This Sunday, in Newmarket Square (off Cork Street), a market that is rich in cultural diversity is taking place. Fusion Sundays is hosted by the Dublin Food Co-op every second Sunday of the month, and is advertised as a ‘World Culture Market’, serving up ethnic handmade products plus music and dance from all around the World. This colorful event is run by the Dublin Food Co-op, a member-owned democratic cooperative of producers, who deal in organic, local, Fairtrade and sustainable products.
Here is how the organisers describe the event: “Fusion Sundays is a world culture market hosted in the Dublin Food Co-op, focusing on the ethnic diversity in Ireland. Fusion Sundays aims to provide a space for people from different ethnic backgrounds to share their cultural diversity and integrate into a wider community. With stalls from around the world, selling a range of handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewelery, clothes and food. We will also run various workshops, have live music, dance and activities for children.”
More info can be found on the Dublin Food Co-op website, and on the Fusion Sundays Facebook page.
Sunday markets hosted by the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket, Dublin 8:
1st Sun of month | Pure Vintage | 11.00 – 17.00
Irelands only dedicated monthly vintage fair.
2nd Sun of month | Fusion Sundays | 11.00 – 17.00
Fusion Sundays is an international culture market with stalls from around the world, selling a range of handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewelery, clothes and food.
3rd Sun of month | The Brocante Market | 11.00 – 17.00
Pre-loved furniture and homewear. Second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for your house, kitchen and garden.
Last Sun of month | Dublin Flea Market | 11.00 – 17.00
A bizarre bazaar of vintage clothing, bric-a-brac and what nots. Find hand-made goods, art, jewellery, records and other unwanted items that may just be your treasure!
Main markets hosted by the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket, Dublin 8:
Saturdays 9.30am to 4.30pm – Main trading day with additional market stalls from Producer Members.
Thursdays 12 noon to 8pm – Cafe and Wholefood dry goods shopping; with fruit and veg stall from 2pm.
Here is a map showing the location of Newmarket, Dublin 8:
And finally, here are some pics from the World Culture Market last month, September 2013:
