Tag: Farmers Market

First we kick off with Sudbury Farmers Market on Market Hill this Friday, August 28th with so many great stallholders including Lisa’s Farmhouse Kitchen who is returning for her second farmers market with us. Following a hugely successful market last month, Lisa has increased her product list, and after customer feedback and suggestions, she will be adding Cheese & Onion Bread, French Fougasse and Turkish Bread with Sesame Seeds to her already delicious list! Expect sourdoughs, baguettes, yeast loaves, rolls, baguettes and focaccia to be piled high on her stall this Friday, alongside her new additions!

We can’t wait to welcome everyone to Market Hill, this Friday from 9.30am

And then this Sunday’s Lavenham Craft & Foodie Market, why wouldn’t you want to visit!

Food, drink, art, jewellery, plants, street food, ceramics, flowers and plants will be filling Lavenham Village Hall, Glebe Field and the Village Hall grounds and it’s totally free to enter. Bring your shopping bag, friends, dogs and your appetite and enjoy celebrating eighteen years of our markets in Lavenham!

The Classic Car Show will be taking place on the playing fields too and of course, all the gorgeous shops, pubs and cafes will be open in the village too.

Lavenham Craft & Foodie Market

Sunday August 30th

10am – 4pm

Lavenham, CO10 9QT

Parking is available in all of the village car parks plus there is additional parking available at the Car Show where it will cost £5 to park all day.

We kick off at Colchester Farmers Market on The Piazza outside the Mercury Theatre on Saturday 4th July. Over thirty stalls wrapping around the front of the theatre making it a favourite with local residents.

We return to Colchester for the first of our evening markets on Sat 18th July – running from 4-8pm we will have a new mix of craft and food stalls as well as some delicious street food pus there will entertainment from a dance group as well as a local choir.

Bury St Edmunds Farmers Market is next on Sunday 12th July – again on its popular location running down The Traverse in the centre of town.

We’re back at Lavenham Village Hall on Sunday 26th July for our award winning farmers market starting at 10am and finishing the month we will be at Sudbury Farmers Market on Friday 31st July running up Market Hill at 9.30am – 2pm.

As always we will have a great selection of local food, wine and craft as well as some delicious street food.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Trader applications are now open for the 2026 Taste of East Anglia Food & Drink Festival which will take place on Saturday June 13th outside Kentwell Hall in Long Melford, Suffolk.
We welcome applications from top quality producers of artisan food and drink products and Street Food vendors as well as handmade crafts. This event showcases the very best in our region so you must be located within East Anglia in order to apply.
To submit your application please visit the festival website (link below) complete your details and submit it directly back to us via the site. Please add as much information about your product on application.
We go through each application individually in order to curate the best event so it may be a couple of weeks before you hear whether you have been successful.
Good Luck!
https://www.tasteofeastanglia.co.uk/trade-at-the-festival/

We have a special Christmas Sudbury Farmers Market on Friday 28th November on Market Hill in the centre of Sudbury. We will have our regular strong range of over 25 local traders including fresh and local meat and vegetables, fresh bread, donuts, cakes and bakes, cheese and pies as well as handmade crafts, soaps and candles.

Plus some special surprises……..all to get you ready for the Christmas Lights Switch On later in the day

Market Hill, Sudbury, 9.30am – 2pm

Let’s get festive, let’s get local and be sure to find some joy!

The festive Suffolk Farmers Market returns to the Cattle Sheds, Trinity Park on Saturday 29th November.

Even bigger and better – this year the market will stretch to over 60 local artisan traders, makers and crafters plus a wonderful selection of street food that kept everyone happy!

Meadow and Woodland Livestock selling Suffolk lamb and pork, The Cheese & Pieman will have their wonderful selection of regional cheeses plus Country Kitchen with their unique Scotch Eggs and sausage rolls and Serendipity with their home made pies.

