eleventh Annual Winternational Embassy Showcase in DC
The Winternational Embassy Showcase is an thrilling celebration of the cultural and culinary traditions of Washington’s diplomatic neighborhood. Allyson Browne, the Government Director of the World Commerce Heart DC joins FOX 5’s DMV Zone to debate the upcoming occasion.
WASHINGTON – The vacation season is formally in full swing and FOX 5 has your information to the very best markets throughout D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Discover the right items for family and friends, uncover craft items, snack on tasty treats and drinks, after all, expertise that cozy Christmastime vibe all of us love. Take a look at the complete checklist beneath!
D.C. CHRISTMAS MARKETS
The Winternational Embassy Showcase is an thrilling celebration of the cultural and culinary traditions of Washington’s diplomatic neighborhood. This pageant boasts a bustling international market the place over fifty embassies showcase their nations via participating shows of visible artwork, genuine delicacies, handcrafted treasures, and insights into journey and tourism.
Location: World Commerce Heart DC, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Date: Dec. 5
Hours: 11p-3p
The DC Vacation Market will characteristic 30 plus small companies with artisans, boutique manufacturers, worldwide handcrafts and distinctive reward objects. The market brings its signature type, brilliant festive décor and well-liked vacation treats – Migue’s Mini Donuts and the Capital Sweet Jar’s scorching roasted nuts to an iconic location adjoining to Dupont Circle and renown Kramer’s Books & Café.
Location: 1500 block of nineteenth Road, NW
Dates: Nov. 22-Dec. 15
Hours: Monday-Friday, 12p-8p | Saturday-Sunday 11a-8p
This uniquely Dupont buying expertise helps our Foremost Streets non-profit mission and neighborhood programming, which straight advantages Dupont Circle’s multi-faceted neighborhood and small companies. Friends can take in the sounds of roving carolers, sip scorching chocolate in Dupont Circle park whereas they store the incredible collection of vendor providing artworks, handmade pottery, textiles, wooden crafts, jewellery, dwelling decor, bathtub and wonder, candles and way more!
Location: Dupont Circle, 15 Dupont Cir., NW
Dates: Dec. 7-8
Hours: 12p-5p
Heurich Home Museum Christmas Markt
Every December, the Heurich Home Museum in historic Dupont Circle curates DC’s solely multi-day vacation market consisting of ALL native makers. For the primary time ever in its 12 12 months historical past, this 12 months’s Christmas Markt will likely be held for a whole week. Consumers do have to purchase tickets for entry. Ticket costs vary between $12-$18. Click on right here to buy.
Location: 1307 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Dates: Dec. 6-Dec. 16
Hours: Dec. 6: 4p-8p | Dec. 7: 12p-8p | Dec. 8:12-6p | Dec. 10-Dec. 13: 4p-8p
WMATA is bringing again its Metro merch pop-up store to Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown D.C. this vacation season. Cease by to choose up a present that’s uniquely D.C.! Or get unique merch for a transit fanatic in your life.
New objects this 12 months embrace scarves for choose stations, tote luggage, new ornaments for 2024, a particular assortment of pins, and attire for infants, youngsters, and adults and WMATA provides that a few of the favorites from final 12 months are coming again, too, together with station pylon socks, mugs, magnets, and the Metro map bathe curtain.
Location: 901 G St., NW
Dates: Nov. 30-Dec. 21.
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 10a-6p | Friday and Saturday: 10a-5p | Sunday: 1p-5p
Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum of African Artwork Vacation Market
The Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum of African Artwork will host a market as a part of a sequence of occasions that commemorate its sixtieth anniversary. Roughly 15 academic artisans from the African diaspora on the Concourse Stage of the museum, three ranges beneath the bottom flooring.
Location: 950 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560
Dates: Dec. 7
Hours: 2p- 6p
The museum’s annual Native Artwork Market options the works of award-winning and revolutionary Indigenous artists from throughout the Western Hemisphere. This weekend occasion invitations lovers of artwork and craftsmanship to satisfy Native artists and study conventional Native arts and modern Native creativity. Guests may have the distinctive alternative to buy conventional and modern handcrafted artworks, together with beadwork, jewellery, work, images, pottery, and sculpture.
