Best Markets in Bendigo: Farmers Markets, Food Markets and Artisan Fairs Guide
From the Bendigo Farmers Market to the Charing Cross market and the central highlands, here is a complete guide to Bendigo's best markets.
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- Bendigo's markets serve the central Victorian goldfields city and its regional population with the Bendigo Farmers Market providing direct-from-farm central Victorian produce, the Charing Cross and Rosalind Park settings providing excellent urban artisan market venues, and the Castlemaine Saturday Market (45 minutes south) providing one of regional Victoria's finest artisan market experiences as a regular day trip.
- Bendigo Farmers Market — the Bendigo Farmers Market (Saturday 9am to 1pm, Creative Arts Space or Rosalind Park, free entry) provides central Victorian direct-from-farm produce: seasonal vegetables from the irrigated Loddon-Mallee region, pasture-raised meat, artisan cheese, heritage fruit varieties, and specialty food from the central highlands agricultural zone.
- The market is well supported by Bendigo's food-conscious population.
Bendigo's markets serve the central Victorian goldfields city and its regional population with the Bendigo Farmers Market providing direct-from-farm central Victorian produce, the Charing Cross and Rosalind Park settings providing excellent urban artisan market venues, and the Castlemaine Saturday Market (45 minutes south) providing one of regional Victoria's finest artisan market experiences as a regular day trip.
Bendigo Farmers Market — the Bendigo Farmers Market (Saturday 9am to 1pm, Creative Arts Space or Rosalind Park, free entry) provides central Victorian direct-from-farm produce: seasonal vegetables from the irrigated Loddon-Mallee region, pasture-raised meat, artisan cheese, heritage fruit varieties, and specialty food from the central highlands agricultural zone. The market is well supported by Bendigo's food-conscious population.
Bendigo Art Market — the Bendigo Art Market (periodic, La Trobe University Bendigo precinct or Rosalind Park, free entry) showcases the work of central Victorian visual artists, jewellers, ceramicists, and makers in a market format that reflects Bendigo's strong arts culture and the success of the Bendigo Art Gallery's major exhibition program in building arts engagement in the city.
Charing Cross Market — the Charing Cross precinct (Pall Mall area, Bendigo) hosts periodic market events in the heritage CBD environment, with the Victorian-era streetscape providing an attractive setting for artisan goods and specialty food.
Castlemaine Saturday Market — the Castlemaine Saturday Market (Saturday, Castlemaine, 45 minutes south, free entry) is one of regional Victoria's finest artisan and produce markets, in the Mount Alexander goldfields town that has attracted a significant arts and alternative community. The market's quality handmade goods and the Castlemaine town precinct make it an excellent day trip from Bendigo.
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