Where does a Lascassas Christmas list get filled when the shops are a family farm venue on Lascassas Pike and a feed store on Barlow Lane? This year the answer comes from two families. Each of them has turned its own property into a holiday market, and each one runs by a farm's rules. The first market is this Saturday.
Saturday on the Lester place
The 2026 Black Barn Holiday Market runs Saturday, November 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Events at East 96, 9901 Lascassas Pike. Organizers expect more than 100 vendors, along with food trucks, demonstrators, live music and activities for the whole family.
The land has a long history. On the venue's page, the family says five generations have called East 96 home since 1935. They describe the venue as something they built out of their love for country life and for Lascassas. The market came much later. According to the Black Barn Markets homepage, Dana Lester founded it in November 2022 at the Lester family's outdoor venue.
The market has roughly doubled since its founding year. The Murfreesboro Pulse's November 2022 calendar listed the November 12, 2022 market with more than 50 vendors, food trucks, children's activities and the band 2Country 4Nashville. This Saturday's listing promises more than 100 vendors.
The craft side is more than a row of booths. The market sets aside an area called the Toolshed, where artisans demonstrate traditional techniques that include basket-making, pottery, broom-making and weaving. The organizers call the whole event an outdoor festival held against the backdrop of a family farm.
A market outdoors keeps a weather clause
An outdoor market on farm ground is planned around the forecast. The organizer's vendor application for November 14 describes the Holiday Market as an outdoor event held rain or shine. It also reserves the right to postpone, reschedule, change or cancel the market for severe weather or unsafe conditions.
That clause got used this fall. The Black Barn Fall Market was set for October 10. Because of the forecast and concern for the safety of vendors and shoppers, it moved to Saturday, October 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rutherford Source's weekend preview, published October 8, still listed the October 10 date. The Murfreesboro Pulse's October calendar carried the new date.
A few practical steps for this Saturday:
- Check the Black Barn Markets homepage before you head out. That is where the October date change was posted.
- Plan around 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fall market opened at 9, but the holiday market opens an hour later.
- Dress for being outside all day, since the market goes on rain or shine.
- Budget time for the Toolshed. Its demonstrations are a big part of what makes the event a craft market and not just a sale.
For reference, the Murfreesboro Pulse's June calendar listed the June 13 market with free admission and free parking, and 2Country4Nashville on stage.
When the Saturday market season ends, the feed store keeps going
The second family place is Lascassas Feed Supply at 7684 Barlow Lane, which is also home to the Lascassas Farmers Market. Coy and Jennifer Young own the feed store. Local families, the Youngs among them, started the market so that local goods would be available to people in Lascassas. The market only sells goods made by its own producers, and it has three stated goals: fresh goods for the community, support for local farmers and the local economy, and producer-only products.
The market's Saturday season, 8 a.m. to noon, runs from April 25 to October 10 on its posted schedule. The market adds a holiday evening on top of that season. The Kris Kringle Market is Saturday, December 5, 2026, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at Lascassas Feed Supply. The event page describes the evening this way:
"On this frosty market evening, let comfort find you—grab some fresh food, sip our handcrafted coffee, spiced cider, and velvety hot chocolate."
The market's events page says the nighttime market draws on Europe's Christmas markets. Last year's edition, on December 6, 2025, invited families to meet Mr. Kris Kringle and shop for seasonal gifts from local farmers and artisans. The two markets' hours split the season neatly. Black Barn is a daytime market from 10 to 3. Kris Kringle starts at 4.
The market's vendor page lists several makers based in Lascassas and close by:
- Calico Farms, Lascassas: organic baked goods, syrups and salsa
- Kumaika Coffee, Lascassas: single-origin organic coffee
- JW Farms, Lascassas: produce, fruit and CBD products
- Tailwynds Farm, Milton: grass-fed beef, chicken, no-spray produce and baked goods
- D.B. Collectibles, Mount Juliet: fiber crafts and woodworking
- Wilson Sweets, Murfreesboro: organic cookies, cake pops and more
The market also partners with Morning Glory Orchard, a second-generation family farm in Nolensville that supplies its peaches and apples.
A delivery map drawn from Lascassas
Between the two holiday markets, the feed store's market keeps selling through its Winter Online Market. Orders open Monday afternoon and close the following Monday at noon. Orders are delivered on the Thursday after that Monday.
The free delivery area starts in Lascassas and reaches out along the roads around it:
- Lascassas itself
- West of Lascassas as far as Route 41
- North as far as Route 452/Speedway
- East as far as Milton
- South as far as the Kittrell area
Other Murfreesboro areas pay a $5 delivery fee. Holiday items already show up in the shop. D.B. Collectibles lists a "Santa" hat for $20 and a mulling spice mix for $10, and Wilson Sweets shows up among the week's picks.
Here's how the timing lines up. An order placed after this Saturday's Black Barn market is due by noon on Monday, November 16, and it arrives on Thursday, November 19. An order placed by noon on Monday, November 30, arrives on Thursday, December 3, two days before the Kris Kringle Market.
Already on next year's calendar
Black Barn Markets has announced two dates for 2027: June 12 and November 13. The holiday market has kept a steady spot on the calendar. The 2022 market fell on Saturday, November 12. This year's is Saturday, November 14, and next year's is Saturday, November 13. Every one of those lands on the second Saturday of November, so Lascassas can put next year's market on the calendar now.
I've lived around Lascassas Pike and Barlow Lane most of my life. If you'd like to talk about a property near either one, or just compare notes on this Saturday's market, Rita Ash would love to hear from you. Let's Connect.
