Eugene Saturday Market

Since 1970, Saturday Market has been Eugenes weekly celebration of local artistry, food, music and culture. Its the oldest weekly open-air crafts market in the country. The Market provides a place for artisans to sell their handcrafted goods directly to their customers - everything at Saturday Market must be handcrafted by the seller. It also features fifteen food booths, and presents live local music all day long on the Market Stage. An estimated 5,000 - 7,000 customers visit the Market each Saturday. Since most artisans and many visitors are from the Eugene-Springfield area, local culture is both represented and strengthened each week as people gather to shop, eat, dance and just hang out together in the vibrant, bustling marketplace atmosphere. This weekly gathering place for informal interactions and commerce is the pulsing heart of Eugene, one of the few commercial enterprises still in existence after nearly 50 years downtown. Rooted in its hippie heritage, the Market continue...