🧒 With kids
- Holidays on Houston Street · Downtown
- Christmas Market at Traders Village · Southwest
- Holiday in the Village at La Villita · Downtown / River Walk
- Christmas at Historic Market Square · Downtown West
- Holiday Art Market at the Tobin Center · Downtown
✨ Date night
- Holiday Night Markets at Pearl · Pearl
🎉 With friends
- Holiday Olé Market · Northwest
- San Antonio Christmas Showcase · East Side
- Peace Market — Mercado de Paz · Five Points
Weekend market
IllustrationWeekend market · Downtown
Holidays on Houston Street
Street market and festivities on downtown's main shopping street.
🧒 With kids✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- 50+ local artisan vendors
- Lit tree canopy over Houston Street
- Street performers and family activities
- Taste of Holidays on Houston St. dinner
What visitors say
Visitors enjoyed the 50-odd vendors, the lights and the street performers and called it a real Christmas market downtown.
The closest thing San Antonio has to a European Christmas market — go on one of its two weekends.
- 2026
- Dec 4–6 & Dec 18–20, 2026
- Last season
- Dec 12–14, 2025
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Downtown garages
Worth knowing
- Two weekends only in 2026 (Dec 4–6 and 18–20)
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Weekend market · Southwest
Christmas Market at Traders Village
Holiday vendors added to the big weekend flea market.
🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Pictures with Santa
- Santa's Workshop — letters to Santa and crafts
- Themed photo backdrops
- Hundreds of flea-market stalls
What visitors say
Regulars describe Traders Village as a huge, family-friendly flea market with good food and drinks; some grumble about the parking fee and that rides cost extra.
A budget-friendly family outing — come for Santa and the flea market, not for a Christmas-market atmosphere.
- 2026
- Sat–Sun, Nov 28 – Dec 20, 2026
- Last season
- Weekends, late Nov – Dec 2025
- Cost
- Free (parking $6 per vehicle)
Getting there and parking
- On-site paved lots ($6)
Worth knowing
- Weekends only
- Hit Santa's Workshop at the 10 am opening to beat the lines
- Leashed dogs allowed outdoors
IllustrationWeekend market · Downtown West
Christmas at Historic Market Square
The Mexican market square (El Mercado) at Christmas: weekend music, working artists and food booths, piñatas and folk crafts in 100-plus shops, and La Gran Tamalada with tamale traditions and photos with Pancho Claus.
🧒 With kids🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Mexican folk crafts, piñatas and jewelry
- 100+ shops and eateries
- Live music and working artists
- La Gran Tamalada with Pancho Claus
San Antonio's most local Christmas — Mexican food, music and gifts every December weekend.
- Last season
- Every weekend in December 2025, 10 am – 6 pm; La Gran Tamalada Dec 13–14
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- West of downtown on W Commerce St; city parking lots at Market Square
Worth knowing
- Come for La Gran Tamalada weekend in mid-December
- Weekends 10 am–6 pm
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Weekend market · Pearl
Holiday Night Markets at Pearl
Evening markets of local makers and regional artisans on the plaza of the old Pearl brewery, with live music and Pearl's restaurants open late.
✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Local makers and regional artisans
- Live music
- Pearl's restaurants open late
A lovely Wednesday evening — dinner at Pearl and a stroll along the Museum Reach.
- 2026
- Wednesdays Dec 2–16, 2026
- Last season
- Wednesdays in December 2025
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Koehler and Pearl South garages (free and paid)
- Walk or take a river taxi along the Museum Reach of the River Walk
Worth knowing
- Wednesday evenings only
- Leashed dogs welcome outdoors
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Weekend market · Downtown
Holiday Art Market at the Tobin Center
More than 80 local artists and artisans across the Tobin Center's spaces on the River Walk, with Santa photos, a mechanical reindeer and lawn games.
🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- 80+ local artisans
- Santa photos
- Mechanical reindeer and lawn games
- Food, drinks and music
A free Small Business Saturday market with something for the kids.
- 2026
- Nov 28, 2026, 10 am – 4 pm
- Last season
- Late November 2025
- Cost
- Free
Worth knowing
- One day only, 10 am–4 pm
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Weekend market · Five Points
Peace Market — Mercado de Paz
The Esperanza Center's Thanksgiving-weekend market of local and international artists — handmade gifts, jewelry and textiles with entertainment.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Local and international artists
- Handmade gifts, jewelry and textiles
- Entertainment
A community market with a conscience — good for unusual handmade gifts over Thanksgiving weekend.
- 2026
- Nov 27–29, 2026
- Last season
- Thanksgiving weekend 2025
- Entry
- See organizer
Getting there and parking
- On San Pedro Ave just north of downtown; street parking
Worth knowing
- Thanksgiving weekend only
Holiday market
IllustrationHoliday market · Northwest
Holiday Olé Market
The Junior League's early-season gift market, now in its 30th year.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Junior League's largest fundraiser
- 30th market in 2026
- Gift and décor merchants
The earliest holiday market in town — useful for October gift shopping.
- 2026
- Oct 22–25, 2026
- Last season
- October 2025
- Entry
- Tickets
Worth knowing
- Held in late October, not December
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Holiday market · East Side
San Antonio Christmas Showcase
The city's biggest Christmas shopping show, in its 47th year: more than 300 vendors, a winery row, holiday food, Santa and a package check.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- 300+ vendors
- Winery row and holiday food
- Santa visits
- Package check
The big pre-Thanksgiving shopping show — go Saturday early with a VIP ticket for first pick.
- 2026
- Nov 21 (10 am–6 pm; VIP from 9 am) & Nov 22 (10 am–5 pm), 2026
- Last season
- November 2025
- Cost
- $15; VIP $27; 16 and under free (2026)
Getting there and parking
- By car on E Houston St; Freeman Coliseum lot (2026 rate not published yet)
Worth knowing
- Use the package check to shop hands-free
- No pets
Christmas village
IllustrationChristmas village · Downtown / River Walk
Holiday in the Village at La Villita
A free Christmas village in the city's first neighborhood: Alsatian-style holiday huts, a holiday market, Santa, cookie decorating, tamale-making and piñata workshops and live performances.
🧒 With kids✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Alsatian-style holiday huts
- Holiday market
- Santa meet-and-greet
- Cookie decorating, tamale-making and piñata workshops
A charming free Christmas village by the River Walk — best on the Saturday.
- Last season
- Dec 12–14, 2025 (Fri 2–4 pm, Sat 10 am–8 pm, Sun 2–4 pm)
- Cost
- Free
Worth knowing
- Saturday runs all day; Friday and Sunday only 2–4 pm