Issimo Markets - markets made simple

23/05/2026

Back on the road, well done Murrindindi Beanie & Fibre Festival for creating something cool and unique!

09/05/2026

Is there any better place than a market to do your Mother’s Day shopping? Slow Food Melbourne

04/05/2026

Always fun accidentally walking past a new market that’s starting up with us! This is Quad Club in Brunswick that celebrates the surround sound Quadrophonic music format from the late 60’s.

A really cool venue and team with an established following, and now they’re are starting up a high quality maker’s market called Beats & Bits Makers Market Quad Club!

15/07/2025

Janina is the quintessential example of a good market operator, and is one of the markets who engaged with us in such a positive way and helped to shape early the product. You know the media tab with all of the gorgeous stallholder photos so you can promote them on social media? Janina grabbed us by the (metaphorical) ears and "just do it, do it now!!!"- and it's been one of the simplest but most popular features we've done to date. Highly recommend any market operator, where ever they are on their journey, head down to this session and get some fresh perspectives straight from the source.

The Geelong Small Business Festival is back in 2025! Now in its 15th year, our region’s largest dedicated business festival has helped over 30,000 people looking to connect with other business people, get inspired and grow their business.

From Monday 4 August – Friday 15 August, Geelong Small Business Festival 2025 will deliver a wide range of free and low-cost events to support local businesses.

• Hear from business experts across a range of areas.
• Get practical ideas, information and training.
• Improve your business knowledge, skills and capabilities.

I will be running my session on Wednesday 13th August, you can book your spot here https://bit.ly/PMInsiderSecrets

Browse all the other GSBF 2025 events and secure your spot online at https://gsbf.com.au/

This event is proudly part of the Geelong Small Business Festival, brought to you by the City of Greater Geelong in partnership with the Geelong Chamber of Commerce.

21/01/2025

🤩 👏 🙌 Happy new year everybody! BIG WELCOME to some of the new markets simplifying their market life with Issimo Markets! Apply now in just minutes at https://www.issimomarkets.com

Hill and Ridge Community Market , Wollundry Saturday Markets , Slow Food Melbourne , Portarlington Makers Market , Maldon Market , Creswick Market , Witches of Macedon , On the Lawn Market - Newhaven , Clunes Farmers & Makers Market , Laurimar Lakeside Community Market

06/01/2025

Parap Village Shops & Saturday Market visitors in Darwin enjoy shoulder and full body massages in the sweltering January heat.

06/01/2025

More photos from Darwin's Parap Village Shops & Saturday Market (see previous post).

06/01/2025

On a sticky pre-monsoonal day in Darwin, Issimo finally made it to the famous Parap Village Shops & Saturday Market that has been pulling in tourists and locals for more than 40 years.

About 50 stalls swelter under the beautiful bright green branches of Golden Showers shade trees, bright awnings and faded umbrellas — a sensory experience combining food, culture, and community all permeated by that unmistakable laid-back Territory vibe.

It’s early January, a time when the heat is oppressive, the air so humid it’s dense. In the days before, occasional thunderstorms have brought short isolated bursts of rain but not enough to bring lasting relief. Territorians call it “the build-up” before the big wet. Locals say this year has been the hottest, driest and longest build-up in 30 years. The monsoon is still hovering over Indonesia and won’t reach Darwin for several weeks, they predict.

Still, no-one seems to mind today.

In a far shady aisle, Debbie sells brightly coloured woollen socks she knitted herself.

Ken is doing a roaring trade in French crepes.

There are queues for Asian street food.

Numerous guests succumb to shoulder and full body massages, some sprawled flat out on the ground under awnings.

The most spectacularly colourful stall has tall arrangements of magnificent native blooms in pinks and oranges while the bright pinks of dragon fruit and orange/pink mangoes vie for attention on a fresh fruit stall nearby.

A cross-seated Indigenous man sings and plays clapsticks, percussion instruments that are deeply connected to Australian First Nation’s music and culture, often used in ceremonies like corroborees and other traditional gatherings.

Parap, Rapid creek, Nightcliff & Darwin Mindil beach markets are renowned for their multi-cultural flavour reflected mainly in the food, served occasionally from ramshackle stalls. Satay, Vietnamese rolls, Thai curries, tropical smoothies, bright Asian sticky sweets and cakes. The laksa, in particular, is a signature draw and a favorite among locals and tourists.

At Parap, arts and crafts included pottery, ceramic knick knacks, glass ornaments, art prints and some Balinese wares.

Other markets such as Mindil Beach Sunset Market is renowned its sunsets and for a wide range of arts and crafts. Nightcliff Markets are also said to be a must-see at night.

If the crowds out today are any indication. Parap is doing just fine.

18/09/2024

Out in the road again at Henty Machinery Field Days!

07/09/2024

Issimo crew out on the road this weekend. Eating everything in sight at Plant Based Paradise at Fed Square. Tomorrow we’re checking out the very first Laurimar Lakeside Community Market in Doreen which is looming up to be huuuuge! Come say g’day if you’re nearby!