Our Market will be starting the 2019 season on Friday, May 24^th, 09:00 am to 1:00 pm.  We are located outdoors in front of the old Train Station, now called Station 20. The Market will run from May 24^th  to October 4^th rain or shine!  Join us in supporting your local vendors of fresh fish, breads, seasonal fruit & veggies, baked goods, jewelry, soaps, handcrafted items, artworks, flowers, hot food and more.  Come grow with us!

If you are interested in being a Vendor at the Market please visit our Information for Vendors pages

We love to have live music so if you are interested in playing for a few hours on Market Day please let us know using the Contact Form below:

In Celebration of our Canada 150 Market, we will be having a special event at our market!

On June 30th (if raining, event will be postponed to our next Market day – July 7th) between 10 am & 2 pm, we will be having a Free BBQ, Live Music, Face Painting, a Bouncing Castle and more!  On top of it all, we will be having a big Draw for our Vendor’s Gift Basket with free ballots, all you need to do is come to the market!

Come see us this Friday and join our Celebration!

How quickly time flies.   Our Market will be starting the 2017 season on Friday, May 26^th, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.  We are located outdoors at the Chester Visitor Information Centre, the Market will run from May 26^th  to October 6^th rain or shine!  Join us in supporting your local vendors of fresh fish, meat, breads, seasonal fruit & veggies, baked goods, jewelry, soaps, handcrafted items, artworks, flowers, hot food and more.  Come grow with us!

We are pleased to announce our new Market Manager is Pamela Lascelles – welcome Pam!

If you are interested in being a vendor at the market, please download our Vendor Application Form (on the Information for Vendors page) and email to chestermarket@hotmail.com.

We also love to have live music at our market so if you are interested in playing for a few hours on Market day please contact us using the form below:

 

Our Annual Christmas Market is fast approaching – December 4th from 10 until 2 at the Chester Royal Canadian Legion on Union Street.

We are very excited to bring you a fine selection of products for gift giving this holiday season and for year-round giving.  Hot food and beverages are available from the kitchen.

Follows is our list of vendors:

Blue Rocks Card Factory – Annika Groebner – lino print cards

Bonny Lea Farm – herbal oils and more

Boulangerie La Vendeenne – breads and baked goods

Century House Pottery – Mieke Martin-Soontiens

Cheryl Schnare – artwork and jewelry

Chester Family Resource Centre – baked goods

Dykeman Folk Art – Brent Dykeman

George Evans – Laughing Whale Coffee, hot food from the kitchen

Gizmo’s Gifts & Garden – Hoa Lieu

Healing Gardens – Terri Bowlby-Chiasson – bulbs, decorative angels, more

Higbee’s Berry Farm – Cindy Higbee – honey, fudge and produce

Irene’s Preserves – Irene Zinck  – home made candy, truffles, fruit cakes, and more

June and Bruce Boehner:  hand knit items, woodwork and more

K. John Mason Ironworks – John Mason and Jayne Geldart

Light My Fire – Judy Parsons – candles

Mary Norwood – woven rope mats, buckets, dog toys and more

Michelle Rivard – whimsical windchimes

Michele Nauss – handcrafted items, sweet treats and more

Nourished Natural Self Care – Amanda Rhyno

Seaweed Soaps – Nancy Rhodenizer

Stone Poste Cidery – Richard Armstrong – hard cider

Suprima Farms – Darren Winter – apple cider

Susan Lord – fibre art, beachglass jewelry, gluten free goodies

The Fish Store – Sandra and Eric Publicover

Tidedancer Jewelry – Joan McInnes

Vicki Sharp – Felted hats, pickles

Friday, October 7th

Welcome to our last Friday market of the 2016 season.   We would like to thank all the vendors who participated in this year’s market and all of our customers.  Our market would not exist without you!

There is still lots of great produce to be found at the market this week and don’t forget to stock up on your favourite artisan products for yourself or for gift giving.

Our music this week will be provided by Cove FM – 88.7 on your dial, our local radio station, and we would also like to thank them for advertising our Market this season.

