Sorrento Night Market
A Friday evening food truck market in a Perth beachside park, running a long warm-weather season, free to enter and open to dogs.
About this market
The Sorrento Night Market runs every Friday evening at Seacrest Park, 4.30pm to 8.30pm, in Perth's northern beach suburbs. The cadence is the striking part: night markets almost everywhere else in Australia are monthly, and a weekly Friday food truck market running right through the warm half of the year functions as a standing local fixture rather than an event.
Food trucks, music and a park
The format is straightforward and it works: food trucks with gourmet street food as the centre, live music through the evening, market stalls carrying crafts and other goods around the edges, and face painting and activities keeping children occupied. Entry is free and dogs are welcome, both of which matter for a suburban park market that is effectively the neighbourhood's Friday evening. The 4.30pm start catches people finishing work and school pick-ups; the 8.30pm finish keeps it on the right side of a family bedtime, which is a different calculation from a city night market running to ten or eleven.
Market at a glance
Seacrest Park sits a short distance back from Sorrento Beach in the City of Joondalup, about twenty kilometres north of the Perth CBD, which puts the market within reach of a large stretch of the northern suburbs without being on the beachfront itself. Being a block back matters in practice: the park has room for trucks and seating that a foreshore reserve would not, and it is more sheltered when the sea breeze comes through in the late afternoon.
There are two Sorrentos with night markets and they are on opposite sides of the country. This one is Sorrento in Western Australia, a beachside suburb in the City of Joondalup north of Perth, trading every Friday at Seacrest Park. The other is Sorrento on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, where a different operator runs a night market under a different name. Searching for "Sorrento night market" will return both, so the state is worth checking before you set out.
Worth knowing before Friday
Every Friday in season, 4.30pm to 8.30pm. The season runs roughly September to April, so confirm the current dates before travelling in winter. Entry is free, dogs are welcome on a lead, and there is no need to book. Bring a card, since food trucks run on tap almost universally, and bring something warm for later in the evening: a Perth winter Friday after sunset is cooler than the afternoon suggests, and the park is open ground. Parking is on the surrounding streets around Seacrest Drive, and it fills in the first hour, so arriving near the start is easier. This is Whadjuk Noongar country.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is the Sorrento Night Market on?
- Every Friday from 4.30pm to 8.30pm during the season, at Seacrest Park, 93 Seacrest Drive, Sorrento. It is a warm-weather season market running roughly September to April rather than year round, so check the operator for the current end date.
- What is there?
- Food trucks serving gourmet street food, live music, market stalls with crafts and goods, and activities for children including face painting.
- Can I bring a dog?
- Yes, it is a pet friendly event, and entry is free.