Troy Farmers Market

09/10/2026

Some of the best conversations happen at the Apple Festival.

Between the apple press and the pie contest table, the Bear Fair demos and the vendor booths, the live music and the 900+ neighbors, friends, and strangers who show up every year, October 2 is the kind of day where you leave knowing more people than when you arrived.

And the people who know that best? The volunteers and vendors who are right in the middle of it all.

Want to volunteer?

We need hands for set-up and take-down, apple press operation, pie contest coordination, and general festival support throughout the day. No experience or special talent necessary, just show up ready to dig in. Volunteers work alongside community members, partner organizations, and the TFM crew all day long. It's the best seat in the house.

Want to vend?

Vendor spots are still available for the Apple Festival, the biggest market day of our year. Set up your booth, meet your community, and reach 900+ potential customers in a single afternoon.

Both options are free. Both put you right in the heart of it.

To volunteer or for vendor information visit troymtfarmersmarket.com or reach out directly:

📧 [email protected]
📞 406.291.0979

📅 October 2 · 11 AM – 5 PM
📍 Troy Museum Grounds, Troy, MT

A well-informed community means fewer conflicts for everyone, including the bears who'd rather find food elsewhere than in your backyard. Pick your trees. Press em' down. Keep the bears out of town.

09/09/2026

The apple press is running this Friday, September 11 at the Troy Farmers Market.

Bring your apples. Bring clean gallon jugs for the juice. Go home with fresh-pressed cider made right here in Lincoln County.

If your trees are ahead of schedule don't wait, pick now, pack loosely in cardboard boxes, and store somewhere cool. A basement, garage, or cold room will hold them for several weeks.

Every apple that goes through the press is one less reason for a bear to wander into your yard this fall.

📅 Friday, September 11 · Market hours
📍 Troy Museum Grounds, Troy, MT

Pick your trees. Press em' down. Keep the bears out of town.

09/08/2026

Apple pie season starts in your backyard.

The Troy Farmers Market Apple Pie & Dessert Contest is a celebration of locally grown apples! When a baker uses them in their pie they get extra credit before the judges even take a bite.

The local apples hanging heavy on the tree right now, or dropping into the grass... they could be future pie filling! But left to lie they're a fragrant, irresistible meal for bears looking to pack on the pounds.

Every fall, bears moving through Lincoln County are on a mission — looking for easy food. Unpicked fruit, fresh or rotting, is one of the most common reasons bears end up thrashing around people's homes.

So here's our objective: let's get the trees picked. Pick one if you have one, glean your neighbor's if you're feeling helpful. Get the kids involved. Local apples are fit to become an excellent pie.

Whether you're the kind of person who bakes or the kind of person who eats — we need both of you on October 2. Bakers bring the entries. Everyone else brings their appetite. After judging wraps up, every pie and dessert gets sliced and sold by the piece, with proceeds going directly to the Troy Farmers Market. A scratch-made, locally grown apple pie for $5 on a fall Friday afternoon in Troy. Come hungry.

No entry fee. Scratch-made only.

Three categories so every baker has a place:
🥧 Traditional Apple Pie
🍑 Apple Desserts — cobblers, crisps, tarts, cakes, crumb-top pies
👧 Youth Division — ages 7–15

Drop off by 12 PM on October 2 at the Troy Museum Grounds. After judging, every entry gets sliced up and sold to benefit the Troy Farmers Market — so even if you don't take home a ribbon, your pie feeds the community.

Full rules at troymtfarmersmarket.com.

📅 October 2 · 11 AM – 5 PM
📍 Troy Museum Grounds, Troy, MT

Pick your trees. Press em' down. Keep the bears out of town.

09/05/2026

A bear's gonna bear!

Every fall in NW Montana, black bears and grizzlies do exactly what they're supposed to do... eat everything in sight before winter hits. We can't change that. But we can change what they find in our neighborhoods.

Before winter, bears enter hyperphagia, a state of driven, relentless eating. Up to 20,000 calories a day. Unpicked fruit trees and fallen apples rotting on the ground are some of the biggest draws for bears moving through Lincoln County every September and October.

