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Online • Dec 03, 2024

Winter 2024 Holiday Markets for Shopping Local in the Greater Boston Area

A roundup of over twenty-five local markets, pop-up shops, and special events for holiday shopping in the Greater Boston Area through the end of December.

Feature by BAR Editorial

Courtesy of SoWa Winter Festival

Patrons peruse art at a holiday market.

Courtesy of SoWa Winter Festival

Ongoing Pop-Up Markets

Downtown Boston’s Holiday Market
Through December 22, Thursdays–Saturdays, 11am–4pm
10 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110

LaiSun Keane Holiday Smalls
Through December 22, Various times
460C Harrison Avenue C8A, Boston, MA 02118

SoWa Winter Festival
Through December 22, Various times
550 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118

The Holiday Market at Snowport
Through December 29, Various times
100 Seaport Blvd., Boston, MA 02210

13FOREST Annual Holiday Show, “Plenty”
Through January 3, 2025, 11am–7pm
167A Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02474

Holiday sale kickoff December 7, 4–6pm
Holiday party December 13, 6–8pm

Special Events

The Somerville Flea Holiday Markets 
December 1 & 15, 10am–4pm
ARTS at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143

Hood Park Winter Village
December 1, 11am–4pm
100 Hood Park Drive, Charlestown, MA 02129

Sudbury Art Association Holiday Market
December 7, 10am–3pm
673 Main Street, Bolton, MA 01740

The Winter Gift Market at Sudbury Holiday Village
December 7, 11am–2pm
Two Locations:
Sudbury Town Hall & Grange Hall, 322 & 326 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA 01776

A Little Bazaar: Totally Bazaar
December 7, Noon–4pm
Mill No. 5, 250 Jackson Street, Lowell, MA 01810

Andover Holiday Market
December 7, Noon–6pm
South Church, 41 Central Street, Andover

Christkindlmarkt – German Holiday Market
December 7, 3–7pm
57 Holton Street, Boston, MA 02134

Cambridge Arts Holiday Art Market
December 7–8, Noon–6pm
650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142

Holiday Market at The LOT
December 7–8, Noon–6pm
The LOT On the Dot, 383 Dorchester Avenue, Boston

Boston Women’s Market
December 7, 8, 14, & 15, Various times
Three locations:
800 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02199
Charles River Speedway, 525 Western Avenue, Brighton, MA 02135
AC Hotel, 225 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118

Small Mart Holiday Market
December 7 & 21, 11am–4pm
Crystal Ballroom, Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144

Winter Market at Sam Adams Boston Brewery
December 8, Noon–5pm
Sam Adams Boston Brewery, 30 Germania Street, Boston, MA 02130

Artisans Asylum Winter Makers Market
December 8, 1–6pm
96 Holton Street, Boston, MA 02135

#ShopAAPI Holiday Night Market
December 11, 5:00–7:30pm
10 St. James Avenue, First Floor, Boston, MA 02116

Cambridge Art Association Holiday Small Works Sale
December 11, 7–9pm
25 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Roslindale Holiday Market
December 12
Roslindale Village Main Street, 4236A Washington Street, Roslindale, MA 02131

Harvard Square Holiday Fair
December 13–15 & 20–22, Various times
1426 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

A Little Bazaar: The Holiday Oddity Marketplace
December 14, 12–4pm
Mill No. 5, 250 Jackson Street, Lowell, MA 021852

Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard: Winter Show & Sale
December 12–15, 10am–7pm
224 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134

Canal District Winter Market
December 14–15, 11am–4pm
300 Athenaeum Street, Cambridge, MA 02142

A Little Bazaar: It’s A Wonderful Market
December 16, Noon–4pm
Mill No. 5, 250 Jackson Street, Lowell, MA 01852

Brighton Bazaar: Holiday Edition
December 21, 11am–7pm
Roadrunner, 89 Guest St., Boston, MA 02135

Boston Harbor Distillery: Holiday Sip & Shop
December 28, 10am–Noon
Boston Harbor Distillery, 12R Ericsson Street, Boston, MA 02112 

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