"We will try it again this year, and hopefully we'll make changes as needed." That's how Anthony Ferrentino, operations manager of the Vacaville Farmers Market, described the market's year-round schedule to The Vacaville Reporter this June.
The Saturday market at CreekWalk Plaza in Andrews Park can run through winter, but no one treats that as permanent. Each winter the organizers decide again, and the market's own published materials haven't caught up to whatever they've decided for 2026–27. If your Saturday routine includes a stop at 614 E. Monte Vista Ave., set up a backup before December. Vacaville has good ones, but most of them don't happen on Saturday mornings.
How the market ended up running all year
The downtown farmers market has been around for years. Its year-round schedule is new. The Reporter covered the opening day of the 2025 season on March 1, 2025, and reported that "starting now, the market is a year-round weekend happening." Leslie Silver, executive director of Downtown Vacaville, told the paper that people had asked for it. "It's hard to start a year-round market but we were asked for it last year and a lot of people have already said they are happy we we're here," she said, and she added that the goal was for the market to become "everyone's grocery store eventually."
Ferrentino said in The Reporter's June 2026 follow-up that vendors were the ones who pushed for the change. He has been involved with the market for 14 years.
What the first winter looked like
That same article is candid about how the first cold season went. Ferrentino said colder weather and rain made the winter months a significant challenge. He also said: "There were some lean times, man. We had some days when I wouldn't really consider it a Farmer's Market; it was more like a crafts fair."
By June, things had picked up. The Reporter described farm stands, hot food, and booths selling avocado toast, fish and chips, and smoked fish along the CreekWalk. One of the farms named was Resendiz Family Farms, a stone-fruit and melon grower near Modesto that has sold at the market since the 1990s. The market's rules also add a weather variable that summer shoppers never deal with. Its vendor page says, "the market will close during scheduled rain."
On a December or January Saturday, the market may be smaller, may lean toward crafts over produce, and won't run if rain is forecast. That's useful to know before you plan dinner around it.
What the market's own pages say about this winter
The market's own published sources currently point in different directions:
- Downtown Vacaville homepage: "The market closes November 28th to open again March 1st."
- The market's own page on the same site: "Now Year Round!" with a vendor membership calendar whose Winter quarter runs December 1 to February 28.
- The vendor listing on Eventeny: a "Winter Market" on "Saturdays, November – February," and a call for performers at the "2026-2027 Farmer's Market" describing markets "every Saturday year round (Weather permitting)."
- The state's register of certified markets: the California Department of Food and Agriculture's list, current as of October 1, 2026, shows the Vacaville Farmers' Market as Saturday, year-round.
Even the posted hours vary. The market page and homepage say 8 a.m. to noon, Eventeny says 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the CDFA register says 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The homepage is the newest of these, but that doesn't make it final. A market that calls itself an annual experiment can change its plan in either direction. The market page links to its Facebook and Instagram accounts, which are the quickest places to check before a December Saturday. Arriving close to 9 a.m. covers every version of the posted hours.
November 28 is the date to watch
Whatever the winter plan turns out to be, November 28 is a busy day downtown. It's the last market date before the homepage's stated closure, and it's also Downtown Vacaville's Small Business Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., which promotes the district's locally owned shops and restaurants.
The holiday calendar starts filling in around that weekend:
- Saturday, November 14: Holly Days Vendor Fair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Merchant, Main and Parker streets, with boutique and artisan gift vendors.
- Saturday, November 28: Small Business Saturday, overlapping the morning market.
- Tuesday, December 1: Merriment on Main, 5 to 8 p.m., with the 50-foot tree lit at 6:30 p.m. and vendors along Main Street, according to the City of Vacaville. The city says this is the second year of the Merry Market at CreekWalk Plaza, where vendors sell food and merchandise during the event.
So even if Saturday mornings at CreekWalk Plaza go quiet in December, the plaza will still see vendors. They'll just be selling gifts and sweets on a Tuesday evening, and they won't be farmers with produce.
A winter produce week that doesn't depend on Saturday
The reliable winter options around Vacaville mostly fall on other days, and several are just over the Dixon line. Here's how they fit into a week:
Monday. Kaiser Fairfield Farmers Market, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 1550 Gateway Blvd., in front of the hospital. The state register lists it as year-round.
Tuesday. Kaiser Vacaville Farmers Market, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 1 Quality Dr., off Vaca Valley Parkway. It's also listed as year-round and is the only certified winter market inside Vacaville that doesn't come with a question mark.
Wednesday. The Davis Farmers Market runs 3 to 6 p.m. from September through March, a shorter window than its 4 to 8 p.m. spring and summer evenings.
Thursday through Saturday, through December. Soul Food Farm's farmstand at 6046 Pleasants Valley Road is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Its 2026 season runs May through December, and it sells eggs, flowers, olive oil, jams and fresh produce. The farm's own page says it hopes to open more months of the year as its customer base grows. If you shopped the Pleasants Valley loop this summer, this is the stand to keep visiting into December. We mapped the rest of that loop in our late-summer farm stand guide.
Saturday. If CreekWalk Plaza is dark, the Davis Farmers Market at Central Park, 301 C St., runs year-round, rain or shine, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Any day. Two family-owned markets in Dixon stay open daily all year. Pedrick Produce, 6850 Sievers Road, lists 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. Dixon Fruit Market, 7808 Batavia Road, lists 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, year-round. For more on that side of the county, see our Dixon neighborhood page.
Several familiar summer markets are off the winter list. Fairfield's Thursday market at 600 Texas St. runs May through September, Suisun City's Sunday waterfront market at 1 Harbor Plaza also stops after September, and the Historic Dixon Farmers Market's 2026 run ends October 29. The Winters Sunday market on Main Street is listed as year-round by the state, but Discover Winters lists a season of April 26 to October 25, so check before driving out in December.
What December and January add
Winter brings a few things that summer doesn't.
Silveyville Christmas Tree Farm opens for 2026 on Saturday, November 21, with hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday through Sunday. It's closed Tuesdays and Thanksgiving Day. The farm says it grows 15,000 trees across five species, also brings in fresh-cut Oregon trees, and provides saws. Santa and Mrs. Claus visit on November 27 and 29 and December 5, 12 and 13. The activities page lists the times.
Then the season turns to citrus. Brazelton Ranch at 3628 Gates Canyon Road, a family farm in the foothills west of town for more than a century, sells Satsuma mandarins from its roadside stand starting in January in a typical year, along with eggs from its hens, according to Visit Vacaville. The ranch's land is under a permanent conservation easement with the Solano Land Trust, so the orchard is protected for the long term.
Kaiser Vacaville on Tuesday mornings, Soul Food Farm through December, the Dixon markets every day, and Brazelton's mandarins in January don't depend on the CreekWalk Plaza decision. The organizers say the Saturday market reopens for its spring season on March 1 either way.
At Jared Labarga, we follow these small Vacaville calendar changes the same way we follow the housing market, because both affect daily life here. If you want the updated winter market picture once the organizers confirm their plans, or want to talk about how Vacaville's seasons shape life in different parts of town, Let's Connect.
