The Canmore Christmas Artisans' Market created in 1996 as a fundraising event for the parent-cooperative Canmore Preschool Society.

It has been a successful annual event, on the third weekend in November, ever since. All items are sold by the people who make them and include high-quality handmade crafts, art and food products.

2022 marks the 27th market, and it has become recognized as the highest quality Christmas show of art and craft work in the Bow Valley. Our market is a festive event to start the holiday season, and a place for the community to connect and celebrate the work of local artists and artisans!

As we are usually full with returning vendors in a number of categories, we typically cannot accept applications in these categories: jewelry, art cards, photography, pottery.

To be eligible to apply to the market, we have the following criteria:

All items will be handmade and be sold by the artist/artisan who made them.
There will be no imported or machine-made items at the sale, nor items purchased for resale. Exceptions will be made for items such as books or CDs sold by the musician/composer/author.

New exhibitors will be accepted through a jurying process based on quality of craftsmanship, the uniqueness of the product at our market, originality of design, how local the applicant is to Canmore, and our ability to accommodate the space size/set up requested.