Nightmare Before Christmas Market

The Nightmare Before Christmas Market is a Halloween-themed artisan market in Vancouver. It features wacky and unique products at the Maritime Labour Centre.

In 2024 the market happens on the Saturday and Sunday of October 19th and 20th. It’s a terrific event, especially for people who like Halloween, artisan markets and shopping for cool stuff! The market is full of all kinds of amazing things!

For full details about the event, visit the Nightmare Before Christmas Market website or check out their Facebook page.

This article contains the following information about the market:

Hours and Admission | What to Expect | Event Video | Other Information

Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Market in Vancouver

The Nightmare Before Christmas Market is a popular annual event. Don’t get confused by its name. This is not a Christmas-themed market. The Nightmare Before Christmas Market is actually a Halloween event that runs for two days in October each year. It features dozens of vendors selling all sorts of unique products. There are also kid-friendly activities most years and Halloween costumes are encouraged.

The market took place for the first time in 2017. Since then it has happened at a few different locations including at a cathedral in New Westminster and the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. In 2024 the market’s new venue is the Maritime Labour Centre at 1880 Triumph Street in Vancouver. The market this year is on the Saturday and Sunday of October 19th and 20th.

Click Nightmare Before Christmas Market for the event’s official website.

Nightmare Before Christmas Vendor

Hours and Admission

The Nightmare Before Christmas Market runs on the weekend of October 19th and 20th in 2024. Saturday hours are from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. Sunday hours are from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Tickets are available both online and at the door this year. General admission for each day costs $4 in advance or $5 at the door. Weekend passes are also available online for $7 per person and they include access to the market on both days. Tickets are required for everyone ages 14 and above. Children ages 13 and under can get in for free.

The event happens at the Maritime Labour Centre at 1880 Triumph Street. The venue is near Powell Street and Victoria in East Vancouver, not far from the Parallel 49 Brewery.

Vendors at Nightmare Before Christmas Market

What to Expect

The Nightmare Before Christmas Market is a family-friendly event. Expect to see people of all ages (some of which will be walking around in their favourite costumes, which is always a fun sight to see).

There are more than 65 vendors and food trucks at this year’s event selling a wide range of unique and wonderful things!

Unlike other artisan markets, this Halloween-themed market celebrates everything weird and wacky. It’s an opportunity to browse and buy unique products a few weeks before Halloween and a couple of months before Christmas.

The Nightmare Before Christmas Market also features activities for kids. There are craft activities, for example, and on the Sunday this year there is face painting. Some years there are also cosplayers roaming around the venue dressed as famous characters. Food trucks are on site as well.

Some of the many vendors at the event in 2024 are A Quill & a Unicorn, Aphrodites Realm, Bits & Keys, Black Cat Creative, Brutally Creative, Caudron & Broom, Decadent Decay, Diabolical Dungeoneer, Dragonscales Journals, Gingerkraft, Gothicana, Heavy Metal Minerals, and Hellbent Designs. There is also Koquetta Accessories, Kwest Costume Art, Leftover Hippies Incense, Loucifer’s Boutique, Love of Gothic, Madam Radical, Magical Reveries, Nearly Contained Chaos, Nerds in Leather, Nuclear Jackal, Pink Bubble Bath Co., Pretty But Odd, and Shewolf Tea. Others are Sriracha Revolver Hot Sauce, Stoner Advisory Art, The Alpaca Shop, The Zesty Lemon Clothing Co., They Came from Above, Three Racoons, Through the Clockwork Door, Twisted Sistas, Wee Robots, West Coast Macabre and Wyld Sage Wares, plus a whole lot more!

Event Video

For an idea of what to expect, check out the video below. It shows scenes from the 2022 Nightmare Before Christmas Market (from when it took place at its former Croatian Cultural Centre location). Future events will look similar.