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Where to shop Hawaiʻi holiday craft fairs across Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island, and Kauaʻi, from convention halls to school and church bazaars.
Holiday shopping in Hawaiʻi runs on community calendars. Across November and December, Mākeke Maps lists 72 holiday craft fairs on Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island, and Kauaʻi. Hosts range from convention halls and county economic development offices to museums, cultural centers, artist guilds, ranches, churches, and school booster clubs.
The season opens on the first weekend of November in Honolulu, Kahului, and Kailua-Kona, peaks over Thanksgiving weekend and early December, and most fairs end by the weekend before Christmas. Check the statewide holiday craft fair schedule and Oʻahu holiday craft fair schedule for dates and hours, or browse the craft fair directory.
Shoppers come for handmade gifts and local food. Booths carry woodwork, ceramics, handwoven textiles, fused glass, jewelry, silk scarves, apparel, and wreaths. Food aisles sell chips, candies, kettle corn, haupia, poke bowls, plate lunches, andagi, and coffee.
Oʻahu hosts 37 holiday fairs in November and December. Pair these with weekly stops on the Oʻahu markets page and check the Oʻahu holiday craft fair schedule.
The Islandwide Crafts & Food Expo has run at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall over Thanksgiving weekend since 1987. Founded by Caroline M. Infante and now led by her children Esme, Sonia, Serena, and Brandon as Infante-Hawaii LLC, the three-day show brings 250 craft and food vendors (past editions added hula, jazz, and Kanaka Claus), with admission proceeds partly benefiting the Hawaiʻi Foodbank.
Sunshine Productions stages the Hawaii Holiday Craft & Gift Fair at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall in early November and for three days in mid-December. The December edition brings over 280 vendors selling jewelry, apparel, home decor, pet items, books, and food such as poke bowls, kettle corn, haupia, chips, and candies (past food vendors include Atebara Chips, Diamond Head Candy Company, and Ohana Style Snack Co.). Admission is $7 (free for children under 7 and military families), with a $2 coupon at HawaiiHolidayFair.com.
In mid-December, the two-day Mele Kalikimaka Marketplace brings nearly 300 booths of gifts, crafts, apparel, and food to the Blaisdell Center ($8 parking; $10 with in-and-out privileges). Two November shows also book the hall:
At the Hawaiʻi Convention Center, the three-day Nā Lehua Marketplace & Festival opens in early November in the Kamehameha Exhibit Halls with hundreds of vendors, food, and music (nalehuamarketplace.com). Admission is $6, and $25 Early Access tickets open the floor two hours early, partly benefiting Make-A-Wish Hawaii.
On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the Hawaiian Mission Houses Annual Holiday Craft Fair takes over the historic grounds on South King Street. Honolulu's oldest craft fair hosts over 40 Hawaiʻi-based vendors selling 100% island-made glass art, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, and silk scarves (free admission; paid tours available; street meter or Fasi Building parking).
That same morning on South King Street, the Ceramics, Textiles & Glass Fair sets up at Washington Middle School. Organized by the Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui with the Oahu Potters Association and Glass Fusion Collective, it features handwoven textiles, pottery, fused glass, and weaving demonstrations (open to the public).
Over Thanksgiving weekend in Waipahu, the Hawaii United Okinawa Association holds its two-day Winter Craft and Gift Fair at Hawaii Okinawa Center. Over 100 vendors sell handmade goods alongside fresh andagi and other food (free admission; $5 donation for early entry; limited accessible parking on site and free shuttles from overflow parking across from Zippy's on Puahi Street).
In Mōʻiliʻili, the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi hosts two Saturday morning markets: the mid-November JCCH Craft & Collectibles Fair × Aki Matsuri (Shichi Go San kimono dressing by appointment; four-hour parking validation with a gift shop purchase) and the mid-December Holiday JCCH Craft & Collectibles Fair (Japanese and Japanese-inspired gifts; two-hour validation with a gift shop purchase). In early November, the Hawaii Recreation and Parks Society runs the 2026 Diamond Head Arts & Crafts Fair in Lot D at Kapiʻolani Community College with craft and food booths.
In Kailua, the Kalama Beach Club Holiday Artisan Fair brings weavers and crafters to North Kalaheo Avenue in early November. On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the Lanikai Association hosts the Lanikai Craft Fair 2026 at Lanikai Park with over 80 local vendors selling arts and crafts.
