DowntownDC Holiday Market

About this adventure

Washington D.C.'s longest-running outdoor winter market transforms two closed city blocks of F Street NW (between 7th and 9th Streets) into a festive European-style open-air bazaar. Featuring more than 70 diverse local artisans, makers, and boutique craftspeople, the market showcases handcrafted wooden toys, children's books, art prints, hand-knit winter apparel, artisanal soaps, and one-of-a-kind holiday ornaments, making holiday gift shopping a delightful family experience. Live holiday musical performances take place daily on the community stage, filling the street with jazz, blues, carolers, and brass ensembles. Families can warm up with freshly fried mini cider donuts, Bavarian pretzels, chocolate-dipped churros, and steaming mugs of hot apple cider or spiced cocoa. Because the street is completely pedestrianized and level, it offers wide, stroller-friendly pathways directly outside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station. If little hands get cold, step inside the free Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Kogod Courtyard right alongside the market to warm up.