Comments on: HOT: Blackbird Summer Market, The Workers Club, corner of Brunswick St and Gertrude St, Fitzroy http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/ The decisive guide to Melbourne Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Music Festivals http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 Music Festivals Tue, 11 May 2010 12:40:38 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-3187 This is a brilliant idea. I might pitch it to the pub in my area, it's completely dead during the day. Would be great if there was an activity going on that related in some way to the area. .-= Music Festivals´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.globalgathering.com/?content=11&article_id=546">Sub Focus Records New Track</a> =-. This is a brilliant idea. I might pitch it to the pub in my area, it’s completely dead during the day. Would be great if there was an activity going on that related in some way to the area.
.-= Music Festivals´s last blog ..Sub Focus Records New Track =-.

]]> By: Jetsetting Joyce http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1583 Jetsetting Joyce Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:46:21 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1583 Hi Steph Speaking of vintage scarves, if you're up for a drive the best source of vintage scarves I've found is at the Newport Neighbourhood House and Op Shop. There's a post of my visit there with Melbourne Op Shop Tours and the scarves were $1 each! For that price it's even worth buying the ugly ones to use as gift-wrapping. Jetsetting Joyce Hi Steph

Speaking of vintage scarves, if you’re up for a drive the best source of vintage scarves I’ve found is at the Newport Neighbourhood House and Op Shop. There’s a post of my visit there with Melbourne Op Shop Tours and the scarves were $1 each! For that price it’s even worth buying the ugly ones to use as gift-wrapping.

Jetsetting Joyce

]]> By: Beky http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Beky Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:04:20 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1540 Yeah good market. I had my son with me and I noticed he was the only child in the whole building. Interesting.... Yeah good market. I had my son with me and I noticed he was the only child in the whole building. Interesting….

]]> By: Jetsetting Joyce http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 Jetsetting Joyce Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:28:02 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1535 Hi Sam Congratulations on a successful first market and thanks for the tip about the non-January market! Looking forward to seeing what Blackbird comes up with in 2010. Jetsetting Joyce Hi Sam

Congratulations on a successful first market and thanks for the tip about the non-January market! Looking forward to seeing what Blackbird comes up with in 2010.

Jetsetting Joyce

]]> By: Sam http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Sam Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:24:30 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1534 Hi Joyce, Thanks for dropping by the market and for your write-up here - we are so happy to hear you enjoyed your Blackbird experience! We'll be skipping a Jan market but will be getting into the monthly spirit as of February - hope you can make it again! Cheers, Sam @ Blackbird Hi Joyce,

Thanks for dropping by the market and for your write-up here – we are so happy to hear you enjoyed your Blackbird experience!

We’ll be skipping a Jan market but will be getting into the monthly spirit as of February – hope you can make it again!

Cheers, Sam @ Blackbird

]]> By: steph http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 steph Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:02:57 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1525 Hi Joyce, I picked up a pac man ghost necklace, and a couple of awesome vintage scarves. I was very interested in the wall decals that one stall was selling, but my place is already covered in wall decals so I just took their business card instead. I didn't make it to the photo booth, was a bit intimidated! Steph Hi Joyce,

I picked up a pac man ghost necklace, and a couple of awesome vintage scarves. I was very interested in the wall decals that one stall was selling, but my place is already covered in wall decals so I just took their business card instead.

I didn’t make it to the photo booth, was a bit intimidated!

Steph

]]> By: Ruth http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 Ruth Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:36:15 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1523 Nope haven't been to the Revolver one (I'm a norf-side bogan and only dare cross the river if I have a very good reason to), the Corner one was great, though. Loads of stalls, and a good mix indie designers, vintage sellers and folks just selling off their old clothes and records. Plus you could get fresh scones with jam and cream at the bar. It was a tad dark, though (being the corner and all) and I got a headache from squinting after a while. .-= Ruth´s last blog ..<a href="http://ruthlessreads.tumblr.com/post/269727564">Lunch at Charcoal Lane in Fitzroy: pumpkin gnocchi, yam...</a> =-. Nope haven’t been to the Revolver one (I’m a norf-side bogan and only dare cross the river if I have a very good reason to), the Corner one was great, though. Loads of stalls, and a good mix indie designers, vintage sellers and folks just selling off their old clothes and records. Plus you could get fresh scones with jam and cream at the bar. It was a tad dark, though (being the corner and all) and I got a headache from squinting after a while.
.-= Ruth´s last blog ..Lunch at Charcoal Lane in Fitzroy: pumpkin gnocchi, yam… =-.

