The Berkeley Chamber is excited to announce that the 7th Annual Berkeley Holiday Gift Fair will be back in person on\

Thursday December 4th, 2025, from 3-7pm at Hotel Shattuck Plaza in Downtown Berkeley. 

We are looking forward to hosting a fun evening of shopping, holiday cheer, and supporting your wonderful businesses.

1:00 pm - 7:00 pm @Park Street and Central Avenue

Celebrate the season with sparkle & fun! The Downtown Alameda Winter Market will welcome local vendors, entertainment, festive sips and delicious bites.

The event will be on Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 1-7pm and will take place on Central Ave (between Park and Oak), in Parking Lot C and onto Alameda Ave. The market will include music, twinkly lights and tasty beverages for everyone’s enjoyment!

This beloved free annual event held at The Crucible's 56,000-square-foot warehouse in West Oakland features over 50 local vendors, hands on activities, live demonstrations, food, drinks, class discounts, and more.

This is the premier Oakland gift event of the season in the best light industrial setting.

Join in community spirit and celebrating the holiday season!

Activities include live performances by local youth and school groups, face painting, and crafts, professional Winter Wonderland photos with Santa, Oakland Fire Department Parade Rig “Random Acts Toy Drive” with additional donation bin at Montclair Toyhouse.

Hospitality Hut with a full bar serving festive libations and hot cocoa (a fundraiser for the district).

Variety of special promotions, giveaways, and delightful sweets and treats offered at 40+ Village businesses., and holiday retail shopping offered by local pop-up vendors.

🥂Twas the Night is Fairyland’s final Adults-only (21+) event of the year! 📌Friday, December 12, 6 pm to 10 pm. Eat, drink, and be fairy! ❄️Oakland’s most magical holiday night market transforms the park into a dazzling playscape for grownups who are never basic and always enchanting...

🎶R&B concert. Holiday party. December disco. Open-air dance floor.
🛍️Night market. Vendor village. Artisan gifts. Boutique brands.
🍸Crafty cocktails. Savory eats. Seasonal treats.
🚎Jolly Trolly rides. Twinkling landscape. Art activations and more!

San José Made will be bringing its 3rd Annual San José Winter Wonder Market to Downtown San José's South Hall on Dec. 13–14, 2025. This is going to be a fun, festive, large-scale event where you can do your gift shopping before the end of the year — whether that be for last minute gifts, preparation for the new year, a fun excuse to go out with family and friends, or even a special treat (or two or three?) for yourself.

Featuring over 250+ makers, artists, designers, bakers, culinary minds and creative small businesses. 

​11am-6pm Now Back on Telegraph Ave

Holiday shoppers will be treated to an abundance of good cheer, great music, fine food, with unique and unusual handcrafts by some of Northern California's finest artists.
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This fair offers you a very unique opportunity to buy fine original art and inexpensive gifts in the same place.
With 200+ local artisans offering their handcrafted wares for sale, there will be a big or little something for everyone.

Festive lights, colorful decorations, and a friendly multicultural shopping atmosphere
​complete the experience.