2027 Season Calendar
28 Saturdays. One growing season. Plenty to look forward to.
Wild & Wayward is open every Saturday, April 24–October 30, from 10 AM–2 PM. Each week has its own little place in the season—from simple market mornings to special features and a handful of wonderfully wayward celebrations.
Browse the season below and start planning your Saturdays with us. As we get closer to Opening Day, weekly vendor lineups, activities, programming, and market-day details will be added right here.
APRIL — SPRING AWAKENING
A new season begins.
APRIL 24
Spring Opening Celebration
Opening Day
We're kicking off Wild & Wayward's very first season with fresh starts, local food, family fun, and a whole market full of things beginning to grow.
🌱 Plant a Seed · Market Explorer Hunt · Build Your Spring Breakfast · Music & more
MAY — GROWTH & POLLINATION
Every harvest starts small.
MAY 1
The Seed
Simple Market Morning
Start at the beginning. The Seed celebrates the tiny beginnings behind everything that grows, blooms, and eventually finds its way to the market table.
🌱 Seed-themed Little Waywards activity · Market Explorer Hunt · Spring market morning
MAY 8
Roots, Shoots & Leaves — Mother's Day Edition
Mother's Day Weekend
Celebrate the people who help us grow with a market morning inspired by roots, new growth, and a little extra love for the moms and mother figures in our lives.
🌷 Mother's Day touches · Little Waywards activity · Seasonal market finds
MAY 15
Bloom & Grow
Spring Market Day
Spring is stretching its legs. Come see what's blooming, growing, baking, and making its way to market as the season starts coming alive.
🌼 Flower & garden inspiration · Little Waywards activity · Spring market finds
MAY 22
Bee Happy
Pollinator Celebration
A market morning for the tiny workers behind so much of what we grow. Bee Happy celebrates pollinators, local agriculture, and the wonderfully busy world around us.
🐝 Pollinator fun · Little Waywards activity · Agriculture & education
MAY 29
From Bloom To Fruit
Memorial Day Weekend
Follow the growing season from flower to fruit as spring begins giving way to the first tastes of summer at Wild & Wayward.
🍓 Seasonal produce · Little Waywards activity · Early-summer market finds
JUNE — FROM MARKET TO TABLE
Good food brings people together.
JUNE 5
What's in Season?
Early Summer Market Day
See what Mid-Missouri is growing right now as the market begins shifting into summer. It's a celebration of eating with the season—and getting excited about what's still to come.
🌱 What's in Season Hunt · Seasonal Produce · Early Summer Supper
JUNE 12
Berry Sweet
Summer Market Day
Berries take center stage as summer settles in—with seasonal flavors, sweet treats, and plenty of reasons to enjoy a slow Saturday morning at the market.
🍓 Berry Sweet Hunt & Coloring · Seasonal Market Finds · Summer Flavors
JUNE 19
Pickle Party + Father's Day
Special Market Celebration
Things are getting a little briny at Wild & Wayward. Join us for a playful pickle-inspired market morning with a little Father's Day fun mixed in.
🥒 Pickle Fun · Father's Day Touches · Interactive Market Activities
JUNE 26
Picnic at the Market
Summer Picinic Day
Grab something delicious, find a spot to stay awhile, and enjoy a market morning built around one of our favorite things: gathering around the table.
🧺 Market Picnic · Summer Market Finds · Good Food & Good Company
JULY — SUMMER ON THE FARM
This is what summer feels like.
JULY 3
Red, White & Berry
Fourth of July Weekend
Kick off the holiday weekend with summer flavors, local finds, and plenty of inspiration for putting a little more local on your Fourth of July table.
Summer Market Finds · Local Cookout Inspiration · Build Your Local Cookout
JULY 10
Summer Picnic
Easygoing Summer Market Day
No big production needed—just a good summer Saturday at the market. Shop what's in season, fill your basket, and enjoy the kind of morning summer was made for.
🧺 Seasonal Finds · Summer Market Morning · Good Food & Good Company
JULY 17
Young & Wayward Market
Little Hands. Big Ideas.
Our youngest growers, bakers, makers, artists, and entrepreneurs take center stage for a market morning celebrating big ideas, brave beginnings, and the next generation of local business.