]]> By: Jetsetting Joyce http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 Jetsetting Joyce Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:46:01 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1520 Hi Ruth Thanks for the tips on other pub markets. There are so many now that I can't keep track, and with the lead up to Christmas there are at least a couple of markets on every weekend. I've been meaning to go to the one at the Corner Hotel, and I believe that Revolver in Prahran has also been running a market - do you know what that's like? Recently I went to the one at Order of Melbourne but wasn't too excited by it. So far, in terms of pub markets I've been most impressed with the range and number of stalls at Blackbird Summer Market. Jetsetting Joyce Hi Ruth

Thanks for the tips on other pub markets. There are so many now that I can’t keep track, and with the lead up to Christmas there are at least a couple of markets on every weekend.

I’ve been meaning to go to the one at the Corner Hotel, and I believe that Revolver in Prahran has also been running a market – do you know what that’s like? Recently I went to the one at Order of Melbourne but wasn’t too excited by it. So far, in terms of pub markets I’ve been most impressed with the range and number of stalls at Blackbird Summer Market.

Jetsetting Joyce

]]> By: Ruth http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Ruth Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:26:12 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1518 I also went and enjoyed myself. I bought a couple of small badges -- one made from a Barrel of Monkeys monkey! -- and would have bought more, but lack of funds got the better of me. Quite a few pubs have been doing this stuff lately -- I went to a good one at the Corner Hotel the other weekend, and a less good one at the Grace Darling. The Fox on Alexandra Pd/Wellington had something the other weekend, and the Old Bar has been having some as well. I think the Carlton in the city has had a few markets this year too. More, I say! They're a great place to browse and people-watch, even if you don't buy anything, and they're a great place to buy cheap and original christmas gifts this time of year. .-= Ruth´s last blog ..<a href="http://ruthlessreads.tumblr.com/post/269727564">Lunch at Charcoal Lane in Fitzroy: pumpkin gnocchi, yam...</a> =-. I also went and enjoyed myself. I bought a couple of small badges — one made from a Barrel of Monkeys monkey! — and would have bought more, but lack of funds got the better of me.

Quite a few pubs have been doing this stuff lately — I went to a good one at the Corner Hotel the other weekend, and a less good one at the Grace Darling. The Fox on Alexandra Pd/Wellington had something the other weekend, and the Old Bar has been having some as well. I think the Carlton in the city has had a few markets this year too.

More, I say! They’re a great place to browse and people-watch, even if you don’t buy anything, and they’re a great place to buy cheap and original christmas gifts this time of year.
.-= Ruth´s last blog ..Lunch at Charcoal Lane in Fitzroy: pumpkin gnocchi, yam… =-.

]]> By: Gourmet Chick http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 Gourmet Chick Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:02:42 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1515 I think I went to a pub market a few years ago in Melb and it was crap. So maybe they are not such a new thing but a GOOD one is actually a new thing. .-= Gourmet Chick´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.gourmet-chick.com/2008/07/e.html">E&O (revisited)</a> =-. I think I went to a pub market a few years ago in Melb and it was crap. So maybe they are not such a new thing but a GOOD one is actually a new thing.
.-= Gourmet Chick´s last blog ..E&O (revisited) =-.

]]> By: Jetsetting Joyce http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Jetsetting Joyce Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:43:07 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1514 Hi Steph What did you buy? And did you say hi to Abby at the Photo Booth? Jetsetting Joyce Hi Steph

What did you buy? And did you say hi to Abby at the Photo Booth?

Jetsetting Joyce

]]> By: steph http://www.melhotornot.com/hot-blackbird-market-workers-club-corner-brunswick-st-gertrude-st-fitzroy/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 steph Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:50:42 +0000 http://www.melhotornot.com/?p=4348#comment-1513 I went, and it was great! .-= steph´s last blog ..<a href="http://veganabouttown.blogspot.com/2009/12/penang-affair-fitzroy.html">a penang affair, fitzroy</a> =-. I went, and it was great!
.-= steph´s last blog ..a penang affair, fitzroy =-.

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