After Draper's Last Tuesday Market, Where Do Its Bakers Go?

Tyler Thomas tried 40 cinnamon roll recipes before he settled on one. He told the Draper Journal that his business, Bakehouse, "just opened a month ago." That story ran on October 7, 2026, and the market where he sells in person has one Tuesday left in its season.

The final Draper Farmers Market of 2026 runs Tuesday, October 13, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Smith Fields Park, 200 E 13400 South. For a handful of Draper bakers, those booths have been the only place to buy from them face to face. When the tents come down, their in-person storefront closes with them.

A thirteen-Tuesday season

Draper's market runs on a short calendar. The city lists the 2026 dates as July 21 through October 13, which works out to thirteen Tuesdays. Hours were 5 to 9 p.m. through September, and October markets end an hour earlier at 8 p.m. The city combines it with Food Truck Night, so dinner trucks park on site alongside the produce tables. The market goes on in snow, rain or shine, though severe weather can cancel or postpone a night, and the city points people to its event page or (801) 576-6584 for updates.

Sunset Farmers Markets, which handles the vendor lineup and applications, describes more than a hundred small local businesses taking part each week, along with local musicians. Its Draper schedule lists vendors by date. The September 22 lineup included Bashire's Produce, Crofter Market, Hatfield's Farm, Knyaw Farms, Openshaw Acres, Uinta Wagyu and Farm To Table Life. By October 6, Alegría Garden and DP Wildflower Honey had joined the produce and meat stands. When this post was written, neither the Sunset page nor the city page had posted a roster for October 13 or announced anything special for closing night.

A season that short makes every Tuesday count for vendors who are still finding their customers.

Three bakers who started at Smith Fields Park

The Draper Journal piece by Katherine Weinstein calls farmers markets small-business incubators, where a baker can test recipes and learn what sells by watching people taste. It profiles three Draper bakers who brought their goods to this market in 2026.

SourJo's Bakery. Joane Nahue left a marketing career, took an intensive three-month baking course in Paris and then worked at a bakery in Caen, Normandy. She started SourJo's last spring. She bakes sourdough bread, croissants, pain au chocolat, cookies and bagels with organic ingredients, from scratch, down to the chocolate inside the pain au chocolat. Some of her baking draws on Peruvian flavors from her heritage.

Bakehouse. Tyler Thomas says Crumbl inspired the model. Each week Bakehouse rotates two specialty cinnamon roll flavors, such as birthday cake or Biscoff cookie, and keeps two "forever flavors," regular and orange. The cream cheese and vanilla bean frosting is made by hand. Thomas sold online first, and this market was his first time selling in person.

Julie's Peanut Butter Bars. Julie Petty has sold her bars on Instagram for five years. The recipe is a peanut butter and oatmeal cookie base topped with chocolate and peanut butter frosting, which Petty notes is different from the school cafeteria squares many people picture. 2026 was her first year selling in person at the Draper market.

The Journal gives no shop address for any of the three. Nahue told the Journal she hopes to sell to local coffee shops and eventually open her own shop in Draper. Thomas hopes to open a Draper shop someday too. Until then, the Journal points readers to Instagram for all three: @sourjojos, @eatbakehouse and @julies_peanut_butter_bars.

So after October 13, buying a Bakehouse roll or a SourJo's croissant means following an account and watching for an order window or a pop-up, not stopping by a counter.

The closing week, laid out

The last market lands in a busy few days on Draper's calendar, with trail and Halloween events on both sides of it.

The Haunted Trail has strict rules. It's built for children 15 and younger, and adults can attend only with a child. Every attendee, adults included, needs a ticket bought online in advance. Nothing is sold on site, and all sales are final. Each ticket covers a specific time slot with limited capacity, and late arrivals may not get in. The city says it gets spookier as it gets darker and suggests bringing younger children early.

The route is about a third of a mile. Roughly two-thirds is dirt and the rest is paved, with hills and uneven ground, and closed-toe shoes are strongly recommended. Strollers and pets aren't allowed. Expect fog effects, sudden noises and strobe lighting. The city warns about fraudulent third-party ticket sales and recommends buying only through links on draperutah.gov.

On the trail side, Happy Trails' Corner Canyon Trail Series uses GPS-tracked courses that runners finish on their own schedule. The series runs May 1 through October 31, 2026, and the Peak View group run on October 12 is one of the last organized outings before it ends. The Peak View Trailhead is at 14508 S Upper Corner Canyon Road and has year-round restrooms.

Late October through November

After the Haunted Trail wraps on October 17, the next city event with a posted 2026 date is the Veterans Day Ceremony on Wednesday, November 11. It runs from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Gold Star Families Monument Memorial in Draper Park, with a presentation of colors, music, a keynote address and refreshments.

Between those dates is a stretch of more than three weeks with no market on the calendar. For the three bakers, it's their first run of weeks without an in-person sales day since they started.

The nearest makers' market after Draper's closes is outside the city. Wheeler Historic Farm is at 6351 S 900 E in Murray. It lists its Annual Holiday Market for November 27 through 29 in Salt Lake County's 2026 events program. The county describes 50-plus local makers, indoor shopping in the Activity Barn and Education Center, food trucks, hot drinks and holiday treats. The county page carries an older publish date, so check the Wheeler Farm events page before you go. Wheeler also hosted an indoor winter farmers market on Sundays from January 4 to April 12, 2026, with 26 vendors and three rotating food trucks each week. The county's announcement covers that 2026 season only.

December brings a market back to Draper

Draper's holiday events pick up the week after Thanksgiving.

1. Tree Lighting Ceremony, Monday, November 30, 6 to 8 p.m., Draper Park. The lighting is at 6 p.m., followed by Santa, refreshments, pony rides and marshmallow roasting.
2. Holiday Market, Friday, December 4, 5 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, December 5, noon to 8 p.m., at the Day Barn. The city advertises holiday-gift vendors and visits and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
3. Candy Cane Hunt, Monday, December 7, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Draper Park. It's free for children 6 and younger, and Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive by firetruck.

The Holiday Market at the Day Barn is the next city-run market where local sellers set up tables in person, about seven weeks after the last Tuesday at Smith Fields Park. The city hasn't published a vendor list, so it isn't yet known whether any of the market bakers will be there. Their Instagram accounts are the most likely place for that news.

Until then, the 2026 season's in-person sales end at 8 p.m. on October 13 at 200 E 13400 South, the last scheduled Tuesday this year to look for SourJo's sourdough, a Bakehouse roll or a pan of Julie's bars at Smith Fields Park.

Steve Schoonover works in Draper and the surrounding Wasatch Front communities, and following which small businesses are growing, from farmers market booths toward storefronts, is part of knowing a neighborhood well. If you're curious how your Draper home's value compares with what's selling nearby this fall, Utah Homes by Steve can put together a current valuation built on local data. Get Your Free Home Valuation.