Photos: Farmers' Market returns to Capitol Square
The Dane County Farmers' Market returned to Capitol Square for the first time in 2026, welcoming vendors both old and new to the streets of Madison on Saturday, April 11. Cool temperatures didn't dampen the mood as hundreds turned out to buy flowers, produce, meat, cheese, art and other goods at the largest producer-only farmers' market in the country.Â
Noah Angel of Swallow Hill Farm in Viroqua, Wis. smiles as he weighs potatoes for customers at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Vendors line State St. during the first Dane County Farmers’ Market of the season on Capitol Square on Saturday, April 11, 2026 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People browse herbs and flowers being sold at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Jamie Ortega of Natalie’s Garden in Oregon, Wis. picks damaged petals from flowers at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People walk past fresh honey sold by The Bee Charmer of Brooklyn, Wis. at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Toothpicks are stuck in samples of cheese under the tent of Schroeder Kase of Rewey, Wis. at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Art pieces resembling jellyfish hang on display at Arielle’s Art at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
An early line forms at Stella’s Hot & Spicy Cheese Bread at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People walk south on N. Carroll St. at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
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