Brickworks Craft Market
Market History · South Australia
Remembering the Brickworks Market
For 30 years, Adelaide’s favourite weekend market traded in the shadow of a historic brick kiln in Torrensville.
Please note: the Brickworks Market closed in 2013. The site on South Road, Torrensville is now the Brickworks Marketplace shopping centre.
1912
Brick kiln built
1983
Market opens
2013
Stallholders close
From bricks to bargains
The market grew up around the old brickworks at Torrensville, just west of the Adelaide CBD. Its centrepiece was the heritage-listed kiln, built around 1912, and its landmark chimney.
Established in 1983, the Brickworks Market became one of Adelaide’s best-known markets. It housed more than 100 stalls, with a fully air-conditioned main building, and ran Friday to Sunday.
A day out for the whole family
Shoppers came for everything from fruit and vegetables to handcrafted goods. There was a bakery and butcher on site, a beer garden with live music, and a leisure complex with rides for the kids.
Handmade candles & soaps
Leather goods
Clothing & jewellery
Crystals & herbs
Guitars & used CDs
Fresh fruit & veg
The end of an era
In 2013, the site was earmarked for redevelopment. Traders fought to keep their leases, with support from local politicians, but the stallholders closed their doors in late October that year.
The market buildings were demolished and replaced by the Brickworks Marketplace, a shopping centre anchored by Woolworths. For many Adelaideans, though, “the Brickworks” will always mean a weekend wander around the old kiln.
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