Christmas markets · Hastings
Christmas markets in Hastings 2026
Wonder Christmas Market, Christmas Art & Craft Bazaar (Hastings), Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market Christmas Twilight Market. Most are one-day or one-evening summer markets — we add the 2026 dates as soon as the organisers confirm them.
3 markets · checked October 2026
- Wonder Christmas Market2026: 5 Dec 2026$5 adults; koha for children under 12. Tickets online or at the gate.
- Christmas Art & Craft Bazaar (Hastings)Last season: 25 Nov – 24 Dec 2025Free entry.
- Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market Christmas Twilight MarketLast season: 23 Dec 2025Free entry.
🧒 With kids
- Wonder Christmas Market · Hastings
- Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market Christmas Twilight Market · Hastings
✨ Date night
- Wonder Christmas Market · Hastings
🎉 With friends
- Wonder Christmas Market · Hastings
- Christmas Art & Craft Bazaar (Hastings) · Hastings
- Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market Christmas Twilight Market · Hastings
One-day Christmas market
IllustrationOne-day Christmas market · Hastings
Wonder Christmas Market
Hawke's Bay's most curated Christmas market: more than 100 hand-picked makers, growers and food stalls under the trees of Waikoko Gardens, with live music, 9am–3pm. 2026: 5 December.
🎉 With friends✨ Date night🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Over 100 hand-picked makers, growers and creatives
- Under the trees of Waikoko Gardens
- Good food and live music
- Hawke's Bay's most curated Christmas market
What visitors say
The one Google review loves it: unique handmade goods from local makers, thoughtfully chosen, with a friendly relaxed feel, good food, drink and live music — perfect for last-minute gifts.
Hawke's Bay's best Christmas market — curated, shady and worth the $5.
- 2026
- 5 Dec 2026
- Last season
- 6 Dec 2025
- Cost
- $5 adults; koha for children under 12. Tickets online or at the gate.
Getting there and parking
- Waikoko Gardens, Tōmoana Showgrounds, Kenilworth Road, Hastings.
- About 20 minutes from Napier.
Worth knowing
- 2025: Saturday 6 December, 9am–3pm. 2026: Saturday 5 December.
IllustrationOne-day Christmas market · Hastings
Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market Christmas Twilight Market
The farmers' market's Christmas twilight edition, 4–7pm close to Christmas — fresh produce for the Christmas table and last gifts.
🎉 With friends🧒 With kidsWhat's there
- Christmas twilight edition of the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market
- Fresh produce for the Christmas table
- Waikoko Gardens setting
What visitors say
About the Sunday farmers' market at the showgrounds: people praise the variety, baking, bacon sandwiches, coffee and live music in a pretty setting by the duck pond. Go early to beat the queues; parking on the grass can be soft.
The place to shop for the Christmas feast in Hawke's Bay.
- Dates
- 23 Dec 2025
- Cost
- Free entry.
Getting there and parking
- Waikoko Gardens, Tōmoana Showgrounds, Hastings.
Worth knowing
- Held just before Christmas, 4pm–7pm; check the market's site for the 2026 date.
Christmas market (several days)
IllustrationChristmas market (several days) · Hastings
Christmas Art & Craft Bazaar (Hastings)
A month-long Christmas shop of local art and craft at the community arts centre, open weekdays 9.30am–4.30pm and Saturdays 10am–4pm until Christmas Eve.
🎉 With friendsWhat's there
- A month-long Christmas shop of local art and craft
- At the Hastings Community Arts Centre
- Open until Christmas Eve
The only Hawke's Bay Christmas market you can visit any weekday — easy for handmade gifts.
- Dates
- 25 Nov – 24 Dec 2025
- Cost
- Free entry.
Getting there and parking
- Hastings Community Arts Centre, Russell Street, central Hastings.
Worth knowing
- 2025: 25 November – 24 December, weekdays 9.30am–4.30pm, Saturdays 10am–4pm.