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Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market: Where the Weekend Begins!

Our 2026 market calendar is full of great events, fun happenings, family-friendly activities, music  and unique shopping experiences that will keep you coming back to the White Horse Marketplace every week from January to December!

2026 market calendar

April
4th: Easter Market
Featuring Easter baked goods, early spring produce, and flowers. 

May 
9th: Blooms & Bouquets
A Mother's Day-themed market with flowers, decor, and garden items

23rd: Memorial Day Weekend Market
Offering ingredients for holiday meals, including fresh produce, meats, and baked goods. 

June
20th: Artisans Celebration Market
A special celebration of local artists and crafters. Discover handmade treasures and support talented makers. 

July
4th: Fourth Weekend Market
A Star Spangled celebration!

August
1st: National Farmers Market Week
A celebration of the market's merchants and community partners.

29th: Labor Day Weekend Market
All the items for an end-of-summer gathering. 

September

October
10th: Scarecrow Shuffle
A lively celebration of the harvest season! A marketplace atmosphere filled with the sweet scent of apple cider and the sound of live music. Stock up on seasonal goodies and enjoy the festive fall vibes!

31st: Halloween Market
A marketplace with Halloween-inspired elements. Costumes are encouraged!

November
14th: Flannel & Harvest Market
Grab your best flannel outfit and the market basket and head out to the White Horse Park Marketplace for a morning of community fun!

21st & 24th: Thanksgiving Festival
Two markets that will provide items for your Thanksgiving celebration, with a special pre-holiday market on November 24th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

December
5th: Candy Cane Hunt
Gather the family and get ready for a sweet adventure! Search for hundreds of candy canes around the marketplace for a fun holiday hunt!

12th: Mrs. Claus Market Tour
Meet the merchants of the market with a holiday tour by Mrs. Claus herself. 

19th: Christmas Market
Holiday baked goods, fresh produce, and artisan foods to prepare the perfect holiday feast. 

Marketing Seeking Volunteer Market Coordinators - The Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market is seeking market coordinators to work with the market managers. This volunteer position is to assist merchants with arriving at the marketplace.

Duties include greeting and checking-in arriving merchants, assisting merchants in finding their assigned vending spaces and working with the market managers to ensure a smooth start to the market day.

Individuals must be available from 6-10 a.m. on Saturday mornings, in a variety of weather conditions.

Interested individuals should contact Market Manager John Chandler for more information at [email protected].

Volunteer with "The Friends" – Would you like to get more immersed in the life of the iconic Ocean Pines Market? Then consider volunteering with the Friends of the Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market! The Friends support and enhance the Market: run education programs, manage the sale of Market-branded merchandise, help organize our many popular events, support other Market special features, lead tours of the Market and much more.

The Friends are a diverse and dedicated group that adds great value to the Market and also enjoys an array of rewarding Market-related experiences! For more information, check out the volunteer opportunities on this webpage, email [email protected] or call 410-251-6383.

Join the Market Kitchen Team – Looking for a fun way to give back to the Worcester County community? Love food? Love to eat? Then consider joining our volunteer team at the Open-Air Kitchen. Meet local guest chefs, help prepare for live cooking demonstrations, gather product from market merchants and get a free seat at Market Kitchen activities. For more information, contact Culinary Educational Programs Director Janice Curtis at the market or email [email protected] with the subject line "Market Kitchen Team."

Click here to view all Chef@Market recipes!

The Kids' Market Zone offers fun activities, crafts, story time and more for our youngest market visitors. Check back for current events!

 

Are you a musician? Do you have a magic act or do you juggle to entertain a crowd? The Market is always looking for buskers and street performers to add to the Marketplace. Do you draw characters, do face painting or transform balloons into cute puppy dogs? Then we want to hear from you, today! There are opportunities beyond the boardwalk at the Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market. No fees are charged for bringing your talents to the Marketplace. Download our Busking Application at www.oceanpines.org or come to the Marketplace and see Janice Curtis, Events and Happenings Coordinator, or contact her at [email protected] or 302-245-4081. Go ahead…break a leg!!

