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Guildhall Craft Fair

Friday 13 – Sunday 15 November 2026 Opens in 34 days

Friday to Sunday; listed start time 10am

10am–6pm each day (2025 times; 2026 listing gives a 10am start)

The Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Derry~Londonderry, County Londonderry · Northern Ireland

MakersFood & drinkIndoor

The ornate red sandstone Guildhall in Derry, with its clock tower and tall Gothic windows, glowing in low sunlight
The Guildhall in Derry~Londonderry, home of the Guildhall Craft Fair (photo 2016) — Photo: Udit Kapoor, CC BY-SA 4.0

A three-day Christmas craft and artisan food fair inside Derry's Guildhall, where everything on sale is handmade in Ireland.

The Guildhall Craft Fair is Derry City & Strabane District Council's annual pre-Christmas fair, held over a weekend in mid-November inside the Guildhall in the city centre. It brings together craft design-makers and artisan food producers from across Ireland, and the council's rule is that every item on sale must be handmade in Ireland.

Expect ceramics, jewellery, woodwork, textiles, candles, prints and skincare alongside local food producers; the 2025 trader list ran to around 30 named makers, and the 2025 fair also had live music. The council marked the fair's 20th anniversary in 2025.

It is an indoor event, so it's a good wet-weather option, and it is popular with people buying Christmas gifts early. In 2025 it opened 10am–6pm on all three days.

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2026–27 Fri 13 – Sun 15 Nov 2026Friday to Sunday; listed start time 10am Coming up
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2025–26 Fri 14 – Sun 16 Nov 2025Friday to Sunday, 10am–6pm Held

Dates are taken from the market’s own website or official announcements and were last checked on 6 October 2026. Plans can change, so please check with the organiser before you travel. Spotted a change? Tell us.

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