Vendor Events in Belleville, IL

Flea market and antique fair at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds, held the third weekend of each month.

13th-year open-air German-style Christmas market on Belleville's Public Square with 30+ vendors. Some vendors take part on set weekends, such as Nov 27-29 and Dec 3-6.

Every mid-July, Eckert's Country Store and Farms in Belleville, Illinois transforms into a celebration of the peach harvest with Eckert's Peach Festival. This annual food festival brings together the farm's long agricultural heritage with a full day of activities centered around fresh peaches and farm traditions. The festival draws families and food enthusiasts from across the region who come to experience picking fruit directly from the trees, sampling peach-based foods, and enjoying the relaxed pace of a working farm during peak season. The food vendor presence at Eckert's Peach Festival reflects what you'd expect at a well-established agricultural festival: expect to find peach pies, peach ice cream, peach cobbler, preserves, and other peach products alongside typical festival fare. Local food producers and artisans set up throughout the grounds, giving home-based food businesses and small producers a venue to reach families actively seeking fresh and homemade options. This is the kind of event where attendees come hungry and stay for multiple food stops, making it attractive for vendors focused on value-added agricultural products, baked goods, jams, or other shelf-stable peach offerings. Beyond the food component, the festival maintains a family atmosphere with live music performances, hayrides through the farm property, and hands-on peach picking opportunities that keep kids engaged. A regional artisan craft marketplace rounds out the vendor offerings, creating a diverse shopping environment. If you sell food products with seasonal appeal, craft items with farmhouse or rustic aesthetic, or anything that fits a mid-summer family outing vibe, Eckert's Peach Festival in Belleville attracts the kind of crowd that's willing to spend time and money exploring what vendors have to offer. The event's long history as part of an established family farm operation means it benefits from strong word-of-mouth and repeat attendance from year to year.