The market atmosphere is infectious but not all of us are go-get ‘em types early in the morning.
If you find it especially hard to source the motivation to mosey on down to the weekend market mayhem, then welcome Style After Dark.
South Melbourne night markets are catering to the dark owls and those who prefer to move in the moonlight with a weekly Thursday evening souk during spring.
The sunshine might be for fossicking fresh produce but as the night falls, fresh fruit stalls are exchanged for locally designed fashion and accessories. The smell of fresh bread replaced with the aroma of the famous seafood paella and the sound of selling substitutes with song.
This bustling bazaar is a fusion of food and live performance with hawker-style stalls loaded with sangria and serving up Spanish delights alongside authentic Italian and what is suggested to be the best roast duck in town.
Roving performers tick the weird and wonderful box on the long list of attractions and you could find yourself with family and friends thinking you are anywhere but Melbourne.
Style After Dark
Thursday evenings, 5.30 – 9.30pm until 24 November 2011
Coventry and Cecil Streets, South Melbourne