Holiday spirit is in the air and the crafters of San Francisco are working at full throttle to sell their wares! We’ve rounded up the best holiday markets, craft fairs, and more in the San Francisco Bay Area for November and December. Think Bay Area Christmas markets with homemade pastries, decorations, and innovative products. Or holiday craft fairs with all the handmade jewelry, pottery, and art you could wish for. Bookmark this running list for the next few months, because we’ll keep updating it through Christmas.
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San Francisco Christmas markets
November markets
1. Renegade Craft
A collection of 250+ makers and artisans sell their wares at this popular Fort Mason fair. The event features hands-on workshops, live music, and local food.
📅 Dates: Nov. 2-3, 2024 (11am-5pm)
📍 Location: Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Boulevard Suite #260, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Renegade Craft
2. Head West
This market pops up in locations around the Bay Area through the holiday season. They celebrate creators and artists as well as small brands, local shops, and local non-profits.
📅 Dates: Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, 2024 (11am-4pm)
📍 Location: Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Head West
3. West Coast Craft
West Coast Craft is primarily inspired by the West Coast lifestyle and local materials with products including ceramics, sculpture, fiber arts, textiles, home furnishings, paper goods, wood crafts, bath and body products, and more.
📅 Dates: Nov. 23-24, 2024 (10am-6pm)
📍 Location: Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Boulevard Suite #260, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: West Coast Craft
4. Fall Chocolate Salon
Go gift shopping for the chocolate lover in your life at this intimate chocolate festival showcasing the best local chocolatiers, confectioners, and artisans.
📅 Dates: Nov. 24, 2024
📍 Location: San Francisco County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Fall Chocolate Salon
5. San Francisco Crystal Fair
Peruse thousands of crystals, minerals, geodes, beads, and gems while learning about their properties from the best local and international curators. Visitors will also have the opportunity to meet with healers, psychics, aura readers, and masseuses.
📅 Dates: Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2024 (10am-6pm Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday)
📍 Location: San Francisco County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: San Francisco Crystal Fair
December markets
1. Civic Center Plaza Holiday Tree Lighting
This free annual event attracts lots of families who come for the toy giveaway, “snow” flurries, food trucks, live performances, and SF’s famous tap-dancing Christmas trees.
📅 Dates: Dec. 4, 2024 (4-7pm)
📍 Location: Civic Center Plaza, 335 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Civic Center Plaza Holiday Tree Lighting
2. Julmarknad Swedish Christmas Fair
The Swedish Women’s Educational Association’s annual Christmas fair returns to San Francisco. See a Lucia procession, sip on warm glögg, taste delicious gingerbread cookies, and stock up on handmade Swedish gift items.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7, 2024 (9am-3pm)
📍 Location: St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: SWEA San Francisco
3. Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Black Holiday Market
Buy from Black-owned businesses specializing in artisan preserves, baked goods, skincare, apparel, and much more. Make sure you show up hungry so you can snack while you shop.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7, 2024 (9am-2pm)
📍 Location: Ferry Plaza at the Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Foodwise
4. Sunset Holiday Mercantile
The 9th annual Sunset Holiday Mercantile will take over GG Park’s County Fair Building with an indoor-outdoor market showcasing makers, merchants, artisans, kids’ activities, food trucks, live music, beer and wine tasting, and more.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7-8, 2024 (11am-5pm)
📍 Location: SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Sunset Mercantile
5. Holiday Open House & Wine Tasting
The Ferry Building will be decked out for holiday gift shopping with warm drinks, free samples, photo ops, music, family activities, and more.
📅 Dates: Dec. 11, 2024 (5:30-7:30pm)
📍 Location: Ferry Building, Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Ferry Building Marketplace
6. Winter Walk
This Union Square holiday tradition is back due to popular demand! Explore two pedestrian-only blocks in Downtown SF with food trucks, a beer garden, family activities, and entertainment. Vendors are TBA but should include gift items as well as food and drink.
📅 Dates: Dec. 13-22, 2024 (Monday-Wednesday 12-7pm, Thursday-Sunday 10am-9pm)
📍 Location: Stockton Street between Post and O’Farrell, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Winter Walk Union Square
7. HMPC Holiday Craft Fair
SF Rec & Parks partners with the Harvey Milk Photo Center for a unique Christmas market in San Francisco. Enjoy craft activities for families, plenty of photo ops, and free hot apple cider.
