Enjoy the experience of shopping at local markets in the lead up to Christmas. There’s a variety of markets to enjoy in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter. Find unique Christmas gifts and treats, local fruit and vegetables and enjoy live entertainment and food.
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The Olive Tree Christmas Market Festival
Held in the beautiful grounds of Civic Park, The Olive Tree Market sees amazing makers, creators and boutique producers bring their beautiful wares to Newcastle for their market events. The Olive Tree Market is the perfect opportunity to purchase beautifully designed and hand crafted goods for the gift-giving season.
Date: Saturday 1 November 2025
Time: 9am – 2pm
Location: Civic Park
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Speers Point Park Christmas Market
Lake Mac’s largest Christmas market! The perfect place to shop local-made this Christmas with a huge lineup of makers. Homegrown Markets curate a lineup of quality handmade and design stalls from across the Hunter region in one stunning lakeside location. Lots of on-site and surrounding parking, a large playground, heaps of yummy street food, coffee, kids entertainment and more!
Date: Sunday 2 November 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: Speers Point Park, Speers Point
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Christmas Market Day at The Station
Homegrown Markets returns to The Station for a HUGE Christmas market. Enjoy a huge lineup of handmade and design stalls, yummy street food, live tunes and entertainment and more! Find over 100+ stalls to shop local-made this Christmas!
Date: Saturday 8 November 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: The Station Newcastle
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The Olive Tree Christmas Market Festival
Held in the beautiful grounds of Civic Park, The Olive Tree Market sees amazing makers, creators and boutique producers bring their beautiful wares to Newcastle for their market events. The Olive Tree Market is the perfect opportunity to purchase beautifully designed and hand crafted goods for the gift-giving season.
Date: Saturday 15 November 2025
Time: 9am – 2pm
Location: Civic Park
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Christmas Twilight Market at The Junction
A twilight market under the palms and stars, there’ll be a lineup of fab handmade and design stalls, yummy street food, live tunes and entertainment.
Date: Saturday 15 November 2025
Time: 4 – 8pm
Location: Rowlands Park, The Junction
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Speers Point Park Christmas Market
Lake Mac’s largest Christmas market! The perfect place to shop local-made this Christmas with a huge lineup of makers. Homegrown Markets curate a lineup of quality handmade and design stalls from across the Hunter region in one stunning lakeside location. Lots of on-site and surrounding parking, a large playground, heaps of yummy street food, coffee, kids entertainment and more!
Date: Sunday 16 November 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: Speers Point Park, Speers Point
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Medowie Christmas Market
Homegrown Markets will be bringing 100+ stalls of local-made goodness for all your Chrissy shopping needs to Medowie. The market will be in collaboration with the annual Sustainable Living Festival! A community day full of workshops, activities, live entertainment, local community groups, a huge market, street food, live tunes, kids zone, preloved stalls, gourmet produce & more!
Date: Saturday 22 November 2025
Time: 9am – 2pm
Location: Ferodale Oval, Medowie
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Lake Macquarie Christmas Twilight Market
This annual Lake Macquarie Christmas Twilight Market has moved to Speers Point Park this year. Visit all your favourite vendors to take care of your Christmas shopping needs. Dinner is sorted with an array of fabulous Street Food trucks. Over 100 Christmas market stalls, Santa photos and jumping castle.
Date: Tuesday 25 November 2025
Time: 4pm – 9pm
Location: Speers Point Park
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Made & Found Market Redhead Christmas Market
Made & Found is Redhead’s hand(MADE) & preloved (FOUND) market! Join them for their Christmas edition. Shop rows of local-made goods, thrift some EPIC preloved wardrobes, rummage for some vintage treasures, enjoy a street food brunch/lunch, relax to live tunes, soak up the community magic! The perfect way to spend a Sunday.
Date: Saturday 29 November 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: Webb Park, Beach Road, Redhead
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Christmas Market Day at The Station
Homegrown Markets returns to The Station for a HUGE Christmas market. Enjoy a huge lineup of handmade and design stalls, yummy street food, live tunes and entertainment and more! Find over 100+ stalls to shop local-made this Christmas!
Date: Saturday 29 November 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: The Station Newcastle
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Hunter Arts Network Art Bazaar Lambton Park
Art Bazaar has been held every year since 2002 and has maintained a loyal following and fan base for over 20 years. The event showcases the wide variety of Hunter Arts Network members who have been carefully selected for their unique, high quality, original, handmade artisan products, and they are all from the Hunter region of NSW. While wandering the stalls, enjoy live entertainment, food trucks and coffee.