The good news? This problem is genuinely solvable.

Pick your trees as soon as fruit ripens. Pick up fallen and spoiled apples, even rotting fruit attracts bears.

If your neighbor has more than they can handle, knock on their door. A simple "mind if we help pick these up?" goes a long way... for you, your neighbor, and the bear that was headed your way. Bring the kids. Make an afternoon of it. Then bring those apples to the press.

Whether you hunt, fish, run ATVs, or just like seeing wildlife from a safe distance, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is the agency managing the animals, the habitat, and the seasons that make all of it possible. They recommend harvesting fruit immediately once it ripens, storing picked fruit inside a secure building, and considering electric fencing around fruit trees if bears are active in your area. FWP offers design help and partial cost reimbursement for qualifying setups.

A well-informed community means fewer conflicts for everyone... people, livestock, gardens, fruit trees, and the bears themselves.

Swipe through for the highlights and come learn it all in person at the Apple Festival Bear Fair.

📅 October 2 · 11 AM – 5 PM
📍 Troy Museum Grounds, Troy, MT

troymtfarmersmarket.com

Pick your trees. Press 'em down. Keep the bears out of town.

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

Lots of great color at TFM today until 5pm!

09/04/2026

Great produce, crafts and music for first Friday at TFM 11 - 5. Today! The weather is perfect…

09/04/2026

Are you a grower, baker, maker, or crafter? The Troy Farmers Market Apple Festival has a spot with your name on it.

October 2 is the biggest market day of our year and one of the most beloved fall events in NW Montana. Last year we welcomed over 900 visitors from across Lincoln, Sanders, and Flathead counties and Boundary County, Idaho. These are engaged community members who come specifically to shop local, eat well, and spend the day.

This is your opportunity to put your goods in front of the largest crowd of the season alongside fresh-pressed cider, live music by Jay Snow & the Tone Keepers, the Apple Pie Bake-Off, and the Bear Fair. People don't just pass through. They linger, they browse, and they come back to the tables that intrigue them.

Whether you're a regular Troy Farmers Market vendor or joining us for the very first time, you belong here.

Vendor applications are open now at troymtfarmersmarket.com

Questions? Reach out at [email protected] or text 406.291.0979.

📅 October 2 · 11 AM – 5 PM
📍 Troy Museum Grounds, Troy, MT

A well-informed community means fewer conflicts between bears and people. Pick your trees, glean your neighbors' trees, and come press 'em at the festival.

09/01/2026

Attention bakers. Your community wants to see and share your talents.

The Troy Farmers Market Apple Pie & Dessert Contest is back for the Apple Festival on October 2, and we want your best scratch-made creation on that judging table.

This is not a stuffy competition. It's a celebration of hand-made-love, local apples, and the kind of baking that makes our small town feel like home. Judges will be looking for a flaky crust, a well-spiced filling, and that hard-to-define quality that makes someone close their eyes during the first bite.

Three categories so everyone has a place:

🥧 Traditional Apple Pie: classic two-crust pies only
🍑 Apple Desserts: cobblers, crisps, tarts, cakes, crumb-top pies, etc
👧 Youth Division: for bakers ages 7–15

No entry fee. No store-bought crusts or fillings, scratch-made only. Standard 9-inch size, enough to serve 8. Drop off by 12 PM on October 2.

Using locally grown apples from Lincoln County or the surrounding region? That earns you +2 bonus points on your scorecard. Another good reason to pick your trees this fall, or ask a neighbor if you can glean from theirs.

After judging, every entry gets sliced up and sold to benefit the Troy Farmers Market. So even if you don't take home a ribbon, your pie is a HUGE help and pleasure.

Full details and contest rules at troymtfarmersmarket.com.

📅 October 2 · Drop off by 12 PM
📍 Troy Museum Grounds, Troy, MT

Pick your trees. Press your apples. Keep the bears where they belong.

08/28/2026

Sammy has the back to school specials today at TFM!