The Best Holiday Markets in Every State

Raise a glass of Straight to Ale Brewery’s Glühwein (mulled wine) before you shop for crafts and gifts in a heated outdoor pavilion—though we doubt it’ll be too cold at this southern spot.

Dates: 3 to 9 p.m. Dec. 9; location: 2620 Clinton Ave W., Huntsville

More than 80 local vendors sell their wares at this indoor market that boasts craft stations to keep the kiddos busy while you shop for their gifts from you—err, we mean from Santa.

Dates: 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 26; location: 330 Main Street, Ketchikan

Get your cookie-fix at this traditional German market, where you can nosh on lebkuchen—gingerbread cookies—then wash them down with Warsteiner winter beer instead of milk. (It is a German market after all.) Everything from candles to ornaments will also be for sale.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 10; location: 6245 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek

This market may run (almost) year-round, but because it requires all its vendors to run no fewer than 300 LED Christmas lights in and on their tents, it always feels like the holidays here. May we recommend you grab sweet (literally) stocking stuffers from Mandy’s Candy?

Dates: 3 to 9 p.m. Dec. 3; location: Bank of the Ozarks Amphitheater, Malvern

All December, this French restaurant’s pattiserie transforms into a Parisian holiday market; its cases are filled with everything from Bûche de Noël (yule log) to real artisanal foie gras.

Dates: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 1 through Dec. 31; location: 1000 N. Bristol St., Newport Beach

Transport yourself to an Old-World Christmas celebration, where you can dance to live German music, shop from European craft vendors hawking everything from ornaments to pottery, and eat authentic bites such as marzipanbrot or stollen, German Christmas breads.

Dates: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 through Dec. 23; location: Skyline Park at 16th St. Mall and Arapahoe St., Denver

This two-day market is stepping up the Christmas game: here, you can buy professionally decorated trees—with proceeds going to Ann’s Place, a local cancer-support center. Go on the evening of Nov. 18, and you can grab a beer while you shop trees and the marketplace.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 through Nov. 19, and 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Nov. 18 for Taps & Trees Craft Beer Fest; location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 18 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury

Picture it: a restored 18th century farm, decked out in Christmas décor. That’s what you’ll find here—plus artisan and handmade gifts, fare prepared by nearby Wilmington’s best chefs, and beer, cider, and wine (for only $5!) brought in from local breweries and wineries.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 2; location: Historic Poplar Hall, 3176 Denny Road, Newark

Take Lakeridge Winer’s free wine-tasting tour, then enter its Chocolate Wonderland, an outdoor (air conditioned) tent filled with chocolatiers’ handmade gifts. If you can set your sweet tooth aside, the winery also boasts a more traditional holiday market, where you can also purchase local artists’ and crafters’ creations and additional food and beverage items.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8 and Dec. 9, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 10; location: 19239 U.S. 27 N., Clermont

When Hurricane Irma forced Jekyll Island, a state park, to cancel its annual Shrimp & Grits Festival, its organizers came up with a plan: they’d throw the fest closer to the holidays—and add in a holiday artists’ market selling pottery, jewelry, woodwork, and photography.

Dates: 2 to 8 p.m. Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 25; location: Jekyll Island Historic District

There’ll be a whopping 400 artisans at this expo. (You can check out the overwhelming list of the event’s vendors here.) If you can’t find gifts here, then you probably can’t anywhere.

Dates: 4 to 9 p.m. Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 25, and     10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 26; location: 777 Ward Ave., Honolulu

This holiday market touts itself as a cool—excuse the very bad weather pun—place to buy affordable handmade goods from indie artisans and crafters using “traditional methods.”

Dates: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 18 and Nov. 19; location: 1000 W Myrtle St, Boise

Chicago’s Christkindlmarket is largest open-air Christmas fest in the city, according to the market’s website. You’ll find hand-blown and painted ornaments, toys, jewelry, clothes, wood works, décor—and Glühwein served in a unique souvenir mug you can take home.

Dates: 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 to Dec. 24; location: Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St., Chicago

Even Santa won’t miss this market, which will replicate Europe’s Christmas markets in the setting of a barn that’s less rustic and more high-brow. (It’s got crystal chandeliers hanging from the rafters.) Here you can shop, see Santa Claus, and take a Christmas wagon ride, too.

Dates: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 25, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 26; location: 8271 S. 100 E., Fairmount

Ethnic foods and gifts are sold from traditional wooden stalls at this holiday market, which will also feature polka bands, choirs, and beer tent to celebrate a successful shopping spree.

