6 farmers markets in the Myrtle Beach area to feed your local shopping cravings this spring
If you want to enjoy South Carolina’s spring bounties, check out a farmers market. With the warmer weather, area farmers markets are opening up to visitors looking to stock up on fresh produce, try ready-made food and buy from local artists.
With a Benjamin’s coffee in hand, Adam Houmiel perused the 37 vendors at the tree-shaded Surfside Beach Farmers Market Tuesday morning.
Visiting from upstate New York with his wife and daughter, Houmiel described the farmers market as “nice, peaceful, a lot of energy. We just got here so I’m excited to see what they have.”
For the last five years, artist Lori “Red” Varallo has sold her pottery at the Surfside Beach Farmers Market. The Longs resident said “it feels so good” to be back at the market this spring.
“You get the people here buying high-quality fruits and vegetables and we’re like an added, with the artwork,” Varallo said.”
Here are six farmers markets in the Myrtle Beach area, run by the non-profit Waccamaw Market Cooperative.
Surfside Beach
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Next to the Surfside Beach Library, Surfside Drive and North Willow Drive
Market Common
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Valor Park, 1120 Farrow Parkway, Myrtle Beach
North Myrtle Beach
Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Starts May 5
925 1st Ave. South, North Myrtle Beach
Conway
Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Starts May 6
Under the Main Street Bridge, Conway, SC
Murrells Inlet
Last Sunday of the month, 10 a.m, to 2 p.m.: April 30, May 28, June 25, July 30, August 27
Lee’s Kitchen parking lot, 4460 Highway 17 Business, Murrells Inlet
Pawleys Island
Some Sundays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.: April 23, May 7, May 21, June 4, June 18, July 2, July 16, August 6, August 20, September 24, October 29, November 26
Hammock Shops, 10880 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island