📅 Dates: Dec. 15, 2024 (11am-4pm)
📍 Location: Harvey Milk Photo Center, 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA
🎁 Learn more: Harvey Milk Photo Center
Bay Area Christmas markets
November markets
1. Alameda Holiday Boutique
Early gift shoppers can visit the 44th annual Alameda Holiday Boutique, which has taken over the 8,700-square-foot O’Club since 2016. Proceeds go to benefit the Leisure Club, which supports teens and adults with developmental disabilities.
📅 Dates: Nov. 2-3, 2024 (10am-4pm)
📍 Location: Albert H. DeWitt Officer’s Club, 641 West Red Line Ave, Alameda Point, CA
🎁 Learn more: Alameda Holiday Boutique
2. Head West
This market pops up in several locations around the Bay Area through the holiday season. They celebrate creators and artists as well as small brands, local shops, and local non-profits.
📅 Dates: Nov. 9, 2024 (11am-4pm)
📍 Location: Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA
🎁 Learn more: Head West
3. Dear Handmade Life Patchwork Show
Dear Handmade Life brings their lovely Patchwork Show to the Bay Area this November. Expect plenty of maker booths, crafting, live music, and food trucks.
📅 Dates: Nov. 10, 2024 (11am-5pm)
📍 Location: Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA
📅 Dates: Nov. 16, 2024 (11am-5pm)
📍 Location: Jack London Square, 472 Water Street, Oakland, CA
🎁 Learn more: Dear Handmade Life Patchwork Show
4. Mill Valley Lumber Yard
Historic retail village Mill Valley Lumber Yard is hosting their monthly maker’s market in November and their four-day Holiday Faire in December. At the Holiday Faire you can sip on mulled wine and snack on roasted chestnuts while enjoying events like holiday cocktail classes, a festive dog parade, Santa visits, drop-in candlelit caroling, live music, and more.
📅 Dates: Nov. 16 (11am-5pm) and Dec. 12-15, 2024 (12pm-5pm)
📍 Location: 129 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, CA
🎁 Learn more: Mill Valley Lumber Yard
5. Christmas in the Park
San Jose’s Christmas in the Park event dates back to 1950, and it’s still outdoing itself. You can check out the drive-through Christmas lights displays in History Park, or head to Cesar Chavez Plaza for the full festival environment with a community stage, movie nights, and booths.
📅 Dates: Drive-through opens Nov. 21, 2024. Downtown displays open Nov. 29, 2024
📍 Location: Cesar Chavez Plaza, Downtown San Jose, 1 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA
🎁 Learn more: Christmas in the Park
6. Enchant San Jose
Enchant takes over PayPal Park with massive glittering light displays, an ice skating trail, and endless other interactive elements. You can shop artisan gifts at the Village while snacking on gourmet s’mores and sipping seasonal drinks.
📅 Dates: Nov. 22 – Dec. 29, 2024
📍 Location: PayPal Park, 123 Coleman Ave, San Jose, CA
🎁 Learn more: Enchant San Jose
7. Napa Gifts ‘N Tyme Holiday Faire
Explore 82 booths showcasing handmade crafts, ornaments, holiday decor, art, and gourmet foods. Admission is free but parking costs $5 on Saturday and Sunday.
📅 Dates: Nov. 22-24, 2024 (10am-6pm Friday/Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday)
📍 Location: 575 Third St, Napa, CA
🎁 Learn more: Napa Gifts ‘N Tyme Holiday Faire on Facebook
8. Dickens Christmas Fair
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Victorian Holiday Party is a bucket-list seasonal experience in Daly City every year. See Victorian London brought to life by old-timey shops, costumed players, and entertaining live performances.
📅 Dates: Weekends Nov. 23 – Dec. 22, 2024 (10am-6pm)
📍 Location: Cow Palace Exhibition Halls, 2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City, CA
🎁 Learn more: Dickens Christmas Fair
9. SJMADE Holiday Fair
Check out the largest holiday craft fair in the South Bay right around Thanksgiving weekend. A whopping 350+ vendors and small businesses will be selling high-quality, unique items in the Santa Clara Convention Center.
📅 Dates: Nov. 29-30, 2024 (11am-6pm)
📍 Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA
🎁 Learn more: SJMADE
10. Fellowship of Craft
You might recognize this event by its old name, the Craneway Craft Fair. It’ll be back in 2024 as the Fellowship of Craft, hosting over 200 vendors during a weekend in Oakland.
📅 Dates: Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2024 (10am-5pm)
📍 Location: Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA
🎁 Learn more: Fellowship of Craft
December markets
1. Yuletide Menagerie Oddities Market
A special holiday market devoted to occult products including antique items, taxidermy, one-of-a-kind collectibles, medical specimens, and natural science specimens.
