This year’s  Blak Markets will kick off the year back on Bare Island on Sunday 8 March with Aboriginal stallholders selling their arts and crafts with everything from native plants to award winning jewellery to silk scarves featuring Aboriginal design.

As always there’s a wonderful Festival line up of both contemporary and cultural performances – this market featuring cultural dance performances by Djiriba Waagur, singing performance by Charlie Trindall and weaving workshop with Nadeena Dixon.

The Blak Markets are a great chance to buy authentic unique gifts knowing that 100% of the profits go back into Aboriginal communities and this market we also have some great new bush food drink products to sell such as Boab Nut Iced Tea and non-alcoholic draft beers infused with native plant flavours from Aboriginal businesses in the bush food industry.

Program

9:30 Markets Open
10:30 Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
11:00 Dance performance by Djiriba Waagura
11:00 Weaving workshop with Nadeena Dixon (1hr)
11:30 Singing Performance Charlie Trindal
2:00 Dance performance by Djiriba Waagura
2:00 weaving workshop with Nadeena Dixon (1hr)
2:30 Singing Performance
3pm Gates close

The Blak Markets takes place at Bare Island within the Kamay-Botany Bay National Park with the support of the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service and Randwick City Council.