Cleveland holiday markets for 2026 start this week and run right up to the Sunday before Christmas. This season has Christkindlmarkts at the fairgrounds and in Hudson, maker markets at 78th Street Studios and Gordon Green, vintage sales at Legacy Village and on Lakeside Avenue, and craft shows in nearly every suburb from Avon to Chardon. Every market here is ranked in the Cleveland holiday markets guide, with dates, hours, prices and a map. This post sorts the season by weekend so you can plan around it.
The markets most people go to
Cleveland Christmas Connection leads the guide this year. It is the biggest holiday shopping show in the area, now in its 39th year, with hundreds of vendors filling the I-X Center near Hopkins Airport from Nov 20 to 22. Tickets are $15 at the door or $13 online, and the Friday early bird hours from 8 to 10am cost $20.
A Bavarian Christkindlmarkt is next, at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Middleburg Heights from Dec 4 to 6. It is the closest thing Cleveland has to a German Christmas market, with wooden booths, crafters, Bavarian food and warm drinks. Adults pay $10, and kids 12 and under and students get in free.
The Cleveland Market: Holiday Edition and Cleveland Bazaar Holiday Markets round out the top. Both are free to walk into and both are made up of local makers selling their own work. Light Up Lakewood Holiday Market is the makers market inside LakewoodAlive's Light Up Lakewood festival on Detroit Avenue on Saturday, Dec 5, from 4 to 8pm.
What changed for 2026
The Cleveland Market moved its holiday edition downtown to the Galleria at Erieview on East 9th Street, and it runs two weekends this year, Nov 20 to 22 and Nov 27 to 29. The Akron edition of the Cleveland Bazaar moved to Lock 3 on South Main Street. Cleveland Bazaar itself is splitting its Cleveland shows between Lake Affect Studios on Dec 5 and 78th Street Studios on Dec 12 and 13, with a Last Minute Market back at 78th Street on Dec 18 and 19.
Downtown Cleveland's WinterLand season now has one market night, the Public Square Holiday Market on Thursday, Dec 10, from 4 to 10pm. Locally Spruced added a Winter Market at Legacy Village on Dec 12 and 13 on top of its Small Business Saturday market. The Junior League of Cleveland Holiday Market returns to Market Square at Crocker Park on Sunday, Dec 6, with women-owned businesses.
The Westside Flea is not running in 2026. Its organizers said rising costs made it no longer workable.
Weekend by weekend
These are the markets with confirmed 2026 dates, in the order they happen. Some multi-week shops and markets show up on the weekend they open.
This week: Nov 6 to 8
- Heights Arts Holiday Store: Opens Fri Nov 6 on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights and runs daily through Dec 30
- Gingerbread House Arts & Crafts Show: Nov 6 and 7, Mentor United Methodist Church
- Rec the Halls Holiday Boutique: Sat Nov 7, Fairview Park
Nov 13 to 15
- Vintage Boutique Market: Holiday Edition: Nov 13 and 14, 3800 Lakeside Ave
- Once Upon a Christmas Craft Show: Nov 13 and 14, Middleburg Heights
- Holiday Mart (Summit County Fairgrounds): Nov 14 and 15, Tallmadge
- Winter Village Market at Holden Arboretum: Nov 14 and 15, Kirtland
- Chagrin Falls Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show: Sat Nov 14, 10am to 4pm
- Shop-a-Holidays at the Akron Zoo: Sat Nov 14, 11am to 4pm
- WMS Market Day: Harvest to Holiday: Sat Nov 14, 10am to 3pm, Willoughby Middle School
Nov 19 to 22
- Painesville Holiday Shop & Stroll: Thu Nov 19, downtown Painesville
- Cleveland Christmas Connection: Nov 20 to 22, I-X Center
- The Cleveland Market: Holiday Edition: Nov 20 to 22, Galleria at Erieview
- Medina Candlelight Walk Holiday Market: Nov 20 to 22, Medina Public Square
- BAYarts Holiday Extravaganza and Holiday Artisan Shop: Opens Sat Nov 21, Bay Village
- Willoughby Winter Pop-Up Shop: Sun Nov 22, 10am to 4pm
Thanksgiving weekend and Small Business Saturday: Nov 27 to 29
- The Cleveland Market: Holiday Edition: Nov 27 to 29, Galleria at Erieview
- Akron Bazaar Holiday Market: Nov 27 to 29, Lock 3 in downtown Akron
- Sugar Accessories Vintage Market: Holiday Edition: Nov 27 to 29, Legacy Village
- Her Market: Small Business Saturday Edition: Sat Nov 28, 10am to 4pm, Gordon Green
- Locally Spruced Holiday Market: Sat Nov 28, Legacy Village