Look out for Aunty Rees Cookies and their luxury brownies and Crumbs Alive with their swirls and pastries plus unique varieties of fudge come from Woodlands Bakeaway and Yum Yum Tree Fudge. Plus local favourite Hullabaloo with breads, sourdough and pastries.

East Coast Chilli Company will have some hot and even hotter chilli sauces plus make sure you check local Ipswich based Choose Spice and their range of Sri Lankan sauces or Bonnie Yau’s oriental sauces. Jams and chutneys come from Country Cottage Preserves, local honey from Sideways and Quinns Bees, mushrooms/ growing kits from Sporandic Fungi and try out Temprd Chocolate who come with a tasty range of chocolate bars.

Feeling thirsty?  Then there a fantastic range of small batch gins and blackberry vodka from Sunrise Spirits, festive vodkas and rums from the English Distillery & local craft ale from Roughacre Brewery and Jack Rabbit. Cider comes from Suffolk Village Ciders and Cydex. Shotley Vineyard bring a range of their local award winning wines to taste.

There are lots of crafters and makers; ceramics from Blue Fusion Pottery tableware from Country Creations and cushions from the Shrop Shop plus recycled wooden accessories from Lux Vita. For some well-earned, self-indulgent treats don’t miss soap & skincare from Infused with Kindness, candles from Keeping It Rosie plus a range of natural dried flowers from Floral in Equilibrium, fused glass and home accessories from Seasalt & Sage.

Don’t forget to bring your four-legged friends as we have a special area with products and treats for them from The Treat Box.

Hungry? There’s a brilliant range of street food to keep you going all day whilst you are wandering around the Cattle Sheds including locally made chicken burgers and bites from Peck, Sushi from Kokorazashi, Indian street food from Cambridge Samosa Company, burittos from Bad Boy Burritos and bagels from Bagel or Beigel plus really good coffee from the Coffee Station and The Suffolk Coffee Pod.

Justine Paul, owner and founder of Suffolk Market Events stated: The Christmas Suffolk Farmers Market at Trinity Park is just a market full of joy. It is like a culmination of the year with all our favourite producers from all our markets in Suffolk under one roof at the Cattle Sheds. Feast on all the local produce as well some amazing local crafts and arts – it really sets off the Christmas spirit for me  – I know Christmas has truly started when we have this market and I know how popular it has become.

Saturday 29th November

9.30am – 2pm

Suffolk Farmers’ Market at Trinity Park, Ipswich

Free Admission & Free Parking

Dogs very welcome

Applications to trade with us in 2025, open on Monday November 4th and can be submitted directly via the Work with Us page on our website.

Our events in 2025 include three Clare Craft Markets, two extra markets in Lavenham held over two days, our Suffolk Farmers Market in Trinity Park, a Hidden Gardens Market, Market in the Barn and extra Evening Markets in Colchester.

Our monthly Farmers Markets in Lavenham, Bury St Edmund’s, Sudbury and Lavenham are largely full already as we don’t ‘start from scratch’ at these events each year.

Applications for the Taste of East Anglia Food & Drink Festival on Saturday 14th June 2025 will open in the next couple of weeks.

Please only apply for the markets you definitely want to attend and DO NOT MAKE PAYMENT until we confirm you have a place. The dates are already on the Calendar page of the website – https://www.suffolkmarketevents.co.uk/calendar/

Choose one, two or all three markets and fill your shopping bags with local produce and artisan treats this weekend starting with Sudbury Farmers Market on Friday.

Over twenty five stalls will run down Market Hill in the centre of Sudbury including meats, bread, fresh organic veg plus new stalls with dog treats, coffee beans, small batch spirits and a refill stall. This popular friendly markets starts at 9.30am.

Then on Saturday we’re back on the Piazza outside the Mercury Theatre from 10am for the Colchester Farmers Market with up to thirty stalls – that’s no April Fool’s joke! Regular stalls including local organise meat and veg, fresh fish, jams and chilli sauces plus fresh bagels with fillings for those hungry shoppers.

