Market Magic: Secrets to Indoor Holiday Season Market Success

Unlock the secrets to hosting a holiday indoor market! Get tips, strategies, and inspiration to draw crowds and overcome challenges.

Farmers, Flea, vintage, and makers markets are lighting up the city for the holiday season. These gatherings draw a visitor looking for unique, affordable gifts—whether for friends, family, or themselves. However, hosting a successful indoor market isn’t easy: finding affordable indoor spaces and funding for live music and public programs to deliver a great visitor experience. Curating the right vendor and product mix, plus unpredictable weather, makes it hard to draw crowds to winter events.

Join our webinar series to meet top holiday and winter market operators! Discover insider tips and creative ideas to help energize our city's Holiday and winter market scene for everyone.

PANELIST:

• Sonya Reynols, Program Manager, Evergreen Brick Works, Winter Market
• Alexa Pereyra (she/her), Director of Operations, Leslieville Farmers’ Market & Neighbourhood Food Project
• Jennifer Lay (she/her), Executive Director, Riverside BIA Riverside
• Steph Kittmer, General Manager, Ottawa Farmer’s Market

photo credit: Sunday Variety at St. Lawrence Market, St. Lawrence Market