Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed six Fitzroy markets, with days, stall counts, locations and tips that we could not match to any real market, and it claimed every one had been tested in person. It had not. The page has been rewritten from scratch: every market below was checked against its own website and a second, independent source on 1 October 2026.
Fitzroy is small. Wikipedia puts it at 1.4 square kilometres, boxed in by Alexandra Parade, Victoria Parade, Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Its weekend markets are smaller still: most of them sit on one block of Rose Street, between Brunswick and Nicholson streets. The Rose St. Artists’ Market is at number 60. The Fitzroy Market and The Fitzroy Mills Market share the old mill site at number 75.
That is the weekend. For weekday fruit and veg, there’s a Tuesday produce market on Brunswick Street. For a farmers’ market, or a monthly makers’ market with cannoli, you head over to Carlton and Carlton North. Six markets, all real. Every market day and opening time below comes from the market’s own page; where the council or a listing says something different, we say so. None of these markets publishes shopper prices. The dollar figures you will see are stall fees and one entry donation.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Market day | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handmade art, jewellery, ceramics | Rose Street Artists’ Market | Every Saturday and Sunday | 10am to 4pm |
| Vintage and second-hand | The Fitzroy Market | Saturday and Sunday | Sat 9am to 3pm, Sun 10am to 3pm |
| Local food and wellness producers | The Fitzroy Mills Market | Saturday only | 9am to 2pm |
| Affordable fruit and veg, midweek | The Community Grocer Fitzroy | Tuesday | 8.30am to 12.30pm |
| A proper farmers’ market | Carlton Farmers Market | Every Saturday | 8am to 1pm |
| Makers plus Italian treats, once a month | Lygon Street Market | First Sunday of the month | 10am to 3pm |
Rose Street Artists’ Market — 60 Rose St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Market day: every Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm, open rain, hail or shine.
Rose Street’s art and design market. It has run since 2003 in a former junkyard in the back streets, showing the work of up to 120 artists and designers each weekend. A selection panel of staff, practising artists and arts professionals picks the stallholders, and it asks for locally handmade art and design: jewellery, ceramics, original artwork, fashion, furniture design. Look for the pink flags. Tram 96 from Bourke Street to stop 14, or tram 11 from Collins Street to stop 17. The market says street parking is free for 120 minutes, and the council’s page notes an all-day car park on Rose Street, 20 metres from the entrance. Dogs are welcome.
Want to sell? A stall is $89 a day including GST, paid up front with the application.
Cash or card: not stated.
The move: buy from the person who made it. The market’s whole pitch is that you deal with the maker, and it lists commissioning work among the reasons to come.
The Fitzroy Market — 75 Rose St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Market day: Saturday 9am to 3pm, Sunday 10am to 3pm, on the market’s own pages. The council’s listing still shows a 2pm Saturday close, so if you’re cutting it fine, go with the earlier time.
The vintage and second-hand half of the Rose Street mill site, running for over 18 years by its own count. It calls itself a curated market for makers, collectors and sellers of handmade, vintage, pre-loved and second-hand goods, and together with the Mills market it counts over 70 stalls. The stall rules are strict: nothing mass-produced, nothing counterfeit, and nothing bought from Temu, Shein or Ali Baba. The council’s page says entry is a voluntary gold coin donation, passed on to local groups such as the Fitzroy Learning Network.
Want to sell? On 1 October the market said it was fully booked, with a waitlist on Eventbrite. A Saturday stall totals $142.48 and a Sunday stall $120.64, GST and booking fee included.
Cash or card: not stated.
The move: Saturday gets you both markets on one site; Sunday is The Fitzroy Market on its own.
The Fitzroy Mills Market — 75 Rose St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Market day: every Saturday, 9am to 2pm.
The food side of number 75; The Fitzroy Market sends food, plant and skincare sellers here. It bills itself as a weekly health and wellness market where you buy produce straight from local growers and makers, inside the former manufacturing mill. Plenty of it is undercover, including food, warm drinks and seating, and it runs rain, hail or shine. Coffee comes from the container cafe, a Fitzroy Mills and Industry Beans collaboration that opens every Saturday. Parking: the council’s page says there is an all-day car park on Rose Street.
Cash or card: not stated.
The move: get there before 2pm. The Fitzroy Market next to it runs an hour longer; this one doesn’t.
The Community Grocer Fitzroy — 90 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Market day: every Tuesday, 8.30am to 12.30pm, whatever the weather.
The weekday option. The Community Grocer runs pop-up fruit and veg markets around Melbourne, selling fresh seasonal produce at affordable prices to break down the barriers to fresh food, and it is an endorsed Deductible Gift Recipient. The Fitzroy one is at the Atherton Gardens Housing Estate. Look for the blue wall. Everyone is welcome, and the council’s page says to bring your bags and your list.
Cash or card: not stated.
The move: go early. The council’s listing says that is when the range is widest.
Carlton Farmers Market — Carlton North Primary School, 60 Lee St, Carlton North VIC 3054
Market day: every Saturday, 8am to 1pm. The entrance is on O’Grady Street.
