"Can you believe we are turning 25 this year? A lot has changed in Canberra and at the markets in that time," Old Bus Depot Markets director Anthony Niravong said.

"One thing that has remained is that the Old Bus Depot Markets is still a Sunday tradition for Canberrans and visitors alike who have been coming to market for locally and regionally made hand crafts, clothing, jewellery and delicious food since we first opened in 1994.

"Over 25 years we have truly proven ourselves as a place where success happens. During this time the Markets has been a wonderful incubator for local businesses. We have seen businesses start out here and grow so large they move on to their own premises and business endeavours.

"And the humbling thing is that we have also remained a stable home for local businesses for the past quarter century. We are so proud to say that after 25 years, we still have 11 of the original Old Bus Depot Markets stallholders with us today."

The Old Bus Depot Markets started in 1992 from a simple idea to open a weekly market in Canberra.

The market was created by two Canberra friends, Diane Hinds and Morna Whiting. The pair found the perfect setting - a large industrial space in the old bus depot on Wentworth Avenue, Kingston.

The first market was held in September 1994. It was the beginning of a Canberra icon.

They moved to the present building in 1998.

The Old Bus Depot Markets have been inducted into the Australian Tourism Hall of Fame and included in the top ten Canberra "places of heart".

Morna and Diane have seen businesses thrive, the illness and passing of a number of much-loved stallholders, and some stallholders turn into strong national businesses after starting at the markets.

In 2016, the pair passed the baton to the new owners, Anthony Niravong and Sally Peter.