Ballarat Farmers Market

Markets

The Ballarat Farmers Market runs all year round and has 80 to 130 or more stalls depending on the season. Enjoy a coffee, chai, or hot chocolate, hot food cooked on the spot, fresh vegetables, fruit, bread, olive oil, cheese, jams, chutneys and sauces, clothing, fudge, gifts, health bars, eggs, honey, wine, Cornish pasties, fresh ground coffee, yummy biscuits, and hand-made jewellery.
Shoppers and market food vans
Road in foreground, market stalls with customers under tree

Craft, clothing and gift stalls are available, as well as a range of dry goods (flours, grains, pulses, dried fruit, herbs, herbal teas, nuts and much more). Plants are available, including natives, edibles, and succulents.

Ballarat Farmers Market (BFM) operates on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. There is a huge Twilight Christmas Market (250 stalls and 10,000 people) on a Friday before Christmas.

BFM operates in the North Gardens Reserve, Lake Wendouree. In Winter, BFM continues with indoor markets at the Ballarat Showgrounds. The Showgrounds is only 10 minutes from the usual market venue.

Information

Website

ballaratmarkets.com.au

Address

Zoo Drive, Lake Wendouree, Victoria, 3350

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