Bluebonnet Market

Blooming bluebonnets and the annual Bluebonnet Festival are the talk of the town. Granted, Easter chose the third weekend this year, which moved the festival up a week, but the anticipation of a lit-up downtown rivals the state flower of Texas flourishing the countryside.

In five weeks, Saturday, April 2, the Bluebonnet Market starts afresh for the eighth consecutive year. The farmers market, which returns to its North Dallas Street home, will once again be open for business for seven months, April through October. Its hours remain the same, 8am until noon.

Cheerful and vivacious, A’Lara Smith, the Downtown Development Specialist, doubles as coordinator and cheerleader of the Bluebonnet Market. She is only one part of the energy that keeps the seven-months-of-Saturdays so successful.

Saturday, April 3, began year eight for what is now called the Bluebonnet Market. Located in downtown Ennis on North Dallas Street, the farmers market runs from 8 a.m. until noon for seven straight months.

Bluebonnet Market, which will open next Saturday, April 3, continues to welcome new vendors or previous vendors. A’Lara Smith, who directs the seven months of Saturday mornings, 8 a.m.

Saturday, April 3, is the start of the eighth season of the Bluebonnet Market. Seven months of Saturdays, from 8 a.m. until noon, is just around the corner for Tommy and Kristi Copeland, shown on the right serving patrons.

Finally making its 2020 debut, the Bluebonnet Market, formerly known as the Ennis Farmers Market, returns next Saturday, May 23. New Director A’Lara Smith, who hails from Frost, has indicated the hours will be the same, 8 a.m. until noon, but disclosed a surprise location.