Wānaka Artisan Market
A year round Thursday afternoon market of local growers, bakers and makers, held beside Bullock Creek.
The market runs every Thursday from 3pm to 6pm, between the Speights Ale House and Bullock Creek. Stalls sell what the vendors grow, bake, forage or make themselves, so the produce changes through the year: berries in February, stone fruit in December, nuts through autumn and winter. Alongside the food there are wooden goods, ceramics, soaps and skincare. Arts and crafts markets also run on selected Sundays in summer.
Highlights
- Runs every Thursday afternoon, all year round
- Produce is grown, baked, foraged or made by the stallholders
- Seasonal fruit, breads, pastries, local wine and nuts
- Ceramics, wooden goods, soaps and natural skincare
Good to know
- Location
- Wānaka Artisan Market
- Start point
- Between the Wanaka Speights Ale House and Bullock Creek, Wānaka
- Season
- Every Thursday 3pm to 6pm, year round. Arts and crafts markets on selected Sundays in summer
- Cost
- Free
- Family-friendly
- Yes
Date sensitive: the market is Thursday afternoons. Summer Sunday arts and crafts dates are selected, not weekly.
Visiting from Sundale
The market runs every Thursday from 3pm to 6pm, year round, between the Wanaka Speights Ale House and Bullock Creek. Town is about ten minutes from the park, so it is an easy end to the afternoon and it lands at a good hour for picking up something to cook that night.
Everything is grown, baked, foraged or made by the stallholders, so what is there changes through the year: berries in February, stone fruit in December, nuts through autumn and winter, alongside breads, pastries and local wine. There are also ceramics, wooden goods, soaps and natural skincare.
Bring a bag and buy dinner. The communal kitchen back at the park handles the cooking if you are in a camp site or a cabin without your own bench. Arts and crafts markets also run on selected Sundays over summer, though those dates are not weekly.
Stay nearby
Questions
What day is the Wānaka market on?
Every Thursday from 3pm to 6pm, all year round. Arts and crafts markets also run on selected Sundays in summer, but those are selected dates rather than every week.
Does it cost anything?
Entry is free. You only pay for what you buy from the stalls, which is produce, baking, local wine and handmade goods rather than a general retail market.
Is it worth going in winter?
It runs year round, and the produce simply changes with the season. Expect nuts through autumn and winter rather than the summer berries and stone fruit.
Sources
- Held every Thursday 3pm to 6pm between the Wanaka Speights Ale House and Bullock Creek, year round, seasonal produce, arts and crafts on selected Sundays in summer, product range — source
Nearby
More things to do.
Cinema Paradiso
A much loved Wānaka cinema where you watch films from couches, armchairs and a converted Morris Minor.
Wānaka Golf Club
An 18 hole course established in 1922, looking out over Lake Wānaka and the mountains, open to green fee players.
Blue Pools Track
An easy forest walk over two swing bridges to river pools that run an extraordinary blue.
30 minutes one wayEasy walking track
Your Wānaka basecamp
Make Sundale your base.
Cabins, studios, motels and soft-grass camping, five minutes from the water and close to everything above.