Location: 4th St SW, Washington, DC 20560
Dates: Dec. 7-8
Hours: 10a-5:30p
Rock N’ Store: A Rock’n’Roll Storage Sale
Rock’n’Store is one in every of DC’s longest-running vacation markets. And for good purpose – its distinctive mixture of native crafters, report sellers, retailers, junk sellers, and nice music gives a one-of-a-kind buying expertise. Seeking to increase your assortment with some important data? Looking for the right T-shirt? Rock’n’Store is the place it is at.
Location: 1811 14th St., NW
Dates: Dec. 8
Hours: 2p-6p
Pajamarama Vacation Market on the Takoma Theater
Takoma’s Roscoe the Rooster crows early at this annual vacation buying occasion. Pajama-wearing customers are rewarded with early morning reductions at collaborating Takoma companies. Vacation buying continues into the afternoon on the Pajamarama Vacation Market on the Takoma Theater. Native artists, makers, and collectors arrange open air with distinctive, handmade vacation items.
Location: Taking part Takoma Companies and the Takoma Theater, 6833 4th St, NW
Dates: Dec. 8
Hours: Offers in native companies, 8a-11a | Out of doors Vacation Market, 10a-3p
Procrastinator’s Vacation Market
This 12 months’s Procrastinator’s Vacation Market is a one-day indoor/out of doors occasion at Kraken Kourts and Skates, bringing the neighborhood collectively for a day of last-minute vacation reward buying, particular festive menus, and leisure for the entire household. There will likely be holiday-themed actions, together with free vacation prepare rides and a raffle for objects from our featured native distributors. It is a ticketed occasion. Click on right here to buy yours!
Location: 514 Rhode Island Ave., NE
Dates: Dec. 14
Hours: 10a-4p
VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Vacation Market 2024 at Del Ray Artisans Gallery
The twenty ninth annual Superb Artwork & Superb Craft Vacation Market gives distinctive handmade positive arts and positive crafts from native artists presenting quite a lot of media, together with fiber/textiles, glass, jewellery, combined media, polymer clay, ornaments, mosaics, portray, prints, paper crafting, images, pottery/ceramics, sculpture, watercolor, wooden, and extra. Completely different artists are featured every weekend.
Location: Nicholas A. Colasanto Heart, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria
Dates: Weekends solely, Dec. 6–22
Hours: Fridays, 6p-9p | Saturdays, 9a-5p | Sundays, 11a-5p
Reston German Christmas Market
The German Navy of Reston will host its annual German Christmasmarket on December 7! Stroll via charming stalls and take pleasure in scrumptious German meals, together with Bratwurst and Glühwein (mulled wine), and beer and candy treats from handmade muffins to waffles to cotton sweet. Uncover distinctive handcrafted items, ornaments, and souvenirs, good for spreading vacation cheer. All proceeds will likely be donated to Associates of Reston and Meals For Neighbors.
Location: 11150 Dawn Valley Drive, Reston
Dates: Dec. 7
Occasions: 4p-9p
It’s probably the most fantastic occasion, of the 12 months and the annual kickoff to the vacation season at Canal Heart in Alexandria. The Boat Parade begins at 5:30p and the Bazaar will characteristic over 40 distributors, the Yellow Door Jazz band will likely be enjoying vacation classics, there will likely be an artwork gallery present opening and naturally, vacation cheer!
Location: Canal Heart Plaza, Alexandria
Dates: Dec. 7
Hours: 2p-8p
Previous City Alexandria Christmas Market and Vacation Craft Present
Rejoice the spirit of the season on the Previous City Alexandria Christmas Market and Vacation Craft Present at John Carlyle Sq. for a magical day full of festive artisans, scrumptious treats, and heartwarming vacation actions.
