Ocean Reef Night Market

Ocean Reef Night Market opened at Mirror Park on 15 October 2024, and has since settled into a seasonal Friday-night run through Perth's northern coastal suburbs. It started out on a fortnightly Tuesday slot before switching to a weekly Friday evening format for its 2025-26 season, a sign of a young market still finding its rhythm rather than a fixed decades-old fixture.

A picnic-rug market that follows the warm months

The market trades Friday evenings from around October through to April, 4:30pm to 9:30pm, then pauses over the cooler winter months before returning each spring. Food trucks and market stalls line Mirror Park, with live music adding to the atmosphere. Visitors are encouraged to bring a picnic rug and settle in with family and friends rather than treat it as a quick stallholder browse, which fits the park setting better than a formal market layout would.

Being a seasonal night market rather than a year-round one is deliberate: the format leans on being outdoors after dark, which works far better in Perth's warmer months than in the middle of winter. The market has also changed its own weekly slot once already, moving from a fortnightly Tuesday format to a weekly Friday one for its second season, which is worth knowing if an older listing still mentions Tuesdays.

Good to know before you go

Because the market runs seasonally, check current dates before heading out if visiting outside the October to April window, since the market goes quiet over winter rather than trading year-round. Mirror Park sits in the Ocean Reef pocket of Perth's northern suburbs, an easy stop for anyone already along the coast. Bring cash for the smaller food trucks and stallholders even though card facilities are common at the bigger ones, and arrive early in the season for a table near the music if that matters to your evening.