Christmas markets · Christchurch
Christmas markets in Christchurch 2026
The Goode Christmas Market, Christmas Encraftment Market, The Christmas Mākete, The Tannery Christmas Market and more. Most are one-day or one-evening summer markets — we add the 2026 dates as soon as the organisers confirm them.
6 markets · checked October 2026
- The Goode Christmas MarketLast season: 30 Nov 2025See the organiser's listing.
- Christmas Encraftment MarketLast season: 22–23 Nov 2025Free entry.
- The Christmas MāketeLast season: 6 Dec 2025Ticketed (Eventbrite).
- The Tannery Christmas MarketLast season: 4 Dec 2025Free entry.
- Ōtautahi Crafters Christmas MarketLast season: 20–21 Dec 2025Free entry.
- Riverside Christmas Craft MarketLast season: 7 Dec 2025Free entry.
🧒 With kids
- The Goode Christmas Market · Christchurch
- Ōtautahi Crafters Christmas Market · Christchurch
✨ Date night
- The Christmas Mākete · Christchurch
- The Tannery Christmas Market · Christchurch
- Riverside Christmas Craft Market · Christchurch
🎉 With friends
- The Goode Christmas Market · Christchurch
- Christmas Encraftment Market · Christchurch
- The Christmas Mākete · Christchurch
- The Tannery Christmas Market · Christchurch
- Ōtautahi Crafters Christmas Market · Christchurch
- Riverside Christmas Craft Market · Christchurch
IllustrationOne-day Christmas market · Christchurch
The Goode Christmas Market
Over 150 stalls of local makers plus food, in one day at Pioneer Stadium, 10am–3pm.
🎉 With friends🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Over 150 stalls of local makers
- Food vendors
- Indoors at Pioneer Stadium
Christchurch's biggest one-day Christmas market — the one to do if you only do one.
- Dates
- 30 Nov 2025
- Cost
- See the organiser's listing.
Getting there and parking
- Pioneer Stadium, Lyttelton Street, Spreydon.
- On-site parking fills up — arrive early.
Worth knowing
- 2025: Sunday 30 November, 10am–3pm.
- The same team runs The Mega Goode Christmas Market in Rangiora.
IllustrationOne-day Christmas market · Christchurch
Christmas Encraftment Market
Christchurch's handmade craft and design market in its two-day Christmas edition, 10am–4pm both days.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Christchurch's handmade craft and design market
- Two days before Christmas season gets busy
- Ceramics, jewellery and art
What visitors sayGoogle 5.0 ★ · 7 reviews
Visitors call it a huge, buzzing all-handmade market with an electric atmosphere and great Christmas gifts — one called it the best pre-Christmas market, adding that some stalls sold out. The main gripe is parking when it's busy.
The early-season craft market in Christchurch — go on the Saturday morning for the best choice.
- Dates
- 22–23 Nov 2025
- Cost
- Free entry.
Getting there and parking
- Pioneer Leisure Centre, 75 Lyttelton Street, Spreydon.
- Parking is hard at peak times — come early or late in the day.
Worth knowing
- 2025: 22–23 November, 10am–4pm both days.
- A winter Encraftment runs in late June.
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One-day Christmas market · Christchurch
The Christmas Mākete
An afternoon-and-evening Christmas market in Addington, 12pm–8pm.
🎉 With friends✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Afternoon-into-evening Christmas market
- Addington, next to the stadium and racecourse
A later-in-the-day option — good after work or for a summer evening out.
- Dates
- 6 Dec 2025
- Cost
- Ticketed (Eventbrite).
Getting there and parking
- Wolfbrook Arena, Jack Hinton Drive, Addington.
- Buses along Lincoln Road; Addington train station is close.
Worth knowing
- 2025: Saturday 6 December, 12pm–8pm.
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One-day Christmas market · Christchurch
The Tannery Christmas Market
Late-night Christmas shopping market in the Victorian-style Tannery arcade, 10am–9pm.
✨ Date night🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- Late-night Christmas shopping in the Victorian-style Tannery arcade
- Boutique shops, bars and eateries under one roof
Christmas shopping with character, open late — make it an evening with dinner.
- Dates
- 4 Dec 2025
- Cost
- Free entry.
Getting there and parking
- The Tannery, 3 Garlands Road, Woolston — on-site parking.
- Buses from the city centre along Ferry Road.
Worth knowing
- 2025: Thursday 4 December, 10am–9pm.
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One-day Christmas market · Christchurch
Ōtautahi Crafters Christmas Market
More than 160 local makers over the last weekend before Christmas, inside the Air Force Museum at Wigram.
🎉 With friends🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- More than 160 local makers
- Two days, the last weekend before Christmas
- Inside the Air Force Museum at Wigram
- Free tote bags for the first visitors
Christchurch's big last-minute market — come early on Sunday or late on Saturday to avoid the crush.
- Dates
- 20–21 Dec 2025
- Cost
- Free entry.
Getting there and parking
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand, 45 Harvard Avenue, Wigram.
- Locals on Reddit reported traffic and no parking for miles at peak time in 2025 — car-pool or come at opening.
Worth knowing
- 2025: Saturday 20 December 10am–4pm and Sunday 21 December from 9am.
- Saturday early afternoon is the busiest; day two is quieter.
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One-day Christmas market · Christchurch
Riverside Christmas Craft Market
A double market day at the central-city Riverside Market: the Sunday farmers' market plus a Christmas craft market, 10am–3pm. Riverside also runs a European mid-winter Christmas market each July.
🎉 With friends✨ Date nightWhat's there
- Farmers' market plus a Christmas craft market on the same day
- Riverside Market's food stalls from around the world
- Central-city setting on the Ōtākaro Avon
What visitors say
About Riverside Market itself: a must-visit for many visitors, with huge choice of food and drink at sensible prices, lively atmosphere and seating upstairs. It gets very crowded at weekends and lunchtimes, and seating can be hard to find.
A good way to combine Christmas gifts with lunch in the central city.
- Dates
- 7 Dec 2025
- Cost
- Free entry.
Getting there and parking
- Riverside Market, corner of Lichfield Street and Oxford Terrace — a short walk from the Bus Interchange.
- Parking buildings nearby (Lichfield Street).
Worth knowing
- 2025: Sunday 7 December, 10am–3pm.
- Riverside also holds a European mid-winter Christmas market each July.