Date: Sunday 30 November 2025
Time: 9am – 3pm
Location: Lambton Park
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Maitland Christmas Market
Homegrown Markets is holding a Christmas in MAITLAND! Handmade, design and gourmet produce, street food, coffee and bevvys, live music, kids craft/game zone, permanent jewellery bar, face painting and more!
Date: Sunday 30 November 2025
Time: 10am – 2pm
Location: Harold Gregson Park, Maitland
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The Newcastle Collective Twilight Christmas Festival
This is a free, family-friendly (including four-legged friends) event. Lots of unique Christmas gifts, market stalls, tarot/palm reading, holistic products, natural therapies, crystals, food trucks, live music, fun for the kids, face painting and Santa!
Date: Sunday 30 November 2025
Time: 4 – 8pm
Location: The Station Newcastle
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The Olive Tree Christmas Market Festival
Held in the beautiful grounds of Civic Park, The Olive Tree Market sees amazing makers, creators and boutique producers bring their beautiful wares to Newcastle for their market events. The Olive Tree Market is the perfect opportunity to purchase beautifully designed and hand crafted goods for the gift-giving season.
Date: Saturday 6 December 2025
Time: 9am – 2pm
Location: Civic Park
Website
Speers Point Park Christmas Market
Lake Mac’s largest Christmas market! The perfect place to shop local-made this Christmas with a huge lineup of makers. Homegrown Markets curate a lineup of quality handmade and design stalls from across the Hunter region in one stunning lakeside location. Lots of on-site and surrounding parking, a large playground, heaps of yummy street food, coffee, kids entertainment and more!
Date: Sunday 7 December 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: Speers Point Park, Speers Point
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Clyde St Arts Market
Bringing the community together at this vibrant “one night only” event of open studios, art sales, market stalls with second-hand goods and handmade recycled products, food trucks, live music, DJs and vintage Karaoke bus. Avoid the chaos at the big shopping centres this Christmas and join your community to shop local and support local talent
Date: Friday 12 December 2025
Time: 4:30pm – 9.30pm
Location: 50 Clyde St, Hamilton North (western laneway)
Cost: Free
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Christmas Market Day at The Station
Meet Santa, enjoy a huge lineup of kids entertainment, face painting, Christmas craft, roving magical entertainers and more! Handmade, design and gourmet produce, street food, coffee and beverages, live music, kids craft/game zone, permanent jewellery bar and face painting. Find over 100+ stalls to shop local this Christmas.
Date: Saturday 13 December 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: The Station Newcastle
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Hunter Multicultural Communities Christmas Market
Wander through a wonderland of unique stalls offering handcrafted gifts, festive homewares, gourmet goodies, and locally made treasures. Find something special for everyone on your list while supporting talented local creators. Kid’s Zone with Christmas crafts, face painting, and more festive fun! Keep an eye out for Santa Claus. Pet Zone with treats, accessories, and a paw-some festive pet parade. Plus food trucks, live entertainment and more! Soak in the sounds of the season as you explore, shop, and celebrate.
Date: Sunday 14 December 2025
Time: 10.00am – 3pm
Location: Hunter Multicultural Communities, Waratah
Cost: Free
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The Olive Tree Christmas Market Festival
Held in the beautiful grounds of Civic Park, The Olive Tree Market sees amazing makers, creators and boutique producers bring their beautiful wares to Newcastle for their market events. The Olive Tree Market is the perfect opportunity to purchase beautifully designed and hand crafted goods for the gift-giving season.
Date: Saturday 20 December 2025
Time: 9am – 2pm
Location: Civic Park
Website
Christmas Twilight Market at The Junction
A twilight market under the palms and stars, there’ll be a lineup of fab handmade and design stalls, yummy street food, live tunes and entertainment.
Date: Saturday 20 December 2025
Time: 4 – 8pm
Location: Rowlands Park, The Junction
Website
Speers Point Park Christmas Market
Lake Mac’s largest Christmas market! The perfect place to shop local-made this Christmas with a huge lineup of makers. Homegrown Markets curate a lineup of quality handmade and design stalls from across the Hunter region in one stunning lakeside location. Lots of on-site and surrounding parking, a large playground, heaps of yummy street food, coffee, kids entertainment and more!
Date: Sunday 21 December 2025
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: Speers Point Park, Speers Point
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