18th ANNUAL DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY MARKET RETURNS NOVEMBER 18 Get Ready For The One-Stop Shop In Downtown DC With Local Craft Goods, Artisan Makers and #SoMuchMore
WHAT: Operated by the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) and Diverse Markets Management, the 18th Annual Downtown Holiday Market, Washington D.C.’s outdoor shopping village, kicks off the holiday season Friday, November 18. The beloved outdoor market returns to downtown Penn Quarter, transforming two city blocks on F Street into a one-stop shop, open-air winter wonderland. Guests can make the most of their holiday shopping experience this winter supporting local businesses and entrepreneurs across the region, finding unique, festive treasures in the heart of the District through December 23. The outdoor shopping village’s expansive footprint allows for wide aisles for shopping, browsing and enjoying the foods and live entertainment.
Following past traditions, the holiday market lineup features more than 75 exhibitors including Black-owned and minority-owned businesses such as Choquette, Terratorie, Tora Mata, Kin & Care and Shade Metals. The DC Pop-Up, the District’s curated, small and locally made retail experience supported by the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), will also be featured, along with returning food and beverage favorites across the market with tasty treats and hot beverages from Migue’s Mini Donuts, Alexa’s Empanadas and Churros and A Taste of Germany, and more. Additional exciting and entertaining features include a live stage of exceptional regional performers. The daily schedule will be announced on the Downtown Holiday Market’s website.
ARTECHOUSE and the Downtown Holiday Market have also partnered to celebrate the district's most joyful season of the year with an all-new immersive extended reality (XR) experience for guests. For a third annual activation, the collaborators are allowing visitors the chance to uncover a hidden layer of XR art at the holiday market to explore limitless creative possibilities whether visiting the market or at ARTECHOUSE’s newest immersive holiday experience.
Admission to the market is free and is flanked by two Gallery Place Metro stop entrances. The Downtown Holiday Market will also be joined by Kimpton Hotel Monaco DC and Dirty Habit as the official hotel and restaurant partners, bringing the yuletide magic into their courtyard with a celebration full of fun and festive holiday décor, outdoor fire pits, blankets, string lights to set the city festival aglow, and specialty cocktails. Parking is also available in many nearby garages, which you can locate via Spot Hero on Downtown Holiday Market’s “Getting Here” page.
WHEN: Friday, November 18 to Friday, December 23
12:00PM to 8:00PM
Closed Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 24 and Monday, December 5
Note: The market will operate daily, regardless of rain or snow.
WHERE: Centered at 8th and F Street, NW
Main entrance is outside the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum; see site map with entrance HERE.
ATTENTION MEDIA: A full list of the market’s exhibitors/vendors, programming schedule will be available upon request beginning Friday, November 18. For more information, please contact Shelby Jolly at DHM@lindarothpr.com or visit www.downtownholidaymarket.com. High res images can be found HERE.
About DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID)
The DowntownDC BID was founded in 1997 and is a private non-profit organization that provides capital improvements, resources and research that keep the BID area clean, safe, economically and environmentally strong and accessible. The BID is a catalyst, facilitator and thought leader in diversifying the economy, promoting public/private partnerships and enhancing the DowntownDC experience for all. This special district, where property owners have agreed to tax themselves to fund services, encompasses a 138-block area of approximately 520 properties from Massachusetts Avenue on the north to Constitution Avenue on the south, and from Louisiana Avenue on the east to 16th Street on the west. For more information, visit www.downtowndc.org or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @downtowndcbid.
About Diverse Markets Managements (DMM)
Diverse Markets Managements is a DC-based firm specializing in the development and management of outdoor public exhibitor markets. Formed by market management professionals with expertise in the fields of arts, crafts, collectibles and antiques, DMM possesses a diverse range of skills including: special event planning and programming, public space management, vendor recruitment and management, security services and arts facility development and programming. For more information, please visit www.diversemarkets.net.
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