Mingle Markets Yarrabilba

Mingle Markets Yarrabilba launched in 2015 and runs once a month on the second Friday night, from 4:30pm to 8:30pm, at Darlington Parklands on Darlington Drive. The operator's site counts 12 markets a year and more than 60 recurring vendors.

A twilight market with food trucks

The market features popular food trucks, a seating area, artisan crafts, homewares, fashion and children's wares, with games and entertainment for the whole family. The organisers describe a safe environment where the kids play together while adults browse.

Mingle Markets Events Co also runs the Shoreline Markets at Redland Bay and the Milky Way Markets at Waterford, and its site lists a separate Mingle Sunday Markets at Yarrabilba, so check which one you are heading to. The Friday night market's Facebook page has more than 12,000 followers.

Market at a glance

2015Launched

2nd FriOf each month

60+Recurring vendors

12Markets a year

Before you go

Darlington Parklands sit between the Oak Leaf and Vista neighbourhoods, on the corner of Darlington Drive and Yarrabilba Drive. Yarrabilba had a population of 10,240 at the 2021 census, and in 2010 it was announced as the site of a future city with 20,000 dwellings and up to 50,000 residents.

European settlement began around 1862, and the land before then was occupied by the Wangerriburra clan of the Yugambeh language group, with two bora rings where ceremonies involving singing took place. The Beaudesert railway line through the area to Canungra operated from 1915 to 1955. During the Second World War the military training base Camp Cable was built between Logan Village and Tamborine and took in much of the land that is now Yarrabilba. The suburb became part of Logan City after the local government amalgamations of March 2008, and it now has ten neighbourhoods, including The Avenues, The Parks, Oak Leaf and Vista. For enquiries, call 0458 919 700.

The market starts at 4:30pm, so it suits an after-work visit.