Orlando’s 2026 Holiday Markets by Date
Checked November 7, 2026 on the organizers’ and official event pages. Orlando’s holiday market season is short and mostly downtown. It starts the weekend before Thanksgiving and builds through December. Most of the markets run at night, several are free, and one needs a ticket. The table lists only markets with 2026 dates we could confirm. Organizers can change times, so check the linked page on the day.
| Market | Where | 2026 dates | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jingle Eve | Ivanhoe Village | Sat Nov 21, 4:30pm–9pm | Free |
| Twinkle Market at Dazzling Nights | Leu Gardens | Select nights, Nov 20–Jan 3, from 5:30pm | Ticketed |
| Frontyard Holiday Festival market | Dr. Phillips Center | Nov 27–Dec 31 (closed Dec 14, 15, 24, 25) | Free |
| Merry Market | Lake Eola Park | Select dates Dec 4–22, 5:30pm–9:30pm | Not stated |
| Orlando Farmers Market | Lake Eola Park | Sundays from 10am, through December | Free |
If you only have one night, go downtown on a December weekend. The Merry Market, the Frontyard market and the Sunday farmers market are all within a short walk or a LYMMO ride of each other.
Twinkle Market at Dazzling Nights
What it is
Dazzling Nights at Harry P. Leu Gardens (1920 N Forest Ave) is the one market on this list you can’t just walk into. It is a ticketed light walk through the gardens, and the Twinkle Market sits inside it. Creative City Project’s page describes it simply: shop, sip and eat while you watch a light show. No vendor list has been published, so treat it as a holiday stop with shopping, not a destination market.
Dates, tickets and timing
Leu Gardens lists Dazzling Nights on select nights from Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027, starting at 5:30pm. A separate ticket is required, even for people who already have garden admission, and members get a discount. Leu Gardens’ own page gives adult tickets at $35–$56 and children’s at $33–$53, fees included, plus tax. Buy ahead, since tickets are already on sale. Leu Gardens says seasonal treats, food and drinks are sold on site.
Pair it with
Leu Gardens sits at the edge of the Audubon Park Garden District, about a mile from East End Market (3201 Corrine Dr). Go in the afternoon before your entry time. The market hall is open until 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and Freehand Goods inside it stocks Florida-made leather goods, candles, prints and pottery that make easy gifts. Our Mills 50 and Audubon Park guide covers the rest of Corrine Drive.
Merry Market and the Sunday Farmers Market
Merry Market
Downtown Orlando’s Merry Market sets up on the east side of Lake Eola Park on select dates from Dec. 4 to Dec. 22, 2026, from 5:30pm to 9:30pm. Downtown Orlando lists it on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in December, plus Thursday, Dec. 17, Monday, Dec. 21 and Tuesday, Dec. 22. Downtown Orlando says the market is full and no longer accepting vendors. It opens on the night of the city’s Tree Lighting Celebration at Lake Eola, Friday, Dec. 4. Dec. 17, 21 and 22 are the only weeknight dates.
The same Downtown Orlando holiday page lists a smaller market at Heritage Square on Dec. 4–6, 11–13 and 18–20, also 5:30pm to 9:30pm.
The Orlando Farmers Market
The Orlando Farmers Market (E Central Blvd and N Eola Dr) runs on Sundays from 10am at the southeast corner of the lake, with dates listed through December 2026. It isn’t a holiday market, but in December it is one of the easiest places in town to buy small gifts. Vendors sell plants, baked goods, artwork and handmade jewelry, pottery and soap, and there is a wine and beer garden. The city points market-goers to the paid garages on S Osceola Ave and N Eola Dr, or you can take the free LYMMO Grapefruit Line to the Lake Eola stop.
Make a day of it in Thornton Park and the shops around the lake. Our Downtown Orlando page has the full list.
