Bangalow Farmers Market is on the move! From Saturday, December 7, you’ll find the farmers’ market in a new setting at Piccabeen Park, near Heritage House in Bangalow, along with a number of new stalls.
For the past 20 years, the farmers’ market has operated from the Bangalow Hotel carpark every Saturday morning, but now it is set to relocate and signal a new era for the much-loved weekly market. Bangalow Farmers Market manager, Kylie McGregor, says there were a few factors that prompted the market to find a new home.
‘We knew that the hotel would be renovating at some stage and it would require us moving out of the carpark,’ Kylie says. ‘There has also been talk in the community about the benefits of the farmers’ market moving down to the Bangalow Parklands area for a while now.’
‘It holds a number of benefits, including more parking along with shaded and grassed areas more conducive to people staying and spending time. It also helps free up parking in the main street of Bangalow and gives the market a little more space so we can expand our offering.’
From December 7, the market will include new breakfast food and drink stalls along with seating so people can sit and have breakfast while listening to the live music.
The area, which was recently named ‘Piccabeen Park’ after the indigenous name for the Bangalow Palm tree, is accessed via Deacon Street and is also a dog-friendly space so dogs on leads will be welcome.
Kylie says the relocation marks a new era for the market as it enters its 21st year next year.
‘Notching up 20 years is pretty impressive,’ she says. ‘And we hope the community will be happy with our new home. So far the response has been incredibly positive. It’s such as pretty location and it’s still easy walking distance from the town’s main street so we think it will work well for everyone.’
‘However, it is also touched with a little sadness, saying goodbye to our old home. We have been in the hotel carpark, as guests of Cathryn and Tom Mooney, for two decades. So, we are incredibly thankful to them for their support for such a long time.’
Bangalow Farmers Market is held every Saturday from 7am to 11am. The market is currently held in the Bangalow Hotel carpark and will be at Piccabeen Park from December 7.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
