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Farmers Market

Arlington Heights Farmers Market

A Saturday outdoor farmers market in Arlington Heights, IL — Chicago's northwest suburbs. Open vendor model (produce growers, food vendors, prepared-food, service providers, live music, family activities) running Saturdays 8 am – noon, May 9 through October 17. Operated by the Arlington Heights Historical Society (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) on permit from the city for use of the parking lot and to close part of Fremont Street for the market footprint. Recently voted Best Farmers Market in Illinois by the American Farmland Trust.

What they do

Arlington Heights Farmers Market is a Saturday open-vendor outdoor market in Arlington Heights, IL — running 8 am to noon, May 9 through October 17 (2026 season). [[the-market|The market]] footprint covers a city parking lot plus a closed section of Fremont Street, used under permit from [[san-francisco|the City]] of Arlington Heights.

Vendor categories include:

  • [[fresh-produce|Fresh produce]] from regional growers
  • Hot food and prepared-food vendors (food trucks, ready-to-eat)
  • Service providers and craft vendors
  • Live music and family activities throughout the morning

[[the-market|The market]] is run by the Arlington Heights Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that holds the official permit. The Society uses market revenue to support its historical-preservation [[mission-district-sf|mission]].

The [[american-farmland-trust|American Farmland Trust]] recently voted this market the Best [[farmers-market|Farmers Market]] in Illinois — a recognition that signals the producer-quality and operational caliber of the market within the broader Illinois farmers-market system.

Why it’s listed

A long-running farmers market with explicit historical-society stewardship and [[american-farmland-trust|American Farmland Trust]] recognition is exactly the kind of community-rooted retail infrastructure the directory tracks. The open-vendor model is broader than the producer-only standard the [[farmers-market]] concept hub describes — but the operational caliber + nonprofit stewardship + AFT recognition make this an aligned operation.

Bioregional fit

Arlington Heights is in Cook County, IL — a northwest suburb of the [[chicagoland]] core. [[the-market|The market]] sits inside the chain of outer-ring municipal farmers markets that ring Chicago, drawing produce from the Illinois truck-farm belt and the Wisconsin border-region farms.

See also

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  • Shares approach with: [[american-farmland-trust]]
  • Member of: [[market]]
  • Contained by: [[chicagoland]]

Sources

Related concepts: [[farmers-market]].

A listing in the 0mn1.one [[directory]]. Filed under [[chicagoland]] in [[directory|the directory]].

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