The holiday season is nearing, and with it comes a bounty of markets worth shopping at, while enjoying a much-needed mug of hot cocoa and other festive treats.
WTOP reached out to the event organizers of the D.C. Holiday Market in the Dupont Circle neighborhood to find out what’s new this year.
As the D.C. Holiday Market celebrates its second year in Dupont Circle, local shoppers can expect a slight location change. This year, the market is moving from 19th Street NW, behind Kramers, to New Hampshire Avenue NW.
It’s one block away from the 19th Street location, and on a wider site compared to the previous year. But, it’s still only two blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro station.
“We’re providing a great experience and a magical experience, something that’s fun and exciting and brings you into a neighborhood that makes you want to hang around,” said Michael Berman, president of Diverse Markets Management, which operates the D.C. Holiday Market in partnership with the Dupont Circle Business Improvement District.
“This is the most important time of the year for small businesses and vendors, and providing a venue for them and incubating these small businesses into something bigger and better is the heartbeat of what we do,” Berman said.
There are over 35 small businesses featured in this year’s market, with Berman encouraging shoppers to come more than once as there will be an “exhibitor turnover” on Dec. 1.
The D.C. Holiday Market runs from Nov. 14 through Dec. 23, open seven days a week, but closed on Nov. 27 and Dec. 1.
For more markets to choose from, WTOP listed and mapped more than 30 in the region below:
DC
- D.C. Holiday Market — Nov. 14 to Dec. 23
- Holiday Market & Celebration at The Parks — Nov. 15
- Downtown D.C. Holiday Market — Nov. 21 to Dec. 23
- Artesian Alley Holiday Market at The Stacks — Nov. 22-23, 29-30 and Dec. 6-7, 13-14, 20-21
- Chanukah Holiday Market at Edlavitch DCJCC — Dec. 2
- Christmas Markt at Heurich House Museum — Dec. 4-7
- Sapphic Holiday Market at metrobar — Dec. 6
- Holiday Her-Story Market at Hotel Zena — Dec. 6
- Swedish Holiday Market at House of Sweden — Dec. 6
- Art Enables & Friends Holiday Market at Art Enables — Dec. 6
- Snow Daze at Aslin on 14th Street — Dec. 6
- Edgewood Community Farm Holiday Market — Dec. 13
- Van Ness Main Street Holiday Pop-Up Market — Dec. 13
- Umoja Market in Anacostia — Dec. 13
- Make It Mt. Pleasant Holiday Market — Dec. 14
- Procrastinator’s Holiday Market at Kraken Kourts and Skates — Dec. 20
Maryland
- Museum Shop Holiday Market at Strathmore in North Bethesda — Nov. 13-15
- Maryland Christmas Show in Frederick — Nov. 21-23 and 28-30
- Christmas Village in Baltimore — Nov. 22 to Dec. 24
- The EntreprenuHER Pop-Up Experience in Hillcrest Heights — Nov. 29
- National Harbor Christmas Market and Holiday Craft Show — Nov. 29-30
- Takoma Park Gift Market — Dec. 12
Virginia
- Holiday Maker’s Market at Port City Brewing in Alexandria — Nov. 29
- Holiday Market at The Art League in Alexandria — Dec. 5
- Holiday Market at Del Ray Artisans Gallery in Alexandria — Dec. 5-21
- Holiday Artisan Market in Occoquan — Dec. 6 and 7
- Rosslyn Cheer Holiday Market — Dec. 6 and 7
- Water Park Neighborhood Holiday Market in Arlington — Dec. 12-13
- Old Town Alexandria Christmas Market and Holiday Craft Show — Dec. 13
- German Christmas Market in Arlington — Dec. 13
- Snow Daze at Aslin in Alexandria — Dec. 13
- Lucketts Holiday House in Leesburg — through Dec. 14