The Thousands

A long weekend in the city usually means getting fried on Friday and spending three days in a half-comatose state. But this coming holiday, there’s reason to keep at least part of your brain functioning.**The Hope Street Markets are a two-day, two-tiered, artisan anthology set smack in the centre of Surry. Like a weekend-long music festival, the line up is extensive and varied. Weave your way through body-cast jewellery from Torso Corso, Matt Huynh’s self-published comic books, sculptural works and fashion accessories by Xx’illa and Raspberry Beret’s custom vintage jewellery.**The market not only provides a platform for creative Sydney-siders to spruik their wares outside MySpace, but will help raise money for Hope Street – Urban Compassion projects, an organisation that tirelessly works to help the city’s homeless.**If that doesn’t kick-start your wine logged legs, maybe a herbal tea from the Frankie lounge will? Or perhaps a red wine from the bar inside? Yeah, we thought so.