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SUMMARY:The Sideyard Merry Market (Shakespeare)
DESCRIPTION:Spend the Afternoon in Shakespeare!\n\n Sunday, November 15, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Shakespeare Optimist Hall | Shakespeare, Ontario\n\nJoin us for a festive day celebrating local makers, delicious food & coffee, holiday traditions, and community. \n\nWhether you’re searching for one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts, meeting friends for a festive latte or lunch, or bringing the kids to visit Santa, The Sideyard Merry Market is designed to be more than just a market.\n\nIt’s a place to slow down, gather, and celebrate the season together.\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n SHOP LOCAL\nBrowse a thoughtfully curated collection of 40 talented local makers, artisans, bakers, growers, and small businesses offering:\n Handmade gifts Holiday décor Fresh baking & sweet treats Home goods Children’s items Bath & body products Seasonal creations…and so much more!\nEvery purchase supports a local small business.\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n VISIT THE SIDEYARD\nOf course, The Sideyard will be serving up all your favourites while you shop!\nWarm up with:\n Freshly brewed coffee Espresso beverages & specialty lattes Signature Dirty Sodas Refreshers Seasonal holiday drinks Fresh baked treats\nGrab a drink, wander the market, and stay awhile!\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n VISIT SANTA\n11:00 AM – 2:00 PM\nBring the kids for a visit with Santa and enjoy a little holiday magic! \nEvery child will receive a complimentary hot chocolate and a candy cane while visiting Santa.Sponsored by The Best Little Pork Shoppe\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n KIDS’ HOLIDAY ACTIVITY CORNER\nHead upstairs to our Kids’ Holiday Activity Corner, where little ones can enjoy some festive fun while you take a break and enjoy the market.\nComplimentary Activities:\n Christmas colouring Make-your-own holiday ornament stationSponsored by Adams Building Supply\nPerfect for keeping little hands busy while the grown-ups enjoy a coffee and some shopping.\n Cookie Decorating Kits\nWant to make things a little sweeter?\nCookie Decorating Kits will be available for $5 and include:\n• Two holiday cookies• Icing• Festive sprinkles\nDecorate, snack, and enjoy some holiday fun together!\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n MERRY MARKET PASSPORT\nEvery shopper will receive a Merry Market Passport upon arrival.\nAs you explore the market, visit participating vendors and collect their signatures. Once your passport is complete, return it to The Sideyard before you leave for your chance to win our Merry Market Basket!\nFilled with generously donated goodies from participating vendors, the basket celebrates the incredible talent and generosity of our local small business community — while encouraging shoppers to discover all that the market has to offer.\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n HOLIDAY LUNCH & BISTRO\nThe Best Little Pork Shoppe will be joining us for the day, serving up delicious lunch for hungry shoppers.\nGrab your lunch and a drink from The Sideyard, then head upstairs to our Holiday Bistro — a cozy space to sit, relax, catch up with friends and neighbours, and enjoy a little time together in the middle of the holiday hustle.\nBecause we want you to do more than just shop — we want you to stay awhile. \n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n FEATURED MERRY MARKET SPONSORS\nA huge thank you to the local businesses and community members supporting The Sideyard Merry Market and helping bring this event to life!\nAdams Building SupplyThe Best Little Pork ShoppeRJ TrucksGrant & Cindy Scott\n MERRY MARKET VOLUNTEERS\nA special thank you to those helping make the day run smoothly and creating a welcoming experience for our shoppers!\nAdams Building SupplyShakespeare Men’s Club\nWe’re so grateful for everyone who is helping bring The Merry Market to life and making this community event possible! \n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n GIVING BACK\nADMISSION IS FREE!\nWhile admission is free, donations in support of the Shakespeare Optimist Hall are warmly welcomed and appreciated.\nYour generosity helps maintain this cherished community space and supports future events and initiatives that bring our community together.\n A donation box will be available at the entrance.\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n COME SPEND THE AFTERNOON WITH US!\nBring your family. Bring your friends. Grab a coffee. Shop local. Visit Santa. Enjoy some lunch. Make a Christmas craft.\nAnd most importantly — stay awhile.\nWe can’t wait to welcome you to The Sideyard Merry Market and hopefully start a new holiday tradition right here in Shakespeare. \n Sunday, November 15, 2026 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Shakespeare Optimist HallShakespeare, Ontario\nMore than a market. A holiday tradition in the making. \n
URL:https://visitstratford.ca/events/the-sideyard-merry-market/
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LOCATION:3976 Galt Street, Shakespeare, ON, Canada
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