2024 Holiday Market

The Holiday Market Returns

Named one of “35 Indie Craft Fairs Every Creative Person Needs to Visit” by Buzzfeed in 2014, Handmade Arcade’s Holiday Market is Pittsburgh’s premier handmade holiday shopping event. At the Holiday Market, you can shop from more than 275 makers selling handcrafted clothing, accessories, art, home decor, jewelry, body products, and more unique items you won’t find anywhere else. This year, we will welcome over 100 makers selling at the Holiday Market for the first time! Bring your friends and family for a full day of shopping, hands-on art-making, and incredible live art demos.

Get Your Tickets

  • Friday Night Preview Party

    Sponsored by Una Biologicals

    On December 6 from 5 PM - 7:30 PM, avoid the crowds and shop Handmade Arcade’s Holiday Market the night before the big event!

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  • Early Birdie Shopping

    Sponsored by LUSTER

    On December 7 from 9 AM - 11 AM, shop for two hours without the crowds before the Holiday Market opens to the public!

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  • Main Event

    Pittsburgh's largest handmade holiday shopping event

    Shop from more than 275 makers on December 7 from 11 AM - 6 PM. Sensory-Friendly Shopping is available from 4:30 PM - 6 PM.

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Thank You to Our Sponsors

Sponsorships are still available!

Meet the Makers

We are so excited to share the 275+ talented makers, artists, partners, and sponsors who will be part of the 2024 Holiday Market on December 6-7 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Look out for our Virtual Catalog in November to help you plan your shopping before the Holiday Market!

CBA indicates Bridgeway Capital Creative Business Accelerator artist.

CC indicates Craft Corridor Emerging Artist.

Hands-On Handmade Activities

  • DIY Bags with Assemble

    Join Assemble in creating your own DIY (Design it Yourself) shopping tote! Whether you need a bag to carry your Holiday Market purchases, a little bit of extra storage, or a specially designed tote you can give as a gift, this is the right stop!

  • Hot Wheels & Market with Pittsburgh Glass Center

    Let the artists from Pittsburgh Glass Center blow your mind! Hot Wheels, the center’s traveling glass studio, will roll into the market and bring furnace-fired fun and glass-blowing demonstrations to all attendees, creating fiery works of art from molten magma.

  • Felted Sugar Cookie Ornament Making with House of Paidia

    Make an adorable felt sugar cookie ornament using felt sheets and embroidery thread with House of Paidia! These felt ornaments are perfect for hanging on a Christmas tree or in a window during the winter season. Take home your own paper pattern foldable so that you can share this sweet little craft with friends and family!

  • Create Your Own Wrapping Paper with Artist Image Resources and CAPA

    Watch the process of large-scale silk screening up close as AIR artists and CAPA students create silk-screened art on enormous sheets of paper. A few lucky attendees can take a sheet home to use as handmade holiday wrapping paper.

  • Interactive Rug Weaving with Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh

    The members of the Fiberarts Guild will do an interactive demo of rag rug weaving! The focus will be simple weaving skills and sustainability using spools of fabric strips that were intended for a landfill. Contribute to a large rag rug that will be donated as a 2024 Holiday Market raffle prize!

  • Wheel Mobile with Union Project

    Stop by for ceramics and clay wheel-throwing demonstrations from Union Project artists.

  • Play with Clay with Westinghouse Arts Academy Charter School

    Participants will have a hands-on experience with real mid-fire clay with Westinghouse Arts Academy! You will have access to tools and stencils to make a creation that stays at the table for other visitors to enjoy.

  • Screenprinting with Prototype PGH

    Learn to screenprint using the CNC vinyl cutter with Prototype PGH! We will show you how to make vinyl stencils that can then be applied to screens and printed onto posters! Everyone who participates will leave with their own screenprinted poster.

  • Candle Making Demonstration with Wigenton Candle Co

    Come and spend some time with Wigenton Candle Co as they demo their candle making process. You'll have an opportunity to not only see their process but also purchase a candle of your own.

  • A Poems Purpose with Haley Clancy

    Share a feeling and your hopes with poet Haley Clancy and receive a spontaneous, personalized poem typed on the spot on her typewriter.

Yinz ready to shop?