17 Occurring Vacation Markets And Artisan Festivals In And Round Vancouver

Give your self loads of time to peruse the distributors on the Vancouver Christmas Market. PHOTO CREDIT: Vancouver Christmas Market.

On-line Christmas procuring isn’t practically as a lot enjoyable as looking impartial vendor stands––and having fun with the warmly festive vibe––at a well-curated native vacation market. And so they’re at all times a good way to search out brilliantly unique pressies for completely everybody in your reward record.

Researching my Vancouver Christmas Information web site this yr––we’re now in our sixth season––I found that Metro Vancouver is crammed like a bulging Yuletide stocking with a large array of attractive festive festivals and markets.

Some are massive and well-known. Others are a lot smaller however simply as rewarding. The trick is to know when and the place they’re, and to plan your procuring excursions accordingly. Fortunately, we’ve made it simpler for you with a helpful round-up of a few of our 2022 favourites. Want extra information? Maintain tabs on our ever-changing Occasions web page for updates, giveaways and extra.

The Well-known Ones

The wildly fashionable Vancouver Christmas Market at downtown’s Jack Poole Plaza isn’t nearly procuring. Operating from November 12 to December 24, this twinkling annual attraction features a carousel, selfie-ready illuminations and many tasty meals stands. However we significantly love exploring the handfuls of little wood vendor huts––look out for honey, craft cider and conventional German Christmas ornaments this yr.

Try the comfortable vendor huts on the Vancouver Christmas Market. PHOTO CREDIT: Lindsay Elliot.

Additionally save loads of perusing time for the return of Yaletown’s Portobello West Annual Roundhouse Vacation Market. It’s on November 26 and 27 this yr, and you’ll anticipate a cleverly-curated array of 60+ regional distributors––with all the pieces from jewelry to skincare and from trend to gourmand treats on the tables.

Don’t miss Yaletown’s Portobello West Annual Roundhouse Vacation Market. PHOTO CREDIT: David Lloyd Edwards.

The enormous Dunbar Vacation Craft Truthful can be again for its thirty eighth version on November 26. Dwell leisure and greater than 140 distributors lure the crowds right here––arrive early to keep away from the crush. And should you’re eager to browse in opulent splendour, the College Ladies’s Membership of Vancouver will likely be opening the doorways of its festively adorned Shaughnessy mansion for Hycroft for the Holidays. Operating for 3 days from November 18, there will likely be 40 stands right here.

Up to date Artisans

Vancouverites are a extremely artful bunch, with numerous artisan markets staged across the metropolis all year long. However many of those occasions function their largest and greatest happenings in the course of the holidays––they usually’re sometimes stocked with an enormous and hip choice of distinctive pressie potentialities.

Store native at a Vancouver-area vacation market this yr. PHOTO CREDIT: John Lee.

Contemplate the weekend-long Received Craft? Vacation Market on the Croatian Cultural Centre. Operating from November 19, it options 90 distributors, meals vehicles and a particular choice of junior craft entrepreneurs promoting their intelligent creations. Can’t make these dates? Head to the PNE Discussion board between December 7 and 11 for the 265-booth Make It! Present––the right place to shine off your gift-buying a few weeks earlier than the large day.

There are many distinctive reward concepts at Received Craft? PHOTO CREDIT: Received Craft?

Additionally again for 2022 is the Eastside Flea on the Eastside Studios Constructing on Malkin Avenue. Arguably Vancouver’s hippest market, they’re staging three weekends of vacation occasions from December 3 onwards. You’ll discover regionally made gadgets, classic items and a party-like ambiance full with music and meals vehicles.

The Eastside Flea returns with three weekend-long vacation markets this December. PHOTO CREDIT: Eastside Flea.

Eager to maintain procuring? Contemplate the vacation editions of Made within the 604––artisan-forward pop-ups working at Heritage Corridor on Essential Road and at North Vancouver’s Pipe Store––see their web site for dates. Alternatively, three Artful Affaire markets may even be working in Vancouver, Richmond and South Surrey this yr––go to their web site for particulars.

Hidden Gems

There are additionally some intriguing under-the-radar occasions this yr. For distinctive handmade creations, take a look at the 35 stands on the November 26 and 27 West Finish Vacation Craft Truthful. And don’t miss the intriguing Very Victorian Christmas Market on the close by Roedde Home Museum on December 4, full with vintage-feel pressie concepts.

And if you wish to keep away from the crowds of some vacation occasions, take into account South Vancouver’s charming Tugboat Touchdown Artisan Market on December 3 and 4, with its 20 or so distributors and family-friendly Christmas vibe. We’ll even be hopping on the SkyTrain to Port Coquitlam, the place the PoMo Arts Centre is once more internet hosting its Winter Treasures Artisan Market daily till December 22.

Contemplate a festive procuring tour to Port Moody’s Winter Treasures Artisan Market. PHOTO CREDIT: PoMo Arts Centre.

And There’s Extra!

There are additionally a few decidedly quirky choices this yr. Head to Unusual Fellows Brewing for the Krampus Markt opening evening on Friday December 9, adopted by a weekend-long bacchanalia of scrumptious brews, 30+ artisan distributors and the prospect to satisfy the mythological goat-horned demon of Yuletide himself.

Additionally returning in 2022, the improbable Weirdos Vacation Market is planning two weekend-long occasions (December 9 to 11 and December 16 to 18) on the Russian Corridor in Strathcona. Count on an eye-popping array of idiosyncratic creations for each discerning coolster in your reward record.

And if you wish to get pleasure from a style of how different cultures see the vacations, there are two extra choices to attempt. Burnaby’s Scandinavian Group Centre is internet hosting its heat and festive Swedish Christmas Truthful, full with conventional crafts and baked items, on the weekend of November 19. And the Japan Christmas Market is again at UBC Robson Sq. on December 3 and 4, full with the form of good reward concepts you’ll by no means discover wherever else.

For extra info on the festive occasions, reveals and sights within the metropolis and past, go to the Vancouver Christmas Information. Written by Lonely Planet journey author John Lee, it’s the most effective on-line information to the realm’s 2022 vacation happenings. The positioning was co-created with Christmas Cat Max, who pens its reward critiques and sometimes seems on its @MyVanChristmas Twitter feed.