Held in early December at Mauldin's Cultural Center outdoor amphitheater from 5 pm to 8 pm, A Merry Mauldin Christmas is a free holiday market featuring more than 30 local vendors alongside live music, pictures with Santa, Polar Express train rides, and an annual tree lighting ceremony. Food and beverage vendors operate on-site.

The Northern Lights Winter Market runs a two-day weekend event, November 21 from noon to 6:00 PM and November 22 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, now in its third season. Local vendors sell in a festive winter market setting.

The Hotel Captain Cook Holiday Bazaar is open from 10 AM to 6 PM in the Discovery Ballroom in downtown Anchorage. Over 60 local vendors sell made-in-Alaska goods — handmade crafts, art, gourmet treats, and other locally made products — alongside live entertainment and food. The indoor hotel ballroom setting means no weather exposure and a Thanksgiving-weekend downtown crowd. Note: You must contact this organizer directly to apply—no application link or vendor information is available online.

Christmas Village Festival is a large indoor holiday shopping market held each November at the BJCC in Birmingham, running roughly 700 to 720 vendor booths across the exhibition halls. The mix includes holiday décor, apparel, toys, food, jewelry, and gifts from local businesses and makers. At that scale it's a major regional shopping event rather than a curated maker show, and the field includes retail and resale alongside handmade goods. Additional fees include: Exhibitor Listing Fee: $29.99 (Required for all vendors), New Vendor Marketing Package: $100 (Required for all new vendors). Parking: $50/wk.

An annual holiday festival in Tacoma with food, gift vendors, and entertainment, drawing shoppers from around the Puget Sound region—500+ vendors; WA's largest indoor holiday fair; cooking demos, Santa's Workshop Note: Limited public information is available for this event. Please contact the organizer directly for details.

An annual holiday craft fair featuring local Alaskan artists, held generally the first week in December at the Dale R. Lindsey Alaska Railroad Intermodal Facility in Seward. Sponsored by the Kenai Crewsers Rowing Club, featuring over 40 local vendors selling handmade crafts, fine art, jewelry, baked goods, and unique holiday gifts with live entertainment, holiday music, and Santa. Note: You must contact this organizer directly to apply—no application link or vendor information is available online.

Now in its 37th year, this beloved event transforms the Washington State Fair Events Center in Puyallup into a festive Victorian village — the largest Christmas festival of its kind in the Northwest. The festival features more than 350 artisan vendors selling holiday décor, apparel, food, jewelry, toys, and crafts. All booths are located inside beautifully decorated comfortable buildings, and all vendors dress in Victorian-style clothing. Live entertainment includes a Singing Nativity, the Holiday Jubilee Theatre, and visits with Santa Claus.

Held each December in downtown Birmingham's Shain Park, Birmingham Winter Markt is a German-style holiday market featuring local artists and vendors, European cuisine, ice sculptures, thousands of holiday lights, live entertainment, and complimentary carriage rides. Opening night includes a tree lighting ceremony with Santa and live caroling. Santa House and a children's activity area run throughout the event.

A downtown holiday market in Opelika held alongside the Chamber's Christmas parade and tree lighting at Courthouse Square, which draws thousands and kicks off a month of citywide holiday events. The market runs with food trucks, Santa photos, and family activities. The parade and lighting mean foot traffic arrives in a concentrated evening wave rather than spread across the day.

Christmas on the River is a marquee holiday festival in Demopolis, Alabama, run by the Demopolis Area Chamber and held on the first Saturday of December. Running since 1972, it's been named one of the Top 20 Tourist Attractions in the Southeastern United States and an Ultimate Holiday Town by A&E TV. The vendor component is Fair in the Square, with roughly 85 handmade and craft exhibitors plus about 30 food booths.

Gilroy Downtown Business Association holiday street festival and illuminated parade drawing roughly 14000 shoppers. Vendor booths run alongside Santa's Village a trail of treats two entertainment stages the float contest and the downtown tree lighting. Separate rates for food for-profit non-food and nonprofit vendors.

Held each December in downtown Talladega, Christmas on the Square is a free three-day holiday festival drawing thousands from the region. Vendors — local, regional, and out-of-state — set up alongside Santa's Workshop, holiday train rides, ice skating, food trucks, live music, bungee jumping, and free movies at the Ritz Theatre. Rain or shine event with strong foot traffic and a well-established crowd.