The Downtown Vacaville Farmers Market is on the calendar for Saturday, December 5, and for every Saturday after that through the end of the year. It still sets up at Creekwalk Plaza in Andrews Park, 614 E. Monte Vista Ave. One line on the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District homepage still says "the market closes November 28th to open again March 1st." That's the schedule the market used to keep. The district's farmers market page now says "Now Year Round!" and lists the market every Saturday.
That means the market is still running in November, when downtown fills up with holiday events. On two Saturdays this fall, the market and a downtown shopping event are open at the same time.
Fall Ends November 30, and Winter Starts the Next Day
The market went year-round in March 2025, according to a June 2026 Vacaville Reporter story. The paper said the change started as an experiment because vendors asked for it. To run all year, the district now splits the market into four vendor quarters:
- Spring: March 1 to May 31
- Summer: June 1 to August 31
- Fall: September 1 to November 30
- Winter: December 1 to February 28
Vendors can sign up for the full year, for one quarter, or week to week. Members get a guaranteed spot and lower weekly fees. Non-members set up first-come, first-served. For shoppers, this means the stalls can change when one quarter ends and the next begins. The first Saturday in December starts the winter quarter, so the lineup can look different from late November.
Operations manager Anthony Ferrentino, who has been with the market for 14 years, told the Reporter that the first year of the year-round schedule had "a lot of hard days." He also described its slowest stretch:
"There were some lean times, man. We had some days when I wouldn't really consider it a Farmer's Market; it was more like a crafts fair."
He also told the paper that cold weather and rain are the biggest challenges in the winter months. He expects attendance to improve as a steady group of vendors keeps showing up. The vendor quarters are how the district is building that steady group.
Two Sets of Hours for November
The published hours don't agree. Fågelhund Flower Farm, a Vacaville grower that sells at Andrews Park, lists the market's hours by season:
| Season | Saturday hours at Andrews Park, per Fågelhund |
|---|---|
| June through October | 8 a.m. to noon |
| November through May | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
The market's 2026 Eventeny listing also gives 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the "Winter Market," which it lists as Saturdays from November through February. The 2025 listing showed the same 9-to-1 hours and dates running through December 27, 2025.
The district's own market page and its online calendar, however, still show 8 a.m. to noon, including on the November Saturdays and December 5.
Until the market posts its November hours, the safe plan is to arrive by 9 and finish shopping by noon, since both schedules cover that window. The market's Facebook and Instagram are the places to check. The district also says the market closes during scheduled rain.
Under either schedule, the market overlaps two of downtown's November shopping events.
Six Saturdays, Hour by Hour
Here are the Saturdays between this weekend and Thanksgiving weekend:
- October 24. Market from 8 a.m. to noon. At noon, Nut Tree Plaza starts its free Halloween Festival, which runs until 3 p.m. It has balloon twisting, arts and crafts, a bounce house, face painting and raffles. The plaza is at 1661 East Monte Vista Road.
- October 31. Market from 8 a.m. to noon. That afternoon, from 4 to 6 p.m., Downtown Vacaville's free Trick or Treat Candy Stroll covers Merchant, Main and Parker streets, with music in Town Square and a scarecrow contest. The night before, Friday, October 30, the 21-and-over Boo Bash runs from 5 to 10 p.m. at Creekwalk in Andrews Park. Tickets are $25 and include two drink tokens.
- November 7. Market in the morning, then from 3 to 6 p.m. the City of Vacaville holds Día de los Muertos in the same park.
- November 14. The Holly Days Vendor Fair runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Merchant, Main and Parker streets, a short walk from the market. With the market ending at noon or 1 p.m., the two are open at the same time for one or two hours.
- November 21. Just the market.
- November 28. Downtown's Small Business Saturday runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., overlapping the market by two or three hours, depending on which hours hold. This is the date the old homepage line gives as closing day, but the district's calendar has the market back on December 5.
In October, the Halloween events don't start until afternoon or evening, long after the market closes. In November, the stalls at Andrews Park and the vendors on Main Street are open at the same time on the 14th and the 28th.
November 7 Brings Two Events to Andrews Park
Día de los Muertos is the City's free event, and it is open to everyone. The program includes a community altar, live music and folklórico dance performances. Food and craft vendors will be there, and beer and wine are being offered for the first time this year.
A few practical details from the City:
- Bring a photo of a loved one for the altar. Candles and marigolds are provided.
- Write your name and phone number on the back of the photo, and bring a copy instead of the original if you can.
- Photos can be picked up at the McBride Senior Center, 91 Town Square Place, through November 13.
- Bring your own chairs or a blanket this year.
The City has not posted the performance schedule yet. Its event page says "Coming soon." If you're bringing a photo, you can do the market in the morning and come back to the same park at 3 for the altar.
Who Has Been Selling at the Stalls This Year
The same Reporter piece named several 2026 vendors. It ran in June, so treat this as a list of the year's regulars, not a confirmed November lineup.
- Resendiz Family Farms, which sells as The Resendiz Family Fruit Barn, comes from near Modesto. Javier Hernandez Resendiz told the paper the family has sold in Vacaville since the 1990s. The farm specializes in stone fruit and melons.
- Alemaya Farm in Capay Valley is a regenerative farm run by Johnathan Wilcox. He told the Reporter the farm grows most kinds of market produce plus fruits like persimmons, figs and yuzu. He recommended his gem lettuce for salads and said customers have told him his beets "taste like candy." He also explained why a year-round market works for him: "We produce year-round, so we want to sell what we grow, and this is an outlet."
- Fågelhund Flower Farm in Vacaville sells cut flowers.
- Bloomed With Love Succulents belongs to Yesenia Duran of Vacaville. She sells small succulents in unusual containers and has a station where kids can pot their own. She told the paper the year-round schedule and the night markets have brought "a huge amount of new people."
- Rodriguez Farms of Watsonville is listed as a participant in the 2026 market on Eventeny.
The Reporter also mentioned stands selling avocado toast, fish and chips, smoked fish, candy, baseball caps and jewelry along the CreekWalk.
Nearby Markets That End in October
Andrews Park is one of the few nearby markets still open after this month. Fågelhund's schedule shows the Dixon Farmers Market at Pardi Plaza running Wednesday evenings through the last Wednesday in October, and the Winters Farmers Market on Railroad Avenue running Sundays through the last Sunday in October. That makes October 28 Dixon's last market and October 25 Winters'.
The same schedule lists two weekday spots in Vacaville that the farm doesn't mark as seasonal. One is the Kaiser Vacaville Farmers Market at 1 Quality Drive, Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The other is McGuire Grounded at 548 Main St., Wednesdays from 1 to 5 p.m. Of the markets on that schedule, the one downtown is the only weekend market still running in November.
Two days after Thanksgiving weekend, on Tuesday, December 1, the City holds Merriment on Main downtown from 5 to 8 p.m., with the tree lighting at 6:30. The next Saturday, December 5, is the first market of the winter quarter, back at Creekwalk Plaza.
At The Company Real Estate, we keep up with what's changing in Vacaville, down to the Saturday market's hours. If you want to talk about a home near downtown or anywhere else in Solano County, contact us and we'll help you plan the next step.
