If you have an appreciation for art. Ship Point is the place to be. Chalk artist from around the globe have descended on to Ship Point this weekend. Joined by 25 artistic vendors at the Ship Point Market. The chalk drawings will start Saturday morning and be completed on Sunday. There is a kids Zone just so they can go crazy and have some fun. 1st  nations artist and music will be on stage during the day. Saturday Night Knackers yard will belt out some fine east coast music. 

This will be the last weekend for some of the artist at the Ship Point Market. Sarah Mulligain is one of those artist. A long time supporter of the market she has become famous for her hand blown creations. Her Jewelry is original in thought and creation. Her work makes for a fine gift for someone or yourself. If you are down this weekend to admire the fine chalk art take a stroll to her booth at the Ship Point Market.

What makes this Labour Day Market so special ? The artist of course. This weekend's market is the biggest of the year with an additional 45 artist added to the Victoria Harbour festival line up. They came from Comox, Ninaimo, Vancouver, Mill Bay, and Montreal to show off there creations. There are some great gift ideas at the #shippointmarket this weekend. Open until Monday at 5:00 pm. Sunday 10:30 to 10:30, Saturday 10:30 to 10:30.  

The Victoria Chalk Festival is moving to the pier! This is the same wonderfully talented festival that usually takes place on Government street. It is sure to be a busy weekend with all of the cruise ships coming in.
Come support the local chalk artists, and your favourite market vendors.

The market hours are:
Friday 9th 6-10:30pm
Saturday 10th 10:30-10:30
Sunday 11th 10:30-6

For more information on becoming a vendor at the harbour, check out www.victoriavendors.com

​See you down there!

We are going to have some of the best food trucks like The Reef and Finest At Sea this weekend on ship point. Some of our favorite bands that have played at the market all summer long like the O Brians, Knacker's yard and a new one this year cookeilidh.  See the music schedule here. 

They will be busking and selling their Cd's. Come down and check them out. 

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Aug is traditionally one of the best weather months of the year. Hot summer days followed by warm nights. Victoria's Inner Harbour is the place to be. Full of live entertainment, artist and yummy food trucks. Aug. 19th, 20th and 21st will be extra fun in the harbour. The Harbours Days will bring Ship point's weekend market operating during the day and night. Along with a host of artistic vendors will come some of Victoria's finest out door bands playing on the end of Ship point pier. 

The BC long weekend is a special weekend in the Inner Harbour. This weekend falls right in the middle of summer. It is one of  busiest weekends of the summer. The harbour will be host to the symphony splash. It fills up with thousands of classical music lovers on the Sunday. The Ship Point Market will be going all weekend long. It opens on Friday 6 pm to 10:30 pm. Saturday 10:30 to 10:30 pm. Sunday 10:30 to 10:30 pm and Monday 10:30 to 5 pm Expect to see some of our best buskers on the end of Ship Point like the O'Brians and Karly Summers.


Of course the weekend will attract lots of artist and buskers along the Inner Harbour. Expect to see over 150 performers, artist, food carts and trucks. Stretched from the Steam Ship Building all the way over to Ship Point Pier.  Vending information can be found here.

Summer has finally arrived this weekend in the inner harbour. We have had great entertainment and lots of fun. From one end of the harbour to the other end, you will find over 100 artist selling their work. The ship point market will end this Sunday but be back again next Friday for the entire weekend. If you are interested in being part of the market we have 6 openings for next week as of today. Next Week we have the added bonus of Deuce Days that will attract even more people to the inner harbour.  Vendor information is here

What makes the Busker festival so special ? It is the people. Locals come down in droves to see international performers at their best. It is one of those events that people can enjoy for free  or they can show their appreciation by putting some money in the hat. Sure the comedy can be a bit risque but it is street performing.  Of course, the thousands of people that come down to see the shows  are excited to see the night market and all the cool creations making this a great weekend for everyone. The night market that already attracts thousands of tourist each weekend share the stage for these two weekends.

The annual 10-day International Buskers Festival in Victoria BC. It starts this Friday, July 15th and goes until the 24th. Various stages and Busk Stops will be located all over the downtown area, performances from noon till 10pm daily.

The Ship Point Market located on Ship Point pier, will be open all weekend long 
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See you down at the pier.

hours of operation: 
July 15   6 -10:30
16th       10:30 to 10:30 
17th        10:30 to 9

July 22nd     12 noon to 10:30
23rd        10:30 to 10:30
24th          10:

This is the 11th year of the Ship Point Market! Wow. We have about 70 vendors (so far) this year participating in some or all of the events. We boast some of the finest vendors in Victoria, and the finest downtown location!

The Ship Point Night Market runs from 6pm - 10:30pm Fridays, Saturdays and runs all weekend long day and night on the other weekends: 
June 17-18, 24-25
July 8-9
August 5-6, 26-27
September 9-10, 16-17
Great complement to your evening stroll along the harbour, for locals and tourists alike.

The long weekend events are 3-4 days long and run from 10:30am - 10:30pm most days (over-night security provided for vendors):
Swiftsure May 27-29 (see you again next year!)
Canada Day Market June 30-July 3
Buskers Festival 1st Weekend July 15-17
Buskers Festival 2nd Weekend July 22-24
BC Day Market July 29 - August 1
Weekend Market August 19-21
Labour Day Weekend September 2-5

See you down there!