Warragul Arts & Makers Market
Run by the Baw Baw Arts Alliance, established 2010, at the TAFE Gippsland carpark on Queen Street.
About this market
The Baw Baw Arts Alliance was established in 2010 by a group of local artists and makers wanting a more vibrant, visible creative scene in West Gippsland, and the Warragul Arts & Makers Market has grown into one of its main public events. It trades the third Saturday of the month over the warmer half of the year, October through to March, in the TAFE Gippsland carpark on Queen Street.
An arts alliance market, not a general trash-and-treasure
Unlike the produce-and-secondhand mix common to weekend markets, the stall lineup here is deliberately curated around self-made art and handmade craft, judged on the maker having genuinely produced the work themselves. That focus runs through everything the Alliance does beyond the market too: it also curates the Railway Station Galleries in nearby Yarragon and Trafalgar, and hosts events at the VRI Hall in Warragul, giving West Gippsland's makers a year-round outlet rather than just a monthly stall.
Market at a glance
Because entry is judged on the work being genuinely handmade by the person selling it, the range on any given Saturday tends toward the specific and the personal: painting, ceramics, textiles, jewellery and similar one-person craft practices, rather than imported goods or mass-produced stock dressed up as a market find.
Every stallholder has to have made what they're selling themselves. It's a rule that keeps the market squarely an arts-and-makers event rather than a general trash-and-treasure market that happens to have a few craft stalls in it.
Good to know before you go
The market only runs across the warmer months, October to March, so it's worth checking the specific Saturday against the calendar before visiting, especially outside that window. The TAFE Gippsland carpark on Queen Street offers straightforward parking right at the market, making it an easy stop alongside the Alliance's other West Gippsland venues.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is Warragul Arts & Makers Market held?
- The third Saturday of the month, from October through to March, at the TAFE Gippsland carpark on Queen Street, Warragul.
- Who runs the market?
- The Baw Baw Arts Alliance, a community arts organisation established in 2010 to support local artists, poets, makers and creative groups across West Gippsland.
- What kind of stalls can visitors expect?
- Self-made art and handmade craft rather than a general produce or trash-and-treasure mix. The Alliance also curates the Railway Station Galleries in Yarragon and Trafalgar and runs events at the VRI Hall in Warragul.