Holiday and Christmas Markets in Tennessee

The MADE SOUTH Holiday Market, a Christmas market near Nashville, is two days of more than 60 of the South’s finest craftsmen, artisans and makers under one roof to help you kickstart the holiday shopping season Nov. 21-22, 2025 in Franklin, Tennessee. Named “the best holiday market in the state of Tennessee,” by Food and Wine Magazine, the market will feature items ranging from home goods and jewelry to artisanal foods and beverages. It's one of the best Christmas things to do in Nashville. Support small businesses while enjoying festive Christmas atmosphere under twinkling lights with seasonal beverages and food. The VIP Party on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 includes welcome cocktails from Dread River Distilling, special chef tastings and a limited edition MADE SOUTH shopping tote. Tickets are on sale now.

• Parking information: Free, ample parking is available at The Factory.
   
• Accessibility options: The Factory at Franklin is ADA accessible, offering ADA parking spaces, restrooms and elevators to the second floor.
   
• Market operation hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: Tickets for the main market event vary. $10. 96 early bird Saturday afternoon; $16.27 early bird Saturday morning; $16.27 general admission Saturday afternoon; $21.58 general admission Saturday morning. The Friday night VIP party tickets are $63.03 for Early Bird and $73.66 for VIP after the early bird special.
   
• Special highlights: Some of the finest makers in the South gather for a premier Christmas event near Nashville. The first 300 guests on Saturday morning receive a free reusable MADE SOUTH shopping tote.

Nothing beats a Nashville Christmas. Enjoy several Nashville Christmas markets like the Handmade Nashville Holiday Market. Meet the artisans behind locally handmade products at the Handmade Nashville Holiday Market Nov. 29, 2025 at Red Caboose Park in the Bellevue neighborhood. Handmade Nashville is an organization that connects small, handmade businesses with those who want to buy local. The holiday market is a great place to shop for solely handmade items, so you’re guaranteed a unique gift for your family and friends this holiday season. 

• Parking information: Free parking is available onsite.
   
• Accessibility options: Red Caboose Park is ADA accessible offering parking spaces, paved trails and restrooms.
   
• Market operation hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: The Nashville Christmas event is free.
   
• Special highlights: Shop over 90 vendors to sustain Nashville's local businesses and enjoy five local food trucks.

Looking for Christmas things to do in Nashville? Look no further than Porter Flea, a semi-annual, juried market that features handmade art and design, local businesses and hundreds of local and regional makers that'll make your Nashville Christmas special. Tens of thousands of shoppers come to Porter Flea to buy one-of-a-kind items. The indoor, Nashville Christmas market takes place 6-9 p.m. Dec. 12, 2025 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 13, 2025 at the Nashville Fairgrounds. This year will feature more than 100 vendors curated to bring you some of the most diverse and exciting crafters in the region. Vendors include jewelry from Hannah Hoffman, Marble and Steal Craft Chocolates, Reliquary Perfume and breads from The Sourdough Mill.  

• Parking information: Ample parking is available at the Nashville Fairgrounds. Parking is $10.
   
• Accessibility options: The Nashville Fairgrounds are ADA compliant with accessible parking, entrances and restrooms.
   
• Market operation hours: 6-9 p.m. Friday for the ticketed Preview Market; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
   
• Ticket prices: Preview Market tickets are $25. The main market is free.
   
• Special highlights: Find a wide range of local vendors and artisans at Nashville's premier Christmas market event.

Stroll along the downtown square in Gallatin to enjoy Christmas carolers, sip hot chocolate, visit with Santa and shop the open-air Christmas market. You’ll find vendors selling a variety of items like pottery, art and fashion. A Merry Little Christmas Market takes place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 6, 2025 on Public Square in downtown Gallatin. 

• Parking information: Parking lots and parking garages are available downtown.
   
• Accessibility options: The Square is ADA compliant. There are ADA parking spaces located throughout downtown. 
   
• Market operation hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: The Christmas market is free to attend.
   
• Special highlights: Visit with Santa, enjoy hot chocolate and shop the open-air market.

