MARKETS & FOOD

Markets & Food in Melbourne

Where Melbourne actually eats: weekend markets, cheap feeds and the dish worth the trip.

Friends gathered around food on a cold night at a Melbourne market

Christmas in July Is Back at the Queen Vic: Fake Snow, Mulled Wine, Fire Pits

The Queen Victoria Market's Winter Night Market runs every Wednesday until late August, free entry, with a full Christmas-in-July overlay in July. Here is the easiest, warmest plan in the city.

By Wren Calloway18 June 20263 min

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