A warm golden-hour farmers market on a quiet downtown street with white canopy tents, string lights, and families browsing fresh produce
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Mount Pleasant’s weekly farmers market

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Every Tuesday evening from June through September, West First Street in Mount Pleasant fills with local vendors, fresh produce, and the kind of midweek community gathering that tells you a town still knows how to come together.

Mount Pleasant’s weekly Tuesday evening farmers market is one of the quieter recurring events in Titus County, and one of the most revealing. Held at 100 West First Street every Tuesday from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. through the summer, the market brings local produce vendors, baked goods, prepared foods, and the kind of foot traffic that turns a weekday evening into something worth leaving the house for.

This is a different event from the 2nd Saturday Farmer’s Market that fills the downtown square once a month. The Tuesday evening market is weekly, lower-key, and built for the people who already live here—the kind of market where you stop on the way home, pick up tomatoes, and end up talking to your neighbor for twenty minutes. It’s not a festival. It’s a market, and that’s exactly why it works.

How the season works

The market runs from early June through the end of September, with vendor and food truck fees waived by the city to keep participation low and accessibility high. Vendors set up along West First Street in the downtown area, and the event runs through the late afternoon into the early evening—long enough to catch it after work, early enough that the kids aren’t past bedtime.

The mix changes with the season. Early markets lean toward spring produce—herbs, greens, strawberries. Mid-summer brings tomatoes, peppers, squash, and the kind of abundance that makes you rethink your dinner plans at the market table. By September, the market shifts toward fall crops and preserved goods, the last warm-evening markets before the season closes.

Past markets

These markets have already taken place. They’re included here for reference so you can see what the season looks like as it develops.

Archived June 2, 2026

Opening Tuesday Market

The 2026 season opened with local produce, baked goods, and prepared foods lining West First Street as the summer market tradition got underway.

Archived June 9, 2026

Weekly Market

The second market of the season brought vendors back downtown with early-summer produce and community foot traffic.

Archived June 16, 2026

Weekly Market

Mid-June vendors set up with strawberries, herbs, and homemade goods as the market settled into its weekly rhythm.

Archived June 23, 2026

Weekly Market

The market continued through late June with a mix of seasonal produce, baked goods, and local prepared foods.

Archived June 30, 2026

Weekly Market

The final Tuesday market of June wrapped the first month of the season with steady attendance and a growing vendor presence.

Upcoming markets

Upcoming July 7, 2026

The market resumes for the first Tuesday of July with mid-summer produce arriving as the season peaks.

Upcoming July 14, 2026

A mid-July edition featuring peak-season tomatoes, peppers, and summer squash from local growers.

Upcoming July 21, 2026

Late-July market with the heart of summer produce and the usual mix of vendors and food.

Upcoming July 28, 2026

The final Tuesday of July, typically one of the best-attended markets of the summer.

Upcoming August 4, 2026

The August season opens with late-summer produce and the transition toward fall crops.

Upcoming August 11, 2026

Mid-August market as the season begins its slow shift toward autumn.

Upcoming August 18, 2026

Late-August vendors bring the last of summer’s peak harvest alongside early fall offerings.

Upcoming August 25, 2026

The final Tuesday market of August, bridging summer and fall.

Upcoming September 1, 2026

The September season opens with the first hints of fall produce and cooler evening air.

Upcoming September 8, 2026

Mid-September market as the season moves into its final stretch.

Upcoming September 15, 2026

A late-season market with fall crops, preserved goods, and the kind of evening air that makes outdoor markets feel right.

Upcoming September 22, 2026

The penultimate market of the season, typically a strong turnout as the season winds down.

Upcoming September 29, 2026

The final market of the 2026 season. The last chance to shop vendors downtown before the market returns next June.

A warm golden-hour farmers market on a quiet downtown street with white canopy tents, string lights, and families browsing fresh produce
Fig. 01 The weekly market fills downtown with local vendors and the kind of foot traffic that makes a Tuesday evening feel like a community event.

Getting there from the property

100 West First Street sits in the heart of downtown Mount Pleasant, about ten minutes from the property on County Road 1070. The market fills the blocks along West First Street, with parking available on adjacent streets and in the surrounding downtown area. For anyone on the property, the drive is short enough to make the market a spontaneous Tuesday evening stop—grab produce, talk to vendors, pick up something for dinner, and head back.

The Tuesday evening market is one of those events that tells you something about a community without needing to explain it. It runs weekly, it’s free to attend, it’s organized by the Mount Pleasant–Titus County Chamber of Commerce, and it draws the people who actually live here. For anyone evaluating the property as a primary home or a weekend retreat, that kind of consistent, low-key community gathering is the thing that makes a Tuesday evening in Mount Pleasant feel like more than a drive to the grocery store.

Plan a visit

Walk the land, then walk the market.

See the 8 acres on a Tuesday evening, then drive ten minutes to the downtown market for local produce and community.

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