Get the Tasting Passport!
Experience the freshest local flavours and explore the best things to taste and do in our featured communities with our Tasting Passport! Earn points by checking in at locations on our tours or during your next visit to a BC Farmers’ Market. Showcase your progress with exclusive digital badges as you strive to reach SuperFoodie status and redeem your points for limited-edition merchandise while supplies last.
Make It a Market Day in Qualicum Beach
There’s more to explore! After you shop at the Qualicum Beach Farmers’ Market, discover more of our vibrant community by visiting the local businesses on our featured tour.
Why You’ll Love It:
Simply check in at participating businesses using the app during your market day visit, and unlock exclusive discounts at each location. It’s our way of inviting you to experience more of what makes Qualicum Beach so special.
Support BC Businesses:
Create Traditions: Turn your farmers’ market run into a full day of local experiences
Explore Further: Discover hidden gems you might have walked right past
Support BC Businesses: Every check-in supports the businesses that make our community thrive
Save More: Enjoy special discounts exclusive to Market Day visitors
Whether you’re grabbing fresh produce, artisan crafts, or just soaking in the Saturday morning atmosphere, extend your visit and see what our local businesses have to offer. Each check-in brings you closer to the heart of Qualicum Beach and saves you money while you explore.
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Qualicum Beach Farmers’ Market
644 Veterans Way, Qualicum Beachqbfarmersmarket.comThe Qualicum Beach Farmers’ Market plays host to the community year-round as they introduce locals and visitors to the region’s most talented makers, bakers, and growers every Saturday morning.
Since the market’s inception in 1997, a genuine “Meet me at the Market” feeling has permeated this community who proudly supports their local food producers. This early morning market starts promptly with the ring of the market bell, as friends and neighbours catch up over hot coffee and fresh snacks, and vendors display their fresh farm produce alongside up-and-coming independent food producers.
Open Saturdays 8:30am-12:00pm
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French Press Coffee Roasters
694 Primrose St, Qualicum Beach, BC, CA, V9K 2R8www.fpcoffeeroasters.com/French Press Coffee Roasters is a multi-award-winning coffee roaster and coffee shop based on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia. We delight in sourcing coffees that are deliciously varied in flavour characteristics, from approachable to wild, wacky, and wonderful.
Whether the coffee you prefer is comforting & familiar or meant to transport you on an olfactory odyssey, we hope that you will enjoy the intrinsic value of brewing and drinking our fine coffee and taking time-out to enjoy this simplest of pleasures.
Check in on the Tasting Passport App on market days for a free drip coffee with every bag of beans purchased.
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Fern + Cedar: Brewery & Restaurant, Qualicum Beach
680 Berwick Rd S, Qualicum Beach, BC, CA, V9K 1R2fernandcedar.ca/Fern + Cedar is an experiment to blend the lines of what it means to be a brewery and a modern restaurant. A true to our surroundings look and feel and a fresh, local, and inclusive food menu compliments an ever-rotating selection of quality craft beer made exclusively on site. Our beautiful sunny patio, open air interior, and famous live (yes, the ferns are real!) hanging greenery provides an inviting and refreshing ambiance that is an expression of our spectacular community and its abundance of lush forests.
Check in on the Tasting Passport App on market days (Saturday) to receive 5% off your food & drink bill
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Hatched Baby & Kids
101- 664 Beach Rd, Qualicum Beach, BC, CA, V9K 2N4hatchedbaby.caHatched Baby & Kids is a thoughtfully considered shop in Qualicum Beach, BC, offering timeless essentials, clothing, and gifts for babies and children.
Check in on the Tasting Passport App on market days (Saturday) to receive 10% off your purchase
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Village Eatery
670 Primrose St, Qualicum Beach, BC, CA, V9K 1R8extremeeatz.com/village-eatery-pizza-house-qualicum-beach/We’re Village Eatery — a cozy spot in the heart of Qualicum Beach where good food and good company come together.
We’ve created a space that feels relaxed and welcoming — the kind of place where locals and visitors alike can sit back, catch up, and enjoy a meal made with care.
Our menu has a bit of everything we love — from classic breakfasts like eggs benny and fresh waffles to hearty Greek plates, pizzas, and handhelds.
We also serve fresh daily baking, specialty coffees, and other hot drinks.
Whether you’re popping in for a quick coffee and muffin or settling in for a meal with friends and family, there’s something for everyone.
We’re open every day from 8 a.m. ‘til late — come by anytime. We’d love to have you!
Check in on the Tasting Passport App on market days (Saturday) to receive 10% off (food only) Not valid on baking or liquor.