About Yuletide Markets

Yuletide Markets is a list of Christmas markets in the United States for the 2026 season: German-style Christkindlmarkts, European-style markets, holiday villages and the larger seasonal craft markets. It exists because the answer to "when does the market open this year?" is usually buried on the organizer's site, and the big travel lists often repeat last year's dates without saying so.

So each listing does three things: it names the organizer's own page as the source, it shows 2026 dates only after that organizer has published them, and when they haven't, it says so and shows last year's dates with the year attached.

The list covers 94 markets and was last checked on September 30, 2026. It is not every holiday bazaar in the country. We start with the largest and most-searched markets and add more as we can verify them. If a market you know is missing, it is usually because we couldn't find an official page for it yet.

We are an independent site. No market pays to be listed, and none can pay for a better position. Read how we check dates and how this site makes money.