We have a fine selection of artisan products this week with the following vendors:

Nancy’s Seaweed Soaps;  Joey Carter’s Jewelry;  Healing Gardens floral arrangements, Michele Rivard’s whimsical windchimes; Nancy Humby with Ginger’s ceramics; and more …

George will be here with his Laughing Whale coffee; Ruxhsana from Indus Cuisine is back with her great curries; and hard cider from Stone Poste Cidery

Breads and Sweet Treats  at Brenda’s Baked Goods and La Vendeenne

Our farmers are Higbee’s Berry Farm with a selection of fruit and veggies; R&R Corkums with meat products, eggs, etc.; Bonny Lea Farm with herbs, oils, compost and more

June Boehner with her jams & jellies & husband Bruce’s woodwork are away this week but will see you at the Christmas market in December.  Melanie from Sweet Spot farms is also away but will be here for the Christmas market.

This year’s Christmas Market will be held on Sunday, December 4th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Chester Royal Canadian Legion.  Stay tuned for more informaton about the Market and vendors.

Welcome to our 2nd last market of the 2016 season.  Sunny skies are finally going to be with us after a few drizzly markets.  The Board of the Market would like to take this time to thank Diane Guilbault for her work as Chair of the Board over the past few years.  Diane (the face of La Vendeenne at many markets) has retired and is moving back to Ontario to enjoy her retirement.  We wish her well in all her future endeavors!

I think we caught her waking up with her morning coffee in this photo.  You will be missed Diane!

Fall is officially here and we are reaping the bounty of our summer gardens with fresh veggies and berries, jams and jellies, pickles and more.  Many of our vendors have some sort of fresh produce along with their regular products.

Our music this week will be provided by Cove FM – 88.7 on your dial, our local radio station, and we would also like to thank them for advertising our Market this season.

We have a wide selection of artisan products this week with the following vendors:

Nancy’s Seaweed Soaps;  Joey Carter’s Jewelry;  Healing Gardens floral arrangements, Michele Rivard’s whimsical windchimes; Nancy Humby with Ginger’s ceramics; and more …

George will be here with his Laughing Whale coffee and there is hot food by Indus Cuisine; and hard cider from Stone Poste Cidery

Breads and Sweet Treats  at Brenda’s Baked Goods and La Vendeenne

Our farmers are Higbee’s Berry Farm with a selection of fruit and veggies; R&R Corkums with meat products, eggs, etc.; Bonny Lea Farm with herbs, oils, compost and more; and Melanie from Sweet Spot Farms with fresh flowers & veggies

Jams, jellies, pickles, and chutneys and more by June Boehner

And last, but not least, all manner of seafood from the Fish Store with Eric and Sandra Publicover

Finished for the season:  K. John Mason Ironworks, Dykeman’s Folk Art, Nourished Self Care,  Suprima Farms Apple Cider, Beady Eye Jewelry

This year’s Christmas Market will be held on Sunday, December 4th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Chester Royal Canadian Legion.  Stay tuned for more informaton about the Market and vendors.

 

 

Happy Fall Equinox!  Fall is officially here and we are reaping the bounty of our summer gardens with fresh veggies and berries, jams and jellies, pickles and more.  Many of our vendors have some sort of fresh produce along with their regular products.

 

Justin McGrath is back with us with his guitar and his unique version of many familiar tunes.  We hope you can stop by and give him a listen and throw him a coin or two.

We have a wide selection of artisan products this week with the following vendors:

Nancy’s Seaweed Soaps;  Joey Carter’s Jewelry;  Healing Gardens floral arrangements, Michele Rivard’s whimsical windchimes; Nancy Humby with Ginger’s ceramics; and more …

George will be here with his Laughing Whale coffee and there is hot food by Indus Cuisine; and hard cider from Stone Poste Cidery

Breads and Sweet Treats  at Brenda’s Baked Goods and La Vendeenne

Our farmers are Higbee’s Berry Farm with a selection of fruit and veggies; R&R Corkums with meat products, eggs, etc.; Bonny Lea Farm with herbs, oils, compost and more; and Melanie from Sweet Spot Farms with fresh flowers & veggies

