Vendor Application

Regular Season Market (June-October)

Applications for the 2025 Farmers’ Market season will open in early 2025.

The Melrose Farmers’ Market aims to include a balanced variety of food growers, producers, artisans, non­profit organizations, local businesses, and educators that align with our mission. All vendors wishing to sell at the Melrose Farmers Market 2025 Season must submit an online application along with other required documents, which include proof of liability insurance and a Board of Health Certificate (select farmers’ market) for prepared food/beverage items, and workman’s comp form (even if you do not provide to your employees). We strive to maintain a ratio of 80:20 of food to non­food items. All vendors must read and agree to our Market Rules.

In addition to our farms and food vendors, each week we offer limited spaces for vendors offering 1 Personal Care Products (such as soap, salves, etc.), 1 Crafter or Artisan, 1 Local For-profit business, and 1 Non-profit (free of charge). We also invite local musicians to play at the market.

Once your application is confirmed and you are admitted to the market, you can pay via credit card online or make a check out to Melrose Farmers’ Market and mail it to Melrose Farmers’ Market, c/o Melrose Chamber of Commerce, One West Foster St., Melrose, MA 02176.

Harvest/Holiday Markets

The Holiday Market is currently on a waitlist. To be added to the waitlist, please read the steps below.

Harvest Market

The 2024 Harvest Market will be held at Bowden Park from 11am-3pm on November 17th. Vendors must complete setup by 11am (start time 9am) and must plan to stay for the entire market. This is a rain or shine market. The fee for the Harvest Market is $45 per tent, $15 per tent/table rental, and $10 for electricity.

Holiday Market

The 2024 Holiday Market will be held indoors at Melrose Memorial Hall from 11am-3pm on December 15th. Vendors will be allowed to start setting up at 9am, and setup must be complete by 10:45am when doors open to the public. Vendors must plan to stay for the entire market. We will need to be completely out of the building by 4pm (no exceptions). The fee for the Holiday Market is $75 per space (~8’x8’). Vendors need to bring their own setup for the Holiday Market- we cannot provide tables/chairs (no tents allowed). Electricity is free but has to be indicated in your application. We will fill floor spots first, then stage spots as needed for later applicants.

Applications

We are completing a trial run of a new vendor management system, Convention Force. This software will streamline the application, payment, and communications processes to save us all time! We will be able to publish better vendor descriptions, product photos, and even vendor maps to our website. Vendors will also be able to see their booth locations ahead of time in the portal.

To start your application for one or both the Harvest/Holiday markets, create a no-cost account at https://portal.conventionforce.com/index.cfm?aid=871. The portal will walk you through the application steps (<10 minutes to complete). Even if you already applied on our website requesting to attend the Harvest/Holiday market, you will need to complete the application on the Convention Force website to be considered. If you need help with your application, please email us.