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Blacktown’s Village Green will be a Friday night foodies’ mecca after Blacktown City Council decided to make “Food Truck Friday” a permanent fixture.
Blacktown Night Markets will now operate each Friday night event on Blacktown’s Village Green until April, boosted by a Sunday organic produce market and live streaming of the Commonwealth Games.
“Blacktown residents obviously voted with their feet and their stomachs,” said the Mayor of Blacktown City, Councillor Stephen Bali.
“We have been absolutely blown away by the popularity and last year’s trial was an absolute success, drawing tens of thousands of people last summer.
“It’s a great way to relax at the end of the week and it was wonderful to watch families take advantage of the wide variety of cuisines on offer.
Marayong resident Tin Shein said he and his family were overjoyed the night markets were now a full time event.
“We really liked being able to simply drop into the markets and graze the huge variety of food and entertainment,” Mr Shein said.
“As the word spreads that they are now permanent I reckon more and more families will be there.”
The Friday night food markets will be augmented by an organic produce market on Sundays, Mayor Bali said.
“This is something we will be trialling once a month on a Sunday from 9 am to 2 pm,” he said.
Following the success of live streaming the Olympics in 2016, the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will be screened live in Blacktown for everyone to see, Mayor Bali said.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as “Gold Coast 2018”, will be staged between 4 and 15 April 2018.
“One of my big memories of the Olympics was standing in the square outside Westpoint with hundreds of people, cheering an Aussie Gold,” Mayor Bali said.
Food Truck Friday, the Organic Produce Markets and Commonwealth Games broadcasting is part of a wider council plan to revitalise the Blacktown CBD.
“For some time we have been working on plans to bring Blacktown alive,” he said.
“The huge turnout proves that with the right mix of attractions, Blacktown City Council can be a vibrant, family friendly place.
“The best part of the night markets for me was wandering through the Village Square with my family and watching other families out for the night enjoying the city.
“If it proves that if the right attraction is there, people will come and the city can be a vibrant place for entertainment and family enjoyment,” Mayor Bali said
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