Worthington Farmers Market FAQs

Yes, dogs are permitted during our outdoor market season, provided that they are leashed and under your control, well behaved, picked-up after and kept out of the flow of traffic when not actively moving through the Market.

Please abide by the following rules to make your and your pet’s visit to the market a good experience for everyone:

• Allow space for social distancing and for through traffic to pass you and your furry friend.

• Please be aware of those around you, allowing plenty of space to accommodate those with visual, auditory or mobility impairments who may be navigating the Market with a walker, wheelchair or other assistance.

• Pets must be kept on a short leash.

• * Pets must be under control and by the owner’s side at all times.

• Keep pets away from produce, plants, and other food products.

• Dogs must be friendly with other dogs and children.

• Be considerate—not everyone loves your pet and some customers are allergic to or fearful of dogs.

• Please clean up after your pet. Bags are not provided, so plan ahead and please bring waste pick-up bags with you.

If your pup is easily frightened, barks excessively, jumps on people or is stressed by noise, traffic, strangers, children or other animals, we recommend that you bring your friend to walk our beautiful downtown at another, quieter time of the day.

Yes! Local buskers are welcome to perform during the outdoor market (May - October) in any of the designated locations. 

The Worthington Farmers Market staff does not regulate, schedule or promote buskers. Locations and play times are not assigned nor “owned.” Please be mindful that many artists are interested in performing at the market. We ask for your courtesy and consideration of other performers to help make sure everyone has an opportunity to play at the market on several occasions throughout the season. 

We ask that all performances in downtown sidewalk locations be acoustic only. Performers using amplification or groups of more than 3 people/instruments are asked to perform on the Village Greens. Local residents and merchants appreciate a music start time of no earlier than 9:00am.

In any location, please take care not to impede customer foot traffic or vendor operations, including volume at an agreeable level to facilitate conversation.

Be sure to tag us in your social media posts so folks will know where and when you’ll be performing and you are welcome to also post a comment on our Facebook and/or Instagram pages with your location and schedule.

The Worthington Farmers Market and its parent organization, The Worthington Partnership, are not responsible for the buskers or the music they choose to play, nor do we hold any liability for any actions or content during the busker's performance.

We look forward to seeing – and hearing! – you soon.

We are proud to offer the market as a resource to registered area non-profit organizations. The market invites community organizations to share information about their work with our market goers.

Organizations with a primary focus aligned with the Worthington Farmers Market will be considered for participation. Specifically, we ask that partnering organizations have their major focus in at least one of these areas:

• Charitable 501(c)(3) organizations.

• Organizations that promote Ohio foods.

• Organizations that enhance the community, or those who sponsor community improvement projects.

Limited sales are permitted for certain products. Political or religious activites are not permitted.

If you meet the above criteria and are interested in participating in our market, please contact us at worthingtonfarmersmarket@gmail.com. *Please allow 5-7 business days after submitting your application for us to review and respond.

Yes! Many of our producers do accept credit and debit cards, however some only accept cash due to the rising credit card processing fees.

No cash? No problem. For regular market purchases, the market will accept debit and credit cards and provide shoppers with $5 denomination wooden tokens.

• There are no restrictions on what can be bought with the $5 tokens.

• Treat them just like cash at any market booth.

• The tokens have no expiration date.

• $5 tokens cannot be refunded for cash, once purchased.

• A $1 credit card processing fee will be added to your token purchase.

Visit the market information booth, located near Graeter's Ice Cream, for more information.

We accept EBT, credit cards, cash and Market tokens and gift certificates! EBT shoppers, stop by the Market information booth (near Graeter's ice cream at the corner of High Street and E. New England Avenue) to swipe your EBT card for tokens that can be used to purchase EBT-eligible items. When you swipe your EBT card with us, we'll match up to $25/day in Produce Perks that you can spend on fresh fruit and vegetables.

We have free parking throughout Old Worthington. The following lots are available to our visitors:

• Griswold Center

• OW Quarter Lot

• West New England Lot

• Worthington United Methodist Church

There is also free street parking throughout the neighborhood, but please, be considerate of our neighbors.

Use our parking map to plan your visit.

We don’t open or close—we just move inside or out! The Worthington Farmers Market is central Ohio’s only year round market, operating for 50 weeks of the year, closing only the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and during one week in the fall to make way for the annual Worthington Chamber of Commerce Market Day event.

Our summer market is open 8am-12pm on Saturdays from May -October in the heart of the Worthington Historic District.