Shopping at Cowboy Christmas Market is a must this season to score amazing gifts for all your country-loving friends and family, located in Columbia, a great small town to visit near Nashville at Christmas. Be there Nov. 28-29, 2025 at The Baker Building in Maury County Park to shop local and regional western vendors. You’ll find everything form cowhide rugs and furniture to authentic turquoise, accessories, leatherwork and blacksmithing. Enjoy hot cocoa, coffee and slushies from Cowgirl’s Cantina as you shop.

• Parking information: There is a general parking area available onsite.
   
• Accessibility options: Paved trails, ADA accessible parking spaces are onsite.
   
• Market operation hours: 5-8p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
   
• Ticket prices: The Christmas market is free to attend.
   
• Special highlights: Enjoy Christmas pop-up photography stations, local vendors, hot chocolate and chili.

Tullahoma's town square is transformed into an authentic Christkindlesmarkt, a German Christmas market near Nashville, noon to 8 p.m. Dec. 6, 2025. Shop among the open-air stalls for locally made goods. Enjoy the festive atmosphere with treats like gingerbread and hot cocoa, caroling, dancing and live music.

• Parking information: Street parking and surrounding parking lots are available for parking.
   
• Market operation hours: Noon to 8 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: The event is free for shoppers.
   
• Special highlights: Step into a traditional German Christmas market atmosphere to shop locally made goods from open-air stalls.

The indoor Chattanooga Holiday Market is held Nov. 22-23, 2025 at the First Horizon Pavilion. New this year, the market then travels to Knoxville Dec. 6-7 and Dec. 13-14, 2025 at World's Fair Park. Shop at more than 200 local artists, crafters and food vendors. You’ll find everything you need for the holiday season including gifts like one-of-a-kind pottery, custom art, handcrafted jewelry, local foods, natural bath and body products, wood furniture, locally designed and made clothing and so much more at this Chattanooga Christmas Market. Christmas décor throughout and live Christmas music add to the festive atmosphere.

• Parking information: Ample parking is available onsite.
   
• Accessibility options: The First Horizon Pavilion is wheelchair accessible. ADA parking spaces are available onsite.
   
• Market operation hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
   
• Ticket prices: The event is free and open to the public.
   
• Special highlights: Enjoy ticketed ice skating as well as shopping for artisan foods, local arts and crafts. Find holiday treats at local food trucks, too.

If you want exceptionally unique gifts for a Tennessee Christmas, attend The Retropolitan Craft Fair Holiday Market 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 23, 2025 at the Mill & Mine. The hand-selected, indie-craft marketplace features the Southeast’s finest talents in contemporary craft and design through upcycled goods in a vintage and quirky vibe.

• Parking information: Free parking, paid parking and meter parking is available. Consult the event parking map on specific information.
   
• Accessibility options: The Christmas market is hosted at The Mill & Mine which is ADA compliant, offering accessible entrances, restrooms and parking spaces.
   
• Market operation hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: Free admission for shoppers.
   
• Special highlights: Find one-of-a-kind gifts that include upcycled treasures, vintage selections and gifts with a quirky vibe.

Enjoy a traditional German Christmas market, Christkindlesmarkt, Saturdays and Sundays Nov. 28-Dec. 21, 2025 at Schulz Brau Brewing Co. in downtown Knoxville. You’ll find many Christkindlesmarkt traditions such as the tapping of Gluhwein, delicious local craft beer, German sweets for purchase, visits from Santa and Krampus, live Polka bands playing traditional Christmas songs and vendors with handcrafted products.

• Parking information: Parking is available across the street in the guest parking lot, along Bernard Avenue and in the medical center parking lot. All parking is free.
   
• Accessibility options: The brewery, aside from the upstairs Mezzanine seating area is wheelchair accessible. Please be cautious when navigating the brick-laden biergarten.
   
• Market operation hours: 3-8 p.m. Fridays; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Nov. 28-Dec. 21
   
• Ticket prices: The event is free, no ticket necesary
   
• Special highlights: Enjoy full steins and unique finds at this authentic German Christmas market in downtown Knoxville. Shop for handmade gifts in an old-world Christmas setting.