Dates: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3; location: 221 Walnut St, Des Moines

Before Overland Park’s farmers’ market closes for the year, it will open up a holiday market complete with “tasty treats, beverages, arts and crafts, jewelry, [and] boxed gift items,” its website says. And for those who never carry cash: this market gladly accepts credit cards. 

Dates: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 2; location: Matt Ross Community Center, 8101 Marty St., Overland Park

Vendors from across the country gather at this annual holiday market to hawk their wares. Bonus: your children—and you, too—can actually eat Christmas cookies with Santa here.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3; location: 430 W. Vine St., Lexington

You’ll find more than 80 merchants here selling everything from specialty foods to home furnishings. Nov. 16 is ladies night—where you can sip (wine and other drinks) and shop.

Dates: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17, 9 to 5 p.m. Nov. 18; location: Lake Charles Civic Center, 900 Lakeshore Dr., Lake Charles

Before the town’s annual tree-lighting, pop by this market for last-minute gifts including hand-crafted jewelry, stocking stuffers, unique hand-woven items, artwork, and more.

Dates: 3:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 1; location: River Tree Arts, 35 Western Ave., Kennebunk

West Shore Park is transformed into an impressive holiday market—with thousands of twinkling lights and two stages of live music—where you can shop from more than 50 vendors while sipping on hot chocolate, German beer, and mulled wine, and noshing from a full menu of European food, including German bratwurst, potato latkes, and spekulatius.

Dates: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 through Dec. 24; location: West Shore Park, Inner Harbor, 501 Light St., Baltimore

You’ll find something for every foodie on your list at this new holiday market, from vendors such as Vendors such as such as Seedsheets, Alex’s Ugly Sauce, and Top Shelf Cookies. Think: screen-printed tea towels, all-natural booze infusers, and edible stocking stuffers.

Dates: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays Nov. 18 through Dec. 17; location: 100 Hanover St., Boston

Of course you would find a Dutch-inspired holiday market in a town named Holland. This market shares space with the local farmers’ market, so you can do your grocery shopping and your holiday shopping, for items such as lip butters, antiques, mittens, and more.

Dates: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 2, and Dec. 9, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 24, 3 to 8 p.m. Nov. 28, Dec. 1, and Dec. 8; location: Eighth Street Marketplace., 150 W. Eighth St., Holland

Modeled after the Christmas markets found in Munich, this market offers items such as ornaments, nutcrackers, beeswax candles, decorative glass, wool mittens and scarves, and jewelry for shoppers and Glühwein, roasted nuts, and sausages for drinkers and eaters.

Dates: 4 to 9 p.m. Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, 12 to 6 p.m. Dec. 3 and Dec. 10; location: Union Depot East Plaza, 240 E. Kellogg Blvd., St Paul

What’s better than holiday shopping at 63 vendors selling decor items, jewelry, fine art, pottery, food, photography, and more? Doing it with a mimosa or Bloody Mary in hand, both of which you can buy—and sip on and enjoy—at this market, which also benefits the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media. 

Dates: 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 1 (preview event) and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 2; location: The Jefferson, 365 Highway 6 E., Oxford

Stone Hill Winery hosts this traditional German Christmas market, where hot soups and mulled wine will be served, and crafts and “Christmas goodies” can be purchased.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2; location: 1110 Stone Hill Highway, Hermann

In case the name of this market didn’t give it away, this is the Christmas market to shop if you’re in search of vintage finds such as old-school signs or antique furniture and décor. Outside, food trucks will serve up everything from German sausages to teriyaki chicken.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 9; location: Missoula County Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W., Missoula

Gourmet jams and jellies, cheeses and baked goods, jewelry, and arts and crafts will all be up for grabs at this holiday market. (Plus, Santa promises to stop by at 2 p.m. Dec. 3.)

Dates: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2 and Dec. 3; location: Aksarben Village, 67th and Center streets, Omaha

You’ll leave this first-annual event feeling good—if for no other reason than knowing you purchased raffle tickets that will benefit the Veterans Guest House, which provides down-on-their-luck veterans and their families with a safe, warm, and clean place to stay. But if you don’t want to take your chances in the raffle, 20 local artists will also sell unique gifts.

Dates: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 10; location: LakeRidge Golf Course, 1218 Golf Club Dr., Reno

Shop local artisan goods at this market, then stay in downtown Manchester for a meal at one of its restaurants. May we recommend Cotton for eclectic American comfort food?

