Event Rentals
Special Event Rental Application | Outdoor Market Facility
Looking to host an event at the Kalamazoo Farmers Market? Whether you’re planning a craft show, a community market, or a private celebration, this application helps our team tailor the space to your specific needs. The site is perfect for an outdoor food food festival-- there's power, access to water, and convenient load in. The rental program also offers the ability to add on additional services. Rental prices for the outdoor market facility start at $1,500.
What’s Included
When you rent the facility, you gain access to the entire grounds, including:
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The Operations Building & Restrooms
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Booth Stalls & Coverings
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Courtyard & Play Area
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Onsite Parking Lot
Note: The Don Cooney Cultivation Center is a separate facility and is not included in this rental package.
Special Event Rental Application | Don Cooney Cultivation Center
Looking to host an event at the Don Cooney Cultivation Center? Whether you’re planning an indoor market, festival, concert, private celebration, or community gathering, the DCCC offers a flexible indoor space to bring your event to life. Located on the Kalamazoo Farmers Market property, the facility features 6,000 square feet of programming space, bathrooms, food truck portals, and an adjacent onsite parking lot. The rental program also offers the ability to add on additional services, including use of the commercial kitchen. Rental prices are determined based on your event needs and can be submitted as part of the rental application.
What’s Included
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6,000-square-foot indoor programming space
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Adjacent bathrooms
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Food truck portals
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Onsite parking lot
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Access to dumpsters for garbage and recycling
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Limited tables and chairs
Great Site Amenities
Vendor Shows and Merchandise Events
With the built in stalls and tables, this site is perfect for a vendor booth show that allows the design space for tents to expand the booth space in one direction or another. With a courtyard for programming, pedestrian friendly walk ways, and coverings for weather challenges, this site is incredibly supportive to event design.
Food Vendor Events and Festivals
With the Thursday Night Market as a framework for how to host a event that features an approved MLCC one-day license, this is a great event options for week day festivals or a popup mid-week event.
Amenities
With electrical outlets support, built in WiFi, and fire extinguisher posts, this site provide support to the event that isn't typically provided in other event site rentals. It takes the "hassle" factor out of renting. And, with a team of event planners and designers, the support to emerging events is also a part of the experiential learning that happens when a dedicated team is committed to helping vendors grow their business through sustainable ventures.
Our Goal
The rental application is a way for you to communicate what you want your event to be. We work to make sure that we take your vision and help you design an event that leverages every amenity of the site. Basically, the application is a communication tool. By sharing your vision and logistical requirements, you allow our team to help you design a layout that maximizes the site’s potential and ensures your event is positioned for success.
Call us and we will show you around, talk about the possibilities and help you start your event journey.
Events Happening through Rentals
September 13, 2026 – Vintage in the Zoo - Kalamazoo Farmers Market
October 9, 2026 – Festival Fridays Fall Festival – Kalamazoo Farmers Market and Don Cooney Cultivation Center
October 11, 2026 - Vintage in the Zoo - Kalamazoo Farmers Market
November 13, 2026 – KalamaTopia – Kalamazoo Farmers Market and Don Cooney Cultivation Center
Ready to book your event with the Kalamazoo Farmers Market and/or the Don Cooney Cultivation Center?
Contact us with any questions you have!
Email: kzoofarmersmarket@gmail.com
Phone: 269.388.2830
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