Enjoy a Smoky Mountain Christmas as local and regional artists flock to Knoxville for this unique Christmas market. West Jackson Avenue in Knoxville’s Old City transforms into a holiday outdoor market filled with creative makers, crafters and artists. The Old City Holiday Mini Market is held on Small Business Saturday – Nov. 29, 2025 – and Dec. 5, 2025. it’s the perfect time to shop local for gifts under your tree. After shopping until you nearly drop, stop into the many restaurants, coffee shops and more in the Old City.

• Parking information: Parking garages, paid street parking and free parking in the Old City Lot North are available.
   
• Accessibility options: Jackson Avenue is wheelchair accessible.
   
• Market operation hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 16; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 29; 5-9 p.m. Dec. 5.
   
• Ticket prices: The Christmas market is free to attend.
   
• Special highlights: You can shop some of Knoxville's best makers at this Christmas market.

Always held on Small Business Saturday, the annual Holiday Market in downtown Maryville kicks off your Tennessee Christmas in a big way. The Christmas market curates some of the best local artisans for you to meet and shop. Bakers, makers and artisans from all around the region bring their handmade items to sell. Begin the holiday season at the Holiday Market to jumpstart your Christmas shopping Nov. 29, 2025. 

• Parking information: Nearby parking lot and parking garages are available. Rideshare and carpooling is hihgly encouraged.
   
• Market operation hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: The event is free.
   
• Special highlights: Local Maryville, Tennessee artists sell their handmade items.

Escape to the mountains to enjoy one of the most fun Christmas events in Tennessee. Mountain City will be adorned with festive décor and have a variety of family-friendly activities Dec. 6, 2025. Shop for everyone on your list in the Christmas Village, filled with food and craft vendors in downtown Mountain City. A parade, Christmas treats and other family-friendly events will take place like a cookie walk with Santa and the annual Christmas tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. followed by a performance of "The Bishop's Wife" at Heritage Hall Theatre at 7 p.m.

• Parking information: Street parking is available in downtown Erwin near the Courthouse lawn.
   
• Accessibility options: ADA parking is available. 
   
• Market operation hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: The event is free.
   
• Special highlights: Enjoy craft vendors, hot chocolate and holiday treats before the annual Christmas parade begins on the same day.

Tennessee’s Oldest Town, Jonesborough, transforms into a town bursting with holiday cheer for loads of Christmas events in Tennessee. Be in town for the month-long Christmas in Olde Jonesborough. Festivities include Whoville Christmas, Santa’s Christmas Village, the dog-friendly Doggone Christmas event and the Santa Mart where kids can shop for their friends and family with gifts available for $1. Adults can shop for handmade holiday gifts from local artisans at the Christmas Marketplace 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the International Storytelling Center Plaza. Items include hand-knitted items, handmade jewelry and woodworking.

• Parking information: Street parking and paid lot parking is available. It's highly recommended to arrive to the event early. 
   
• Accessibility options: The Christmas events are hosted in the Jonesborough Visitors Center and the International Storytelling Center which are fully ADA accessible.
   
• Market operation hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: The Christmas market is free to attend.
   
• Special highlights: Shop for handmade Christmas gifts from local artisans, enjoy face painting at the International Storytelling Center. Enjoy free carriage rides, meet Santa and drop off wishlist letters in Santa's mailbox in downtown Jonesborough.

Escape to the charming town of Erwin for Tennessee Christmas magic. Shop for all your gifts at the holiday markets full of handmade gifts and treats at Handmade in Erwin 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 29, 2025.  The market will share part of the morning hours with the Town of Erwin Christmas Parade. It'll be the perfect family-filled day in downtown Erwin.

• Parking information: Limited parking at Main Street Mercantile. There is a large parking lot across the street as well.
   
• Market operation hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   
• Ticket prices: Free to attend.
   
