PCYC Toowoomba Sunday Market
Every Sunday morning on James Street, fruit to furniture and books to bubble tea, with the takings going back into the PCYC.
Also known as Toowoomba Sunday Market, PCYC Sunday Market.
About this market
A weekly market that opens at seven and closes at half past twelve is aimed at people who want to have finished by lunch. The PCYC market on James Street has been doing exactly that on Sunday mornings for a very long time, and its range is the reason people keep coming back rather than any particular specialty.
Fruit to furniture, books to bubble tea
That description is the market's own and it is the most accurate summary available. Local produce sits alongside plants and pottery, second-hand furniture alongside books, jewellery alongside jumper leads. The food is genuinely multicultural, which in a regional city the size of Toowoomba tells you something about who lives there now. It is a general market rather than a farmers market or a craft market, and it is better for it.
Market at a glance
Being run by the Police and Community Youth Centre rather than a promoter means the money stays in the building. It also means the market has the stability that comes with an institution behind it rather than an individual.
Toowoomba runs several markets on different days and they are easy to mix up. This is the Sunday one, weekly, on James Street. The Toowoomba Farmers' Market is Saturday at the windmills near the Cobb+Co Museum, and The Goods Shed runs the third Sunday of the month in the railway precinct. All three are different markets with different stall lists.
Good to know before you go
Cash and bags, and set an alarm. A 7am open at a general market means the furniture and the good second-hand stock move first, and by eleven the market is thinning. Parking is around the PCYC on James Street and the surrounding blocks. Toowoomba sits at the top of the range about two hours west of Brisbane, so if you are coming up for the day this is the right way to start it: the market is finished well before lunch and the rest of the city is not.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is the PCYC Toowoomba Sunday Market on?
- Every Sunday, 7am to 12.30pm.
- Where is it held?
- At the PCYC, 219 James Street, Toowoomba City.
- What can you buy there?
- Almost anything. Local produce, fruit, plants, pottery, furniture, books, jewellery, tools and a wide multicultural food line-up.
- What are PCYC Toowoomba Sunday Market opening hours?
- Every Sunday. The market is at Toowoomba City, QLD.
- What days is PCYC Toowoomba Sunday Market open?
- Sunday, 7am to 12:30pm.