Jewellery Maker at Artisan Market

Made in the 604 Markets are pop-up artisan markets that take place at Heritage Hall in Vancouver and at the Pipe Shop in North Vancouver’s Shipyards District.

The markets feature artisan vendors and small local businesses. They are great events and admission is free!

In the last few months of 2024, Made in the 604 hosts markets at the locations and dates listed below. (There might be a few other ones too.)

November 16th & 17th at Heritage Hall in Vancouver
December 6th to 8th in the Pipe Shop in North Vancouver
December 10th to 12th at the Bentall Centre in Vancouver
December 21st & 22nd at Heritage Hall in Vancouver

TIP: The first 25 shoppers at the market on the Saturdays at Heritage Hall receive market money to spend at any vendor booth!

For full details about the markets and its events, see the Made in the 604 Markets website.

Made in the 604 Markets in Vancouver & the North Shore

Made in the 604 began in 2017 as both a market and a place of connection for local businesses. The Website’s Blog shines a spotlight on a variety of entrepreneurs and organizations in Metro Vancouver, but the biggest part of Made in the 604 are the regular pop-up markets.

There are two markets that run semi-regularly from the spring until late fall. One is on Vancouver’s Main Street at Heritage Hall and the other is in the Shipyards District in North Vancouver. They happen once or twice every few weeks. The market also takes place at the North Shore’s Pipe Shop location every Friday from late June until mid-September as part of the Shipyards Night Market. There is a Christmas Artisan Market in North Vancouver in December too.

The markets have dozens of vendors that are local, small business owners and artisans. No admission fee is needed to browse the markets and there are plenty of different products to admire. You’ll find all kinds of unique and wonderful things to buy! And if you’re lucky, you might get a tasty food or drink sample too!

Locations and Schedule

The original Made in the 604 Market location is Vancouver’s Heritage Hall. The venue is in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood at 3102 Main Street. After this first market proved successful, a second, larger market began at The Pipe Shop in North Vancouver. The Pipe Shop is located at 115 Victory Ship Way.

In 2024 the spring and summer markets happened at Heritage Hall on March 9th & 10th, April 21st, June 23rd, July 20th & 23rd, and August 18th. The Pipe Shop markets happened every Friday from June 21st to September 13th.

In the fall and winter of 2024, Made in the 604 Markets take place on September 28th & 29th, October 26th & 27th, and November 16th & 17th at Heritage Hall in Vancouver. Markets also run on October 12th and December 6th, 7th & 8th in North Vancouver’s Shipyards District.

This year there are also a couple of holiday pop-up markets. The first happens at the Bentall Centre Concourse at 505 Burrard Street on December 10th to 12th. Then on the weekend of December 21st and 22nd there’s the Holidaze Market at Heritage Hall in Vancouver.

The markets at Heritage Hall typically run from around 11:00 am until 5:00 pm each day. Hours of operation at the Pipe Shop in North Vancouver are usually similar (except for the ones that are part of the Shipyards Night Market in which case they run from 5:00 to 10:00 pm). The Bentall Centre market hours are from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm.

To learn more about the market when it’s on the North Shore, see our article about North Vancouver Made in the 604 Markets.

For the market’s official website, visit madeinthe604.ca.

What to Expect

There isn’t a set lineup of vendors who are at every market, so the composition of the vendors changes each time. Some artisans are regulars, but many are not. The Heritage Hall market usually has around 40 to 50 vendors. The Pipe Shop market is bigger. At it you can expect as many as 70 or so vendors depending on the day.

The artisans are all local businesses with a range of different products. They sell clothes, ceramics, skincare products, food, pet care items and more. Both venues are dog-friendly, which is nice, so you can expect to see the occasional four-legged customer while browsing the markets.

Made in the 604 Market Video

The following video shows what the Made in the 604 Pop-Up Market looks like at the Pipe Shop in the Shipyards District of North Vancouver. It shows scenes of the event from the spring of 2022.

This second video below shows scenes from the market when it took place at Heritage Hall in the City of Vancouver.

(The background music in this video is Underrated life by Darockart from Pixabay. A couple of the vendors appearing in the video are the Arbutus Candle Company and Shop Tadhana.)