The top Christmas markets around the DMV are getting ready to open soon! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanza or Hanukkah, Festus or Ramadan, I am sure that there will be unique gifts that you will fall in love with for giving throughout 2026!
DOWNTOWN DC HOLIDAY MARKET
The DowntownDC Holiday Market takes place this year on the street and sidewalk on F Street between 7th and 9th Streets, NW. Its bright lights bring Penn Quarter and Chinatown to life, providing a holiday spark to the neighborhood. The spacious, open-air village is free and open to the public, opening just ahead of Thanksgiving on Nov. 21 (closed on Thanksgiving Day) and closing for the season on Dec. 23.
After you peruse the market, you can check out the free-to-enter Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, both housed in the same building nearby. Dinner and cocktails can be enjoyed at nearby restaurants like Jaleo, Zaytinya, Clyde’s of Gallery Place and Carmine’s, or you can get your food to-go.
DC HOLIDAY MARKET AT DUPONT CIRCLE
The DC Holiday Market will open in Dupont Circle on New Hampshire Ave, NW – just north of Dupont Circle park – on Friday, November 14th. Diverse Markets Management will once again host the most successful holiday market in Washington DC –in a new location: the 11 Dupont Circle on New Hampshire Ave Street, NW. One block east from last year’s location on narrow 19th Street.
The DC Holiday Market will feature 35 plus small businesses with artisans, boutique brands, worldwide handcrafts and unique gift items. The market brings its signature style, bright festive décor and premier exhibitors to an iconic location adjacent to Dupont Circle and renown Kramer’s Books & Café.
Dupont Circle has a tradition of small businesses, including art galleries and mom & pop shops. The DC Holiday Market is a perfect complement to the stores and restaurants around Dupont Circle.
HEURICH CHRISTMAS MARKT
Since 2013, the Heurich House Museum has curated a Christmas Markt in its Castle Garden, making it DC’s only multi-day holiday market featuring exclusively local makers. Inspired by traditional German Christmas markets but highlighting DMV-based artisans, the event brings together 40-50 vendors each year. Christmas Markt is also the museum’s largest annual fundraiser, supporting its Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator programs, which in 2024 assisted more than 300 local small-scale manufacturing businesses. This is ideal if you prefer a boutique market experience rather than big crowds.
- Location: 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC
- Dates: Dec. 4-7, 2025
- Hours: 4-8 p.m. Thursday-Friday; noon-8 p.m. Saturday; noon-6 p.m. Sunday
BETHESDA WINTER WONDERLAND and more Montgomery County markets
Sadly, Bethesda does not have a recurring Holiday market but it does have a winter wonderland celebration for one afternoon from noon to 4 pm on December 6. Located at Norfolk and Cordell Avenues in downtown Bethesda, you can hang out with Santa Claus, watch live ice sculpting, hear live music, get your face painted and more! Please bring a new toy for Toys for Tots. And don’t miss the Holiday Market with URBN Market and 50 artisans.
Put this on your calendar for a full afternoon of holiday fun! Activities include:
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- Live ice sculpting demo (12:30-2pm)
- Visit with Santa Claus (2-4pm)
- Student concert
- Face painting
- Arts & Craft Activities with Bach to Rock, Imagination Stage, Mathnasium, and Round House Theatre.
- Plus Bethesda restaurants Olazzo, The Red Bandana and Smoke BBQ will be onsite!
Museum Shop Holiday Market
Strathmore Mansion
10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD
November 13-15 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
2025 Woman’s Club Chase Chevy Artisan Market
The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase
7931 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD
November 16 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Season’s Mead-ings Holiday Market
Clear Skies Meadery
15201 Display Court, Rockville, MD
November 22 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Holiday Artisan Market
Arts Barn
311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, MD
November 23 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Market on the Street
Main Street Takoma
7000 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MD
November 29 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Sixx Cool Makers Market
Olney Antique Village
16650 Georgia Avenue, Olney, MD
November 30 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Silver Spring Christmas Market & Holiday Craft Fair
Veterans Plaza
1 Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, MD
December 7 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm