Listen, you’re probably inundated with gift guides by now. In fact, we have our own coming soon. But maybe after all that scrolling, you’re simply not feeling any of it. Or maybe you like the thrill of the chase — walking past a shop and finding that perfect thing for your parent or friend or partner. Well if that’s the case, might we recommend a holiday market? The Bay Area is full of them, and each one is packed with local artists and craftspeople offering jewelry, soaps, ceramics, paintings, wind chimes, wallets, tattoos (yes, tattoos), and more.
At COYOTE, we want to encourage everybody to shop local this season and enjoy the amazing creativity and good vibes of the Bay Area at these holiday markets. And to help you do that, we’ve compiled a map of over 40 holiday markets across the bay! Below you can find our interactive map of markets (zoom in and click around!). If you’re more of a list guy, see below for the full spread and links to more info.
And if I’ve missed a holiday art market you love, send me a note at reo@coyotemedia.org. We'll keep adding markets to the map & list as we hear about them.
Thursday, December 4th – Sunday, December 7th
Elmer Group Exhibition & Vender Market
12/4 from 4pm-7pm 945 Market, San Francisco
Two for one here: an art show opening AND a vendor market. A perfect evening. More info
East Bay Print Sale
12/4 from 3-8pm 12/5-7 from 10am-4pm Max’s Garage Press, Berkeley
I never miss this one, it’s my favorite place to find new amazing art for my office. This is for all the print sickos out there! Featuring over 200 local and international artists and over 15,000 (!!) handmade prints. Guaranteed to be something for everyone. More info
Matcha Market
12/4 from 6-9pm 835 Larkin Street, San Francisco
If you’ve heard about the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot play, and are curious about that and any other things Tenderloin, this is a one-stop shop. Visit the play’s venue, shop local artisans, and avail yourself of the matcha bar.More info
The Dance Palace Holiday Fair
12/5 from 4-8pm 12/6-7 from 10am-4pm The Dance Palace, Point Reyes
This holiday fair has been going for 53 years this winter! Santa will make an appearance, and there will be eggnog along with artisanal gifts. More info
Posada Navideña
12/5 from 5pm-8pm Open Test Kitchen, Oakland
As far as I know, this is the only holiday market that also has a pinata! Plus, you can shop knowing you’re supporting working-class immigrant and diaspora chefs and local craftspeople. Win win.More info
Holidays at the Plaza
12/5 from 5pm-9pm Downtown Event Center and Plaza, Fremont
A lot of these holiday markets have Santa, but this one has something better: the Grinch. Plus, of course, all the gift shopping and hot chocolate sipping you could ask for.More info
Sonoma Community Center Annual Winter Art Market
12/5 from 5pm-7pm 12/6 from 10am-5pm 12/7 from 10am-3pm Sonoma Community Center
One of the few juried markets on our list — which means these vendors are extra legit. Featuring ceramics, fiber arts, paintings, photography, jewelry, metalwork, and more — plus an ugly sweater workshop.More info
Muir Beach Holiday Arts Fair
12/6 from 10am-5pm 12/7 from 10am-4pm Muir Beach Community Center, Muir Beach
This market’s been going for forty years so you know they’re doing something right. Hand blown glass, ornate baskets, incredible wood carvings — this one is a special one.More info
Picnic Holiday Market
12/6 from 11am-4pm Picnic, Albany
Live music, a photobooth, seasonal drinks, AND local artists and makers? Plus, you can get some incredible candy — look for the Petite LaFleur sign and thank me later. More info
Holiday Pop-Up Market at Uncommon
12/6 from 11am-4pm Uncommon, San Francisco
An outdoor block sale with some extra cool DJs to go along with the art, crafts, and clothes. More info
Dollhouse Holiday Market
12/6 from 12pm-5pm Dollhouse Tattoo, Berkeley
Most tattoo artists also work with material that isn’t human skin, and this is a chance to get some slick pieces by amazing tattooers. Plus, one of my fav tattoo artists will have some crocheted pieces for sale. Go get one!More info
EsquinaLatina SF Artisan Holiday Bazaar
12/6 from 12pm-6pm CANA, San Francisco
Come for the locally made crafts by indigenous folks, stay for Santa in a lowrider. All proceeds benefit Calle 24 for the preservation of cultural heritage and assets in SF’s Mission District.More info