Jams, jellies, pickles, and chutneys and more by June Boehner

And last, but not least, all manner of seafood from the Fish Store with Eric and Sandra Publicover

Away this week:   JNancy Humby Watkins & Magic Cloth

Finished for the season:  K. John Mason Ironworks, Dykeman’s Folk Art, Nourished Self Care, and Suprima Farms Apple Cider

 

Aaahhh!  Now that all the children are back in school it’s time to relax (just a bit) from this new found freedom and come and enjoy the last few weeks of the Market.  Veggies and berries, jams and jellies, and pickles abound from the summer’s harvest.

Check out our new sign that is now posted on the Chester Heritage Society property.

Next week we will be having free corn provided by the Higbee’s for our annual Customer Appreciation corn boil.  We hope in can stop in for an ear of their sweet home grown corn.  Originally planned for today it has been postponed until next week.

Our music will be provided by Cove FM Radio Hubbards (88.7 on your dial).  We would like to thank them for mentioning the market in their weekly broadcasts!

We have a wide selection of artisan products this week with the following vendors:

Nancy’s Seaweed Soaps; Nourished Natural Self Care (weather dependent this week); Ginger’s Ceramics; Beady Eye Jewelry; Joey Carter’s Jewelry; Fox’s Folly Woodworking; Healing Gardens floral arrangements,  Michele Rivard’s whimsical windchimes; Linda Oikle’s original lino print cards and prints; and more …

George will be here with his Laughing Whale coffee and there is hot food by Indus Cuisine; apple cider from Suprima Farms and hard cider from Stone Poste Cidery

Breads and Sweet Treats by Boulangerie La Vendeenne and  Brenda’s Baked Goods

Our farmers are Higbee’s Berry Farm with a selection of fruit and veggies; R&R Corkums with meat products, eggs, etc.; Bonny Lea Farm with herbs, oils, compost and more; and Melanie from Sweet Spot Farms

Jams, jellies, pickles, and chutneys by June Boehner

And last, but not least, all manner of seafood from the Fish Store with Eric and Sandra Publicover

Finished for the season:  K. John Mason Ironworks and Dykeman’s Folk Art (Brent got called back from retirement to help with work and is unable to attend on Fridays)

Away this week:   Ginger is away but Nancy Humby is minding his shop for a few weeks and will not be in her usual spot with Watkins and Magic Cloth

With the August heat behind us we enter into one of the most beautiful months in Nova Scotia, September, with it’s colourful jerusalem artichokes and other late blooming flowers.  We have two vendors selling fresh flower bouquets.  Friday is Market Day in Chester and it’s going to be a lovely day – Come Grow With Us!

Back again with his beautiful jazz flute is musician Jim Kovalcik.

We have a wide selection of artisan products this week with the following vendors:

Nancy’s Seaweed Soaps; Nourished Natural Self Care; Ginger’s Ceramics; Beady Eye Jewelry; Joey Carter’s Jewelry; Fox’s Folly Woodworking; Nancy with Watkins products, Healing Gardens floral arrangements,  Michele Rivard’s whimsical windchimes; Linda Oikle’s original lino print cards and prints; Kindred Spirit Glass and more …

George is back with his Laughing Whale coffee and there is hot food by Indus Cuisine and Lobster Jo’s; apple cider from Suprima Farms and hard cider from Stone Poste Cidery

Breads and Sweet Treats by Boulangerie La Vendeenne and  Brenda’s Baked Goods

Our farmers are Higbee’s Berry Farm with a selection of fruit and veggies; R&R Corkums with meat products, eggs, etc.; Bonny Lea Farm with herbs, oils, compost and more; and Melanie from Sweet Spot Farms

Jams, jellies, pickles, and chutneys by June Boehner

And last, but not least, all manner of seafood from the Fish Store with Eric and Sandra Publicover

Finished for the season:  K. John Mason Ironworks

Away this week:   Ginger is away but Nancy Humby is minding his shop for a few weeks and will not be in her usual spot with Watkins and Magic Cloth; Fox’s Folly Woodworking is also away this week