Fitzroy’s own markets lean to makers, vintage and wellness food, so for a full farmers’ market you cross into Carlton North. This one is run by Melbourne Farmers Markets, a not-for-profit, in the grounds of Carlton North Primary School. The list is seasonal Victorian fruit and veg, free-range eggs and meat, olives and oil, honey, nuts and grains, dairy and cheese, bread and pastries. Trams 1, 6 and 96 or buses 250 and 251 get you there, and dogs on a lead are welcome.
Cash or card: entry is a voluntary $2 donation, card only. Stallholders’ payment methods are not stated.
The move: check Melbourne Farmers Markets’ Facebook or Instagram first. They post that week’s full stallholder list before the market.
Lygon Street Market — Piazza Italia (Argyle Square), Cnr Lygon St and Argyle Pl, Carlton VIC 3053
Market day: the first Sunday of each month, 10am to 3pm (Only Melbourne’s listing adds that there is no market in January). On 1 October the market’s calendar listed 4 October, 1 November and 6 December 2026.
Run by the same team as Rose Street, this is the monthly version in Carlton’s Italian heartland: up to 60 makers in Argyle Square, plus food. The market’s own listing runs “from authentic Italian cannoli to gourmet produce”. A cannolo is a Sicilian fried pastry tube piped with sweetened ricotta; cannoli is the plural. It’s pet-friendly, and the market says there’s two-hour street parking.
Cash or card: not stated.
The move: on a first Sunday, do both. Rose Street is open that day too.
Quick answers
What markets are in Fitzroy?
Three on Rose Street, between Brunswick and Nicholson streets: the Rose St. Artists’ Market at number 60 (handmade art and design, Saturday and Sunday), and The Fitzroy Market (vintage and second-hand, Saturday and Sunday) and The Fitzroy Mills Market (local food and wellness producers, Saturday only), which share the mill site at number 75. The Community Grocer also runs a fruit and veg market at 90 Brunswick Street every Tuesday morning.
What are the Fitzroy Market opening hours?
The Fitzroy Market’s own site says Saturday 9am to 3pm and Sunday 10am to 3pm at 75 Rose Street. The City of Yarra’s page still lists a 2pm Saturday close. The Fitzroy Mills Market on the same site runs Saturdays only, 9am to 2pm. The Rose St. Artists’ Market at number 60 is open 10am to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Is there a market in Fitzroy on Sunday?
Yes. The Rose St. Artists’ Market is open every Sunday, 10am to 4pm, and The Fitzroy Market every Sunday, 10am to 3pm. The Fitzroy Mills Market is Saturday only. On the first Sunday of each month the Lygon Street Market runs 10am to 3pm in Carlton (not in January, according to Only Melbourne).
Where do you park for the Fitzroy markets?
The City of Yarra says there is an all-day car park on Rose Street, about 20 metres from the Rose St. Artists’ Market entrance. The Rose Street market also says street parking nearby is free for 120 minutes. By tram, take route 96 from Bourke Street to stop 14 or route 11 from Collins Street to stop 17.
How much is a stall at the Rose Street or Fitzroy Market?
On 1 October 2026, the Rose St. Artists’ Market listed a stall at $89 a day including GST, with stallholders chosen by a selection panel. The Fitzroy Market’s Saturday stall totals $142.48 and its Sunday stall $120.64, including GST and the Eventbrite fee; the market said it was fully booked, with a waitlist on Eventbrite.
Is there a farmers’ market in Fitzroy?
Not a dedicated one: the City of Yarra’s markets page lists no farmers’ market inside Fitzroy. The closest things are The Fitzroy Mills Market on Saturdays, which sells produce from local growers and makers, and The Community Grocer’s fruit and veg market on Tuesdays. For a full farmers’ market, the Carlton Farmers Market runs every Saturday, 8am to 1pm, at Carlton North Primary School, with a voluntary $2 entry donation by card.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each market’s own website: the Rose St. Artists’ Market’s pages (which also cover the Lygon Street Market), The Fitzroy Market’s home and stall-booking pages, The Fitzroy Mills Market, The Community Grocer’s market list and Melbourne Farmers Markets’ Carlton page. Days, hours, addresses and stall fees were copied exactly as printed. Each market was then confirmed at a second, independent source: the City of Yarra’s market pages, Only Melbourne, Concrete Playground or Markets & Festivals Victoria. Where the operator and the council disagree (The Fitzroy Market’s Saturday closing time), we say so and give the operator’s current figure. Fitzroy’s size and boundaries are from Wikipedia. None of these markets publishes prices for shoppers, so we haven’t guessed any; stalls set their own. Markets change days and cancel for holidays, so check the market’s own page or socials before you go. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash. They show the kind of stall, not these markets.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Rose St. Artists’ Market: home, plan your visit, about and Winter/Spring 2026 dates; also City of Yarra
- The Fitzroy Market: home and booking a stall; also City of Yarra
- The Fitzroy Mills Market: thefitzroymills.com; also Only Melbourne, Concrete Playground and Markets & Festivals Victoria
- The Community Grocer: markets; also City of Yarra
- Carlton Farmers Market: Melbourne Farmers Markets; also City of Yarra
- Lygon Street Market: market page and 4 October 2026 listing; also Only Melbourne
- City of Yarra market list: yarracity.vic.gov.au
- Fitzroy’s size and boundaries: Wikipedia
