Ask around Orem about "the farmers market" and everyone knows which one you mean: the Sunset Farmers Market, which fills Orem City Center Park every Wednesday evening from May through October. It's the valley's big weeknight market — the operators describe around 200 participating small businesses across the season — and because it runs 5 to 9 p.m. instead of Saturday morning, it occupies a completely different slot in your week than Provo's market does. Less "weekend errand," more "dinner plans."
This is the evergreen guide: hours, parking, what's actually worth buying, the food-truck situation, and how it stacks up against the other markets in the valley.
The Basics
When: Wednesdays, May through October. Hours are 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. for most of the season; in October, the market winds down earlier — closer to dusk — as the evenings shorten.
Where: Orem City Center Park, 293 E. Center Street — the big park just east of State Street, next to the Orem City Center campus. It's roughly a 10-minute drive from either BYU or UVU.
Cost: Free admission, free parking.
Heads up on skipped weeks: the schedule occasionally shifts around city events and weather — June 10, 2026 was canceled for Orem Fest, for example. If you're making a special trip, check sunsetfarmersmarkets.com/orem that afternoon.
What to Buy
The vendor mix rotates week to week, but the reliable categories:
Produce. Fruits, vegetables, and herbs, much of it from growers within an hour of Orem. Early season leans greens and flowers; by late July you're into the good stuff — corn, tomatoes, stone fruit — and September brings the apple-and-squash turn. Utah County peaches in August are the single best reason to show up with cash.
Pantry staples. Eggs, honey, milk, meat, jams, and baked goods from small local producers. These booths are the ones regulars build a weekly habit around.
Flowers and plants. Particularly strong May through July — this is one of the better cut-flower markets in the valley.
Handmade goods. Soap, candles, jewelry, art, clothing. The maker share of the market is bigger here than at most produce-first markets, which is part of why it works as an evening stroll even if your fridge is full.
The Food-Truck Dinner Play
Here's the thing that makes the Orem market different: it's as much a food-truck night as a farmers market. The operator brands the Wednesday lineup "Food Fest" and bills it as Utah County's largest weekly food-truck roundup. In practice that means you can treat Wednesday as a no-cook dinner night — show up at 5:30, eat from a truck on the grass while live music plays, then shop the produce rows on the way out.
For students, it's a genuinely workable grocery run: 10 minutes from campus, dinner and produce in one stop, and truck pricing that's competitive with chain takeout.
Timing Your Visit
- 5:00–6:00 p.m. — best produce selection, shortest truck lines, hottest part of the evening. Shop first, eat second.
- 6:00–7:30 p.m. — peak crowd. Live music is going, truck lines are longest, the park is full. This is the market at its most fun and least efficient.
- 7:30–9:00 p.m. — cooler, calmer, golden-hour pleasant. Some produce is picked over, but vendors are likelier to deal, and parking is easy.
SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks
The market accepts SNAP, and through Double Up Food Bucks it matches SNAP spending on fresh produce — the operator advertises a $2 match for every $1 spent. The mechanics: take your Horizon card to the information booth, load what you want to spend, and you'll get tokens to use with vendors. Confirm the current match terms at the booth, since program details can change season to season.
How It Compares to the Other Markets
- Provo Farmers Market — Saturdays, 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Pioneer Park. More compact, stronger pure-produce focus, and the classic Saturday-morning-plus-Center-Street-brunch routine. If you want the biggest produce haul of the week, Provo Saturday is still the move.
- Orem Sunset Farmers Market — the biggest of the valley's weekly markets by participating vendor count (per the operators), and the only major one that works on a weeknight. Best for dinner-plus-shopping, makers, and anyone whose Saturdays are spoken for.
- Springville Sunset Farmers Market — Mondays, 5–9 p.m., run by the same operators. Smaller, but handy for south-county residents.
The same company — Sunset Farmers Markets, founded by Kelly and Jess Carter — also runs markets in Lindon and Draper, so if Wednesday doesn't work there's probably a Sunset market on a night that does. The Orem Wednesday market has anchored City Center Park since 2020, per the operator's own history.
Good to Know
- Cash and cards: most vendors take both; a few small producers are cash-only. An ATM run beforehand never hurts.
- Dogs: leashed dogs welcome — City Center Park has the space for it.
- Weather calls: the market is outdoors and mostly rain-or-shine, but severe-weather evenings can shorten or cancel it. Again: check the operator's page before a special trip.
- Season kickoff coverage: our 2026 season announcement has the year's opening details as they were announced in May.
If you're building a full Orem evening around it, University Place is five minutes away for anything the market didn't cover, and our Living in Orem guide covers the rest of the city. For everything else on the calendar, browse Utah Valley events.
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