The Square: Bendigo's Handmade Market

We're back! The Square continues on...

So happy to let you all know that our little market will be continuing on with the support of the Town Hall managers and the City of Greater Bendigo! We're chuffed to know that Bendigo will still have The Square as a great market event and our much-loved creative folk will have ongoing venue to showcase their wares. Yay!

The first market for 2014 will go ahead on Saturday 8th March!

Stallholders please pop over to the 'info for stallholders' page and submit your applications - CLICK HERE TO APPLY. We'll need to hear from you as soon as possible as we'll be booking successful applicants in on Monday, 24th February.

The market's back before you even had a chance to miss it :)

 

Fond farewell

Happy new year everyone!

We have made the very difficult decision to wrap up The Square and so our little market won’t be returning. Thank you to each and every one of you, our wonderful customers, stallholders and supporters who have helped make the market such a success from the very start. We’ve had a ball with you for the last three years! We’ll certainly miss our market days and just wish there were more hours in our days to be able continue on.

It’s hard to say goodbye…

Belinda & Jodie xo

Updated information here.

Goodbye 2013!

Well, that was a very successful christmas market... Two big days, two big markets, thousands of people through the door, many christmas presents bought, too many cupcakes eaten and we are done for another year! Thanks and big love to you all!

We hope you have a wonderful festive season and see in the new year with a bang.

See you next year!

The girls @ The Square

Three years old...

After a wonderful Spring market on Saturday we are already onto planning the big two-day christmas market which also marks our third birthday! Three years and going strong thanks to the support of you guys, thank you kindly.

Pop the dates on your calendar now, you won't want to miss it! We'll have different stallholders each day and a few birthday celebratory-type-things happening too...

 

CHRISTMAS MARKET:

Saturday 30th November

and Sunday 1st December

9am - 4pm both days

Bendigo Town Hall

 

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And yes, stallholder applications are now open. We accept online applications only, just click over to our info for stallholders page (link on the left) for all the information you'll require and the application form.

Autumn (??) market done

Well, for a date at the start of autumn, last weekend's market sure felt like the height of summer... the temperature hit well over thirty as the sun shone over Bendigo all weekend. A massive thank you to all of you who came to browse the wonderful creative goodies we had on offer. And a whole lotta love to our stallholders who, as always, completely rocked. 

Our next event will be the winter market on June 8th. Stallholder applications are now being taken - click here to apply or click onto the info for stallholder page on the left.

Countdown to the autumn market

It's a little hard to believe that we're gearing up for the autumn market when it's still so hot...

But getting ready we are! It's less than two weeks away now. Our stallholders are booked in and getting busy stocking up on their amazing wares. Click over to the full list of retaillers to check out who'll be with us on Saturday 9th March at the beautiful Town Hall. 

We have some favourites returning and a bunch of new faces and products to share with you too. The stallholder sneak peek posts will start tomorrow, check back every day between now and then to see just a small selection of what will be on offer on market day.

 

Market dates for 2013

Preparations are underway for the first market of 2013! We'll be filling the Town Hall with some wonderful creative sellers on Saturday 9th March for the Autumn market.

Be sure to put all the 2013 dates on the calendar so you don't miss out...

Hope to see you there :) 

See you next year!

Ok. We're outta here for 2012.

But before we go, just letting you know that stallholder applications are open for the Autumn market on 9th March. Click over to our 'info for stallholders' page for all the info you'll require and the application form.

Wishing you all much merriness for the festive season...

Thanks for your support this year and we'll see you in 2013!

Countdown to the Spring market - stallholders announced!

We have been waiting oh so patiently for the end of winter. Enough with the cold, hello Spring!

And what better way to celebrate than filling the Town Hall with a whole lotta handmade goodness. We've just put up the full list of stallholders - click here (or on the Spring market link on the right). A bunch of new stallholders this time around which we're absolutely loving, and, of course, some of our favourites are returning again. As always, we'll be posting a few stallholder sneak peeks here on the blog between now and market day.

 

We are also happy to let you know that our Spring market is being proudly supported by Connect Pink, which is a social media initiative for women across Australia from The Bendigo Advertiser and Fairfax. Click over and check it out. There will be an info table in the front foyer on market day where you can have a chat to learn more and sign up.

We're also hosting the lovely Chef Sonia (of Masons of Bendigo fame) at this market. She'll be baking up a storm of yummy cupcakes for her fundraising stall for Pink Ribbon, the foundation dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness and funding for research. Sonia is amazing in the kitchen so we know those cupcakes are going to be oh so good...

Only two weeks until market day. Make sure the 15th is circled on your calendars :)

Winter market day done

What a market! A gorgeous sunny winter's day outside... and inside the hall was full of beautiful handmade wares and friendly faces. Thanks to each and every one of you that came down on Saturday, we're thrilled to see the handmade community getting such support in Bendigo. Some of the biggest crowds we've ever had, so wonderful!

We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did... we'd love to hear from you, click on the red 'feedback' link on the left. 

Let's do it all again soon! The next market will be our Spring market on the 15th September.