Two school fairs stand out: the mid-November 37th Annual Noelani Craft & Children's Fair in Mānoa (held since 1989 with crafts, food, keiki games, inflatables, and a HawaiiUSA FCU trolley) and the mid-December Moanalua High School Winter Craft Fair (crafters and food booths supporting the school's music department, with shuttle parking at Aliamanu Middle School). Smaller school, church, and community fairs include Goodies & Craft Fair at Manoa Valley Church gym supporting Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind crafters, Aliʻiolani Craft Fair in Kaimukī, Annual Parker UMC Craft Fair in Kāneʻohe, Pearl City High School PTSA Holiday Craft Fair, Hanalani Schools Holiday Craft Fair, and MTA Holiday Craft Fair + Street Food Arena in Mililani.
At Pearlridge Center in ʻAiea, Pacific Exposition Corp. holds the two-day A VeryMerryFest Gift Festival in early December in the former Toys R Us building (free parking). Island Craft Fairs & Events also books Pearlridge for its November Made With Aloha Gift Fair and December Made With Aloha Gift Fair, and stages three Kapolei markets at Ka Makana Aliʻi: Mele Kalikimaka Gift Fair at Ka Makana Aliʻi, Kaukau & Kars: Toys 4 Tots Drive, and Mahalo I Kau Kumu Holiday Gift Fair & School Supply Drive for Teachers.
Mālama Hawaiʻi Makers Market hosts six dates of Mālama Hawai'i Makers Market at Ala Moana Center (Mall Level 2, Mauka Wing), Black Friday Makers Market at Ala Moana Hotel, and the December Haleiwa Town Market. Rounding out Oʻahu are five 808 Craft and Gift Fairs events (Waterfront Plaza Harbor Days Holiday Fair with $3 parking, Windward City Shopping Center Craft & Gift Fair – Kāneʻohe Christmas Parade Day, Pearl City Christmas Parade Food & Craft Fair (808 Craft & Gift Fairs), Ewa Town Center Holiday Craft Fair, and Palisades Neighborhood Market – Holiday edition) and four Fridays of Hilton Grand Vacations Club Made in Hawaiʻi Pop-Up Market (Grand Waikikian, Hilton Hawaiian Village) in Waikīkī.
Four of Maui's eight holiday fairs are in Upcountry Maui, with the rest in Kahului, Wailuku, Lahaina, and Wailea. See weekly markets on the Maui markets page.
Maui's flagship event is the two-day Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival in early November at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului (madeinmauicountyfestival.com). Launched in 2014 by the Maui Chamber of Commerce and the County of Maui Office of Economic Development, it requires a 51% Made in Hawaiʻi valuation within Maui County and drew over 101,500 retail shoppers and nearly 3,950 wholesale buyers across its first 11 editions ($3 million in sales). Friday is a Buyers' Preview, and Saturday brings over 140 artisans and food trucks from Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi, craft beer, music, free parking, and free shuttles from Queen Kaʻahumanu Center and the War Memorial complex.
Upcountry Maui hosts three community holiday events:
Four smaller fairs complete Maui's schedule: the mid-November St. Joseph Early Learning Center Christmas Craft Fair in Makawao, the early December Kalikimaka Craft Fair (Lahainaluna High School – Papa Hula o Lahainaluna) in Lahaina, Maui County FCU Holiday Fair in Wailuku, and the mid-December Grand Wailea Holiday Marketplace & Tree Lighting with over 40 Made-on-Maui vendors in Wailea.
Hawaiʻi Island lists 16 holiday fairs across Hilo, Volcano, Puna, Kaʻū, Waimea, and Kona. Browse year-round stops on the Hawaiʻi Island markets page.
At the Edith Kanakaʻole Tennis Stadium, Mālama Pono Events hosts Hilo Christmas Extravaganza Craft Fair on the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving, a handmade-only market with crafters and food booths ($2 admission; children under 12 free). In early December, Nelson and Kainoa Makua stage the two-day Nā Mākua Invitational Christmas Gift Fair in Hilo, an invitational showcase of handmade arts and crafts, apparel, jewelry, food, and music (free admission in 2025).
Over Thanksgiving weekend, Kākoʻo Hawaiʻi holds E Mililani mai Mākeke at Sangha Hall (Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin). In mid-December, the three-day Mele Kalikimaka Annual Holiday Craft Fair (Prince Kuhio Plaza) brings woodwork, jewelry, and treats to the Hilo mall.
Three Volcano events overlap around Thanksgiving weekend:
In early December in Keaʻau, the two-day 20th Annual Paradise Studio Art Tour opens studios and Studio F on Makuʻu Drive with demonstrations, donating part of sales to high school art programs. That same weekend, Makers Market Hui Holiday Market runs at The Stables in Pāhoa, and Friends of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park hosts Holidays in Kahuku at the Kahuku Unit in Kaʻū (Highway 11 near mile marker 70.5) with artisans, music, keiki activities, and free admission.
