RAG Pop Up
A roving Perth fashion market that puts designers and pre-loved labels into the Town Hall and the Court Hotel on announced dates.
About this market
RAG Pop Up describes itself as a fashion upmarket rather than a market, and the distinction is doing real work: it is a curated platform that puts independent designers and artists in front of buyers directly, running on announced dates at two Perth venues rather than keeping a weekly slot.
Fashion, pre-loved and direct from the maker
The stall list is deliberately narrow: fashion, designer pre-loved clothing, beauty products, and accessories running to jewellery, bags and hats. Narrowing a market to one category is what makes curation meaningful, because a buyer arriving knows what the event is for, and a designer sharing a room with forty other fashion sellers is in front of exactly the right crowd. The emphasis the operators put on it is the direct contact: customers talk to the people who made or sourced the pieces rather than to staff. The two venues are the Perth Town Hall on Hay Street and the Court Hotel, both central, and the format changes character with them.
Market at a glance
Because there is no standing date, the operator's own upcoming markets list is the only reliable source for when the next one runs. That is the trade-off a pop-up format makes: it can take a good venue when it is available rather than committing to a mediocre one every month. The cost is discoverability, since a market with no fixed Sunday never becomes a habit the way a monthly one does, and every event has to find its crowd again.
The same market runs in two very different rooms. RAG Pop Up alternates between the Perth Town Hall, a civic building on Hay Street, and the Court Hotel, and the venue is announced with each date rather than fixed. That means the event you turn up to depends on which booking you catch: the same curated fashion roster, the same direct contact with the designers, but a markedly different setting from one date to the next.
Before you go
Check the operator's upcoming markets list first, because there is no fixed day or month to fall back on and the venue changes between events. Bring a card. Both venues are in the Perth CBD, so public transport and the free transit zone make more sense than driving. Pre-loved fashion rewards arriving early, since the good pieces are single items rather than stock that can be replenished across the day. This is Whadjuk Noongar country.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is RAG Pop Up on?
- It runs on announced dates rather than to a fixed timetable, so check the operator's upcoming markets list before planning a visit.
- Where is it held?
- At two Perth venues: the Perth Town Hall on Hay Street and the Court Hotel.
- What is sold?
- Fashion, designer pre-loved clothing, beauty products and accessories including jewellery, bags and hats, sold directly by the designers and artists who make or curate them.