27/05/2026
After a great deal of consideration, we’ve made the incredibly difficult decision to cancel our upcoming NAIDOC event.
Over the past several months we reached out to well over 1,000 businesses, creators, food vendors, performers, and community contacts in hopes of building something truly special for Brisbane’s NAIDOC celebrations. While we received a lot of encouragement and support, unfortunately we were unable to secure the level of confirmed participation needed to responsibly move forward with the event.
What many people may not realise is that The Burbs Market has always genuinely just been the two of us — a husband-and-wife team funding and building these events ourselves, without major backing or financial support behind us. To take this event to a larger Brisbane venue required a huge financial commitment from us personally, and unfortunately the numbers simply did not stack up in a sustainable way.
Truthfully, trying to make this event happen has hit us harder than we expected — financially, mentally, and emotionally. Because of that, for the foreseeable future, this is likely the end of The Burbs Market.
To everyone who attended an event, supported us, shared our posts, applied, enquired, or believed in what we were trying to build — thank you. We genuinely appreciate it more than you know.
Refunds will be issued to those who have paid, and existing credits will still be honoured as funds become available. We kindly ask for patience while we work through everything responsibly.
Dan & Jess
The Burbs Market