Christmas markets · New Orleans, LA
Christmas markets in New Orleans
New Orleans' Christmas market is a German one: Deutsches Haus on Bayou St. John runs a three-day Christkindlmarkt with glühwein, St. Nicholas and brass carols in early December. Before that come the big indoor New Orleans Holiday Market in Kenner, the arts market on City Park's Great Lawn and a jazz-backed courtyard market in the French Quarter.
4 markets · checked October 2026
🧒 With kids
- Deutsches Haus Christkindlmarkt · Bayou St. John
- Holiday Arts Market New Orleans · City Park
✨ Date night
- Deutsches Haus Christkindlmarkt · Bayou St. John
- Holiday Arts Market New Orleans · City Park
- HNOC Holiday Market · French Quarter
🎉 With friends
- Deutsches Haus Christkindlmarkt · Bayou St. John
- New Orleans Holiday Market · Kenner
German market
IllustrationGerman market · Bayou St. John
Deutsches Haus Christkindlmarkt
An open-air German Christmas market now in its eighth year: 60-plus vendors of local and German-made gifts, sausages, pretzels and glühwein, St. Nicholas and the Christkind, and brass bands playing carols.
🧒 With kids✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- 60+ vendors, local and German-made
- Sausages, pretzels, glühwein and stollen
- St. Nicholas and the Christkind
- Brass carols with the Haus band
The real German Christmas market in the Gulf South — go Friday or Saturday evening for the lights.
- 2026
- Dec 4 (3–8 pm), Dec 5 (11 am–8 pm), Dec 6 (11 am–4 pm), 2026
- Last season
- Early December 2025
- Cost
- Free; on-site parking $5
Getting there and parking
- On Bayou St. John near City Park; Canal Streetcar (City Park/Museum line) stops nearby
Worth knowing
- Don't park on the grass by the bayou — the city tickets it
- Three days only, early December
Holiday market
IllustrationHoliday market · Kenner
New Orleans Holiday Market
A big indoor Christmas shopping weekend near the airport, with gift, décor and food vendors under one roof.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Indoor Christmas shopping weekend
- Gifts, décor and food vendors
Useful for early gift shopping in November — not a festive outdoor market.
- 2026
- Nov 6–8, 2026 (Fri–Sat 10 am–5 pm, Sun 10 am–4 pm)
- Last season
- November 2025
- Cost
- $10 one day, $25 weekend pass (2026)
Getting there and parking
- By car to Kenner, near the airport; parking at the Pontchartrain Center
Worth knowing
- Early November, three days
Weekend market
IllustrationWeekend market · City Park
Holiday Arts Market New Orleans
Arts New Orleans' biggest holiday market: 80-plus Gulf South artists on City Park's Great Lawn, with a holiday-card workshop.
✨ Date night🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- 80+ Gulf South artists
- City Park's Great Lawn
- Holiday-card workshop
A relaxed art market on the Great Lawn — make a City Park afternoon of it.
- Dates
- Dec 14, 2024, 10 am – 4 pm (latest listed)
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- Canal Streetcar to City Park/Museum
Worth knowing
- Check Arts New Orleans for the current year's date — the latest listed is 2024
- Illustration
Weekend market · French Quarter
HNOC Holiday Market
A small annual market of a dozen-plus local artists and makers in the museum's historic French Quarter courtyard, with live music by the New Orleans Jazz Vipers.
✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Local artists and makers
- Historic French Quarter courtyard
- Live jazz by the New Orleans Jazz Vipers
A small, very New Orleans market — perfect as part of a French Quarter morning.
- Dates
- Nov 15, 2025, 9:30 am – 4 pm
- Cost
- Free
Getting there and parking
- 520 Royal St in the French Quarter; walk from Canal St
Worth knowing
- One Saturday in mid-November only
- Members get mimosas and gift wrapping in the first two hours