CHRISTMAS at the Milk Market is back and brighter than ever as a host of community events get underway from Friday December 5 right up until Christmas Eve.
This year’s celebrations will blend beloved traditions with exciting new additions, featuring festive food, crafts, art, music, and family fun under the market’s iconic Christmas canopy of lights, Christmas animated movies and Lego-style Santa’s Grotto.
Each weekend will showcase traditional daytime Christmas Markets, offering an abundance of local food, handmade gifts, and festive cheer.
Visitors can also enjoy a special open-air café experience every Friday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm, featuring food from Flying Cheese Farm Shop and Grill, Bon Appetit Creperie, Harpers Coffee, and SOS Cookies and Meltie Toasties.
And this weekend before the festive madness officially kicks off, Santa Paws and a Christmas Craft Fair in aid of Deel Animal Rescue takes place at the Milk Market from 11am to 3pm.
The Christmas markets will run every weekend up until the big day with the main dates Friday 5th – Sunday 7th December, Friday 12th – Sunday 14th December and Friday 19th – Wednesday 24th December.
Special market highlights include a Christmas Art Fair on Sunday, December 7, Christmas Vinyl Record and CD Fair on Sunday, December 14 and a Christmas Antique, Vintage and Craft Fair on Sunday, December 21.
Saturdays will feature the renowned Famous Food Market – Christmas Edition (8am–3pm), celebrating the best of Limerick’s seasonal food with artisan hampers, mince pies, puddings, Christmas hams and turkeys (pre-order advised), chestnuts, brandy butter, baked treats, and much more.
And of course the festive season is not complete without a visit from Santa Claus, who will be visiting the Milk Market on December 5-7,11-13,14, and 19-24 inclusive, as well as the chance to visit Santa’s Lego-Style Grotto.
And on Christmas Eve, last minute shoppers will have one final chance to shop for festive favourites from 8am until 2pm.
David Fitzgerald, manager of the Limerick Market said: “We’re thrilled to welcome everyone back for another magical Christmas series. Our community spirit, local food, and festive atmosphere make the market a truly special place to celebrate this Christmas in Limerick.”
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank our traders, staff, trustees, sponsors and our amazing customers who make the community at the Milk Market a special place to visit, reconnect and restock/refuel with the very best of local food and crafts.”