Flea Markets & Pop-up Bazaars in Kochi

Pop-up markets, craft fairs and festive bazaars in Kochi are listed below and refreshed daily. The city has no single permanent flea market; instead, small collectives and exhibition organisers set up for a weekend at a time in hotel halls, cafés, mall atria and public grounds, with stalls of clothing, jewellery, home-made food, plants and handmade goods. The Marine Drive ground at the northern end of the walkway is the usual site for the larger exhibitions and fairs, and handloom and craft sales that run for a week or more are held in halls and grounds around the city centre. The season peaks before Onam, in August or September, when government and cooperative Onam fairs open across the city, and again in December for Christmas. For everyday market shopping, Broadway and Ernakulam Market near Marine Drive sell textiles, spices and household goods in a grid of old lanes, and Jew Town in Mattancherry is the street for antiques, brassware, embroidery and spices. Fort Kochi's lanes around Princess Street have clothing and craft shops aimed at visitors. Dates and venues for pop-ups change at short notice, so check the listing before you travel.