Craft Fairs & Farmers Markets in Fairbanks, Alaska

Held in Fairbanks each October, Cozy Collective Artisan Market is a free, juried artisan market created by vendors for vendors. Expect 50+ makers selling handmade and small-batch goods in a community-centered setting. The market includes Cozy Corners — a Book Nook, Letter Lounge, and Puzzle Parlor — designed to create intentional shopping experiences that celebrate local creatives.

Annual bazaar by Denakkanaaga (Interior AK Native elders org) Note: Limited public information is available for this event. Please contact the organizer directly for details.

Doyon's Annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar is a holiday arts and crafts market at the Doyon Ltd. plaza in Fairbanks, featuring Alaska Native artists and makers alongside other local vendors. Vendor eligibility is worth confirming directly with Doyon before applying. The market is hosted by an Alaska Native regional corporation and centers Alaska Native artists, and under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act it is illegal to market work as Native-made unless the maker is an enrolled member of a federally or state recognized tribe or a certified tribal artisan. Note: Limited public information is available for this event. Please contact the organizer directly for details.

The Fairbanks Fiber Festival is an annual weekend event covering knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, quilting, embroidery, felting, sewing, and basketry. It includes a vendor marketplace, workshops, hands-on demos, educational booths from local fiber arts organizations, a fiber tools and equipment sale, and food. Vendor fit is narrow and specific: fiber arts supplies, tools, and finished work. Makers outside that category won't match, but fiber vendors get an audience that is entirely there for what they sell.

The Holiday Marketplace is a three-day indoor holiday show in Fairbanks that opens the local shopping season. In 2025 it drew more than 180 vendors with makers and businesses coming from across Alaska. Goods range from handmade soaps and beaded jewelry to one-of-a-kind artwork. Booth space typically sells out quickly, so apply early. At roughly 40 attendees per vendor across three days, this is a moderate-traffic show where returning booths and repeat customers matter.

Held in downtown Fairbanks during Golden Days, this street fair brings together 94 vendors selling goods, services, food, and information alongside food trucks and live music and dance performances.

The Handmade Holiday Market is a nonprofit fundraiser for Fairbanks Arts Association, held at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks. Vendors sell locally crafted art, treats, and handmade objects, alongside live music, free train rides, Pioneer Park's annual tree lighting, and a charitable "CommuniTree" where guests leave gifts for a local charity. Eligibility is limited to Interior Alaskan artists, artisans, and makers aged 18 and up, and work must be handmade by the vendor. Review the full vendor policies before applying. Fairbanks Arts also publishes an annual gift guide featuring local makers, which vendors can apply to separately.

The Midnight Sun Festival is Alaska's largest single-day event, drawing huge crowds to downtown Fairbanks for twelve hours under the midnight sun. Food and shopping booths selling locally made goods line the downtown streets, with live performances running throughout. Admission is free. Applications are open to food, retail, nonprofit, and community vendors. The festival is juried, with applications reviewed in batches to build a balanced vendor mix, so acceptance isn't guaranteed and applying early matters. Nite: Twelve hours in one day is an unusual operating profile — deep inventory and staffing relief are worth planning for. Note: You must contact this organizer directly to apply—no application link or vendor information is available online.

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.

Southside Market is a friendly, community-focused farmer's market launching in 2015 offering local vegetables, eggs, bread, meat & other farm-based goods from farmers, bakers & food makers. This is a farm & food-focused market — vendors may sell fresh food & farm products such as vegetables, herbs, meat, eggs, honey, bread, fresh-cut flowers and other products made using locally grown/raised ingredients. No crafts, made to order/prepared foods or products made without locally grown/raised ingredients. The market runs rain or shine from June through the end of September, but vendors do not have to attend every week. All vendors must have an Alaska State Business License, as well as a Fairbanks City Business License for selling within the city limits. Tip: Scroll to bottom of web page to find the vednor application.

Holiday bazaar at the Chief David Salmon Tribal Hall in Fairbanks, hosted by Tanana Chiefs Conference. Local artists and business owners. Note: Limited public information is available for this event. Please contact the organizer directly for details.

Tanana Valley Farmers Market is Fairbanks' anchor farmers market, running Wednesday and Saturday throughout the summer from 11am-4pm. All vendors must be Alaska-based producers — farmers growing produce, herbs, flowers, or nursery crops; processors making fresh foods like meat, fish, or baked goods; or crafters handmaking their own goods. The vendor roster is deep and diverse: produce, bedding plants, native handicrafts, jewelry, pottery, artwork, wildflower honey, specialty jams and jellies, hot foods, and baked goods. Strong established crowd and year-round reputation.

The Tanana Valley State Fair runs 10 days in late summer at Aurora Drive and College Road in Fairbanks. Founded in 1924, it's Alaska's oldest fair and the largest attended event in Fairbanks, gathering hundreds of vendors and drawing thousands of visitors. Ten days is a substantial commitment — plan for staffing rotations and inventory depth rather than a weekend setup. Commercial vendor booths and competitive exhibits typically run as separate application tracks. Note: Multiple vending opportunities exist and all have differnet fee schedules.