Nightmare Before Christmas Market

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

The market happens on a Saturday and Sunday in mid-October. 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!

Visit the Nightmare Before Christmas Market website or check out the event’s Facebook page for full details.

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 in 2025

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 a Halloween event. It features dozens of vendors selling a variety of unique products. There are also kid-friendly activities, and Halloween costumes are encouraged. This is the place to dress to express, be it in costume or just letting your true style shine.

The market started out in 2017 in New Westminster, but has since grown and come to Vancouver. In recent years the market has happened at the Maritime Labour Centre at 1880 Triumph Street in Vancouver. That’s where it takes place again in 2025.

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

Hours and Admission

In 2025 the Nightmare Before Christmas Market is on October 11th and 12th. On Saturday its hours are from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. On Sunday it runs from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Tickets are available both online and at the door. The same as last 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 over. 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 and Victoria Streets in East Vancouver, not far from the Parallel 49 Brewery. There is on-site parking as well as street parking nearby.

TIP: The first 83 paying patrons each day get a $5 voucher to use at the 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). At the event there are more than 65 vendors selling a wide range of unique and wonderful things. There is also a food truck and coffee wagon.

This Halloween-themed market celebrates everything weird and wacky, unlike other artisan markets. 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 and face painting. Expect to see cosplayers roaming around the venue. Food trucks and Vancouver’s Coffee Bike are on-site as well.

Some of the many vendors at the event last year that are expected back again in 2025 are Bits & Keys, Caudron & Broom, Gothicana, Leftover Hippies Incense, Madam Radical, Nuclear Jackal, Zesty Lemon Clothing, Sriracha Revolver Hot Sauce, They Came from Above, Twisted Sistas, West Coast Macabre, Wyld Sage Wares, and Nerds in Leather,

Some of the many other vendors expected this year include Nearly Contained Chaos, Lisa Larose Art, Stabit.Pretty, Robots & Rocketships, Drunken Vole, Hansen’s Haberdashery, Gingerkraft, Betty Black LTE, Kattakind Art, Pretty But Odd, Mala Yaga Tiny Creations, Lemon Dawn Studio, Fern Jilly, Itty Bitty Geeky Gack, Mystic Fusion Art, Crafting for the Cur, New Nerd Novelties, Cheetah Bite Bizarre, the Glass Witch, Cobweb Morgue, Madam Radical and Nuclear Jackal, plus a whole lot more!

Event Video

Check out the video below for an idea of what to expect at this year’s event. The video is from the 2022 Nightmare Before Christmas Market (from when it took place at its former Croatian Cultural Centre location). Future events will look similar.