Location: 300 John Carlyle Road, Alexandria
Dates: Dec. 14
Hours: 11a-4p
Previous City North Vacation Market & Farmers Market
Sip scorching cider whereas buying amongst native artisans for all of your vacation wants throughout Previous City North’s free Vacation Market and Farmers Market, cohosted by the Previous City North Group Partnership and Volunteer Alexandria. Browse farmers’ market choices from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and discover the European-style vacation market from 10:30 a.m. to three:30 p.m. This occasion is rain or shine.
Location: Montgomery Park, 901 North Royal St., Alexandria
Dates: Dec. 15
Hours: 9a-3:30p
The Herndon WinterMarkt is bringing the outdated world appeal of Christmas in Europe to community-oriented Herndon, Virginia. The vacation market custom stretches again to Saxony, Germany in the course of the center ages. Over the centuries, the fun of the normal Christmas markets unfold from city to city, and world wide! These markets characteristic a pleasant mix of vacation meals, drinks, items, and decorations and have change into well-known for his or her hand-crafted Christmas decorations, wood-working, art work, and textiles.
Location: Nook of Lynn & Station St., Herndon
Dates: Dec. 14
Hours: 12p-7p
Fairfax Metropolis Vacation Market
Head out to the Previous City Sq. in Fairfax to help native artist and do some vacation buying in the course of the first two weekends in December. Craft distributors will fluctuate between the 2 weekends, bringing you quite a lot of distributors to take a look at. When you’re buying round, benefit from the sounds of dwell music, dance, and extra!
Location: Previous City Sq., 10415 North St., Fairfax
Dates: Dec. 6-8 | Dec. 13-15
Hours: Fridays, 5p-8p | Saturdays, 12p-6p | Sundays, 12p-5p
McLean Vacation Artwork & Crafts Pageant
Expertise seasonal cheer at this pleasant three-day indoor juried present that includes roughly 80 proficient, regional artisans. For greater than 40 years, this one-of-a-kind present has supplied items for each finances together with pottery, glass, jewellery, vacation decor, combined media, trend equipment, wooden, positive artwork, artisanal meals, cleaning soap and extra.
Location: McLean Group Heart, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean
Dates: Dec. 6-8
Hours: Dec. 6, 10a-7p (Joyful Hour Joyful Hour Wine, Beer & Hors d’oeuvres, 4p-7p) | Dec. 7, 10a-6p | Dec. 8, 10a-4p
McLean Excessive Faculty Vacation Bazaar
McLean Excessive Faculty will open its doorways to your entire neighborhood for our twenty second Annual Vacation Bazaar. Come one, come all for a day of indulgence. Take pleasure in meals and drinks from our cafe and dwell leisure from the MHS Orchestra group whereas searching for associates, household, coworkers and lecturers. We may have many returning and new distributors promoting all the things from scented cleaning soap, jewellery, candles, bespoke items, scarves, dwelling decor and much extra. Tons of distinctive items for all in your checklist!
Location: 1633 Davidson Rd., McLean
Dates: Dec. 14
Hours: 10a-3p
Rosslyn Cheer 2024: Vacation Market
Store native and discover the right items this vacation season! Be part of the Rosslyn BID on Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to three p.m. at Central Place Plaza for a weekend of vacation buying and celebrating the season! Whether or not you are searching for just a few final items in your checklist or are simply getting began, our vacation market has one thing for everybody. Store quite a lot of native distributors promoting artwork, jewellery, bathtub merchandise, snacks, and way more.
Location: Central Place Plaza, 1800 N Lynn St., Arlington
Dates: Dec. 7-8
Hours: 10a-3p
On the lookout for one thing really distinctive? Store Native! We’ve got ceramics, pottery and hand pulled-prints, all on the market. Assist native Artists!
Location: LAC Studios, 5722 Langston Blvd., Arlington
Dates: Dec. 7
Hours: 10a-4p
Vacation Market with URBNmarket
Kick off the vacation season with a full weekend of festive vibes. Store curated items from URBNmarket distributors, get pleasure from dwell music, and get into the vacation spirit.
