Terrigal Beach Markets
Fifty-plus curated stalls set up along the Esplanade between the hotel and the sand on the first Saturday of every month.
About this market
The Terrigal Beach Markets take the Esplanade on the first Saturday of every month, 9am to 3pm, and in 2026 the market is in its tenth year. More than fifty stalls set up on the stretch between the Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific and the water, which puts the whole market between the road and the sand rather than tucked into a reserve behind it.
Curated rather than first-come
Browse Events runs the market and selects the stallholder list rather than filling it in booking order, which is the reason the mix stays consistent month to month. What that produces is fashion, homewares, jewellery and desserts alongside local makers, small businesses and gourmet food, with a bias towards Australian stallholders selling their own work. Each site is a standard 3m by 3m space and stallholders bring their own marquee, tables and public liability insurance, so the market sets up and packs down inside the day without leaving infrastructure on the Esplanade.
Market at a glance
Six hours is a long window by monthly-market standards and it changes how the day works. The morning belongs to locals doing a lap before the beach fills, and the middle of the day belongs to visitors, so the market functions as two different crowds rather than one peak. Because it sits on the Esplanade, the cafes, the beach and the Haven are all part of the same walk, and there is no point at which you have to choose between the market and the coast.
The market does not use a reserve or a car park. It runs along the Esplanade footpath itself, between the Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific and the sand, which is why the stall footprint is fixed at 3m by 3m and every stallholder packs down the same day.
Before you go
First Saturday, nine to three, every month. Terrigal parking is the real constraint rather than the market: the Esplanade fills early on any fine Saturday, and the streets behind the shops are a shorter walk than they look. Come in the morning if you want to browse and in the afternoon if you want the beach with a market attached. It is an open-air market on an exposed foreshore, so a hot day is genuinely hot and a windy one moves marquees; check the operator's channels before setting out in poor weather. Bring a card and some cash, since stallholders take payment individually. This is Darkinjung country.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When are the Terrigal Beach Markets on?
- The first Saturday of every month, 9am to 3pm, along the Terrigal Esplanade.
- Where on the Esplanade do they set up?
- On the stretch between the Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific and the ocean, so the stalls run parallel to the beach rather than through the shops.
- Who runs the markets?
- Browse Events, which curates the stallholder list rather than filling it first-come. Each site is a 3m by 3m space and stallholders supply their own equipment and public liability cover.