Christmas Markets on Vancouver Island 2026: Craft Fairs by Town and Date

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The Island's Christmas market season opens at the end of October and runs to the week before Christmas. The markets fill church halls, community centres, a farm barn, a downtown square and the fairgrounds in Coombs, and the tables are full of handmade work: pottery, knitting, woodwork, jewellery, baking and art. Here they are by area and date. Each name links to its listing, with tickets and details where the market sells them.

• 47th Annual Creative Craft Fairs, November 6 to 8, at G.R. Pearkes Recreation Centre. Over 125 exhibitors bring crafts, gourmet food, fine art and jewellery.
• Yuletide Market Series, November 6 to December 20, at Bilston Creek Farm on Metchosin Road. Local makers fill the farm with body care, clothing and homewares.
• First Chance Christmas Craft Fair, November 7 and 8, at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. More than 80 artists, artisans, makers and designers sell their own work. Its twin, the Last Chance Christmas Craft Fair, closes the season on December 11 to 13.
• Bastion Square Christmas Village, November 12 to December 24, in Bastion Square downtown: handmade gifts, artisan goods and festive food in the open air.
• Atomic Christmas Vintage Fair and Makers Market, November 13 and 14, at the Da Vinci Centre. Vintage and handmade Christmas, mid-century and retro pieces, collectibles and clothing.
• Wear2Start's Winter Market, November 14 and 15, in James Bay. Local crafters, artists and small businesses, in support of Wear2Start.
• Saanich Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar, November 21, at the Mary Winspear Centre: handmade crafts, gently used finds and Christmas baking.
• Victorian Christmas Craft Fair, November 21 and 22, at Saanich Commonwealth Place, with local artisans and makers.
• Winter Bazaar, November 27 to 29, at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion. Artists, designers and food makers from the Island and across BC fill both levels of the pavilion.
• Metchosin Christmas Spirit Market, November 29, at Metchosin Community Hall.
• 45th Annual Dickens Christmas Fair, December 5, at the James Bay Community Centre. Over 60 artisans from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
• Youth Creative Craft Fair, December 5, at SEAPARC in Sooke, where young makers sell their own baking, art, crafts and jewellery.

The busiest stretch of the season, with three markets at The Bradley Centre in Coombs alone.

• 23rd World Craft Bazaar, October 31, at Knox United Church in Parksville: fair-trade handcrafts from artisans around the world.
• Arrowsmith Potters Guild Annual Christmas Sale, November 13, at The Bradley Centre. Decorative and everyday pottery by more than 20 local potters.
• Hop Into Winter Market, November 14, at the Parksville Community Centre, with gifts from local makers and small businesses.
• Winterfest Craft Fair, from November 19, at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre.
• Quilthouse Christmas Craft Market, November 21, at St. Stephen's United Church in Qualicum Beach: handcrafted gifts, seasonal decor and quilting.
• Fall Artisan Market, November 22, and the Bradley Christmas Artisan Market, November 29, both at The Bradley Centre.
• Legion Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Craft and Bake Sale, November 29, at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 49 in Parksville. Crafts and home baking, and the kitchen serves breakfast and lunch.
• Christmas Night Market, December 4, on Veterans Way in downtown Qualicum Beach, an evening market of handmade crafts.
• Christmas Artisan Market, December 5, at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre.
• Coombs Christmas Market, from December 5, at the Coombs Fairgrounds and Event Centre. More than 60 local sellers with crafts, food and local products.
• Nanoose Bay Studio Tour Christmas Crawl, from December 5. Studios, galleries and shops across Nanoose Bay open for a holiday tour of fine art, decor and handmade gifts.
• Artisans Christmas Market, December 12, at Nanoose Place Community Centre.

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• Tofino Winter Market, November 21, at Tofino Community Hall: a market and pop-up shop of arts, food and drink. The same weekend, Tofino Winter Nights starts its run of festive events through town.

• Christmas Book and Gift Fair, from November 6, at Courtenay Fellowship Baptist Church: books, calendars, puzzles, cards and gifts.
• Heart of the Valley Christmas Market, from November 14, at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay.
• St. Peter Anglican Church Christmas Market, November 14, in Campbell River: baking, sewing, jewellery, knitting, candy and gift baskets.
• Indigenous Artisan Market, November 14, at the Kwa'lilas Hotel in Port Hardy, where Indigenous artists sell their artwork and handcrafted goods.
• Touch of Class Christmas Artisan Market, from December 4, at the Little Red Church Community Arts Centre in Comox. Local artisans, with a cafe and bakery on site.
• Gnarly Little Christmas Craft Fair, December 5, at the Florence Filberg Centre, where makers aged 9 to 19 sell what they made.
• Queneesh Society's Holiday Market, from December 19, at the Florence Filberg Centre, the last big market of the season.

• The Magic of Christmas lights up The Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay from December 1 to January 6.
• Parksville Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting, November 20, at Memorial Plaza, with popcorn and hot chocolate.
• Parades, harbour lights and the rest of the season are in our festival calendar.

• Sidney's First Chance and Last Chance fairs bookend the season, one in early November and one in mid-December.
• Coombs, Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Nanoose Bay hold more than a dozen markets between them, three of them at The Bradley Centre.

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