Finally on Sunday we finish with a bang as our first Ipswich Artisan market of the year arrives on The Cornhill in the heart of Ipswich. Great artisan stalls plus a variety of street food to keep everyone happy.

Friday -Sudbury Farmers Market – 9.30am – 2pm

Saturday – Colchester Farmers Market – 9.30am – 2pm

Sunday – Ipswich Artisan & Producers Market – 10am – 3pm

All free and all showcasing the best of local produce

We’re outside The Mercury Theatre on Saturday for the last time this year with over 25 stalls.

The market will continue to include organic meat and vegetables from Lauriston Farm as well as an equally impressive range of sausages from Totham Bangers and we have Dukes Seafood with their fresh fish and shellfish plus fresh meat from local farm Colletts. Lovelands bring local honey and Country Preserves offers a range of jams and there will be apples and apple juice from Daymens Orchard and spices/chilli rubs from the Colne Valley Spice Company plus fresh bread & sourdoughs from Tensheds Bakehouse. Feeling hungry? There’s also freshly made bagels from Beats & Bagels.

Hoskyn’s Deli will bring their popular home-made pies and selection of regional cheeses, and there is a great offer for those with a sweet tooth including Alex Artisan Bakery and Essex Bakery! Local craft ales comes from Roughacre Brewery, local gin from the Only Way is Gin and we’re delighted to welcome back Bromley Brook Vineyard with their delicious local wine and the Sticky Pickle Company with their range of festive pickles. There’s some lovely craft stalls including candles from Wellness with Millie, hand block-printed cards, bags and lampshade from Charlotte plus creams and lotions from Thistle & Rose.

Over 25 artisan producers will be ready to welcome you.

All starts at 9.30am on the piazza outside The Mercury Theatre

Saturday 3rd December

A double bill of farmers markets this weekend is sure to you offer you something special as we look forward to more sunny days ahead.

On Friday we start on Market Hill in Sudbury with another farmers market packed with local and fresh produce. Totham Bangers or Wigborough Meats can offer you great options for a BBQ – perhaps with a special herb rub from Colne Valley Spice Company? As always we have wonderful street food from Mena’s Indian Banquet and Beats & Bagels. There’s sweet treats from Alex’s Artisan Bakery, Woodlands Fudge or vegan pastries from The Norwegian Bakers. There’s jams and chutneys from the Jam Shed and honey from BeeHouse plus fresh breads and sourdoughs from Tensheds Bakehouse. Say hello to our new trader The Wood Turners Hut and look out for candles from Potterswick and homecrafts from Barbara!

The fun continues on Sunday at Lavenham with over 30 stalls of fresh local artisan produce including Compleat with their home made pies and range of regional cheeses. Colletts Farm has wonderful local meat as well as fresh jersey milk and delicious milkshakes. Sunshine & Green bring organic veg from their farm in Cavendish and Good to Go bring their range of Suffolk granolas. Coriander Kitchen offers tasty Indian street food and we have ice cream as well from Simply Ice Cream. For those with a sweeter tooth we have Smithington’s Bakery with their brownies and Baked for the Road with cakes & bakes plus indulgent chocolate from Woodrow. There’s a new baker in town -Biddles Bread with plenty of sourdoughs as well as apples from Daymens Orchard, cider from Brooks & Conquest and local ales from Roughacre. Look out for our craft stalls including soaps and candles as well as jewellery and handmade homeware.

Sudbury Farmers Market – Friday 26th August. 9.30am-2pm

Lavenham Farmers market – Sunday 28th August. 10am – 2pm

Listen to Justine and Jo Henderson, one of our long standing farmers market traders, as they are interviewed by BBC Radio 4 `On Your Farm’ to discuss traditional pig farming and the role of farmers markets in supporting the sustainability of local produce for local communities.

Click this link to here the full interview