Great American Farmers Market opens in Washington as part of America 250 celebrations

The Great American Farmers Market opened Aug. 3 in Southwest Washington, bringing more than 80 vendors from across the country to a site across from 1400 Independence Ave. SW, according to the District of Columbia America 250 Commission.

The market is part of Washington’s America 250 programming and is being held during National Farmers Market Week. Its opening-day program includes a ribbon-cutting ceremony and live entertainment, the commission said.

Location and opening-day program

The official event listing places the market across from 1400 Independence Ave. SW, near the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The location puts the event in a heavily used Southwest corridor, where visitors, nearby workers and people traveling through the area may encounter added activity connected with the market.

The commission’s listing identifies Aug. 3 as opening day. It also assigns health and wellness as the theme for Monday on the event schedule.

More than 80 vendors are listed as participants. The commission describes them as coming from across the United States, making the market a national-vendor event within the District’s local America 250 calendar.

Part of the District’s America 250 calendar

America 250 programming marks the approaching 250th anniversary of the United States. The Great American Farmers Market is listed by the DC250 Commission as one of the District’s related events.

The opening adds a large vendor gathering to the city’s National Farmers Market Week observance. The official listing confirms the opening program, location and vendor count, but it does not provide an attendance projection or an economic-impact estimate.

It also does not include a complete road-closure plan or a market closing date beyond the schedule information listed for the event. People planning to travel through the Independence Avenue SW area should note that the available official event information does not set out those transportation details.

What is known next

The next confirmed schedule detail in the official listing is Monday’s health-and-wellness theme. Beyond that, the available source packet does not identify additional dates, daily themes, operating hours or a final day for the market.

The market’s opening, vendor participation and associated programming are confirmed by the DC250 Commission. Attendance levels, traffic effects and any broader economic effects have not been stated in the available official listing.