🌻 Young Entrepreneurs · What Would YOU Sell? · Young & Wayward Stories · Photo Fun
JULY 24
Christmas in July
Christmas Got a Little Wayward
Who says Christmas has to wait for cold weather? We're bringing a little holiday magic to the middle of summer with festive fun, playful surprises, and a decidedly wayward Christmas morning.
🎄 Find the Presents · Letters to Santa · Christmas Morning in July · Summer Christmas Fun
JULY 31
Sunflowers & Summer
Summer in Full Bloom
Close out July with a simple market morning celebrating sunshine, seasonal abundance, and summer at its fullest before the growing season begins its slow turn toward fall.
🌻 Sunflowers · Seasonal Market Finds · Summer in Full Bloom
AUGUST — HIGH SUMMER → FAIRS & FOLK
Summer gets playful, then turns the spotlight toward the people behind the market.
AUGUST 7
Meet Your Farmer
From Their Farm to Your Table
Meet some of the people behind the food at Wild & Wayward and learn a little more about what they grow, raise, and bring to market each week.
🌱 Farm-to-Market Scavenger Hunt · Grower Spotlights · Local Food Stories
AUGUST 14
Meet Your Maker
Made Here. Made by Them.
Take a closer look at the hands and stories behind the things made for market—from baked goods and pantry staples to art, crafts, and other locally made finds.
🧶 Maker Spotlights · Make-Something Activity · Handmade & Homegrown Finds
AUGUST 21
Farmers Market Week
Celebrate the Market We’re Growing Together
This one's for the whole Wild & Wayward community—the growers, bakers, makers, producers, neighbors, and shoppers who turn a Saturday market into something worth belonging to.
🌻 Market Bingo · Vendor Stories · Local Food · Community Celebration
AUGUST 28
Market of the Realm
Hark! The Market Hath Gone Wayward.
For one Saturday, Wild & Wayward trades an ordinary market morning for something a little more medieval. Wander the market, take on a quest, meet colorful characters, and shop the wares of our local growers, bakers, makers, and producers.
⚔️ Market Quests · Vendor Characters · Medieval Merriment · Music & More
SEPTEMBER — HARVEST BEGINS
Summer fades. Harvest season takes the lead.
SEPTEMBER 4
Labor Day Market
One Last Taste of Summer
Spend part of the holiday weekend at Wild & Wayward with late-summer produce, local favorites, and an easygoing market morning before the season begins its turn toward fall.
🌻 Late-Summer Finds · Local Food · Long-Weekend Market Morning
SEPTEMBER 11
Preserve the Harvest
Save a Little Summer for Later
The growing season doesn't have to end when the basket is empty. Celebrate the time-honored ways people preserve the harvest and carry seasonal food into the months ahead.
🥫 Preserving Inspiration · Harvest Skills · Seasonal Market Finds
SEPTEMBER 18
Apple Everything
An Apple a Day Gets a Little Wayward
Apples take over Wild & Wayward for a market morning filled with one of fall's favorite flavors—from fresh fruit and baked goods to seasonal treats and plenty of apple-inspired fun.
🍎 Apple Market Finds · Apple-Themed Fun · Fall Flavors · Seasonal Activities
SEPTEMBER 25
Welcome Fall
Hello, Harvest Season.
Cooler mornings, changing colors, and harvest season have arrived. Come welcome fall with the growers, bakers, makers, producers, and seasonal finds that make this time of year so good.
🍂 Fall Market Finds · Harvest Activities · Seasonal Photo Fun · Autumn at the Market
OCTOBER — HARVEST & HOMECOMING
Gather close. The season is coming home.
OCTOBER 2
The Harvest Market
Gather What the Season Gave Us
Harvest season is in full swing. Fill your market bag with the flavors, colors, and locally grown and made goodness that only this time of year can bring.
🎃 Harvest Finds · Seasonal Produce · Fall Flavors · Market Morning Fun
OCTOBER 9
Pie Day
Life Is Short. Eat the Pie.
Sweet, savory, flaky, messy—Pie Day is a celebration of one of the very best things to come out of a kitchen. Come hungry and see what our market community brings to the table.
🥧 Pie Contest · Fall Flavors · Baking Fun · Seasonal Market Finds
OCTOBER 16
Spooky Market
Things Are Getting a Little Boo-Wayward.