• Special highlights: Have a Tennessee Christmas with handmade gifts from local artists under your tree. The Erwin Christmas Parade happens on the same day as well.

Christmas in Gatlinburg is a celebration not to be missed, complete with Christmas lights and Christmas events in Tennessee. Members of the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community, the largest organization of independent artisans in the U.S., come together to showcase their art and beautiful pieces for sale. The arts and crafts show runs Dec. 1-7, 2025 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center; and, includes items such as quilts and old-fashioned straw brooms, woven baskets, Victorian ceramic pitchers, pottery, paintings of landscapes and mountain life and so much more.

• Parking information: Ample free parking is available onsite.
   
• Accessibility options: The Gatlinburg Convention Center is fully ADA accessible with ADA parking available onsite.
   
• Market operation hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
   
• Ticket prices: The Christmas market is free to attend.
   
• Special highlights: Shop truly unique and handmade gifts from the largest organization of independent artists in the U.S. You'll find a special gift for everyone on your list from woven baskets to pottery and paintings.

The city of Memphis hosts various Christmas markets throughout the holiday season, providing many opportunities for you to buy special gifts and purchase Christmas treats for your table and social gatherings. The Small Business Saturday Holiday Market will include delicious food, Christmas tunes and local shop vendors noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 29, 2025. Yule Holiday Market noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 13, 2025 is full of Christmas cheer and quirky gifts and delights. Finally, the Dec. 21, 2025 Christmas Market is the perfect stop for last-minute, unique gifts from Memphis artists. Find all these and more at mintcreamarket.com.

Small Business Saturday Holiday Market

• Parking information: Free street parking or in the parking lot next to Kudzu's is available. It's recommended to arrive early.
• Market operation hours: Noon to 6 p.m.
• Ticket prices: Free to attend
• Special highlights: Local shop vendors, Christmas music and delicious food are on tap. The Flyway Brewing Co. will have cold, local brews and treats.

Yule Holiday Market 

• Parking information: Free street parking or in the parking lot next to Kudzu's is available. It's recommended to arrive early as High Cotton Brewing Co. and Flyway Brewing Co. is a popular Memphis destination.
• Accessibility options: High Cotton Brewing Co.'s taproom is ADA accessible.
• Market operation hours: Noon to 6 p.m.
• Ticket prices: Free to attend
• Special highlights: Find winter-specific decor, gifts and goodies.

Christmas Market 

• Parking information: Free and paid street parking is available on Lauderdale Street and Monroe Avenue. A parking garage behind Rise Apartments has an entrance to Monroe Avenue. There is a parking lot across from Flyway Brewing Co. on Monroe Avenue with an entrance to the Ravine, a park-like gathering place in the Edge District, at the back.
• Accessibility options: Contact Memphis Made Brewing for ADA information at 901-207-5343.
• Market operation hours: Noon to 6 p.m.
• Ticket prices: The Christmas market is free to attend.
• Special highlights: Perfect for last-minute Christmas gifts like arts, crafts and oddities.

Follow the warm glow of Christmas lights to Venue on Main in downtown Savannah for Mistletoe Market, part of Christmas on Main, Dec. 5-6, Dec. 12-13 and Dec. 19-20, 2025. The festive market will have artisan vendors with unique items for sale and food vendors. You’ll love the many craft artisans available so you can shop for everyone on your list. Christmas on Main also includes fun activities like horse-drawn carriage rides, ice skating, kiddie train rides, live music, Santa & Mrs. Claus, Christmas-themed movies, Santa’s North Pole Mailbox, Festival of Trees and so much more.

• Parking information: The Venue on Main has a parking lot with limited spaces. Street parking is also available.
   
• Accessibility options: The Venue on Main is wheelchair accessible and has ADA accessible parking spaces.
   
• Market operation hours: 5-8:30 p.m. Dec. 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20
   
• Ticket prices: The event is free.
   
• Special highlights: Local and regional craft artisans offer a variety of unique items for sale. Part of the town's Christmas on Main event, you can also enjoy holiday lights, Christmas-themed movies and horse-drawn carriage rides.