Evans Head Farmers Market

Evans Head Farmers Market is an afternoon market. It runs every Friday from 2:30pm to 6:30pm in the Evans Head Surf Club carpark on Beech Street. Richmond Valley Council's events listing gives free entry. The trading window is four hours long.

Fresh produce close to the sea

The council describes the market as supporting local farmers and providing access to fresh, locally sourced produce. Entry is free, so it costs nothing to take a look, and the stated purpose is straightforward: get local food from local growers to local shoppers. Evans Head is a coastal town, so the setting is a surf club carpark beside the beach rather than a park or showground.

Market at a glance

Friday2:30pm to 6:30pm

FreeEntry

1877Evans Head settled

2,907Residents, 2021

Evans Head sits on the north coast of New South Wales, 11 kilometres east off the Pacific Highway from Woodburn, between Bundjalung and Broadwater National Parks. The settlement was established in 1877 and takes its name from Lt Evans, a Royal Navy marine surveyor who carried out the first marine survey of the coastline. It was traditionally a fishing village, with snapper fishing and prawning at the base of the local economy, and the 2021 census counted 2,907 residents. The town was also the base for the Friendship R, the first fishing trawler to circumnavigate Australia, which departed around March 1963.

Good to know before you go

Because the market opens at 2:30pm and closes at 6:30pm, plan to arrive after lunch rather than first thing. The venue is the Surf Club carpark on Beech Street. Because the town sits between Bundjalung and Broadwater National Parks, a market visit pairs easily with a bush or beach walk earlier in the day, and entry to the market itself is free.

The town has a bowling club and a surf club, with Airforce Beach as its main waterfront. The market's Facebook page carries updates, and the council listing gives a phone number and an email address for enquiries.