A little spooky, a little silly, and still very much a farmers market. Come enjoy a playful fall morning with seasonal finds, Halloween fun, and a few friendly surprises tucked around the market.
👻 Spooky Market Fun · Little Waywards Activities · Costumes & Seasonal Surprises
OCTOBER 23
The Great Fall Festival
Go Big or Gourd Home.
We're giving fall one big Wild & Wayward celebration before the season winds down—with harvest fun, autumn activities, local food, and plenty of reasons to stay awhile.
🍂 Fall Festival Fun · Harvest Activities · Seasonal Photo Spot · Local Food & More
OCTOBER 30
The Last Harvest
Until We Grow Again.
One last Saturday. One last market morning. Join us as we gather together to celebrate everything this first season grew—the food, the makers, the memories, and the community that made Wild & Wayward home.
🌻 Season Favorites · Community Memories · One Last Market Morning · See You Next Season
Planning Your Saturdays?
Themes give you a look at what’s growing throughout the season. As Opening Day gets closer, we’ll add weekly vendor lineups, activities, programming, and everything you need to plan your market morning.
Little Waywards Welcome
Market mornings are for little hands, big imaginations, and curious minds, too.
Throughout the season, our Little Waywards can find simple activities made just for them—from crafts and scavenger hunts to Market Passport adventures, seasonal activities, and plenty of reasons to explore.
Some Saturdays bring something extra, while others keep things wonderfully simple. Either way, kids are always welcome to learn, wander, ask questions, and discover where their food and community come from.
Learn, Meet & Explore
Wild & Wayward is about more than shopping local. Throughout the season, we hope to welcome people and organizations who can help our community learn something new, try something with their own hands, or better understand the food, agriculture, skills, and people around them.
You never know what you might discover at the market.
LEARN SOMETHING
MEET YOUR COMMUNITY
TRY SOMETHING NEW
From gardening and food preservation to sourdough, honeybees, fiber arts, seasonal cooking, and other useful skills, market mornings can be a place to learn from people who know their stuff.
Local nonprofits, agricultural organizations, 4-H and FFA groups, conservation educators, animal organizations, growers, beekeepers, and other community groups may join us throughout the season to share what they do.
Demonstrations and hands-on experiences give visitors a chance to see how something is grown, made, prepared, preserved, or cared for—and maybe leave knowing something they didn't when they arrived.
Have something worth sharing?
We'd love to hear from local educators, agricultural organizations, nonprofits, community groups, and people with useful skills or knowledge that fit naturally into a Wild & Wayward market morning.
Community Features are separate from vendor spaces and are reviewed individually for fit, safety, and market requirements.
🌱 SPRING
Fresh starts & things taking root.
Seedlings, flowers, garden season, spring produce, planting activities, agricultural education, and the excitement of opening Wild & Wayward for the season.
Not every Saturday needs a festival to be worth showing up for. Sometimes the best market mornings are simply good food, good people, and whatever the season brought with it.
What’s growing, what’s being made, and what there is to discover will shift throughout the year. Some Saturdays may bring special programming or seasonal activities; others will simply celebrate what’s showing up at the market that week.
Celebrate The Seasons
The market changes right along with the season.
☀️ SUMMER
The market in full swing.
Produce abundance, family activities, demonstrations, community features, summer flavors, and plenty of reasons to linger a little longer.
🍎 FALL
Harvest season at Wild & Wayward.
Apples, pumpkins, mums, preserving, harvest activities, seasonal photo spots, cooler market mornings, and the celebration of everything the growing season brought with it.
Plans Change. Missouri Weather Helps
Sometimes Mother Nature gets a little wayward, too
Programming may change because of weather, presenter availability, growing conditions, or circumstances outside our control. If an activity or special feature changes, the market may still be open as scheduled.
Before heading out, check the latest Market Status for weather updates, cancellations, delays, or other important market-day information.
There's More To Saturday
Come for what’s on your list. Stay for what you find along the way.
Wild & Wayward is a place to shop local, meet the people behind what you buy, let the kids explore, learn something new, and spend a little more of your Saturday with your community.
Some weeks will be lively. Some will be simple. Every one of them starts with the same thing: local people showing up for local people.