Craft Fairs & Farmers Markets in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Annual Allen County Fair at the fairgrounds in Fort Wayne, with commercial exhibitor and food vendor spaces available by application.

Allen County Fairgrounds hosts spring and fall craft bazaars in Fort Wayne featuring 90+ vendors of local handmade goods and crafts. Free admission and parking for shoppers. Food concessions on-site.

Held at Salomon Farm Park in Fort Wayne, this farmers market requires vendors to produce goods within a 75-mile radius and grow their own fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs. The market prioritizes sustainable and organic growing practices. Beyond produce, the market welcomes baked goods, honey, maple syrup, handmade crafts, food vendors, and live entertainment.

Held each June in Fort Wayne's Headwaters Park East, GermanFest is the 45th edition of a festival founded in 1981 to celebrate the city's deep German heritage—now one of Northeast Indiana's largest. Tens of thousands gather for four days of authentic German food, beer, music, polka performances, and games. The festival is organized by four local German-American clubs: Fort Wayne Maennerchor/Damenchor, Fort Wayne Sport Club, German Heritage Society, and Fort Wayne Turners. Saturday includes FamilienFest, a family-oriented day with free kid activities.

Large 1800s-era reenactment festival in Fort Wayne with juried period craftspeople, historically-accurate food vendors, and a trappers & traders area. Applications open Jan-Mar.

Held in Fort Wayne at the historic Barr Street Market—the oldest public space in the city, operating continuously from the 1840s–1950s—YLNI Farmers Market is a producer-only market where vendors personally make or grow everything they sell. All vendors are local to Allen County. Ranked Indiana's #1 farmers market for four consecutive years and Fort Wayne's premier destination by Readers' Choice Awards for six straight years, the market draws produce, baked goods, coffee, honey, organic flowers, blown glass, and more alongside live music and kids' activities. Run by volunteers passionate about community engagement.

Indoor winter edition of the YLNI farmers market (separate seasonal venue from the summer Barr Street site) that recruits produce, food, and maker vendors.