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  • A busy outdoor market with colourful tents lining a pedestrian walkway alongside tall palm trees and crowds of visitors.
  • People posing with a red fish mascot at a community or waterfront event such as a farmer's market.
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20 Dec

Christmas Docklands Waterfront Farmers' Market

  • Free
  • Family and kids

This December, stock up on fresh Victorian produce, ready-to-eat treats and Christmas goodies from 50+ stallholders, while enjoying festive celebrations along the waterfront.

Christmas market highlights include:

- 50+ market stalls featuring their own Christmas offerings
- Roaming mascots, including Santa
- The Lady Cutler Floating Bar and Restaurant with surprise entertainment
- Live music throughout the day

Plus even more festive surprises to be announced throughout November and December.

Hours

Date Times
Sun 20 Dec
  • 10am - 2pm 10:00am - 2:00pm

Location

Waterfront
Harbour Esplanade
Docklands 3008

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This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 0400 221 266
  • email address: admin@docklandscc.com.au
  • Visit website for Christmas Docklands Waterfront Farmers' Market
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Christmas things to do

The city’s wrapped and ready with magical moments, twinkling lights and festive fun.

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment
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Christmas eat and drink

Savour the city’s festive flavours with rooftop bars and menus made for merry moments.

  • Bar
  • Restaurant
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Christmas shopping

Start ticking off your list in the city’s iconic laneways, arcades and malls.

  • Gifts
  • Fashion
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Hand painting a Christmas fir tree card with paints.
12 – 13 Dec

Youth Arts Fun Festival

Two days of live performances, handmade stalls, hands-on art and cultural discovery.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
A crowded outdoor market on a sunny day, with numerous people walking down a path lined by market stalls and umbrellas under a blue sky.
15 Nov – 20 Dec

Docklands Waterfront Farmers' Market

Showcasing fresh produce, market eats and live entertainment along Harbour Esplanade.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
Aerial view of an outdoor market on Southbank promenade, showing the Yarra River with boats on the right, market umbrellas and stalls on the concourse and city buildings in the background.
Until 28 Feb

Southbank Makers Market

Explore the Southbank Makers Market every Sunday on the promenade at Southgate.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
Three large, colourful and shiny gummy bears as part of a Christmas installation inside a shopping mall.
26 Nov – 31 Dec

Christmas at The District Docklands

Enjoy free festive family fun as the Gummy Bears take over The District Docklands laneways.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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