Saturday Browse at Moss Street Market, Fairfield (Sir James Douglas School grounds), Victoria BC

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Saturday Browse at Moss Street Market

Victoria's Saturday farmers' market in Fairfield, with a busker, a market dog, and the constant internal debate about the jam.

Fairfield (Sir James Douglas School grounds)

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The date

The Moss Street Market is the easiest charming Saturday in Fairfield, running 10 to 2 year round. Browsing costs nothing, which is your licence to wander, taste a free sample, and argue about which jam deserves your commitment. There is almost always a busker, and almost always a market dog to pet. Split one good pastry, feel virtuous about everything you resisted.

How to do it

This is the lowest-stakes date going, so just wander in, there's usually a busker playing and tables piled with produce, flowers and handmade everything. Make it a shared game: taste a free sample, debate which jam wins, pet the inevitable market dog, then split one good pastry on the grass. It runs Saturdays 10am to 2pm in the warm months, and an easy hour here costs almost nothing. Wrap it up and let Fairfield's quiet streets carry you toward whatever's next.

What to wear: casual is fine

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Duration
About an hour
Best time
Morning to afternoon
Per person
Free
setting
Outdoor
neighbourhood
Fairfield (Sir James Douglas School grounds)
best season
Year-round

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