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Sept 2021
Harrogate to get second Christmas market
A second Christmas market is to be staged in Harrogate on the first weekend of December.
Harrogate Borough Council said in a statement today it had agreed a partnership with Little Bird Made to hold a festive artisan market in Valley Gardens on December 4 and 5.
The statement added that subject to an acceptable event management plan, the artisan market will feature around 60 local traders and producers.
The stalls will sell a variety of festive arts and crafts, clothing, homeware, jewellery, as well as locally produced food and drink.
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It will accompany the new Harrogate Christmas Fayre, organised across town by Market Place Europe, which will run from December 3 until December 12.
The fayre will see 50 stalls erected in Cambridge Street, Market Place, Station Square and Cambridge Crescent.
Harrogate Borough Council is also working with Harrogate BID and North Yorkshire County Council on the fayre, which will take the place of the one traditionally held on Montpellier Hill.
'Festive cheer'
Little Bird Made's website says its markets offer a "diverse, quality, shopping experience that celebrates independent producers".
Ripon resident Jackie Crozier, who set up Little Bird Made in 2018, said:
Cllr Andy Paraskos, cabinet member for environment, waste reduction and recycling, said:
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