Welcome to Bellingen Community Markets. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday 20 May 2023.
Hope you had a good month doing what you love and for all the mums out there, hope you were pampered, by self or family.
Sadly long time stallholder Tony Flew passed away. We are saddened by this and send our deepest sympathies and love to Chris and her family.
The Artisan Market is coming up on Saturday 10 June, alongside the Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival. If you make your own creations and interested, go to their webpage and read more – https://www.bellingengrowersmarket.com.au/artisans-market
The weather man is predicting a beautiful sunny autumn day but always be prepared for all weather scenarios.
Thanks for joining us and have a super market day.
Kaz Selbie
Bellingen Community Markets Manager
M: 0400 261693
E: info@bellingenmarkets.com.au
Georgia Cortes Rayner
Playing on the main stage from 10am – 2.30pm
Georgia’s distinctive smooth vocals and heartfelt lyrics combine with her music to create something that is folky, bluesy, bit country, bit rock, bit hip hop, social commentary/protest and her own style of observational angst.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Australian and Ecuadorian parents, raised in New Orleans & Brooklyn, Scotts Head has been home for Georgia since 2004. After careers in law, town planning and local government, Georgia took the plunge into being a fulltime singer song writer at age 52.
At age 55 Georgia released her first Album, The Past Is A Passenger’. She’s now writing songs for her second album, and gigging as much as possible. For more information go to the below sites.
Website: https://georgiacortesrayner.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/GeorgiaCortesRayner
Bandcamp: https://georgiacortesrayner.bandcamp.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaCortesRayner
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgiacortesrayner/
COMMUNITY GROUP OF THE DAY
FOREST ECOLOGY ALLIANCE (FEA)
Forest Ecology Alliance (FEA) are an environmental organisation based on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. FEA is made up of ecologists, botanists, environmentalists and citizen scientists who work together with the aim to safeguard Country. FEA work towards the conservation of native forests on Gumbaynggirr homelands, alongside other conservation groups, whom we work with and mutually support.
Our main efforts go into producing ecology surveys, writing, publishing and distributing scientific reports relating to specific local forests. We also make recommendations to various organisations, (eg. Forestry Corporation NSW, and the EPA)FEA also work to educate community about what is happening in the local forests in regards to their management by holding stalls at local markets and public events. FEA have been on radio and television and in the newspapers.
We are a non-exclusive alliance. We are not affiliated with any political party. One of our aims in FEA is to help connect senior experienced ecologists and botanists and other scientists with younger citizen scientists to mentor them, encourage them, and provide a network for them.
Want to know more and get involved? Email forestecologyalliance@gmail.com and check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/forestecologyalliance/
Thanks for supporting this very valuable cause with a donation as you enter the gate.
Market day procedure:
Please read what’s expected at our market. Your understanding and compliance helps to ensure a smooth and enjoyable day for all. Thanks.
- Read our “stallholder’s terms & conditions” . You agreed to this when you booked, and it’s vital you cooperate.
- Listen to directives of our crew, be patient, flexible, friendly and respectful.
- Arrive at the correct time at the right gate.
- Permanents enter at 6.30am and casuals at 6.45am.
- Unless prior notice, anyone arriving after 7.30am may loose their position.
- Remain quiet when lining up in morning to consider sleeping residents.
- When in the park, do not reverse and please drive one way.
- Always drive at walking pace and NEVER drive on football oval.
- When entering, drive in and park close to your stall so other cars can pass.
- Quickly unload and take your car out before returning to set up.
- Park a couple of streets away so your customers can park closer.
- Come back to set up your stall and get ready for a good day.
- Cars must be out by 8am latest and no cars to stay in the park unless agreed with Manager.
- Fees are collected at 10am so please have the correct change ready. Don’t rely on sales to pay your fee.
- We are a plastic free market, so no plastic products and nothing covered in plastic.
- All eating utensils must be biodegradable
- Help us reduce our rubbish intake by taking home ALL your rubbish.
- This is especially important for food vendors who need to take home all their food scraps, ideally composting them.
- Smile for the camera. Photos are often taken and uploaded to Facebook after the market.
- Gates open again at 2.30pm for cars to enter for pack down. Again please drive at walking pace.
- Report any incidents to your section coordinator or Manager.
- Please be out of the park by 4pm latest.
- NO DOGS ALLOWED
- Have the best market day and thanks for your support and cooperation.
Other information:
Casual stallholders need to fill out the booking form on webpage every month to apply for our market. It’s best to do so 2-4 weeks before each market (held on 3rd Saturday of month). Casuals also need to confirm their site by replying to the booking email they receive. It takes 6-12 months attending our market regularly as a casual and all going well, we will invite you to be permanent.
Cancellations – if you need to cancel your booking (permanent or casual) please do so asap and definitely before the Sunday before the market so as not to incur a missed stall fee. The earlier you can cancel the better.
Thanks for reading our newsletter. See you soon
