Next Market: Sunday September 5th
Band: Mick McHugh
Featured Buskers: Soulman O'Gaia
Byron Community Markets are a fanfare of colour, music, original arts & crafts, as well as a myriad of exotic foods & other wares. Ingenious art and craft work fill the market site. Beautiful things made by local people using unusual and natural materials sit side by side with colourful imports from Africa and Asia. With in the diversity of over 300 stalls there is something for everyone.
Open from 8 - 3pm, preference is given to local stallholders who make or grow their produce allowing the market to play a valuable role as a business incubator. . Throughout the market site a multitude of stalls are filled with the 100% locally made creative delights.
Each month the market invites two local charities to be Charity of the Day to collect donations at the entrances to the market. This is a major fundraising boost for many local organisations.
The Byron Market led the way in introducing a green waste disposal system. Through Waste Wise, our minimisation initiative, the market recycles all plastics, glass, aluminium and compostable waste. To comply with relevant health regulations, animals are not permitted on the market grounds.
The Byron Community Centre has been working for a couple of months on a proposal to improve/beautify the Butler Street Reservewhere both the Byron Market and Byron Farmers Market are held. In June 2010 we have begun the implementation phase having recently planted 40 new medium to large native treeson the market ground.
We wish to record our thanks to:
- Eden at Byron Nurseries, 140 Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay,
- Bangalow Wholesale Nurseries, Brooklet, Newrybar
- Cape Nursery, Myocum Rd, Myocum
- The Green & Clean Awareness Team
- Byron Shire Council,
- and all the volunteers who have come down to help with the tree planting.
