About
Where
cultures meet
Chinatown’s Friday night market: Asian street food, local designers and late-night finds, every Friday from 5pm in Haymarket.
唐人街Chinatown
Hong Kong ◆ Hanoi ◆ Seoul ◆ Bangkok ◆ Jakarta ◆ Kuala Lumpur ◆ Taipei ◆ Manila ◆ Haymarket ◆ Hong Kong ◆ Hanoi ◆ Seoul ◆ Bangkok ◆ Jakarta ◆ Kuala Lumpur ◆ Taipei ◆ Manila ◆ Haymarket ◆ Hong Kong ◆ Hanoi ◆ Seoul ◆ Bangkok ◆ Jakarta ◆ Kuala Lumpur ◆ Taipei ◆ Manila ◆ Haymarket ◆
Our market
Taste your way
through Asia.
Chinatown Markets brings Sydney’s Friday night crowd into the heart of Chinatown for street food, design and late-night shopping, without leaving the city.
小吃街Little Eat Street
12+food stalls
Hong Kong to Hanoi
Yum cha, teppanyaki, sushi, pho and more, cooked to order while you watch.
60+Stalls and makersStudents, young designers and local artists with Asian heritage, or work that draws on Asian cultures, alongside imported finds.
Our street
A century on
market street.
1848The first organised groups of Chinese workers arrive in Sydney.
1909The City Markets open on Hay Street, today’s Paddy’s Markets.
1920sChinatown follows the produce markets to Haymarket.
1980Dixon Street becomes a pedestrian mall and the gates go up.
1988The Chinese Garden of Friendship opens, a gift from Guangdong.
2019Dixon Street goes car-free on Friday nights for the market.
2025The gates are restored and heritage listed. The market moves to Hay St.
2027Back on Dixon Street, once the upgrade is done.
c. 1912 City markets, HaymarketRex Hazlewood · State Library NSW1968 Paddy’s MarketWilford Peloquin · CC BY 2.0
Who we are
Made for
Haymarket.
Chinatown MarketsHaymarket
Chinatown Markets runs every Friday night in Haymarket under the City of Sydney’s rules, with independent stalls from across Sydney.
Acknowledgement of Country
Chinatown Markets acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land where the market gathers, and pays respect to Elders past and present.
See you
Friday.
周五见See you Friday
Every Friday · 5–10pm · Temporarily at Hay St & Harbour St, Haymarket · On Gadigal Country