The 2024 summer Butte Farmers Market will begin on May 18 and run on West Park Street in Uptown Butte through October 5th.
The 2024 market will be held in Uptown Butte on West Park Street between Park & Main and the Imagine Butte Resource Center in the Phoenix Building.
The Market Coordinator (look for the person with the clipboard) will be there to help vendors set up and customers find what they are looking for at the Saturday morning summer event.
Since 1995, the Butte Farmers’ Market has blossomed and grown, earning a reputation for providing shoppers with colorful and hardy hanging and bedding plants, farm fresh eggs, chickens, fruits and vegetables from many gardens in the Butte area, Whitehall, Flathead cherries, melons from Dixon fields, Hutterite colonies near Choteau, and Hmong vegetable gardens in the Missoula and Bitterroot area.
Vendors provide a wide variety of baked goods, fresh produce and cut flowers, jams and jellies, honey, and other prepared foods. A variety of arts and crafts by craftspeople from throughout Southwest Montana are available each Saturday as well.
For answers to questions about the Butte Farmers’ Market, send e-mail to geverett@montana.com.
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Please come join us at the market every summer Saturday morning for fresh produce, cut flowers, plants and Montana made crafts.
Please leave your pets at home. Pets are beloved by all but do not belong on the hot asphalt or mingling with other dogs and small children in crowds. Please leave them at home!
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2024 BUTTE FARMERS MARKET RULES
The Butte Farmers Market caters to new, Montana-made and grown plants, flowers, produce, baked goods, food, crafts, and other unique items.
MARKET SCHEDULE: Saturdays 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. through October 5.
OPENING & CLOSING: The market will open for business at 8 am. Vendors can begin setting up as early as 6:30 am. Do not idle your vehicle engine will unloading or loading in the market! If you need more than an hour for setup, please contact the Market Coordinator so special arrangements can be made. Clean up must be completed by 1:30 pm. Vendors are responsible for cleaning their areas after the market. Please make sure that you provide a trash bag for yourself and your customers.
SPACE ASSIGNMENTS: Space can be prepaid in advance or on the morning of the market. While every effort will be made to place you in your preferred location, all spaces will be assigned by the Market Coordinator. All spaces are reserved by the Market Coordinator and are allocated as needed to ensure a balanced market. You must check-in with the Market Coordinator to be assigned your space. No vehicles are allowed in the market after 7:55 am, except for those assigned to vehicle spaces.
VENDOR INFORMATION: The Market Coordinator will keep a file of all vendors with name, address, phone number, and product type. Commercial vendors must provide a copy of their food purveyor and/or appropriate business licenses in the first market they attend. Vendors must display plainly visible identification and items should be labeled with vendor name, address, and phone number. If you are selling prepared food items, you must include the date made as well. If you are selling prepared food items made by someone else, a list of ingredients must be included.
All food products sold at the Butte Farmers’ Market must conform to the Farmers Market Guidelines as provided by the Montana Food & Consumer Safety Program. You can view a copy of these guidelines by visiting —
https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/publichealth/FCS/CottageFood/FarmersMarketGuidlines.pdf
For questions about how to safely prepare and sell your food products in Silver Bow County, contact the BSB Health Department at 406-497-5020.
VENDOR APPLICATION & PAYMENT: To apply for a space in advance, Vendor Form and payment must be received by Wednesday of the week before the desired Saturday market. All other vendors can pay the Market Coordinator on market day.
FEE SCHEDULE: Our market vendor fees fund the operation, insurance, and promotion of the market. The following is the fee schedule for the 2024 season. We offer a substantial season fee discount to vendors who plan to attend every week. For the season fee, a vendor gets admission to 21 markets for the price of 11.
| SPACE SIZE | WEEKLY FEE | SEASON FEE (21 markets) |
| Table (up to 10 feet) | $20 | $220 |
| Standard size vehicle, truck or small trailer | $25 | $275 |
| Larger truck | $35 | $385 |
| Semi-truck | $50 | $550 |
ALLOWABLE SALES ITEMS: The market will cater to new, high-quality Montana homemade and homegrown products and craft items. The following list offers examples and may be expanded at the discretion of the Market Coordinator:
Produce – fresh or dried fruits, herbs, vegetables, nuts, berries, sprouts, or grains. Products must be clean and fresh, on tables, truck beds, or tailgates or, if place on the ground, must be in boxes or baskets.
Miscellaneous – flowers, bouquets, plants, shrubs, trees, unprocessed honey, baked goods, preserves, and handmade crafts. Baked goods and preserves must be labeled with the producer’s name, address, phone number, and date made. Items should also include a list of ingredients.
All food products sold at the Butte Farmers’ Market must conform to the Farmers Market Guidelines as provided by the Montana Food & Consumer Safety Program. You can view a copy of these guidelines by visiting —
https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/publichealth/FCS/CottageFood/FarmersMarketGuidlines.pdf
UNALLOWABLE SALES ITEMS: No Kool-Aid, lemonade, or other drinks made from water at home. Fresh or frozen meats and poultry can only be sold if inspected and approved by meat inspectors. No garage, rummage or estate sale items allowed.
NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE ALLOWED ON THE MARKET SITE FOR SALE OR CONSUMPTION. PLEASE DON’T BRING PETS OR ANIMALS TO THE MARKET (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEEING EYE DOGS). PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO WANDER WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION. ALL PROBLEMS AND CONFLICTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE MARKET MASTER WHO WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN CONFLICTS OR DISPUTES. MOST IMPORTANT RULE IS THE GOLDEN RULE: ALL PROBLEMS AND CONFLICTS MUST BE RESOLVED BY THE MARKET COORDINATOR. VENDORS SHOULD NOT SPEAK TO OTHER VENDORS EXCEPT FOR CONVERSATION OR GREETINGS. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MARKET COORDINATOR IMMEDIATELY FOR RESOLUTION. ANY VENDOR ENGAGED IN A DISPUTE WITHOUT THE MARKET COORDINATOR, MAY BE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM THE MARKET REGARDLESS OF WHO IS AT FAULT. ANYONE WHO ENGAGES IN ABUSIVE, BELLIGERENT OR OTHERWISE DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR TOWARD ANYONE ELSE WILL BE INVITED TO LEAVE AND NOT RETURN AND ALL FEES WILL BE FORFEITED.
All vendors should print this form, fill it in and send it by regular mail with a check payable to
Mainstreet Uptown Butte
P.O. Box 696
Butte, MT 59703