• Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition

    Pioneer Courthouse Square and surrounding blocks 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    For two hours on a Friday night, caroling groups fan out across a ten-block radius of downtown and sing in front of shops, restaurants and hotels,…

    Free
  • Christmas Ships Parade

    Willamette and Columbia rivers (riverfront parks and restaurants) Portland, OR, United States

    Volunteer skippers have strung their boats with lights and cruised the rivers every December for about seven decades, and the fleets sail most nights from December…

    Free
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

    Keller Auditorium 222 SW Clay St, Portland, OR, United States

    Oregon Ballet Theatre's Balanchine Nutcracker is Portland's big-stage holiday ballet, with Tchaikovsky's score played live by the OBT Orchestra at the Keller Auditorium. Marie's trip to…

  • Hollywood Farmers Market

    NE Hancock St between 44th & 45th Aves 4420 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR, United States

    A Saturday market on NE Hancock between 44th and 45th in Northeast Portland's Hollywood district. It keeps its weekly schedule right up to December 19, which…

    Free
  • University District Farmers Market

    University Way NE (the Ave) University Way NE between NE 50th St & NE 52nd St, Seattle, WA, United States

    Every Saturday, year-round, farmers take over University Way NE between 50th and 52nd, two blocks from the U District light rail station. Winter is the season…

    Free
  • Edmonds Museum Holiday Market

    Edmonds Historical Museum (5th Ave N & Bell St) 118 5th Ave N, Edmonds, WA, United States

    The Edmonds Historical Museum's street market moves into holiday mode on six Saturdays in November and December, filling 5th Avenue North and Bell Street just outside…

    Free
  • Proctor Farmers’ Market

    Proctor District N 27th St & N Proctor St, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Tacoma's only year-round farmers market sets up every Saturday in the Proctor District through Dec. 19. Shoppers come from across the city for local vegetables and…

    Free
  • Portland Farmers Market at PSU

    South Park Blocks, Portland State University SW Park Ave & SW Montgomery St (1803 SW Park Ave), Portland, OR, United States

    Portland Farmers Market's flagship keeps its Saturday rhythm all winter in the South Park Blocks on the Portland State campus. The winter market is smaller than…

    Free
  • Lake City Farmers Market (Fall Saturdays)

    Lake City Farmers Market NE 125th St & 28th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States

    Lake City's market switches from summer Thursday evenings to Saturday mornings in the fall, and it keeps going until Dec. 19, which makes it one of…

    Free
  • Vancouver Farmers Market (Downtown)

    Vancouver Farmers Market, next to Esther Short Park (8th & Esther) 605 Esther St, Vancouver, WA, United States

    Vancouver's downtown market stays open through the winter, shifting to a single Saturday session from 10 to 2 next to Esther Short Park. The cold-season lineup…

    Free
  • Portland Saturday Market

    Tom McCall Waterfront Park & Ankeny Plaza 2 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR, United States

    Portland Saturday Market is in its 52nd season, and the last Saturdays before it packs up on December 19 are prime gift-hunting weeks. Makers sell their…

    Free
  • Portland Bazaar Holiday Market

    Portland Bazaar (Slabtown) 1715 NW 17th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    A curated maker market that runs across three December weekends in Northwest Portland, with more than 200 makers rotating through over the season. Because the lineup…

    Free