In mid-December, the three-day December edition of Big Island Art Fair brings over 20 Big Island art vendors, with a focus on Kohala, Waimea, and Hāmākua artists, and an art contest to Kahilu Town Hall in Waimea, while Mālama Hawaiʻi Makers Market hosts Mauna Lani Holiday Market on the Kohala Coast.
In Kailua-Kona, Kona Coffee Festival Made in Hawaiʻi Artisan Market opens in early November at Hale Halawai County Pavilion with handmade gifts and food trucks, and the monthly Kōkua Kailua Village Stroll 2026 closes Aliʻi Drive from Kailua Pier to Hualālai Road on one Sunday in mid-November and mid-December for over 100 vendor booths and live music (leashed dogs welcome). Rounding out Kona are the mid-November Kailua-Kona Holiday Artisan Market (Kona Commons Artisan Market, November) and mid-December SOKO Artists Pop-Up Holiday Sale by the South Kona Artists' Collective at Yano Hall in Captain Cook.
Kauaʻi's 11 holiday fairs run from Hanalei and Princeville through Līhuʻe and Anahola to Kōloa, Waimea, and Kekaha. Find weekly stops on the Kauaʻi markets page.
In Līhuʻe, Kauai Museum Christmas Craft Fair runs from midday into the evening on the first Friday of December alongside the Lights on Rice night parade on Rice Street, paired with the November and December editions of Kauai Museum 1st Thursday Courtyard Market.
In Kōloa, the County of Kauaʻi Office of Economic Development hosts the free Kauaʻi Made Holly Jolly Holiday Fair 2026 in mid-December at Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa with Kauaʻi Made vendors. On the North Shore, the Waipā Foundation holds its free Waipā Annual Christmas Craft Fair in early December in Hanalei with artisans, farmers, food, and Hawaiian music.
The indoor, free Kauai Island Crafters Fair has operated for over 12 years with rotating makers selling jewelry, sewn textiles, art, and home decor. It holds two holiday Saturdays at Kauai Veterans Center in Līhuʻe, a mid-November stop at Kauai Island Crafters Fair – Koloa 2026 at Koloa Neighborhood Center, and two dates at Church of the Pacific for the November Kauai Island Crafters Fair – Princeville 2026 and December Artisans & Crafters Holiday Fair (Princeville).
Rounding out Kauaʻi are two mid-December evening markets, Friday Shaka Kalikimaka at Kanuikapono Public Charter School in Anahola and Saturday St. Theresa Parish Christmas Pop-Up Market at Sacred Heart of Jesus & Mary Church in Waimea, plus the November and December editions of the West Side Kekaha Pop Ups (1st Saturday market).
Check the statewide holiday craft fair schedule, Oʻahu holiday craft fair schedule, and weekend planner before heading out, and cluster fairs by neighborhood. Arrive at opening, or use early-entry windows at Nā Lehua Marketplace & Festival ($25 Early Access) and Hawaii Okinawa Center ($5 donation).
Blaisdell parking is $8 ($10 with in-and-out privileges at Mele Kalikimaka Marketplace), Waterfront Plaza charges $3 all day, and a JCCH Gift Shop purchase validates parking for two to four hours. Bring small bills for $2 to $7 door fees and bake sales. Pack canvas tote bags and a cooler bag for poke, haupia, or chocolate.
For mainland gifts, pick silk scarves, jewelry, ornaments, handwoven textiles, and commercially sealed bags of roasted Hawaiian coffee, processed macadamia nuts, cookies, and candies. Under USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rules, travelers may take roasted coffee and commercially processed foods to the U.S. mainland. Fresh coffee berries and most fresh fruits and vegetables are prohibited. Present all food and plant items to the USDA inspector at the airport before you leave Hawaiʻi.
Some fairs fill months ahead: Made in Maui County Festival opened its 2026 vendor applications in May, and Kalama Beach Club lists its November fair as sold out. Made in Maui County Festival vendors must manufacture in Maui County at a 51% Made in Hawaiʻi valuation, and Holly Jolly Holiday Fair is presented by the county Kauaʻi Made Program for Kauaʻi Made vendors. For single weekends or multi-date mall runs, Island Craft Fairs & Events, 808 Craft and Gift Fairs, Mālama Hawaiʻi Makers Market, and Kauai Island Crafters Fair each run several dates across the season. See our guide on where to sell in Hawaiʻi for application links.
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