Rainbow Winter Craft Fair
12/6 from 1pm-5pm Rainbow Grocery, San Francisco
Get what you need for dinner and get what you need for the holidays all in one stop. Plus, supporting one worker-owned coop helps support us all. More info
Vegan Holiday Market
12/6 from 11am-4pm Ladybird Tea House, Sacramento
Throwing in one a little further afield here. The holidays are tough for the vegans among us, so get your favorite big-hearted human something special this year. Plus, a photo booth with “Chicken Santa.” More info
Little Green Plant Bar's Holiday Market
12/6, 12/13 and 12/20 from 9am-1pm Little Green Plant Bar, Redwood City
Each weekend, this market will have new vendors — from calligraphy to ceramics to chocolate. And things that start with other letters too! More info
The Cripping Art Virtual Holiday Market
12/6 starting at 3pm ONLINE
If you can’t make it out the door to any of these markets, here’s a special one just for you: a virtual market where you can support disabled artists directly. The virtual event will allow you to meet the artists and bask in music, poetry, and performances by disabled creators.Virtual event
HOLY MOLY Winter Market
12/6 from 11am-4pm Engine 43 Art Studio, San Francisco
If you’re sitting around stumped at what to get the Princess Diaries fanatic in your life, boy do I have good news for you. This market is at the house where the movie was filmed! Come shop for gifts, take your photo in a Princess Diaries-themed photo booth, and bring a piece of blank apparel so you can screen print some designs from the movie. More info
The Box SF Holiday Market
12/6 from 11am-5pm 12/7 from 11am-4pm The Box, San Francisco
Over 40 creators set up shop in this historic venue for a cozy-as-hell little market that feels like you’ve been teleported into a Christmas movie. More info
Camp Compound Holiday Market
12/6-12/21, Thursdays through Sundays, 12-6pm Compound Art Gallery, Emeryville
Full disclosure: I am a member of this art studio so I know these folks are incredible. Come shop original art, screen prints, letterpress prints, riso prints, paintings, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, and more. This is stuff you can’t get anywhere else. More info
GIFTY at the Crucible
12/6 from 12-6pm 12/7 from 11am-4pm The Crucible, Oakland
Hands-on activities, demonstrations, and gifts all in one place. Plus, attendees get class discounts for when you decide you actually want to make that stained glass piece, not just buy it. More info
Winter on Solano
12/7 from 10am-5pm Solano Avenue, Berkeley and Albany
A market for the whole family, featuring a kid zone along with plenty of shops to supply those gifts you’re behind on (don’t worry, we are too). Note: this isn’t the Solano Stroll, the road is still open to cars for this one. More info
The Progress Holiday Market
12/7 from 11am-2:30pm The Progress, San Francisco
You’ll find some of the best food and coffee in San Francisco at this one, so you can stuff yourself with brunch before (and after?) you shop. More info
La Peña Holiday Mercado
12/7 from 11am-5pm La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley
This market features specifically Bay Area QT/BIPOC and immigrant artisans and so you know it’s going to be incredible. Habrá platos tradicionales a la venta, así que ¡ven con hambre y trae a toda la familia!More info
Friends & Neighbors Holiday Market
12/7 from 12pm-4pm Campbell St. Studios, Oakland
Buy a craft AND make a craft at this market, where you can shop for ceramics, jewelry, prints, vintage, textiles, plants, and more and also make a garland, ornament, or charm for yourself. (We won’t tell if you don’t gift it.) More info
Crips-mas Market
12/7 from 12pm-4pm Disability Cultural Center, San Francisco
Shop for gifts made by disabled artists and crafters – plus check out the art supply swap, crafting corner, and participatory art installation. More info
Chez Panisse Holiday Market
12/7 from 11am-2pm Chez Panisse, Berkeley
If you’ve ever wondered what the folks behind Chez Panisse give one another, here’s your shot. Featuring baked goods, ceramics, weaving, prints, jewelry, candles, clothing, and more. More info
Friday, December 11th-Sunday December 14th
Mill Valley Lumber Yard Holiday Faire
12/11 from 5pm-7pm 12/12 from 3pm-7pm 12/13 from 11am-5pm 12/14 from 11am-2pm Mill Valley Lumber Yard
If you want to make absolutely certain you can hear some live accordion music while you shop, this one is for you.More info
