Make It Mine Market, Port Adelaide
Upcycled goods, secondhand finds and handmade stalls through the Port Mall precinct on the last Saturday of the month, September to May.
Also known as Make It Mine Markets, Make It Mine Port Adelaide.
About this market
Port Adelaide is the right suburb for a market built on secondhand things. Make It Mine takes over the Port Mall precinct on St Vincent Street the last Saturday of the month, five hours from nine, and the stall list runs to upcycled furniture, remade clothing, vintage and the sort of quality secondhand that takes a practised eye to source.
Salvage, not groceries
Worth being clear about what this is, because the word "market" in Adelaide usually means produce. There is street food and coffee here, but nobody comes for the fruit and veg. They come because someone has spent a month finding, stripping and rebuilding a chest of drawers, or because a stall has the specific brand of glassware their grandmother used to own.
Market at a glance
The precinct setting does most of the work. Stalls run through the mall itself rather than across an open paddock, and the permanent shops stay open around them, so the browse holds together better than it would on a windy September morning in a park.
Make It Mine runs at Henley Square as well, on the last Sunday of the month across the same September to May season. Same operator, different market, different stalls. If a listing says Make It Mine without naming a suburb, check which one it means before you drive anywhere. One date to confirm rather than assume: the last Saturday of December lands in the week after Christmas, and we have no word either way on whether it trades.
Good to know before you go
Bring cash, and bring a way to carry something heavier than you planned for. Furniture and larger salvage turn up regularly and the good pieces go in the first hour, which is the argument for arriving closer to nine than to noon. Parking around St Vincent Street is straightforward on a Saturday morning, and the train from the city drops you a few minutes' walk away. Port Adelaide has enough going on around it, from the waterfront to the pubs on the main street, that the market works as the first stop of a morning rather than the whole of it.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is the Make It Mine Market at Port Adelaide on?
- The last Saturday of the month from September to May, 9am to 2pm. It does not run over the winter months of June, July and August, and the December date falls in the week after Christmas, so confirm that one with the organisers.
- Where exactly is it held?
- Through the Port Mall shopping precinct at 178 St Vincent Street, in the middle of Port Adelaide. It is a five minute walk from the Port Adelaide railway station and the waterfront.
- Is this the same market as the one at Henley Beach?
- Same operator, different market. Henley Square runs on the last Sunday rather than the last Saturday, and the stall list is not the same. If you want both, they fall on consecutive days.
- What sort of stalls does it have?
- Upcycled and remade goods, quality secondhand, vintage and handmade, plus street food and drinks. It leans salvage rather than farmers market, so come for objects rather than groceries.
- What are Make It Mine Market, Port Adelaide opening hours?
- The last Saturday of the month, September to May, except December. The market is at Port Adelaide, SA.
- What days is Make It Mine Market, Port Adelaide open?
- Saturday, 9am to 2pm.