Huttleston Marketplace
Saturdays, June 6 through September 12, 2020
10 :00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fairhaven Visitors Center Lawn/Fairhaven High School Lawn,
141 Main Street, at Route 6, Fairhaven
SPECIAL NOTE
As a Farmers Market, the Huttleston Marketplace is classified as an essential business under Governor Baker’s rules regarding COVID-19 issued in March. The Huttleston Marketplace has adopted safely protocols and rules for the 2020 season and beyond. The new rules may be viewed here: Huttleston Marketplace Health Precautions
Huttleston Marketplace is an outdoor bazaar featuring vendors selling select hand made arts and crafts, quality antiques and vintage collectibles, upcycled items, fresh farm produce, and locally prepared foods. It is a MDAR certified farmers market, allowing certified farm vendors to accept WIC and Senior FMNP coupons. It is held rain or shine.
At the recommendation of the Health Agent of the Town of Fairhaven, only farm produce, plants, honey and related food products and farm products may set up until such time as the Governor lifts the ban on non-essential businesses
During the marketplace hours, the Fairhaven Historical Society’s museum is open in the Academy Building.
A list of vendors who are currently signed up for the 2020 season can be found here: Huttleston Vendors 2020
Each week there are live music performances in the early afternoon. Music at the Marketplace Schedule
Vendors make donations to the Tourism Gift Account to help cover the operating expenses of the marketplace.
Categories for vendors are:
• arts, crafts, photography, upcycled decor and accessories (crafts must be handmade.)
• antiques, vintage collectibles, used books
• whole fresh locally grown farm produce, plants (We are a MDAR certified farmers market, allowing certified farm vendors to accept WIC and Senior FMNP coupons.)
• local authors
• prepared food (Requires food vendor permit from BOH. Booth space will be FREE for vendors cooking/heating food on site or selling prepared salads, sandwiches, etc. which are intended as meals to be eaten on site, if those are the major component of the vendor’s products.)
• The Huttleston Marketplace does not accept representatives/consultants for commercially produced, direct sales products.
NOTE: The Huttleston Marketplace has had a policy of not accepting too many vendors selling similar items. As the marketplace gets larger, there is increasing flexibility, particularly with some vendors not being here every week. Please check in advance before sending in application forms and checks to make sure there is space for the type of products you wish to sell.
Application form for vendors and the rules and guidelines will be available soon: 2020 Huttleston Marketplace Application.
For further information, contact the Fairhaven Office of Tourism via email at [email protected] or by calling 508-979-4085.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HuttlestonMkt and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuttlestonMarketplace/.