Restore Oakland Annual Holiday Market
12/12 from 6pm-9pm Understory, Oakland
This market features 20+ BIPOC small businesses, entrepreneurs, artisans, and cooperatives based in Oakland offering jewelry, clothing, beautiful ceramics, wellness, and just a generally good community vibe. More info
Los Gatos Holiday Market
12/13-14 from 10am-5pm Civic Center Lawn, Los Gatos
Wine, cider, handmade gifts, and more take over downtown Los Gatos in this “European-style” market. More info
Tight Quarters Holiday Market
12/13 from 11am-4pm Tight Quarters, San Francisco
This market features a stall that does hand-lettered signs, which are a great gift (trust me), along with ceramics, prints, and a ton of other cool stuff. More info
Yule Midwinter Market
12/13 from 11am-5pm Webster Street, Alameda
A Santa photo booth (pets allowed!) along with gifts, decor, treats, and surprises that stretch along Alameda’s West End.More info
Clay Room SF Holiday Market
12/13 from 11am-5pm Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco
The perfect place to find something for all the clay baddies in your life — over thirty local ceramic artists all in one place. From bowls to abstract sculptures, there’s something for every fancy mud lover. More info
San José Winter Wonder Market
12/13-14 from 11am-6pm South Hall, Downtown San José
This one’s a biggie: Over 250 makers will assemble to show off their best treats and treasures. And if you went to SJMADE’s Holiday Fair a couple of weeks ago, just know that 60% of the vendors are new for this one.More info
Mountain View German Holiday Market
12/13 from 11am-9pm Mountain View City Hall Plaza
A trip to Germany might not be in your stocking, but this is the next best thing. Bonus points if you take the train there, like a real European.More info
Root Division Artist Fair
12/13 from 12pm-5pm Root Division, San Francisco
A new entrant into the artist fair arena, Root Division is cooking up something special. Roll through for original art, prints, jewelry, and more — sold directly by the artists, with 100% of sales going straight to them.More info (and RSVP for a drink ticket)
Makers Market’s Local Artist Street Fair
12/13 from 11am-6pm Santana Row, San Jose
This one isn’t technically a holiday market per se, but it’s in our date range and sometimes you want a market that isn’t quite so Santa-fied. Over 60 local artists will rock up to this sip-and-stroll event along Santana Row this year. Kids and pets welcome; free to attend. More info
Queer Magic Dance Party Sag Season & Holigay Market
12/13 from 4pm-10pm Temescal Brewing, Oakland
A set of true holiday treats here: a queer meetup, a dance party, and market. Meet a cutie, and immediately buy them something rad. Admission is $20 at the door, and a portion of ticket sales go to Trans Advocacy & Care Team (TACT).More info
Kinky Holiday Market
12/13 from 5pm-12am SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
Think of this one as holiday markets after dark (both literally and figuratively). Come to this night market for all your kinky needs and then roll right into a bit of revelry. More info
We Got Us Holiday Market
12/14 from 3pm-7pm Open Test Kitchen, Oakland
Support migrant & BIPOC chefs at this market themed around resilience and community care. Plus, a DJ and a raffle! More info
Cherry Bomb Market
12/14 from 11am-7pm Mirage Tattoo, San Francisco
Tired: holiday sweaters. Wired: holiday tattoos. Come for those and less permanent additions to your life: records, jewelry, vintage, and more. Plus, they’re gathering donations of men’s and women’s clean clothing for North Beach Citizen, a San Francisco organization that supports unhoused and low-income individuals.More info
BackYard BAZAAR 2025
12/14 from 12pm-4pm Nido’s Backyard, Oakland
Candles, quilts, arts, crafts, vintage, vinyl, and perhaps most importantly: chocoflanes. Over thirty vendors at this outdoor market, celebrating arte hecho en Oakland.More info
Friday December 19th - Sunday December 21st
For you truly last minute shoppers.
The Wardrobe Project Flea Holiday Market
12/20 from 10am-5pm Rockridge Bart Parking Lot, Oakland
Get that adrenaline rush from not only last-minute shopping, but also from seeing clothes you used to wear described as “vintage.” Plus, flash tats, a photo booth, tooth gems, and more. More info
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