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Welcome to Bellingen Community Markets 17 February 2024

We have a wonderful market coming up this Saturday and looking forward to you joining us.

Thank goodness it will be a cooler day, with a possible light shower. As an all weather market we still go ahead in the rains. We only cancel if the grounds are unsafe and generally, we make that call early market morning. if you are unsure please check our Facebook page  before you come.  If you booked a stall or was thinking of venturing to Bellingen,  please come and fear not a little rain, Bellingen is beautiful in all weather and our markets is lots of fun..

As always we have a good mix of stalls and people, excellent music with bluesman Brad Palmer and the Bellingen-Dorrigo Junior Rugby League are our community group of the month.

Please continue reading the rest of our newsletter to get the lowdown as a stallholder and any exciting news that has come our way.

We are blessed to have such a fantastic large nature space to spread out and celebrate every month. Once you have a park (can be tricky sometimes), it truly welcomes you in to stay a while, meet with friends and family, peruse and shop at over 200 stalls, AND feel great knowing you are supporting local.  

Have the best market day and see you soon.

Kind regards

Kaz Selbie

Bellingen Community Markets Manager

MUSIC

Brad Palmer Blues Sessions 

Brad Palmer Blues Sessions plays on the main stage from 10am-2.30pm.

Some of the best music can be found in places you least expect as this music lover discovered during a recent Sunday market stroll. Am I hearing the soft pickings of J.J.Cale, the vocals of Neil Young or the old blues of Tampa Red? I move closer to the source and find a small crowd in front of a lone bluesman just as he launches into a fret board frenzy that impresses.
 
This guy turns out to be Gold Coast local Brad Palmer a great blues player and true rhythm master. On cue Brad reaches for his harmonica and proceeds to blow the Howlin’Wolf as the gathering crowd applauds.
 
It is clear that Brad is a seasoned performer after years travelling the Rock n Roll road with blues festival favourites Bluesville Station writing and producing their seven top selling rock/blues albums. His solo sessions today is a funky and infectious country blues rhythm with a sweet blues harmonica. His lyrics tell tales from the surf highway to life on the band road.
 
“It’s great to be back on the jumbo acoustic, I’m loving it people stopping by for a listen, bopping along, the Muddy Waters blues and the Django swing is what I like” says Brad.
 
He is passionate about his playing, songs and sound and loves nothing but keeping the blues alive on any street corner. This is a country blues casserole, unique, original and refreshing. Good stuff Mr Palmer keep that stew simmering.
 
Contact Brad – 0417 603 211
Facebook – Brad Palmer Blues Sessions

COMMUNITY GROUP 

Bellingen-Dorrigo Junior Rugby League

Bellingen-Dorrigo Junior Rugby League aim to provide a safe and enjoyable experience for all their members. 

They encourage both girls and boys aged 4-16 to join and enjoy the game of rugby league. Fun, respect, & sportsmanship are the key values of our club.

Please support them at the gates as they welcome you with a friendly smile to Bellingen Community Markets. 

Market day procedures 

It’s important you have read and agreed to our stallholder terms and conditions and follow the below market day procedures. Your cooperation will hep us all have a smooth and enjoyable start, day and finish.

Please…..

  • Read our “stallholder’s terms & conditions” ? that you agree to when booked.
  • Listen to directives of BCM 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.
  • The above helps alleviate traffic congestion.
  • Park a couple of streets away so your customers can park closer.
  • Cars must be out of park by 8am 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.
  • Stallholders must take home their own rubbish and don’t use out skips bins.
  • This is especially important for food vendors who take home their food scraps, for their green bin or compost.
  • 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. Do not enter before this.
  • Drive at walking pace.
  • All stalls in E and F section must line up on west side of Ford St at 2.30pm, so you don’t cross a busy St.
  • Report any incidents to your section coordinator or Manager.
  • Be out of the park by 4pm latest.
  • NO DOGS ALLOWED
  • Have the best market day and thanks for your support and cooperation.

