• Nabana no Sato Japanese Light Festival

    Nabana no Sato 270 Urushibata, Komae, Kuwana City, Mie, Japan

    Nabana no Sato, a botanical garden in the Japanese prefecture of Mie, is home each year to one of the country’s best and biggest winter light festivals. During several months, magical light tunnels,

    Free
  • Bank of America Winter Village (Holiday Shops) 2025, New York City, USA

    Bryant Park, between 5th & 6th Ave, 40th–42nd St, New York, NY 10018 New York City, New York, USA

    Bryant Park’s Winter Village is New York’s most expansive festive marketplace, with more than a hundred boutique ‘jewel box’ kiosks around a free‑to‑skate rink. The setting, tucked behind the New

    Free
  • Wanderlights (Downtown Columbus) 2025, Columbus, USA

    Columbus Commons & Downtown corridor, 55 E Rich St (Commons Garage), Columbus, OH 43215 Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Columbus Wanderlights is a long-running, free light trail through Downtown linking Columbus Commons with other illuminated stops. It’s not a chalet-style market, but it functions as a winter festival anchor:

    Free
  • Winterlude 2026 Ottawa, Canada

    Ottawa , Canada

    Every February, Canada's Capital comes alive with the Ottawa Winterlude Festival. This magnificent event, held in the Ottawa region over the first three weekends of the month, draws an average

    Free
  • Christmas Village Festival 2026, Birmingham, USA

    Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC), 2100 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203 Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Running at the BJCC, Birmingham’s Christmas Village Festival is the state’s headline indoor festive market. Hundreds of artisans and boutique vendors fill the exhibition halls with Christmas décor, toys, clothing,

    Free