The Frontyard Holiday Festival Market
The Frontyard Holiday Festival takes over the Dr. Phillips Center’s Seneff Arts Plaza from Nov. 27 to Dec. 31, 2026. It is free. The center’s page lists a holiday market with gifts and stocking stuffers, sponsored by the City of Orlando’s Downtown Development Board. No vendors are named yet.
Hours change halfway through. From Nov. 27 to Dec. 13 it runs Wednesday to Friday 5pm–10pm and Saturday and Sunday 2pm–10pm. From Dec. 16 to Dec. 31 it is open Monday to Friday 5pm–10pm and weekends 2pm–10pm. It is closed Dec. 14, 15, 24 and 25. The center says dates and times may change.
The center’s parking page lists the City Commons Garage (460 Boone Ave) as one option. Several LYMMO and LYNX stops are around the campus. SunRail’s Church Street station is a short walk away, but SunRail doesn’t run on weekends and some federal holidays. Lake Eola is also downtown, so on December weekends you can do the Frontyard in the afternoon and the Merry Market after dark.
Jingle Eve: The Season’s First Night
Jingle Eve opens the season on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, from 4:30pm to 9pm. It is centered on Gaston Edwards Park (1236 N Orange Ave) in Ivanhoe Village. It’s a street festival more than a vendor market: local artisans, food trucks, beer gardens, a children’s holiday village, specials from Ivanhoe shops and fireworks over Lake Ivanhoe. Entry is free. The 12 Wines of Christmas walk costs extra.
The real shopping is in the stores along Orange Avenue. Across from the park on Ivanhoe Row, Maffrey’s Good Goods (1225 N Orange Ave) carries gifts and home goods, many made in the USA, and its stock changes often. Normally it closes at 5pm on Saturdays, so arrive early to shop before the crowds. Ivanhoe Village is covered on our Downtown & Ivanhoe Village page.
Lake Nona, Kissimmee, Longwood and Winter Garden
Several suburban holiday events say they will have markets in 2026, but their organizers haven’t posted which days. Visit Orlando’s 2026 holiday calendar lists all four. Check the organizer’s own page before you drive out.
Holiday festivals with markets
In Lake Nona, the Oh, What Fun! Holiday Festival runs on select dates from Dec. 4 to Dec. 20, 2026, with a holiday market. In Longwood, Wekiva Island’s Winter Wonderland runs on select dates from Nov. 29 to Dec. 25, with an outdoor market. In Kissimmee, the Promenade at Sunset Walk holds its holiday celebration on select nights from Nov. 19 to Dec. 25, 6pm to 10pm, and Visit Orlando says it includes holiday markets. Downtown Winter Garden’s 'Tis the Season program runs Dec. 4, 2026 to Jan. 3, 2027 and promises holiday markets, with dates still to come.
Saturday farmers markets
Two weekly markets are good December gift stops. The Winter Garden Farmers Market (104 S Lakeview Ave, Winter Garden) runs Saturdays 8am–1pm at the Downtown Pavilion with more than 100 vendors. Pair it with our Plant Street walk. The Winter Park Farmers’ Market (150 N New York Ave, Winter Park) is open Saturdays 8am–1pm. It sells produce, plants, flowers, bread, honey and jams. Park Avenue’s shops are close by, and our Park Avenue walk covers them.
Markets Without 2026 Dates Yet
Some markets that ran in past years have posted nothing for 2026. Winter Park has no Christmas market this year: the city’s 2026 signature events list has no market for November or December. Instead it lists Winter on the Avenue on Friday, Dec. 4, 5pm–9pm, and the Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 5, 9am–10:30am. Sanford’s Gnome-Towne Holiday Shopping Market, the German Christmas Market at Avalon Park, Enzian’s outdoor holiday market and the Winter Wonderland at Boxi Park in Lake Nona are also left out. We found no 2026 listing for any of them. We’ll add any of them if its organizer posts 2026 dates.
For gifts from shops rather than stalls, see our Orlando gifts guide. If you’re heading to the malls, our mall holiday hours guide has their Black Friday and Christmas hours.