The final Kin Kin Community Market for 2023 was the perfect way to wrap up the year.
As always, it’s a beautiful and vibrant day that offers the chance to catch up with family and friends in a relaxed environment.
The Christmas Market proved the the perfect place to shop for unique, handmade and artisanal Christmas gifts while supporting the local community.
The market had a Slow Food theme that saw Noosa convivium committee and members joining the stall holders.
Since its beginnings in 1989, Slow Food has grown into a global movement involving millions of people in more than 160 countries, working to ensure everyone has access to good, clean and fair food.
Good: quality, flavoursome and healthy food;
Clean: production that does not harm the environment;
Fair: accessible prices for consumers and fair conditions and pay for producers.
Slow Food believes food is tied to many other aspects of life, including culture, politics, agriculture and the environment. Through our food choices we can collectively influence how food is cultivated, produced and distributed, and change the world as a result.
Slow Food producers to join traditional Kin Kin Community Market
Among the Slow Food Noosa stallholders were Liberty Love dehydrated fruit slices, Amrita Park Meadery, Noosa Hinterland Brewery, Eastwell Farms, Noosa Black Coffee, Purity Essential Oils and Wild Barrel Distillery.
A highlight was the free pony rides for children.
The reindeer weren’t available, but there were some super-cute ponies dressed in their festive finest.
Other features of the Christmas market were singers/musicians JessC and Matt.
There was also the opportunity for children to have their photo taken with Santa and Katie the Kin Kin Koala, to benefit Noosa Wildlife.
The focus for the Kin Kin Market has always been about creating opportunities for connection within the community through the showcasing of artisanal products and produce of the region.
From a Pet Expo and Eco Fest to a Frequency and Fermenting Market, each month is themed with live music acts, free kids entertainment and stalls that reflect it, making it a unique monthly experience for all who visit.
Organisers are proud to say that the market remains run entirely by volunteers on-behalf of the Kin Kin Community Group.
Profits go directly back to the community and to those members of it who need it the most.
The Summer Fest Market is on Sunday, January 7, from 8am to midday – a celebration of fun in the sun and the relaxed Sunshine Coast way of life.
