Kitzbühel Christmas Market

The Kitzbühel Christmas market, the Kitzbüheler Advent, fills the Hinterstadt and the Stadtpark in the old town of the Tyrolean resort from 18 November to 27 December 2026, Wednesday to Sunday from 2pm to 8pm. The tourist office, which runs it, brought together more than 30 stalls in 2025, with live music every evening and the arrival of St Nicholas on 6 December.

Kitzbühel Christmas market 2026: dates and opening hours

The official opening takes place on Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 5pm, and the market closes on Sunday 27 December. In a normal week, the stalls open Wednesday to Sunday from 2pm to 8pm. Extra opening days are planned on Tuesday 8 December, Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 December, then from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 December, always from 2pm to 8pm. On 24 December, the market opens in the morning only, from 10am to 2pm.

More than 30 stalls in the old town: crafts and Punsch

In 2025, the Kitzbüheler Advent lined up more than 30 stalls and more than 40 traders between the Hinterstadt, in the old town, and the neighbouring Stadtpark. The craft stalls sell decorations, wool, turned wood and felt slippers. Punsch and mulled wine are drunk on the spot. In 2025, the mulled wine came in Advent mugs created for the market, with roasted chestnuts alongside. For children, a carousel turns on site, and ponies are there from Friday to Sunday.

2026 programme: music every evening, St Nicholas and the Bergadvent

On every opening day, a band plays live from 6pm to 7pm. On Sunday 29 November, the Wiltener Sängerknaben, the boys’ choir from Innsbruck, sing at 3pm and 4.30pm. St Nicholas arrives on Sunday 6 December at 5pm in the Stadtpark. On Fridays 4 and 18 December, from 4pm, the Bergadvent moves up to the top station of the Hahnenkamm cable car, the mountain of Kitzbühel’s World Cup downhill.

Getting to Kitzbühel Christmas market

The market is held in the Hinterstadt, at the heart of the old town, and in the adjoining Stadtpark. If you are already staying in Tyrol, it suits an evening back from the slopes or after a day in Innsbruck. Coming from abroad, check timetables with ÖBB before booking.

The country’s other markets are gathered on our page of Christmas markets in Austria, including two more markets in Tyrol.

• The Innsbruck Christmas market, the Tyrolean capital, home of the Wiltener Sängerknaben.
• The Rattenberg Christmas market, a candlelit Advent in a small Tyrolean town, at weekends.