Market Day Information
Everything you need for a smooth day at the Yarraville Farmers Market. Save this page and use it as your reference on market day. Your own site number was included in your Market Day email.
Bassett Reserve, Geelong Road, West Footscray VIC 3012
Vehicle entry via Roberts Street.
Your site & the site map
Your allocated site number is in your Market Day email. Find your spot on the interactive site map, and note the Roberts Street entry and vehicle access.
Best opened on your phone on the day.
Running order & bump-in / bump-out
| 6:30am | Gates open, earliest site access. No entry before 6:30am. |
|---|---|
| 6:30–7:45am | Bump-in. Unload, position your vehicle, set up and weight your marquee. |
| 7:45am | Vehicles in final position. No vehicle movement after 7:45am (pedestrian safety). |
| 8:00am | Market opens, trading begins. |
| 1:00pm | Trading ends. |
| 1:15pm | Bump-out begins. No vehicle movement before 1:15pm. |
| 3:00pm | All vendors packed up and offsite by 3:00pm. |
Getting in & your site
Entry point: Roberts Street, West Footscray. Follow the site map and marshals' directions to your allocated bay.
Your site is 3×3m, with a half-metre allowance either side. Keep tables, signage and stock within it, and never block walkways or emergency access lanes.
Vehicles: park snug behind your marquee. Some vehicles may need to be placed parallel behind stalls, so please use your better judgement and think about access and safety for all. If you booked a Standard Site without a vehicle, you must unload at your site and then move the vehicle offsite before 7:45am.
What you can sell
You can only sell items approved in your application. Please don't bring anything that wasn't on your original list. Everything for sale must be grown, made or produced by you (your business).
Hot and cold food vendors cannot sell pre-canned or bottled drinks from wholesalers (for example Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dare, Daily Juice Co.).
Noise & neighbours
We're guests in a residential neighbourhood, so please keep noise to a minimum. No horns, loud music or shouting.
Mandatory compliance, please have ready
- Marquee weights: minimum 20kg per leg (open marquee) or 40kg per leg (enclosed), rated to at least 80kph.
- No stakes or pins anywhere, no exceptions (underground services and safety).
- Public Liability Insurance: minimum $10 million, Certificate of Currency current. Bring a copy.
- Food & Beverage: registered via FoodTrader with a current Statement of Trade. Liquor vendors: current licence, displayed.
- Gas / open flame: fire extinguisher and fire blanket on hand, CFA compliant.
- Electrical: all gear tested and tagged, no leads across walkways.
- Power: no powered sites, be self-sufficient. Generators by prior arrangement only (quiet inverter type, EPA/Maribyrnong noise compliant) and not before 7:30am.
Sustainability
We are a 100% single-use plastic-free market. All packaging, presentation and serviceware must be reusable, recyclable or compostable (certified compostable PLA / bagasse is fine).
Zero rubbish, leave no trace. There is no vendor bin service, so take everything you bring in home with you, including packaging, offcuts and waste water. Leave your site exactly as you found it.
Toilets & amenities
We're working on getting a port-a-loo permitted for the site. For now, the nearest toilet is Hansen Reserve, 35 Roberts Street, West Footscray, about a 7-minute walk or a 1-minute drive.
There's also a Hungry Jack's across the road. If you use their bathroom, please be respectful of a local business and their staff, and buy something while you're there.
We know on-site amenities aren't ideal for our launch. We think the open space, the beautiful conditions of the reserve and the high exposure will more than make up for it. Come self-sufficient, and bring your own water and food.
Weather, check & prepare
We run rain or shine. Check the forecast the day before and prepare accordingly, with extra weights and wind bracing on breezy days, and shade and water on hot ones. For safety we may alter layouts, relocate stalls, or delay, suspend or cancel. Follow marshals' directions on the day.
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne forecast: bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/melbourne.shtml
Market Day contact & First Aid
Need a hand, first aid, or have a question during the day? Head to the Coco Loco marquee, where Jill or a Common Ground Markets representative will be throughout.
Emergency & local services
- Emergency (Police / Fire / Ambulance): 000 — then notify Jill on 0418 445 751.
- Victoria Police, Footscray Police Station, 66 Hyde St: (03) 8398 9800, or 131 444 (non-urgent).
- Ambulance Victoria: 000, or NURSE-ON-CALL 1300 60 60 24 (24/7).
- Victoria SES (storm, flood, marquee damage): 132 500.
Can't wait to see you there. Any questions before Sunday, just email stalls@yarravillemarket.com.au.