Denver Christmas Market

The Denver Christmas market, the Denver Christkindlmarket, sets up on the Tivoli Quad of the Auraria Campus from 20 November to 23 December 2026. Produced by the German American Chamber of Commerce of Colorado, it brought together more than 40 local and European artisans and food vendors in 2025 and adds a 42-foot carousel, glass workshops and a heated Festival Hall this year. Admission is free.

Denver Christkindlmarket 2026: dates and opening hours

The market opens on 20 November 2026 and closes on 23 December. Monday to Thursday, the stalls are open from 1pm to 9pm, Friday to Sunday from 11am to 9pm. Throughout the final week, from 17 to 23 December, the weekend hours apply every day, from 11am to 9pm. On Thanksgiving Day, 26 November, the market is open from 11am to 4pm.

The Festival Hall stays open until 10pm, an hour after the stalls close.

The Tivoli Quad on the Auraria Campus, 2 km from downtown

Since 2025, the Christkindlmarket has occupied the Tivoli Quad, a lawn on the Auraria Campus at 1000 Larimer Street, while Civic Center Park is under renovation. The site is 2 km from Denver City Hall, downtown. In 2026 the organiser celebrates the market’s return to this campus.

The market began in 1998 as a small one-week event at the Denver Pavilions, before moving through Cherry Creek, Skyline Park and Civic Center Park. The 2025 edition was the twenty-fifth.

Carousel, glass workshops and heated Festival Hall

The 2025 map counted more than 40 vendors, local and European artisans and food vendors, and every spot for 2026 has been allocated. The 2026 programme announces a 42-foot carousel, close to 13 metres, workshops for making glass ornaments and glassblowing, and free live music. The heated Festival Hall offers tables you can book to eat in the warm.

Getting to Denver from Europe

From Europe, flights to Denver are worth comparing between airlines. Once there, the market is downtown, 2 km from City Hall.

The continent’s other markets are gathered on our page of Christmas markets in North America. The Chicago Christmas market, the Christkindlmarket on Daley Plaza, belongs to the same family of organisers, the German American chambers of commerce.