Discover 22 cozy wooden chalets with vendors from across the province offering a variety of local food, drink, apparel, gifts, and more.
Market hours
November 24-December 17, 2023
Mon-Tue: Closed
Wed-Fri: 4pm-9pm
Sat: 11am-9pm
Sun: 12pm-7pm
Alben Lane Candle Co.
Market days: Wed-Sun, Dec 6-17
Chalet offering: Candles, perfumes, and room sprays
Founded in 2020 by two best friends with a love of candles and a lot of free time, Alben Lane candles are hand-poured in Halifax, Nova Scotia, using 100% soy wax for a fresh and safe burn. Each scent is inspired by a memory from experiences and moments from the East Coast of Canada.
Benjamin Bridge
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Nestled in the heart of the Gaspereau Valley, Mi’kma’ki, Benjamin Bridge expands the Nova Scotia wine scene by curating a year-round visitor destination for all. Makers of rigorous Méthode Classique sparklings, Piquette Zero, Nova 7, and trailblazing new wines.
Boatskeg Distilling Co.
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 3
Chalet offering: Liqueurs, canned beverages, apparel
Boatskeg Distilling Co. is a craft distillery located in West Pubnico, Nova Scotia. We distill and blend small batch spirits and ready-to-drink canned products. We’ve combined the spirit of our bootlegging past with the art of spirits and cocktails to create our version of old fashioned good times.
Chunks of Heaven
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Chalet offering: We will be offering hot chocolate with marshmallows and sprinkles to keep our customers warm, as well as some delicious baked cookies with different flavours, and some mini pancakes with different toppings, warm brownies, brownie pops and s’mores kits.
Different Folks
Market days: Nov 29-Dec 3
Chalet offering: Our shop will feature more than 15 local vendors from underrepresented groups. Our oh-so-giftable wares will include locally handmade soaps, cards, jewelry, art, glassware, hair accessories, plushies, Nova Scotia themed goods and more!
Different Folks is a community driven organization that brings local micro businesses and artisans together.
East Coast Lifestyle
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Chalet offering: Hoodies, mittens, toques, holiday ornaments, sealed bags of chips, and glassware
The DNA of East Coast Lifestyle is simple: it’s about being proud of where you’re from. In March of 2013, Alex MacLean, a senior Business student at Acadia University was asked to start a temporary business for an Entrepreneurship class project. Specializing in everything surf, snow and street, East Coast Lifestyle gives everyone an opportunity to wear their heart on their sleeve with fresh designs and high-quality clothing. East Coast Lifestyle allows you to bring a piece of home with you wherever you go – helping you connect with your coast from around the world.
Ellington & Co
Market days: Nov 29-Dec 3
Ellington & Co. offers soy candles, hand-poured in small batches with care and intention. Our candles feature crackling wooden wicks. We also offer wax melts, room sprays and reed diffusers.
Eventide Mead
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Chalet offering: 5 offerings of mead and cider, glassware, hats
Eventide Mead was conceived from a passion for producing great modern-style session mead, leading us to strive to set the tone for mead in Nova Scotia. Made from all Annapolis Valley honey, we combine modern mead-making techniques with flavours that represent our Nova Scotian roots. No grains, no gluten, all flavour.
Good Friggin' Company
Market days: Dec 6-10
We’re a bro and sis team from Port Hood, Cape Breton. We make tees, hats and hoodies with sayings using our fave word, “frig”.
Halifax Brewery Market
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Participating vendors include:
- Gama by Lee
- Joy and Fury Art
- Deborah Misener Visual Arts
- Mamas and Tatas Designs
- Lisa’s Garden
- Curly Q Quills
The Halifax Brewery Market is a not-for-profit cooperatively run farmers market located in the heart of the Alexander Keith’s building in downtown Halifax. Every week, all year round, we open our gates to welcome over 65 local farmers and makers to share the best of what Nova Scotia has to offer.
Halifax Distilling Co.
Market days: Wed-Sun, Dec 6-17
Halifax Distilling Co. home of JD Shore rums is an independent distillery using a small-batch copper still. Halifax Distilling is the first distillery in downtown Halifax! Distillers of rums: white, amber, spiced, black and black spiced and rum creams: its original rum cream, After 8ish, S’more, and Death by Chocolate and a Whiskey cream. All products made using all natural ingredients, packaged by hand with a little Maritime pride and passion added to each bottle!
Jamil Mosaic
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Wooden mosaic inlaid with mother of pearl. The Art of Inlay.
Just Us! Coffee Roasters
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 3
Chalet offering: Just Us! will be offering brewed coffee, hot chocolate, tea and baked goodies like gingerbread reindeer! We’ll also have bags of coffee, hot chocolate, chocolate bars etc. available for retail. Folks will be able to get a hot beverage at the booth, and also stock up on their favourites for the holidays!
Kwetu Craft Collections
Market days: Nov 24-26
We supply quality handcrafted art and craft pieces that are produced by our partners, local artists, from Southern Africa.
Lilac & Thistle
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 3
Chalet offering: Local holiday crafts, stationary and foods
We are a Gift Shop and General Store offering affordable products, clothes, gifts and snacks. Our aim is to foster a fun, inclusive shopping experience while giving back to our community through fundraisers and events. Come check us out in the historical Brewery Market building – we might even have some samples to try!