📅 Dates: Saturdays, Nov. 30 – Dec. 28, 2024 (10am-4pm)
📍 Location: Winchester Mystery House, 525 S Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA
🎁 Learn more: Yuletide Menagerie Oddities Market
2. Gamble Garden Winter Festival
This beautiful Palo Alto garden will be decked out in holiday lights for its Winter Festival featuring an adults-only grand opening on Dec. 5, Santa visits on Dec. 6, and a family holiday tea on Dec. 6-7. The holiday marketplace will be open on Friday and Saturday.
📅 Dates: Dec. 5-7, 2024 (Marketplace open Friday-Saturday from 10am-4pm)
📍 Location: Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto, CA
🎁 Learn more: Gamble Garden Winter Festival
3. Pacifica Winter Elf Market
The Pacifica Community Center presents an elaborate weekend of holiday festivities including a “Winter Elf Market.” The market takes place only on Friday and Saturday, but other events throughout the weekend include caroling, a building lighting, a tree lighting, photos with Santa, and free pony rides.
📅 Dates: Dec. 6-7, 2024
📍 Location: Pacifica Community Center, 540 Crespi Drive Pacifica, CA
🎁 Learn more: City of Pacifica
4. Girl Gang Craft
Explore 100+ fem-forward businesses showcasing handmade art, candles, crafts, and apparel at this popular traveling craft market. The first 200 attendees get a goodie bag.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7, 2024
📍 Location: Oakland Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Dr, Oakland, CA
🎁 Learn more: Girl Gang Craft
5. Hometown Holidays 2024
Redwood City’s Hometown Holidays returns for its annual holiday event centered around Courthouse Square. Vendors will be lined up in the square itself and on Broadway and Hamilton. Don’t miss out on pictures with Santa, live entertainment, and a festive parade.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7, 2024 (10am-6pm)
📍 Location: Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA
🎁 Learn more: Hometown Holidays 2024
6. Handcrafted Holiday Sale
This lovely community holiday market highlights artisan ceramics and pottery by local creators. A portion of proceeds goes to support community arts organizations.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7-8, 2024 (10am-4pm)
📍 Location: Shadelands Art Center, 111 N. Wiget Lane, Walnut Creek, CA
🎁 Learn more: Center for Community Arts
7. Muir Beach Holiday Arts Fair
This holiday fair is a tradition 40 years running, dedicated to supporting local vendors from around Marin County and the rest of the Bay Area. The MB Quilters, who started the holiday fair decades ago, will be selling their popular hats, scarves, gloves, and quilts.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7-8, 2024 (Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm)
📍 Location: Muir Beach Community Center, 19 Seacape Dr, Muir Beach, CA
🎁 Learn more: Muir Beach Holiday Arts Fair
8. GIFTY 2024
The Crucible brings back its annual craft show and open house featuring work by local artisans and Crucible faculty. Handmade goods include functional pottery, unique sculptural pieces, and fragrant local soaps.
📅 Dates: Dec. 7-8, 2024
📍 Location: The Crucible, 1260 7th St, Oakland, CA
🎁 Learn more: The Crucible
9. Holiday Arts Festival
Browse unique handmade goods from 50+ makers. A centerpiece of the festival is the Ceramics Studio Sale, which has some unbeatable prices for pottery made by students and teachers at Richmond Art Center. Additionally, guests can enjoy free art activities, live caricatures, and a raffle.
📅 Dates: Dec. 8, 2024 (10am-4pm)
📍 Location: Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
🎁 Learn more: Richmond Art Center
10. German Holiday Market
The German International School of Silicon Valley hosts a German-style holiday market in downtown Mountain View. Proceeds go to benefit the school, which has a dual German-English language program and grants graduates with both an American and a German high school diploma.
📅 Dates: Dec. 14, 2024 (11am-9pm)
📍 Location: Mountain View City Hall Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA
🎁 Learn more: German Holiday Market
11. SJMADE Winter Wonder Market
SJMADE is back with another festive market ahead of Christmas. This is the 2nd annual Winter Wonder Market in South Hall, bringing over 270 makers together for some holiday gift shopping. Don’t panic, but there WILL be a holiday kitten lounge.
📅 Dates: Dec 14-15, 2024 (11am-6pm)
📍 Location: South Hall, Downtown San Jose, 435 S Market St, San Jose, CA
🎁 Learn more: SJMADE Winter Wonder Market