Downtown Holiday Market

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Don't leave all the fun to Santa this holiday season

Satisfy your gift needs at the 4th annual Downtown Holiday Market! December 5-23 Noon-8pm.

For 19 exciting days, a this unique holiday shopping experience returns to Downtown DC transforming the F Street sidewalk into a marketplace of artisans selling a diverse array of gifts including art, crafts, jewelry, photography, pottery, clothing and prepared foods.

A festive atmosphere and live musical entertainment enlivens the charming marketplace featuring more than 50 exhibitors daily including several food and beverage vendors offering a variety of interesting savory, sweet and seasonal treats. Because exhibitors rotate, be sure to visit often, you will never have the same experience twice.

Gift items of exceptional quality can always be discovered at the Market. This year you may choose the Downtown Holiday Market because you wish to shop sustainably.

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entertainment schedule.

Local merchants offer hand-made and fair-trade items, many at budget-conscious prices. The Market is public transit accessible by Metrorail, Downtown Circulator, Metrobus and SmartBikes are located on-site. Generators running on bio-diesel fuel power the Market, and publicity materials are printed on 100% post consumer waste recycled materials. Recycling cans are available at the site, and the market features several eco-friendly exhibitors offering ready-to-eat foods, apparel, home decorating gift items and more.

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An exciting mix of live entertainment including jazz, blues, swing, brass, reggae, klezmer, a cappella and more is sure to spread the cheer with festive tunes for holiday shoppers.



	Click to see to what else is in the Downtown Holiday Market vicinity.

The Market is located on F Street, between 7th and 9th streets, adjacent to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. The Verizon Center and Gallery Place Metro Station are just across the street, making the Market a creative and convenient way to fulfill all your holiday shopping needs in the heart of Downtown.

Click here to download the complete 2008 Downtown Holiday Market Guide [marketguide08.pdf - 2MG] , or try the on-screen version here.

Exhibitor and entertainment spaces are full for this year. If you have an artistic talent, hand craft, or musical ability to share and would like to receive notice when applications are available for the 2009 Market, please subscribe to the Diverse Markets newsletter.

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