FoodFutures has confirmed that Lancaster’s Harvest Market will return to Market Square on Friday 11 September 2026. The quarterly market, which first arrived in the city in 2016, fills the square with street food, live music, arts and crafts, and community-run stalls.
Visitors can browse seasonal vegetables, local honey, preserves, and hot food while watching cooking demonstrations that make use of the harvest’s freshest produce. The day will also see the launch of the latest issue of THRIVE, North Lancashire’s community food magazine. Behind the scenes, the Closing Loops project team coordinates the event, working to keep money and energy circulating within the district’s economy.
The September market is one of four seasonal gatherings held each year around the equinoxes and solstices. It builds on a format that has proved popular since 2016, with regular contributors including Eggcup, Sewing Cafe Lancaster, and Lancaster and Morecambe Makerspace. The 2024 edition formed part of Share the Harvest, a month-long festival that celebrated locally grown apple and pear varieties and raised awareness of food waste.
Traders, musicians, entertainers, artists, and volunteers interested in taking part can contact Andi Chapple, Marketing Co-ordinator for the Closing Loops project, by email at [email protected] to enquire about stall spaces.
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