By Callum Ludwig
Misty Mountain Market has become a feel-good community event for the residents of Dixons Creek since starting up in February 2022, and they want more stalls to be involved.
Hosted on the second Saturday of every month from 10am to 2pm, the market features artisan crafts, home and local produce, and live music, creating a homely atmosphere. It is hosted at the Dixons Creek Recreation Reserve at 1659A Melba Hwy Dixons Creek.
Event organiser Ilona Gerencser said the goods and crafts available from stallholders are just amazing.
“A lot of the stallholders I’ve known for a long time, as I used to be stallholder myself, and have run markets through rotary for the last three or four years,” she said.
“Due to Covid, a lot of them haven’t been able to sell publicly or set up at markets. This is just another opportunity for them to be able to sell what they do and showcase their talents.”
For the next market on Saturday 9 April, they are looking to expand by adding stalls for: Baby Clothes / Items, Fresh Bread, Jams, Chutney, Preserves, etc, Pizza, Pasta, Twisty Spuds (or similar), Cakes, slices, fudge, etc, Gluten-Free products , Vegetarian Options, or any stalls selling anything unique or out of the ordinary.
Ms Gerencser said the support for the market has been great, and has encouraged her to continue to grow the market.
“At last week’s market, we had probably double the number of people as February.I t was just nice to people to see people smiling and having a great time and the stallholders are very appreciative and realise it’ll take a little bit of time for people to get to know the market,” she said.
“Coming up in April, we’ve got the Sunny Days custom car show and are going to raise some money for the CFA. Last week we raised money for the flood victims.”
Ms Gerencser said the attendees of the market expressed their gratitude to her personally.
” A lot of people came up to me on Saturday while I was selling raffle tickets to raise money for the flood victims and were so appreciative that the Dixons Creek hall was being utilised and they had something in the area for them to go to,” she said.
“Weather permitting, we hope to be running all year round, ending the year with a twilight in December.”