2026 Market Stage Music Line-up:

March

• 14th - Allie Donovan
• 21st - Dave Ethridge
• 28th - Allie Donovan

April

• 4th - Allie Donovan
• 11th - Makayla Faulkner
• 18th - Garrett DeLapp

May 

• 2nd - Stephen Decatur Jazz Band (8-9:30am); Allie Donovan (9:30am-12:30pm)
• 9th - Makayla Faulkner
• 16th - Island Fusion
• 23rd - Allie Donovan
• 30th - Joe O'Boyle

June

• 6th - Makayla Faulkner
• 13th - Allie Donovan
• 20th - Dave Ethridge
• 27th - Makayla Faulkner

July

• 4th - Rosin and Reels (Irish Music Trio)
• 11th - Dave Ethridge
• 18th - Allie Donovan
• 25th - Makayla Faulkner

August 

• 1st - Dave Ethridge
• 8th - Allie Donovan
• 15th - Makayla Faulkner
• 22nd - Pinesteppers Square Dancers
• 29th - Dave Ethridge

September

• 5th - Dave Ethridge
• 12th - Allie Donovan
• 19th - Dave Ethridge

The Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market is dedicated to supporting and promoting local nonprofits, civic organizations and community groups. That’s why we created our Community Corner Tent, a free market space offered to groups to help them increase awareness, raise funds, enroll new members, or publicize an upcoming event.

With the Market’s patron attendance reaching into the thousands each year, this is a wonderful way to meet and greet the citizens of Worcester County’s many communities and beyond. Dates are reserved with a completed application on a first-received basis. Please email [email protected] for more information!

Click here to download a Community Corner Tent application.

 

Public Outreach Program – The Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market is seeking a volunteer to lead and oversee the market's public outreach program. The interested individual will work with local and regional non-profits, civic groups and organizations that participate at the market in the market's Community Corner.

If you are interested in helping the area's many worthy organizations reach the thousands of shoppers that visit the Ocean Pines Marketplace each week, then this is the perfect opportunity.

You should be motivated, self starting, organized and have good people skills. Apply to the market manager, David Bean, at the marketplace or email your inquiry to [email protected] with the subject line "Ocean Pines Marketplace."

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New Volunteer Opportunities – The Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market is seeking a Children's Educational Program Director and Arts & Crafts Workshop Program Director. If you are interested, or know someone who would be a good candidate for an opening, please contact Market Manager David at [email protected].

• Children's Educational Program Director – We are searching for an enthusiastic, child loving, art loving, food loving team member to fill the volunteer position of Children's Program Director. The position includes working with our Market Team to develop and oversee the Kid's Market Zone, our children's educational program. Activities take place weekly at the Saturday market from April through October.
• Arts & Crafts Workshop Program Director – The market is seeking a qualified volunteer to develop and oversee our Marketplace Arts & Crafts Workshop, a new do-it-yourself program. The free market program engages participants to enjoy activities in self-sustainability, hand crafts and life style task. Workshops could include gardening, crafting and other DIY demonstrations. The position includes working with our Market Team to develop and oversee the educational program, along with developing partnerships with those that can present workshops. Activities take place weekly at the Saturday market from April through October.

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Calling all Market Gurus! Do you love the Ocean Pines Market? We're on the hunt for several market gurus to volunteer on Saturdays from 7 am – 2 pm. You'll be helping shoppers find their way around, answering questions at our Market Information Booth or staffing our Vendor Services Booth and of course picking up your market shopping for the week. For more information, please email to [email protected].

Volunteers are essential to every aspect of the Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market. With the market open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., volunteers are needed before, during and after market.  They provide support with tasks that include greeting and helping customers, assisting vendors and the setup and closing down of the market.  Whether you sign up for a one-time opportunity or choose to take on a regular volunteer role, the market guarantees you will enjoy being part of making good things happen!  If you are interested in volunteering at the Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market but aren't sure if it's for you, please stop by the information booth and speak with one of the volunteers working at the information booth to find out more.

• Market Coordinators: Duties include greeting and checking-in arriving merchants, assisting merchants in finding their assigned vending spaces and working with the market managers to ensure a smooth start to the market day.
• Set-Up Crew: Help set up the Market. Assist merchants with putting up canopies, tables, and signs. Early morning hours.
• Market Guide: Move throughout the Market answering questions and directing customers to their favorite merchants. Hand out dog biscuits and promotional flyers and maintain other interactions with customers.
• Greeter: Welcome customers at entrance points of the Market and perform the hourly customer count.
• Market Information Booth: Duties include answering customer questions, selling Market merchandise, and more.
• Administrative Assistance: Sign in arriving merchants. Distribute and collect information from merchants. Assist management with collection of merchant fees and complete the merchant attendance.
• Events and Happenings: Help plan and run special events and happenings at the Market.
• Communications: Take photos and video of the Market. Caption the merchants and customers along with the special happenings and events of the Marketplace. Submit article drafts for our Market publications and social media content suggestions for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
• Breakdown Crew: Help take down canopies, tables, chairs, and signs. Close up the Marketplace.

Click here for the Ocean Pines Farmers & Artisans Market Volunteer Registration Form.

 

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