Colorado’s 2025 Holiday Christmas Markets: Your Ultimate Guide

The holiday season is upon us, and Colorado is ready to dazzle with its festive Christmas markets, artisan fairs, and seasonal celebrations. Whether you're hunting for handcrafted gifts, savoring spiced cider, or soaking in the twinkling lights, there's something for everyone. Here's your updated guide to Colorado's top Christmas markets and holiday events for 2025. Check the events calendar for even more seasonal happenings.

Round up your holiday crew and head to these Colorado Christmas Markets for a jolly good time.

Popular Christmas Markets

Grandmother's House Boutique

Dates: November 7- 9, 2025
All Days 9:30 - 4 pm
Tagawa Gardens
7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial, CO 80016

With over 80 booths full of artisan handmade goods. Enjoy holiday music, food, and the Christmas Market.

Country Christmas Gift Show in Colorado Springs

Dates: November 14 - 16th, 2025
Colorado Springs Event Center

Join us for three days this November as we bring Colorado Cocoa Pod to Colorado Springs! We’ll be selling our chocolate treats at the Colorado Country Christmas Gift Show inside the Colorado Springs Event Center from Friday, November 4th to Sunday, November 6th! So bring your friends and your shopping buddies. Get your Christmas Markets holiday shopping done early!

Urban Holiday Christmas Markets

Dates: November - every Sat & Sun 11 am - 5 pm
1701 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO.

A gargantuan showcase of one-of-a-kind seasonal items, high-quality handcrafted goods, and wonderful gift ideas. This is a free event featuring festive artisan crafts and a delicious selection of holiday food specialties to enjoy and purchase.

Colorado Country Christmas Markets Gift Show

November 21 - 23rd, 2025
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO

It's time to get into the holiday spirit. If you're in the Denver area or want to join in on the holiday fun, the Colorado Country Christmas Gift Show is getting the season rolling, starting November 11th. With 200-plus vendors from all over Colorado showing off their Christmas spirit with special offers, gift baskets, sweepstakes, and more. Tickets are on sale now.

Holiday Art & Gift Market

Dates: November 29th, 2025
Cottenwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO.

Explore 100% local creations, including pottery, jewelry, textiles, paintings, and accessories. Enjoy coffee, sweets, and lunch options.

Winterfest Craft Fair

Dates (TBD): Sat 9 to 5 pm - Sun 10 to 4 pm
Norris Penrose Event Center, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Join in the holiday spirit with over 150 local crafters, artisans, and vendors. Admission includes entry into drawings.

Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Festival

Dates: TBD
November 
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, Aurora, CO.

Join in on the 2nd annual Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Festival! Over 75 artisans will showcase fine art, handmade treasures, take-home foods, clothing, a vintage fair, and more.

The Ranch Holiday Festival

Dates: November 21 - 23rd, 2025
Fri 4:30 pm-8 pm, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 10 am-3 pm
The Ranch Events Complex, Loveland, CO.

Check out over 130 artisans, handmade, vintage-inspired goods, re-purposed finds, fabulous fashions, craft food creations, and more. Purchase a $7 ticket at the door.

Mollie McGee's Holiday Craft Market

Dates: November 15 - 16th, 2025
Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont, CO.

Shop over 150 booths, all stuffed full of unique, hand-made artisan crafts and holiday food—tickets $5, and kids shop for free.

Denver Christkindlmarket

Dates: November 21st - Dec 23rd, 2024
Auraria Campus, Tivoli Quad 1000 Larimer St., Denver, CO.

The Denver Christkindlmarket has become a tradition. Experience a very authentic German-style Christmas market. Meet St. Nikolaus and Christkind herself. Wander through the Christmas markets and check out all the finely crafted artisan gifts, each in charming wooden huts. Savor the seasons while enjoying Glühwein, Bavarian-style Biers, European coffee, or hot chocolate.

