Peasant Market 2023

July 8th from 9 am - 1 pm

Since 1947, the people of St. Stephen’s have joined together to offer PEASANT MARKET to the Addison County community. We affectionately call the event “The Miracle On The Green”!

Peasant Market is our signature event and our largest outreach project. It is held on the Saturday after the Fourth of July, last year’s Peasant Market was on Saturday, July 9th. This festival has become a well-known tradition and an outdoor community event for the whole family.

There were fabulous deals on jewelry, toys, sporting goods, garden accessories, plants, household goods, linens, antiques, and collectibles. We offered fresh squeezed lemonade, homemade baked goods and our wonderful fruit pies. Check out this 1997 NY Times Magazine article about our pies! 

Profits from the event fund our weekly free Community Lunch program, our three annual Community Free Dinners and our Peasant Market Grants program. Each year we call for grant applications from organizations in Addison County that serve low-income families. The grants are awarded to these organizations in the spring. For more information about the PM Grants and application process contact the parish office. Check out our Grantees!

The spirit of Peasant Market, among both church workers and customers, is always joyful even if skies are sometimes dark. Throughout the day, we feel the good spirit of serving the needs and desires of our local community.