Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market

Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market sells only handcrafted items. The market however does not sell things all days during a week. Set in picturesque Queenstown, beside Lake Wakatipu with snow capped mountains all around, the market sells things only on Saturdays.

Some of the items sold at Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market are: fabric art, glass art, garments, jewellery, pottery, wood carvings and painting. You can buy hand painted or mosaic-ed mirrors. Many of the mirror sellers' even tailor- make glasses depending on your design specifications.

Hand woven garments are likewise sold at the market. You can buy nice sweaters, pullovers and other woolen garments from here.

Made from paua shell, beautifully crafted broaches, earrings and necklaces would surely tempt you.

Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market is the assembling ground of mainly local craftsmen. However craftsmen from far flung areas like Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill and the West Coast also come to this market to exhibit and sell their artistic creations. Held under the aegis of Creative Queenstown, the market is managed by a coordinator.

The coordinator ensures that the products to be exhibited maintain a high standard of quality. He also ensures that neither industry product, nor any imported items are sold at this market. The entry of new tradesman to this market is subject to approval by the coordinator regarding the quality of goods to be sold. Upon approval by the coordinator, a new trader has to deposit a non-refundable 20 kiwi dollars. Apart from that, 20 New Zealand dollars per market day is charged as a stall fee.

Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market, during summer (1st November to 30th April), remain open from 8 am to 4:30 pm. You can buy goods between 9 am and 3 pm in winter (1st May to 31st October).