- Cuyahoga Falls Vintage Depot: Sat Nov 28, noon to 5pm, Bluebird Event Center
- Diamond Pop-Up Market: Small Business Shop Black: Sat Nov 28, 11am to 4pm, Cleveland Heights
- A Very Merry Market at The Elliot: Sat Nov 28, Tremont
- Chardon Holiday Market: Opens Sat Nov 28 on Chardon Square and runs weekends to Dec 20
- Wildwood Holiday Boutique: Sun Nov 29, Mentor
Dec 4 to 6
- A Bavarian Christkindlmarkt: Dec 4 to 6, Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds
- Little Italy Holiday Art Walk: Dec 4 to 6, Murray Hill and Mayfield
- Vintage Boutique Market: Holiday Edition: Dec 4 to 6, 3800 Lakeside Ave
- Waterloo Arts Holiday Co-op: Opens Fri Dec 4, Waterloo Arts District
- Cleveland Institute of Art Student Holiday Sale: Dec 4 and 5, University Circle
- E.J. Thomas Christmas Arts & Crafts Show: Dec 4 to 6, University of Akron
- Cleveland Bazaar Holiday Markets: Sat Dec 5, Lake Affect Studios
- Light Up Lakewood Holiday Market: Sat Dec 5, 4 to 8pm, downtown Lakewood
- North Union Farmers Market Holiday Markets: Sat Dec 5, Van Aken Market Hall
- Artists at the Twist Holiday Show and Sale: Dec 5 and 6, East 49th Street
- Junior League of Cleveland Holiday Market: Sun Dec 6, Crocker Park
Dec 10 to 13
- Public Square Holiday Market (WinterLand CLE): Thu Dec 10, 4 to 10pm, Public Square
- Screw Factory Holiday Market: Dec 11 to 13, Lakewood
- Cleveland Bazaar Holiday Markets: Dec 12 and 13, 78th Street Studios
- Oddmall: Chrishanukwanzmadan: Dec 12 and 13, Strongsville
- Locally Spruced Holiday Market: Winter Market Dec 12 and 13, Legacy Village
- Solon Hometown Holiday Market: Sat Dec 12, Solon
- All the Creatures: An Alternative Holiday Market: Sat Dec 12, Missing Falls Brewery in Akron
The last weekend before Christmas: Dec 18 to 20
- Cleveland Bazaar Holiday Markets: Last Minute Market, Dec 18 and 19, 78th Street Studios
- Her Market: Holiday Edition: Sat Dec 19, 10am to 4pm, Gordon Green
- North Union Farmers Market Holiday Markets: Sat Dec 19, Van Aken Market Hall
- Beachland Holiday Flea: Sun Dec 20, 10am to 3pm, North Collinwood
Vintage and women-owned markets
Her Market holds two holiday markets at Gordon Green on Detroit Avenue, Small Business Saturday on Nov 28 and a holiday edition on Dec 19, both 10am to 4pm and free. Every vendor is a women-owned business from around Cleveland, and it is an easy pairing with lunch in Gordon Square.
For vintage, Vintage Boutique Market sets up at 3800 Lakeside Avenue on Nov 13 and 14 and again Dec 4 to 6. Sugar Accessories Vintage Market brings its holiday edition to Legacy Village over Thanksgiving weekend, the same weekend as Cuyahoga Falls Vintage Depot on Front Street in Cuyahoga Falls on Nov 28. Cleveland Vintage Market has not announced its December date yet.
Plan by side of town
On the west side, the Detroit Avenue corridor carries most of the season. Cleveland Bazaar and the 78th Street Studios Holiday Weekend are at 78th Street Studios in Gordon Square, Her Market is at Gordon Green a few blocks east, and Screw Factory Holiday Market fills the old factory on Athens Avenue in Lakewood from Dec 11 to 13. Christkindlmarket at Mahall's on Madison Avenue has not posted 2026 dates yet.
Downtown has The Cleveland Market at the Galleria and the Public Square market on Dec 10. On the east side, Legacy Village in Lyndhurst hosts Locally Spruced and Sugar Accessories, Little Italy Holiday Art Walk runs Dec 4 to 6, North Union Farmers Market holds holiday markets at Van Aken Market Hall on Dec 5 and Dec 19, and Heights Arts Holiday Store is open daily on Lee Road from Nov 6 to Dec 30.
Farther out, Chardon Holiday Market puts vendor huts on Chardon Square every weekend from Nov 28 to Dec 20, the Akron Bazaar is at Lock 3 over Thanksgiving weekend, and Holiday Mart at the Summit County Fairgrounds in Tallmadge is one of the oldest craft shows in the area, now in its 52nd year.
Still waiting on dates
Several regular holiday markets ran in 2025 but have not posted their 2026 dates. That list includes Hudson Christkindlmarkt on the Clocktower Green, the Christkindlmarket at Mahall's, the 78th Street Studios Holiday Weekend, Larchmere Holiday Stroll, Queer the Halls Artisan Market, Holiday at The Hildebrandt and Ransom Sage Farm Holiday Market in Chardon. Each one stays in the Cleveland holiday markets guide with last year's venue, and the dates get added as soon as they are announced.