Please don’t park on top of resident driveways

Are you one of the stallholders who parks too close to resident’s driveways?  This makes it extremely difficult for residents to enter and exit their home, which must be very frustrating for them.  So please ensure you park at least one meter away from driveways. 

ALSO park a couple of streets away so your customers can park closer.  thanks

Please HELP reduce waste

Our trial last market using 3 green bins was disastrous ! We didn’t get much food waste and people still placed their plastic lined coffee cups and dirty plates in the green bins, which we can no longer do.  This market we are considering giving each food stallholder a small compost caddy to have at their stall, so patrons can use. A big thanks to Bellingen Council for helping us try different ways to reduce our waste. We need your help too!

We can no longer place paper cups, plates, cutlery, serviettes in the green bin. These now have to go in the red bin for landfill. The new green bin rules came into play because they make commercial compost from resident’s green bin contents and the paper products were contaminating the compost.  Please click on the below link to read more https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/recycling-and-reuse/household-recycling-overview/fogo-information-for-households

To help reduce our waste, we also  ask stallholders take home ALL their rubbish. This includes vegie scraps for your compost and all cardboard and paper products, especially used oils. Please place in your waste outlets.

Service NSW mobile van

The Service NSW Mobile Service Centre is coming to Dorrigo and Bellingen in March. They will be set up at 51 Hickory Street on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 from 10am – 3pm.

They will be set up at Cnr Hyde & Ford Streets on Wednesday, 6 March 2024 from 9am – 3pm.

 To compliment the Bus in Bellingen we are also hosting a Service Stalls Day – 9am-3pm approx.  – Flyer attached.

Scary Strangers

Meet Tom Stevenson, a comedian, teacher, and the managing director of Sydney comedy production company Scary Strangers.

They are bringing a new free community comedy program and live show to Bellingen in July of this year, and reaching out to local organisations for participants. They want people from all walks of life to participate. No experience necessary. So, if you’ve always wanted to give stand-up/improvised comedy a try, this is your chance to step out of your comfort zone and learn something new.

If selected, from July 9th you’ll participate in comedy performance workshops hosted by Ru Halwala and Tom Stevenson (aka Scary Strangers), where you’ll learn improv comedy exercises, writing skills, and performance techniques, culminating in a live stand-up show on July 19th at the iconic Bellingen Memorial Hall.

These dates are currently pencilled in, pending securing funding from Create NSW. If you’re interested, please fill out the short Expression of Interest form on our website here: https://www.scarystrangers.com/regional-comedy. AND, if you could support the program by forwarding this email onto anyone you think would be interested, that would be very much appreciated!

If you’d like the idea of learning improv/stand up, but don’t want to participate in this program, we also run a variety of private workshops for organisations of all shapes and sizes, please see the Scary Strangers Workshop Proposal attached for more information.

Also! They have just launched a new podcast, Ru’s Chit-Chat-Cadillac on Spotify and YouTube if you’d like to know more about improv and Sydney’s comedy scene generally.

If you have any questions please let Tom know.

Scary Strangers 

aka Ru Halwala & Tom Stevenson

www.scarystrangers.com  @scarystrangers @runiversal.studios @tomisalot

 

 

 

   

Bellingen Autumn Plant Fair

It’s on again with a full park of all types of wonderful plants, focusing on natives. Get all the local gardening info, participate in workshops, hear interesting talks, enter the plant raffle, taste delicious food and hear cool live music.  Presented by the Bellingen Environment Centre encouraging all to put more trees in the ground. Not to be missed if you love plants, gardening, nature and community.

Save our native forests

The Bob Brown Foundation is holding a march/gathering at Bellingen Park on Sunday 24 March 9.30am – 1pm. Marches are happening in every capital city in Australia on the same day,  to send a loud and vital message to government and others – save our native forests.  Watch out for more information coming soon on social media. Hope you can support.

Thanks for reading our newsletter and see you soon.

Bellingen Community Markets…  not just a marketplace but a great place to be !

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