will be an opportunity to get a quote from MarketSpread if you are looking for Vendor Insurance. Additionally, you can reach out to farmersmarket@downtownmarquette.org for options other vendors have used or suggest.

Documents To Have Filled Out Before Applying

Click the button to open fillable documents and links

Direct Deposit

All vendors and Musicians must have an Updated and Complete Direct Deposit on hand. If you do not provide us with one, any reimbursements or payments we make to you will be considered a donation to the market.

If you are unsure, it is best to fill out a new one.

W-9

All vendors and Musicians must have an Updated W9 on hand. If you do not provide us with one, any reimbursements or payments we make to you will be considered a donation to the market.

If you are unsure, it is best to fill out a new one.

MI Sales Tax

All vendors selling non-edible, tangible items must have a Michigan Sales Tax Licence on file with us.

Additional Vendor Licenses

Be aware of any additional requirements or licenses you may need regarding the selling of your food or products at the market.

  • A person who has grown, raised, or gathered a product that is sold directly to the consumer by themselves, their employee/s, or family member/s.

  • This is a person who creates handmade items that can be consumed, such as bread, jam/jelly, sauces, cookies, baked goods, ready-to-eat food, etc.

  • A person who creates handmade items that can be consumed, whose operation during the market depends on a vehicle, truck, trailer, etc, and cannot operate out of a 10x10/20 booth space.

    If you have a trailer, grill, or other cooking equipment set up under a 10x10 tent, you are considered a “Food Artisan”.

  • This is a person who creates handmade items that cannot be consumed, such as paintings, jewelry, woodwork, metalworks, wearable art, fibers, personal care products, etc. Resale Vendors will not be approved.

  • A local organization/group that is applying to occupy The Community Table. If the organization's mission aligns with the free Community Table conditions, the organization will receive communication after applying.

  • This ia a person or group that is applying to perform at the Saturday Morning and/or Wednesday Evening Market.

  • This is a person or organization that partners with the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market to provide educational, nutritional, or other programming for market shoppers.

  • Youth Vendors are vendors between the ages of 10 -1 7 who are the primary individuals sourcing and selling their products. learn more about being a youth vendor at the DMFM here: Youth Vendors

Know Your Vendor Type

When applying to a new Market on MarketSpread, you will be asked to classify yourself.

Know Your Product Offering

You will be asked to provide all the products you plan to offer for sale at the market at the end of the application. Some vendor types are exempt, while other are required to provide this information. Read the tips below to understand what we need from you.

  • The following vendor types should not enter any products at the end of their application:

    -Entertainment (AKA musicians)
    -Organizations (AKA Community Table Applicants)
    -Services (AKA Market Partners)

    For the vendor types listed above, our application process will ask specific questions to understand what you plan to offer.

    All other vendor types are required to submit products with their application.

  • If you offer a product that has different varieties, flavors, scents, etc, you may submit the general category, i.e. "body soap" or "cherry tomatoes". You do not need to list each scent or varietal as its own individual product. You will be able to go back and add more detailed descriptions to your products (such as flavors, scents, and varietals) after your application is submitted.

  • List all products you intend to sell. Each submitted product will be approved or rejected. You are only allowed to sell approved products at the market.

    Do your best, but don’t stress too hard. You will be able to add or remove products after you submit your application and throughout the season.

2026 Application Process

Create an account.

Make sure to read through the full application process before completing this first step, there’s a few things you need to know! We use MarketSpread to manage applications and market operations. Once you click “apply” on this page you will be automatically prompted to create a MarketSpread account or sign into an existing account. Here’s a quick walkthrough of this process:

Application 

FAQs

  • The Downtown Marquette Farmers Market is an artisan and producer’s market meaning everything sold at the market must be made, gathered, or grown by the person selling it. We do not allow resale vendors. More information about who we work with can be found here.

    We also work with musicians and local businesses and organizations. Our musicians are paid for each performance. Eligible local businesses and organizations may apply to be at our Community Table.

    There is only one application to participate with the market. All interested parties including vendors, partners, musicians, and Community Table Applicants must fill out the same application.

  • No, there is no official deadline to apply to the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market. However, vendors who desire full-time or part-time booths at the Market should apply before April, otherwise, benefits cannot be guaranteed.

    Musicians should apply before April, as the full music lineup is planned in early April

  • Read our Market Policies here for a detailed breakdown of vendor expectations including attendance policy, license requirements, conducting sales, product sampling, set-up and tear-down, parking, booth assignments, tables, tents, carts, and more.

  • All applicants will receive email notifications as their application is processed. The first major round of acceptance notifications usually goes out mid to late April. Applicants who submit an application during the market season can expect to wait up to 2 weeks to have their application processed. All notifications are sent via email.

If you haven’t carefully reviewed the information above please take the time do to so otherwise your application may be rejected. You need to apply for EACH market you’d like to be considered for.

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