Dates: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 30, Dec. 7, and Dec. 14, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, Brady Sullivan Plaza, 1000 Elm St., Manchester

You can watch folk dancers, listen to a ‘Capella music, or shop for holiday presents at this outdoor traditional German market, which is ranked as “one of the top 10 things to do in December in the state,” according to its website.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 2 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3; location: 21 Boardwalk, Lake Mohawk

World famous? Count us in. New Mexico artists gather here to sell Spanish Colonial-style artwork. All of the artists are on site so that you can learn about their process at purchase. 

Dates: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3; location: National Hispanic Cultural Center, 701 4th St. SW, Albuquerque

You may be familiar with Union Square for its impressive year-round farmers market. But in November and December, another market opens here—a holiday market constructed with winding aisles of craftsmen and artists’ huts selling unique gifts. Stop by to shop, or simply for lunch; you’ll find everything from Parisian specialty soups to hot chocolate here.  

Dates: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 16 through Dec. 24; location: Union Square between E. 14th and 17th streets

Set in the brewery’s biergarten, which seats more than 1,000 people and has cozy fire pits, you can sip on the brewery’s beers (and buy ‘em, too) while shopping foodie gifts, such as cheeses, European-inspired baked goods, and even all-natural dog treats for your fur baby.

Dates: 4 to 9 p.m. Dec. 1, Dec. 8, and Dec. 15, 2 to 9 p.m. Dec. 2, Dec. 9, and Dec. 16; location: 4150 Yancey Road, Charlotte

Like its name suggests, this holiday fest will take you back to the days of Charles Dickens, and boasts a fruit cake toss, children’s top-hat decorating, horse-drawn carriage rides, English high tea, a quilt show—and many holiday shopping opportunities, too, of course.

Dates: Various times Nov. 24, Nov. 25, and Nov. 26, Dec. 1, Dec. 2, Dec. 8, and Dec. 9; call 1-800-799-4242 for specific times and location

This is the Cleveland Bazaar’s largest event. It’s housed inside the 78th Street Studios, a repurposed re-purposed warehouse, which automatically ups the event’s cool-factor. Plus, you’ll find hundreds of indie crafts perfect for stocking stuffers and unique holiday gifts.

Dates: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 am. to 6 p.m. Dec. 10; location: 1300 W. 78th St., Cleveland

Let’s just say you’re the kind of person who’d like to shop inside a (plastic) igloo. Then this holiday market is the one for you. Some 35 rotating vendors set up shop in geodesic domes, which look like igloos, to sell their wares. You can also purchase your Christmas tree here.

Dates: 10 am. to 9 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 24 through Dec. 23; location: NW 10th and Hudson streets, downtown Oklahoma City

Award winning wines, beers, and spirits—from Noble Estate Urban, J. Scott Cellars, Viking Braggot Company, and Crescendo Spirits—are served at this holiday market, where you’ll be encouraged to give those same bottles to friends, family, and other loved ones as gifts.

Dates: 2 to 8 p.m. Dec. 9; location: Tyinn Street to Commercial Street in Eugene

For a little more than a month, the newly-renovated LOVE Park turns into an authentic open-air German Christmas market. Shoppers can buy gifts—from local, national, and international vendors—from decorated tents, then take in a live show at a large stage. Or go after work on a Wednesday for the market’s Ho-Ho-Happy hour for discounted drinks.

Dates: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 23 through Dec. 24; location: LOVE Park, 1500 Arch St., Philadelphia

Like a meet-and-greet, think of this market as a meet-and-eat. You’ll be able to nosh on local food favorites—while chatting up their creators—and buy art and gifts here too.

Dates: 12 to 4 p.m. Dec. 9; location: 55 Cromwell St., Providence

More than 300 crafters and commercial vendors from 15 states set up shop at this holiday fair. (But don’t stress: you can plan your shopping strategy with this list of vendors.)

Dates: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 2; location: TD Convention Center, 1 Exposition Dr., Greenville

Ice skating, tree lighting, and Santa Claus, oh my! There’s all that and more—like shopping opportunities—at this market, where local vendors will sell one-of-a-kind gifts and wares.

Dates: 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 25; location: 526 Main St., Rapid City

Here, you can shop for holiday gifts—sold by some 150 makers—inside a former factory that’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Plus, from 5 to 9 p.m., you can enjoy  tastings with some of the region’s best chefs, like Chopped judge Maneet Chauhan.

Dates: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 18; location: The Factory at Franklin, 230 Franklin Road, Franklin