Lobster Mafia Apparel
Market days: Wed-Sun, Dec 6-17
Chalet offering: Clothing
Quality casual wear for those who risk it all on the cold Atlantic as well as those drawn to coastal living. Coast to coast worldwide.
Nova Scotia Fisherman Extreme Skincare
Market days: Nov 24-26
Chalet offering: We are offering candles as well as a variety of Gift Sets including, Body Care, Facial Care, Mens Facial
Care.
Nova Scotia Spirit Co.
Market days: Wed-Sun, Dec 6-17
Chalet offering: Blue Lobster vodka soda will have all of your favourites on-site and a few new options including its vodka soda + fresh pressed juice mixer pack that includes Blueberry lemon, cranberry lime, and sour cherry lime, in a fresh and festive blend (and at less than 5g of sugar per serving from natural, local, fresh pressed juice, it’s also a better for you option!). We will also have limited quantities of our very popular limited edition Blue Lobster Pure Refreshment holiday mixer packs available! Get them while quantities last!
Small town, small batches, tall tales. At Nova Scotia Spirit Co. we handcraft exceptional Spirits at an everyday price. We will be offering limited edition specialty spirits, merchandise, 12 packs of Painted Boat Lager (proudly brewed in Stellarton NS!) and new offerings from Lost Bell Estate Winery and Annapolis Cider Co.
Pam Feindel Designs
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Chalet offering: Jewlery and art prints
I am a metal clay jewelry artist and instructor. I work in fine silver, sterling silver, bronze, copper, and steel. I allow myself to follow many paths with my art, never constrained by any metal, theme or topic. Much of my work is whimsical one-of-a-kind pieces.
Pictou County Partnership
Market days: Dec 13-17
From Dec 13-17, the Pictou County Pop Can will connect the wonderful businesses we know and love with other parts of the province, sharing the fantastic work of entrepreneurs in the county.
Pop Up Cinema Snacks
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Chalet offering: Dipped cheesecakes, waffle sticks, snow taffy, popcorn
Pop Up Cinema Snacks offers up delicious date-night treats to stroll the Halifax waterfront or sit by the fire. Enjoy our handcrafted, made to order dipped cheesecakes, freshly baked waffle sticks or maple taffy on snow!
Potikki's
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 10
Chalet offering: We will be offering Butter Chicken Rice Bowl, Cheese Curd Curry Bowl and Kashmiri Apple Fries (dessert).
Potikki’s offers Downtown Halifax a tasty affordable and unique experience by working with local chefs and using staff’s family secrets to create the most flavourful, quick-serve, Indian – Canadian dishes.
Roasted Coffee Roastery
Market days: Dec 6-10
Chalet offering: Turkish coffee, bags of coffee, Turkish coffee accessories, tea, baked goods
We will be serving and selling authentic Turkish coffee (ANKARA) brewed over hot sand, Arabic coffee (ARABIA), high quality cardamom, specialty tea with spices, as well a small assortment of baklava sweets and treats that complement our hot drinks. Also available for purchase will be an assortment of Arabic coffee cups and Turkish coffee pots (i.e. ibriks/cezve).
Still Fired Distilleries
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 17
Artisan craft distillery creating unique, natural spirits from the first “legal” stills built in Nova Scotia.
To & From Seed Co.
Market days: Wed-Sun, Nov 24-Dec 3
Chalet offering: Greeting cards, prints, seed packets, stickers, to/from gift tags, and apparel (t-shirts/sweatshirts)
To & From Seed Co. creates seed packets and gifts inspired by floriography, the secret language of flowers. Created by local lettering and mural artist Kristen De Palma (@kdpletters), each design is hand lettered, printed and packaged by hand in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Celebrating the beauty of nature found along the east coast, you’ll find odes to East Coast Wildflowers and Dartmouth’s Flower Streets, among many other unique designs.
Ultramarine Art Supply
Market days: Wed-Sun, Dec 6-17
Art kits for creative minds big and small.
Xena’s Bread and Butter
Market days: Wed-Sun, Dec 6-17
Chalet offering: We will be offering hot drinks such as Coffee, Hot Chocolate and Tea, baked goods (Ube Cheese Pandesal, Croissants and Danishes), Truffle Croissants and Steamed Buns.
MASITA Korean Food
MASITA means “Tasty” in Korean. A variety of menus with BBQ, captured the taste its soft juicy and smoky flavour. More options for veggies and vegans!
Sea Turtle Network
The Sea Turtle Centre is an interactive museum. It may be small, but we’ve packed an ocean of discovery into a tiny place. During your visit you’ll learn about endangered sea turtles, see specimens and artifacts, and find out what marine biologists at the cutting edge of sea turtle research are working on right now. If you have questions, our knowledgeable staff and volunteers are always happy to talk turtles.
Seahouse
Nova Scotian themed clothing and gift store located in The Salt Yard on the Halifax Waterfront.
Smokes Poutine
Smoke’s Poutinerie is the first of its kind in the World offering a broad menu exclusive to Poutine. The goal of Smoke’s Poutinerie is to bring the authentic Quebec classic to the rest of the world.
Treaty Truckhouse
Sipekne’katik First Nation owns and operates a traditional trading post on the Halifax waterfront. The shop features artwork and crafts from Mi’kmaq across Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, including beadwork, mugs, weaved baskets, traditional smudging kits and musical instruments, paintings and wood-burned art.