Atlanta Christkindl Market: Top Christmas Market in Atlanta
Grab a mug of hot mulled wine and stroll through the twinkling lights of the Atlanta Christkindl Market. The popular Christmas market is back for 2025, this time bringing a taste of German holiday magic to Lawrenceville.
This traditional German Christmas market is a great way to enjoy some holiday fun with authentic German food, warm beverages, and hand-crafted gifts. It’s the closest you’ll get to a European-style Christmas market without leaving Georgia!
I’ve visited the Atlanta Christkindl Market for the past few years, and it’s one of my favorite ways to kick off the holiday season. From the smell of roasted nuts to the sound of cheerful carols, it feels like stepping into a European winter wonderland.
Whether you’re visiting for the first time or making it a yearly tradition, here’s everything you need to know before heading to the Atlanta Christkindl Market.
Atlanta Christkindl Market
The German American Cultural Foundation’s Atlanta Christkindl Market has been one of the best Christmas markets Atlanta has had to offer since starting 2016. And admission is free!
In previous years, this Atlanta Christmas market was set up at Centennial Olympic Park, Atlantic Station, Buckhead, and Smyrna. But this year, the market will take place at Lawrenceville Lawn in Downtown Lawrenceville.
The market, inspired by the Christmas markets popular in Germany and all throughout Europe, features a village of more than 50 vendors, housed in Bavarian-style wooden chalets, selling food, beverages, and gifts.
Christmas Market Food and Drinks
The Atlanta Christkindl Market is the perfect place to try out some authentic German food and drinks, like Glühwein (a traditional German mulled wine), pretzels, bratwurst, schnitzel, potato pancakes, and chimney cakes.
You can also get treats like hot chocolate, spiced apple cider (with alcohol added or without), edible chocolate art, and crêpes.
I tried the Glühwein. You’ll receive it in a souvenir mug, which you can bring back for a refill at a discount all during the market days, just like at the markets in Germany.
We also tried the Pretzel Brat and Pretzel Dog with garlic parmesan pretzel buns and beer cheese from Woodstock Pretzel.
And for dessert we got Nutella Chimney Cake from Love Chimney Cake.
Everything was so delicious! Definitely stop by the Christmas market for lunch or dinner so you can try out all the different foods.
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Christmas Market Gifts and Goods
If you still need to do some Christmas shopping, the Atlanta Christkindl Market has plenty of local vendors and hand-crafted gifts.
You can shop Christmas ornaments and German Christmas décor. Other vendors have items like hand-crafted lace, wooden carvings, leatherworks, European candle houses, handbags, toys, and more.
Atlanta Christkindl Market Info
The Atlanta Christkindl Market at Lawrenceville Lawn is open from Wednesdays to Sundays from November 28, 2025 through December 24, 2025. The week of Christmas, there are added hours on December 22, 23, and 24.
The Christmas market is open Wednesdays-Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Monday December 22 and Tuesday December 23, the market is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Wednesday December 24, the market is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The market is located at Lawrenceville Lawn at 210 Luckie St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046.
Free parking is available in on the street throughout the Historic Square (2-hour), in the Downtown Lawrenceville Parking Deck behind the Lawrenceville Arts Center, in the Lucky Street Parking Deck, and in public lots a block east and west of the Historic Courthouse. You can find a parking map for Downtown Lawrenceville here.
Admission to the Atlanta Christkindl Market is free.
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Atlanta Christkindl Market FAQ
Does Atlanta have a Christmas market?
Atlanta has the annual Atlanta Christkindl Market, a Bavarian-style holiday market in Lawrenceville.
Can I bring a pet to the Atlanta Christkindl Market?
Yes, pets that are leashed are welcome at the Christmas market.
Is the Atlanta Christkindl Market open on Christmas Eve?
Yes, the Atlanta Christkindl Market is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve. This could be your new favorite Christmas Eve tradition!
Is the Atlanta Christkindl Market open if it rains?
Yes, the Atlanta Christkindl Market is a rain-or-shine event. This is an open-air market that is not covered, though, so you will get wet if it rains. Check their social media pages for any weather-related updates.
Is there an ATM at the Atlanta Christkindl Market?
No, the Christmas market does not have an ATM. All of the vendors take both card and cash.
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Have you visited the Atlanta Christkindl Market? Let me know in the comments below!
What a fun way to spend the holiday! We have similar market in Chicago and it’s so fun!
I hadn’t been to a Christmas market before, but I enjoyed it! Definitely a great holiday tradition!
The market looks like such a fun place to visit! I especially love the pretzel! It looks so good – I’m hungry now haha ?? I love that you get to keep the mug too! Here in the UK, you have to give it back, so I definitely think they should adopt that for over here!
The pretzel dog was so delicious! I might have to go back and get another!