Cook Park

Sydney's Blak Markets are a welcoming space for everyone to engage with the oldest continuing culture in the world. This unique quarterly event offers Sydneysiders the opportunity to celebrate First Nations culture while discovering distinctive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, makers, and small businesses. On Sunday, March 23, the Blak Markets will be crossing Botany Bay for its inaugural event at Cook Park, Kyeemagh. The day will run from 10am–3pm, with the official Welcome and Smoking Ceremony starting at 10.30am. The full festival program also includes free interactive weaving workshops, cultural dance performances by the Djiriba Waagura dancers, live music by Cianna and Olivia, storytelling through dance workshops for children, and a Kamay cultural fishing haul. Visitors can peruse an eclectic range of 20 stalls selling a variety of art, homewares, jewellery, fashion, children’s clothing, textiles, woodwork, woven goods, plants and ethically sourced bushfoods. "The Blak Markets is a ceremony and a way for me to connect with mob, be grounded, practice culture and establish a sense of belonging while I am so far away from my traditional lands in Far North Queensland," says stallholder Taritah Jayne from Tarri Jayne Collective. "At the Blak Markets you will find the storytellers, dancers, hunters, gatherers, nurturers, healers, and elders, along with the next generation who are continuing the skill of trading like our ancestors did. It is a unique space...