Arvada Center / Applewood Arts Festival

Dates: November 1 - 2nd
Sat 9:30 am-4 pm, Sun 10 am-3 pm
Apex Field House, 5724 Oak Street, Arvada, CO 80002 - Westminster, CO.

Over 80 highly juried artisans showcasing in outdoor Christmas markets holiday areas in addition to 75 indoor booths. You will find handmade, vintage-inspired goods, repurposed finds, fabulous fashion, more crafts, food, holiday gift ideas, and more. Black Friday and Saturday will have cash giveaways. Tickets $6

Cherry Creek Holiday Market

Dates: November 20 - December 24th, 2025
Fillmore Plaza, Cherry Creek North, Denver, CO.

Denver's premier holiday market with unique vendors, live music, and festive events.

Wassail Days

Dates: November 29 & Dec 7 th, 2025
Main Street, Frisco

Wassail Days will warm you up with hot spiced cider served by businesses along Frisco’s charming Main Street. Get some holiday shopping done while popping into local businesses and sampling their secret Wassail recipe. Some merchants even set out trays of holiday goodies. Fill in your 12 Sips of Wassail Card and turn it in at the visitor center to receive a commemorative Frisco Wassail Days mug.

Fort Collins Holiday Gift Festival

Dates: December (TBD) 11 am to 5 pm
Northside Aztian Community Center, Fort Collins, CO.
112 E. Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524

The biggest and best holiday craft fair in northern Colorado. This annual Christmas marketplace event features an enormous array of fine art, handmade crafts, delectable food, home decor, and unique holiday gifts.

Boulder Holiday Gift Festival

Dates: December 14th, 2025
YMCA of Boulder Valley, 2850 Mapleton Ave.

A holiday Christmas market gift-shopping extravaganza. Find the perfect gift while shopping over 100 exhibitors—a cornucopia of fine arts, crafts, delectable foods, home decor, and holiday gift ideas.

Last Chance Gift Festival

Dates: December (TBD)
Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-5 pm
Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont, CO.

A final holiday extravaganza shopping event the week before Christmas! Over 150 of Colorado's finest vendors will feature unique holiday gifts. Lots of holiday cheer, live music, and fun for all ages!

Popular Christmas Events

Winter Lights at Seven Falls

Dates: see website
Colorado Springs

This series of seven cascading waterfalls rests near The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The walking park and year-round attraction hit a holiday high note with a multi-colored light display that kicks off mid-November and runs through February. More than 100,000 lights outline the path to the falls, illuminating the surrounding cliffs in color. Make a night of it with dinner reservations at Restaurant 1858 and pack the good camera—a full lineup of festivities among the glowing falls makes for dreamy holiday photos.

Elizabeth Christmas Tree Festival

Dates: December 6th, 2025

Join the holiday fun and attend the Mayor's Tree Lighting. Santa and the elves will be on site. Participate in the "New" North Pole Experience. Stop at the food truck plus more special activities.

What's Next This Holiday Season

When you've exhausted yourself at the holiday Christmas markets or need to take a break until the next one opens, now's the time to feast on the holiday light shows, check out a holiday parade or buy tickets to a classic holiday show. Perhaps all the delectable holiday treats are adding some unnecessary weight. We suggest hitting the slopes to keep you charged this holiday season. Here are a few suggestions to get you going, but there are many more.

The Nutcracker

December 4th - 7th, 2025
Lincoln Center Performance Hall, Fort Collins
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What's Christmas without a classic performance of The Nutcracker? Be swept up in the magic of the season as Canyon Concert Ballet returns to the stage this December. Join in the magical experience when Clara is transported to a world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker defends her from the evil Mouse King, and the stunning Snowflakes dance delicately.

Don't miss the Nutcracker VIP experience. Be transported to the Land of the Sweets, where you can meet cast members, snack on all your favorite holiday treats, and see the stage being prepared for the show while hearing about the history of the Nutcracker. This pre-show experience is held in our VIP lounge starting 1.5 hours before your performance. You will be treated to special guest appearances and yummy treats before entering the theatre to see the sets and learn about the Nutcracker.