Location: 2800 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington
Dates: Dec. 7-8
Hours: 11a-4p
Falls Church Vacation Craft Present
Deck the halls in the course of the vacation season with particular items from the annual Vacation Reward and Craft Present on the Falls Church Group Heart. Over 40 crafters and vacation distributors showcase handmade objects, baked items, and distinctive vacation items in the course of the first weekend of December. On Saturday, Dec. 7, youngsters can select from quite a lot of items donated by the Reward and Craft Present distributors. Purchasing is money solely on the Youngsters’s Vacation Shoppe and hosted by the Associates of Cherry Hill Farmhouse.
Location: 223 Little Falls St., Falls Church
Dates: Dec. 7-8
Hours: Dec. 7, 8:30a-3:30p (Youngsters’s Vacation Shoppe from 9a-3p) | Dec. 8, 10:30a-3:30p
MARYLAND CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Christmas Market kicks off on the Nationwide Harbor
It is the vacation season and we’re falling into the Christmas festivities! There’s quite a few vacation markets and one proper within the Nationwide Harbor’s yard.
Nationwide Harbor Christmas Market And Vacation Craft Present Collection
Expertise the magic of the vacation season on the Nationwide Harbor Christmas Market and Vacation Craft Present sequence. The market contains a rotating collection of proficient artisans and crafters, together with an array of delectable vacation sweets and desserts. Immerse your self within the festive environment, uncover one-of-a-kind treasures, and revel in pleasant treats.
Location: American Manner, Nationwide Harbor, Oxon Hill
Date: Weekends solely, Nov. 30-Dec. 22
Hours: 11a-4p
Empowered Ladies Worldwide eleventh Annual Vacation Market
The eleventh Annual Empowered Ladies Worldwide Vacation Market presents 50+ native, women-owned small companies, and is dropped at you by Empowered Ladies Worldwide, a program of the Latino Financial Improvement Heart.
Location: Silver Spring Civic Constructing, 1 Veterans Place Silver Spring
Date: Dec. 7
Hours: 11a-4p
Christkindl Markt Hagerstown had it’s debut December 2016 as a sooner or later market on the sq., within the coronary heart of downtown. Yearly the market brings a whole bunch of customers to the center of Hagerstown on the onset of the Christmas Season, and has grown right into a two-day affair since 2018.
Location: College Plaza, 50 West Washington Road, Hagerstown
Dates: Dec. 13-14
Hours: Dec. 13, 3p-8p | Dec. 14, 10a-4p
Vacation Markets also called Kris Kringle Markets or Christmas Markets are a enjoyable festive strategy to store in the course of the vacation season. Make sure you go to the Annapolis Vacation Market this December.
Location: 1 Dock Road, Annapolis
Date: Dec. 12-15
Hours: Thursday, 4p-10p | Friday & Saturday, 11a-9p | Sunday, 11a-5p
The Metropolis of Greenbelt’s annual juried present helps regional positive artists, artisans, writers and illustrators within the sale of their very own, unique creations. Wares sometimes embrace handmade furnishings, housewares, clothes, equipment, toys, ornaments, soaps, candles, seasonings, self-published books, positive arts, prints and playing cards. It’s a part of he metropolis’s Winter Lights Pageant.
Location: Greenbelt Group Heart, 15 Crescent Highway, Greenbelt
Dates: Dec. 7-8
Hours: 10a-4p
BlackRock Heart for the Arts Vacation Market
Be part of BlackRock Heart for the Arts for an out of doors vacation market with baby choirs performing your favourite vacation track choices all through the day! Full with vacation music, crafts, snacks, and surprises, this festive season kickoff solely wants yet another factor – you – to finish its winter wonderland magic.
Location: BlackRock Heart for the Arts, 12901 City Commons Drive, Germantown
Dates: Dec. 14
Hours: 2p-6:30p
Brentwood Artisan Store Craft Vacation Honest and Mead Tasting Lounge
Get a head begin in your vacation buying and help native artists at our festive Vacation Craft Honest. Store from greater than a dozen native artists showcasing their hand-crafted artwork, get pleasure from vacation carols from a dwell brass band and pattern the most recent brews from Maryland Meadworks. You’ll be sure you discover a reward for everybody in your checklist!
Location: 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood
Dates: Dec. 14
Hours: 11a-4p
