Handmade Arcade’s Holiday Market (Due July 23)

Handmade Arcade’s Holiday Market
Deadline: July 23rd, 2025

This year’s Holiday Market is scheduled for December 5-6, 2025 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. Handmade Arcade’s Holiday Market is Pittsburgh’s premier handmade holiday shopping event, highly-anticipated by both shoppers and makers. The Holiday Market features 275+ makers and welcomes more than 10,000 highly-motivated shoppers each year. Vendors and shoppers come from all over Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and beyond. 

Application Support

We strongly encourage applicants to attend our virtual Application Info Session to better understand this year's application rubric. You can also receive personalized support by attending a drop-in Office Hour session hosted by the Handmade Arcade Team.

May 29 (6:30 - 8 PM): Application Info Session (will be recorded)

May 30 (4 - 6 PM): Office Hours

June 12 (11:30 AM - 1:30 PM): Office Hours

July 16 (2 - 4 PM): Office Hours

July 21 (6 - 8 PM): Office Hours

All Info Sessions and Office Hours can be accessed via this Zoom link. Feel free to reach out to makers@handmadearcade.org if you have questions that aren’t answered in our Maker FAQs or at the Application Info Session.

Application fee: $25

To learn more and apply, click here.

Isaac Pleta