Return of Thieves Alley market

Stalls will line central city streets on Saturday for the popular market which is expected to be very busy, as seen here in 2021. PHOTOS: ODT FILES

A huge turnout is expected for Saturday’s Thieves Alley market day.

The event, which returns after a hiatus last year due to the Covid-19 restrictions, will fill the central city from 10am-4pm with thousands of bargain hunters browsing through hundreds of stalls.

A Dunedin City Council spokesperson said the event would look a little different this year, with no stalls in Bath St.

The crowd around the Octagon during the 2021 Thieves Alley market day. The event is set to return on Saturday.

"However, we’ll still have the usual assortment of food vendors in the lower Octagon and other stallholders spread throughout the CBD, including the Octagon, Princes St, George St and lower Stuart St."

There will also be a range of live musical performances on George St and in the upper Octagon, and a kids zone on Princes St, near the Octagon, offering a science show and experiments from Otago Museum.

Southern Football will be running fun football activities on the grass in the upper Octagon, including a football juggling competition and other tricks and flicks.

brenda.harwood@thestar.co.nz