🧒 With kids
- Downtown Detroit Markets · Cadillac Square
- Eastern Market Holiday Market · Eastern Market
- KindleFest Market · Ann Arbor
- Kris Kringle Market · Rochester
✨ Date night
- McDougall Hunt Christkindl Market · McDougall-Hunt
- Mistletoe Market · Plymouth
🎉 With friends
- Downtown Detroit Markets · Cadillac Square
- Eastern Market Holiday Market · Eastern Market
- McDougall Hunt Christkindl Market · McDougall-Hunt
- Mistletoe Market · Plymouth
Holiday market
IllustrationHoliday market · Cadillac Square
Downtown Detroit Markets
Rotating local vendors in heated cabins, with the Campus Martius rink and tree a few steps away.
🧒 With kids✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Heated cabins of rotating local vendors
- Campus Martius rink and tree next door
- Cadillac Lodge
Detroit's main holiday market — pair it with skating at Campus Martius.
- 2026
- From Nov 11, 2026
- Last season
- Nov 12, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- QLine or People Mover to Campus Martius / Cadillac Center
- Downtown garages
Worth knowing
- Runs into early January
Weekend market
IllustrationWeekend market · Eastern Market
Eastern Market Holiday Market
Makers and food vendors in the historic market sheds on Sundays before Christmas.
🎉 With friends🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Makers and food vendors in the historic sheds
- Christmas trees
- Sunday holiday markets
A Detroit institution — come hungry on a December Sunday.
- Last season
- Sundays, Nov – Dec 2025
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Eastern Market lots (paid on market days)
Worth knowing
- Sundays before Christmas; check the market calendar
- Illustration
Weekend market · Rochester
Kris Kringle Market
A long-running open-air market of 35-plus hand-picked vendors with Santa photos, a kids' gingerbread house and s'mores, during the Big, Bright Light Show.
🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- 35+ hand-picked vendors
- Santa photos and kids' gingerbread house
- S'mores station
- Big, Bright Light Show downtown
Best after dark with Rochester's famous light show.
- Last season
- Dec 6–7, 2024
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Downtown Rochester decks off Main St
Worth knowing
- One weekend only
- Illustration
Weekend market · Plymouth
Mistletoe Market
More than 40 Michigan artisans in and around downtown Plymouth's Gathering pavilion and along Penniman Avenue.
✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- 40+ Michigan artisans
- Indoor-outdoor at The Gathering
- Dance performance
A charming small-town market in Plymouth.
- Last season
- Dec 12–14, 2024
- Cost
- Free
Worth knowing
- Three days in mid-December
European-style market
IllustrationEuropean-style market · McDougall-Hunt
McDougall Hunt Christkindl Market
Billed by the German American Business Council of Michigan as Detroit's authentic German market: crêpes, glühwein, Feuerzangenbowle and vendor booths.
🎉 With friends✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Glühwein and Feuerzangenbowle
- Crêpes and German food
- Vendor booths
Detroit's most German market — small but genuine.
- Last season
- Dec 6–8, 2024
- Entry
- See organizer
Worth knowing
- One weekend only; check 2026 dates with the GABC
IllustrationEuropean-style market · Ann Arbor
KindleFest Market
Ann Arbor's Christkindlmarkt-style day in Kerrytown: artisans, holiday goods and traditional food outdoors.
🧒 With kids✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Christkindlmarkt-style stalls
- Traditional food
- Festive Kerrytown setting
A pretty one-day market — good with a day in Ann Arbor.
- Last season
- Dec 6, 2024
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Kerrytown, Ann Arbor; Ann Arbor structures on Ann St and 4th Ave
Worth knowing
- One day only