The season's first big indoor gift market fills two halls of the Expo Center in North Portland the weekend of November 6. Local artisans and small brands sell handmade goods, gifts and treats, with holiday entertainment and food to keep you going between aisles. It's an early start on the list, well before the December […]
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 makes it one of the more dependable east-side stops for the supporting cast of a Thanksgiving turkey or a few last-minute edible gifts. After the holidays it shifts to […]
Beaverton's Saturday market wraps its main season on November 21, filling the west lot of the Beaverton City Library on SW Hall Boulevard between 3rd and 5th. The last three Saturdays bring the late-fall Tualatin Valley harvest to the table, along with the bakers and food makers people lean on for Thanksgiving week. Morning hours […]
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 for squash, roots, apples and hardy greens, and the market's chef demo series keeps going into December: the Husky Culinary Club on Nov. 7, Anna of Yoka Miso on […]
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 the old Carnegie library building that houses the museum. Farmers, bakers and specialty food producers set up next to artisans selling handcrafted gifts and artwork, and holiday greenery is […]
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 flowers, meat and seafood, artisan foods, beer and cider, and prepared food, usually with a local musician playing and plenty of dogs to watch. The surrounding blocks are full […]
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 the summer crush, which makes it easier to talk with the farmers, bakers, ranchers and cheesemakers who still show up in the cold. It's the one Portland Farmers Market […]
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 the few seasonal markets in North Seattle still open for holiday cooking. Look for it at NE 125th Street and 28th Avenue NE from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]
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 is smaller than summer's, but you'll still find local growers, bakers and makers, plus a reason to grab coffee and loop the park. On Kids Bucks Saturdays (November 21 […]
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 own work from booths spread through Waterfront Park and Ankeny Plaza by the Burnside Bridge: ceramics, jewelry, leather, woodwork, prints and warm knits. Local musicians play sets on the […]
Southwest Portland's Sunday market, now set up in the Rieke Elementary parking lot on SW Vermont, runs every week until Thanksgiving before switching to a twice-a-month winter schedule. It draws a loyal crowd from Hillsdale, Multnomah Village and the surrounding hills, and the three Sundays before the holiday are the best chance to stock up […]
Seattle's first year-round neighborhood farmers market has filled the cobblestone stretch of Ballard Avenue NW every Sunday since 2000, and the produce comes only from Washington farms. In winter the stalls lean toward storage crops, meat, eggs and baked goods, with makers' tables mixed in, and the market runs from NW Market Street down to […]
