🧒 With kids
- A Very Merry Uptown Market · Uptown
- Uptown Holiday Market · Uptown
- Mistletoe Market at Camp North End · Camp North End
✨ Date night
- Mistletoe Market at Camp North End · Camp North End
🎉 With friends
- Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Christmas Market · South End
- Southern Christmas Show · Park Expo
- Hops & Holly Holiday Market · NoDa
European-style market
IllustrationEuropean-style market · South End
Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Christmas Market
A German-style Weihnachtsmarkt in the brewery's biergarten — and now also at OMB Ballantyne (15025 Bowl St) — with 50-plus vendors at each, fire pits and the house lagers.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- German beer garden turned Christmas village
- Currywurst and house lagers
What visitors say
A fun market with friends — good beer and food; crowded, with not much variety of vendors.
Go for the beer garden atmosphere rather than shopping.
- Last season
- Nov 28–30, Dec 5–7, 12–14 & 19–21, 2025
- Cost
- Free; food and beer extra
Getting there and parking
- LoSo: 4150 Yancey Rd, brewery lot
- Ballantyne: 15025 Bowl St
Worth knowing
- Dog-friendly beer garden
Weekend market
IllustrationWeekend market · Uptown
A Very Merry Uptown Market
An evening market in and around 7th Street Public Market.
🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Pop-up vendors in and around 7th Street Public Market
- Free photos with Santa
- Swag bags for the first 50 guests
A short after-work stop — come at 4 pm for the swag bags.
- Last season
- Dec 10, 2025, 4 – 8 pm
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Free 2-hour validation in the attached deck
Worth knowing
- One evening only, 4–8 pm
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Weekend market · Camp North End
Mistletoe Market at Camp North End
Three December Saturdays across the old Ford plant: vendor huts inside the Ford Building, an ice rink, fire pits and food and drink around the site.
🧒 With kids🎉 With friends✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Vendor huts inside the Ford Building
- Ice skating at Camp North Pole
- Fire pits, food and drink
Charlotte's most atmospheric December Saturday — stay for the skating after dark.
- Last season
- Sat Dec 6, 13 & 20, 2025, 2 – 7 pm
- Cost
- Free entry; skating and food extra
Getting there and parking
- Camp North End on Statesville Ave
Worth knowing
- Saturdays only, 2–7 pm
- Rain or shine
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Weekend market · NoDa
Hops & Holly Holiday Market
A weekend makers' market at NoDa Brewing with stalls indoors and out and the brewery's seasonal beers.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Local makers indoors and out
- NoDa Brewing's seasonal beers
A last-weekend market with a beer in hand.
- Last season
- Dec 20–21, 2025
- Cost
- Free; beer extra
Getting there and parking
- NoDa Brewing, W 32nd St in the NoDa arts district
Worth knowing
- The weekend before Christmas only
Holiday market
IllustrationHoliday market · Uptown
Uptown Holiday Market
Four days of small-business stalls on the Legacy Union turf, with a letters-to-Santa mailbox and other holiday set-pieces.
🧒 With kids🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Small-business stalls on the Legacy Union turf
- Letters-to-Santa mailbox and Jolly Line phone
- Doors of Christmas advent calendar
Uptown's main market — a lunchtime or after-work browse.
- 2026
- Dec 2–5, 2026 (Wed–Fri noon–8 pm, Sat 11 am–7 pm)
- Last season
- Dec 3–6, 2025
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Legacy Union Plaza, 620 S Tryon St, Uptown — walkable from the LYNX Blue Line
Worth knowing
- Four days only, Wednesday to Saturday
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Holiday market · Park Expo
Southern Christmas Show
One of the largest holiday shows in North America: hundreds of merchants selling gifts, decor and gourmet food, plus an early-bird VIP session.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Hundreds of merchants from across the country
- Gifts, decor and gourmet food
- Early-bird VIP shopping session
A serious shopping show before Thanksgiving — buy tickets online before Nov 10.
- 2026
- Nov 11–22, 2026
- Last season
- Mid–late November 2025
- Cost
- Advance $20 weekday / $23 weekend; $12 ages 6–12; 5 and under free (prices rise from Nov 11)
Getting there and parking
- The Park Expo on Briar Creek Rd, east Charlotte
Worth knowing
- Weekdays are quieter
- Over before Thanksgiving