🧒 With kids
- Harmony WeihnachtsMarkt · Harmony (Butler County)
- Christmas at the Village · Ambridge
✨ Date night
- Peoples Gas Holiday Market · Downtown
🎉 With friends
- Handmade Arcade Holiday Market · Downtown
- Teutonia Männerchor Weihnachtsmarkt · Deutschtown, North Side
Holiday market
IllustrationHoliday market · Downtown
Peoples Gas Holiday Market
European-style chalets in Market Square with local and international vendors; the PPG Place rink and tree are a block away.
✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Bavarian-style booths
- Near the tree and ice rink
- Opening-day fireworks
What visitors sayGoogle 4.3 ★ · 174 reviews
A tradition for many; others find it small with too many imported trinkets. Construction moved it to Penn & 7th in 2025.
A pleasant stop with the rink and tree — not a destination on its own.
- 2026
- Nov 20 – Dec 24, 2026
- Last season
- Nov 21 – Dec 24, 2025 (Cultural District, Penn Ave & 7th St, while Market Square was under construction)
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Downtown garages
Worth knowing
- Closed Thanksgiving; extended hours the week before Christmas
- PPG Place rink and tree are a block away
- Käthe Wohlfahrt and other European ornament sellers return each year
IllustrationHoliday market · Downtown
Handmade Arcade Holiday Market
The region's biggest indie craft fair — hundreds of makers under one roof.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Big indie craft fair at the convention center
- Ticketed preview shopping
Pittsburgh's best makers' market — reserve a time slot.
- 2026
- Dec 4–6, 2026
- Last season
- Early December 2025
- Cost
- Ticketed (preview party, early bird and general sessions); sensory-friendly hour Sunday 10–11 am
Getting there and parking
- 700-car garage attached to the convention center with accessible spaces on level 1
Worth knowing
- Service animals only
- Family restrooms with changing tables
European-style market
IllustrationEuropean-style market · Harmony (Butler County)
Harmony WeihnachtsMarkt
A German market in the 1804 Harmonist town, 30 minutes north of the city off I-79: German music and food, glühwein, museum tours and horse-drawn wagon rides.
🧒 With kids✨ Date nightWhat's there
- German music and food, glühwein
- Harmony Museum tours
- Free kids' activities
- Horse-drawn wagon rides
The most authentic German market near Pittsburgh — and the earliest, in early November.
- Last season
- Nov 8–9, 2025
- Cost
- $8 adults (2025)
Worth knowing
- One weekend in early November only
IllustrationEuropean-style market · Deutschtown, North Side
Teutonia Männerchor Weihnachtsmarkt
The German singing society's own Christmas market — German drinks, food, music and gifts in its North Side hall.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- German drinks and food
- Music by the singing society
- Gifts
A small club market with genuine German atmosphere — good with friends on the North Side.
- Last season
- Mid-December weekend (Dec 14–15, 2024)
- Entry
- See organizer
Worth knowing
- One weekend only; 2025 date to be confirmed with the club
Weekend market
IllustrationWeekend market · Ambridge
Christmas at the Village
A 19th-century Christmas in the Harmonist village: a German Weihnachts market, lit cobblestone streets, craft demonstrations and Belsnickel.
🧒 With kids✨ Date nightWhat's there
- German Weihnachts market
- Lit cobblestone streets and historic buildings
- Craft demonstrations
- Belsnickel, the Pennsylvania Dutch Santa
A storybook 19th-century Christmas — best after dark on the Saturday.
- Last season
- Dec 6 (2–9 pm) & Dec 7 (2–7 pm), 2025
- Cost
- $10 adults, $9 seniors, $6 ages 3–11 (2025)
Worth knowing
- One weekend only, afternoon into evening