Homegrown Markets Maitland

Homegrown Markets Maitland is held on the second Sunday of each month, from 9am to 1pm, at Harold Gregson Park on High Street, Maitland. A listing on the My Maitland website shows monthly dates from 8 February to 13 December 2026, and admission is free.

Handmade stalls, street food and live tunes

The listing describes handmade and design stalls, street food, and live tunes and entertainment. Extras include a kids craft and game zone, face painting and a permanent jewellery bar. The market is run by Homegrown Markets, which also operates markets in Speers Point, Newcastle, Nelson Bay and other Hunter locations.

Market at a glance

2nd SundayEvery month

9am to 1pmTrading hours

FreeAdmission

1829Maitland laid out as a township

Maitland sits on the Hunter River, about 166 kilometres north of Sydney and 35 kilometres north-west of Newcastle. Governor Lachlan Macquarie visited in 1818 and named the area Wallis Plains, and it was laid out as a township and renamed Maitland in 1829. It was partitioned into West and East Maitland in 1835, the two merged in 1944, and High Street is the city centre. The 1955 Hunter Valley floods reached 12.5 metres and caused catastrophic damage and loss of life, with seven thousand buildings damaged and fourteen deaths recorded. The Maitland area covers 392 square kilometres and had 89,597 residents at the 2021 census. The event listing also carries an email contact for the organisers.

Good to know before you go

Check the date before you travel, because the market runs once a month and the listing covers set dates for 2026. The organisers also advise checking their social pages before any market for weather-related changes or cancellations.

The park address is given as High Street, Maitland, where the city centre is. Because the market is free to enter, a first visit costs nothing, and the kids craft and game zone gives families a reason to stay for the full four hours.