🧒 With kids
- Merry Market at Maymont · Maymont
- Carytown Holiday Artisan Market · Carytown
- Richmond Night Market Holiday Villages · Shockoe Bottom
✨ Date night
- Studio Two Three Winter Market · Manchester
- Winter Wonderland at Conex RVA · Scott's Addition
- Moonlight Market · Shockoe Slip
🎉 With friends
- The Bizarre Bazaar · Richmond Raceway
- Made in RVA Holiday Shop · Manchester
Weekend market
IllustrationWeekend market · Maymont
Merry Market at Maymont
Holiday vendors on the grounds of the Gilded Age estate.
🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Dozens of local artisans on the Carriage House Lawn
- Fire pits and the Winter Wonder Bar
- Carolers and holiday crafts
- Photos with Saint Nicholas
A holiday market in one of Richmond's loveliest estates — combine it with Garden Glow.
- 2026
- Dec 5–6, 2026, noon – 5 pm
- Last season
- Early December 2025
- Cost
- Ticketed: 2025 admission was $10 adults, $6 ages 1–16 and 65+, free for members; drinks and gifts extra
Getting there and parking
- Paid parking on site (Hampton lot $10, Nature Center and Farm lots $5 per vehicle); free ADA parking with a placard
Worth knowing
- No pets on Maymont grounds (service dogs only)
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Weekend market · Carytown
Carytown Holiday Artisan Market
Richmond's biggest juried artisan market, two weekends before Christmas: 150-plus makers selling only their own work, with food trucks and music.
🎉 With friends🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- 150-plus juried artisans — no resellers
- Food trucks and craft drinks
- Live music
Richmond's best open-air makers' market — go Saturday morning.
- 2026
- Dec 12–13, 2026, from 10 am
- Last season
- Dec 13–14, 2025, 10 am – 4 pm
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- City Stadium, 3201 Maplewood Ave
Worth knowing
- Held two weekends before Christmas
- Outdoors — dress for the weather
IllustrationWeekend market · Shockoe Bottom
Richmond Night Market Holiday Villages
A multicultural holiday market from the Richmond Night Market team: local goods, art, food and music under the station's train shed.
🎉 With friends🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Multicultural local makers
- Food and live music
- Under the historic train shed
A lively, diverse market — check the organizer for each December date.
- Last season
- Dec 7, 2025, noon – 5 pm (one of several December dates)
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Main Street Station, Shockoe Bottom
Worth knowing
- Several dates and locations each December
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Weekend market · Shockoe Slip
Moonlight Market
An outdoor evening market hosted by the Martin Agency on the cobbles of Shockoe Slip: 40-plus local artisans, music and food trucks.
✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- 40-plus local artisans
- Live music and food trucks
- Evening on the cobbles of Shockoe Slip
A pretty after-work market the week before Christmas.
- Last season
- Dec 17, 2025, 5:30 – 9 pm
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Shockoe Slip
Worth knowing
- Family- and pet-friendly
- One evening only (5:30–9 pm)
Holiday market
IllustrationHoliday market · Richmond Raceway
The Bizarre Bazaar
A multi-day holiday gift show with hundreds of exhibitors.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Huge holiday craft show
- Food and cash bar
Richmond's big shopping show — buy online for the discount.
- 2026
- Dec 2–6, 2026 (the 'Christmas Collection'; daily hours not yet published)
- Last season
- Early December 2025
- Cost
- 2025 prices: $11 adults ($1 off online), $16 early-bird hour, children 2–12 $2.50; 2026 prices not yet published
Getting there and parking
- Acres of free parking
Worth knowing
- No pets or rolling handcarts; strollers after 10 am
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Holiday market · Manchester
Studio Two Three Winter Market
A print studio's daily winter market of around 200 local artists — art, ceramics, home goods and vintage — over two buildings in Manchester.
🎉 With friends✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Around 200 local artists
- Prints, ceramics, home goods and vintage
- Slash Bakehouse pop-ups at weekends
The best place in Richmond for local art gifts — open every day until Dec 23.
- Last season
- Nov 28 – Dec 23, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Two buildings a block apart in Manchester: 109 W 15th St and 1437 Hull St
Worth knowing
- Open daily 11 am – 5 pm
- Weekends bring the bakery pop-up (until sold out)
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Holiday market · Manchester
Made in RVA Holiday Shop
A month-long shop of Richmond-made gifts — ceramics, jewelry, candles and city photographs — inside the Art Works studios.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Only Richmond-made goods
- Ceramics, candles, soaps and city photography
Good for last-minute local gifts — it stays open until Dec 28.
- Last season
- Nov 28 – Dec 28, 2025 (Tue–Sun 11 am–5 pm)
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Hull St in Manchester, next to the Studio Two Three market
Worth knowing
- Closed Mondays
Christmas village
IllustrationChristmas village · Scott's Addition
Winter Wonderland at Conex RVA
A shipping-container venue turned winter village: full-size ice rink, a market of local vendors, decorated trees, four bars and food trucks.
✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Full-size ice rink with rentals
- Market of local vendors
- Four bars and food trucks
- Live music and DJs
Richmond's closest thing to a Christmas village — best on a weekend evening.
- Last season
- Nov 22, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026 (Wed–Thu 4–10 pm, Fri 4–11 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am–11 pm)
- Cost
- See organizer; skating extra
Getting there and parking
- Axtell St in Scott's Addition
Worth knowing
- Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day
- Opens at 4 pm on weekdays (closed Mon–Tue)