Moss Cottage Christmas & Market
Saturday 6 December 2025
11am – 3pm
25+ local vendors
local musicians on the outdoor stage
carolers, cookie decorating, lantern-making
Moss Cottage Christmas & Market is presented by the Sooke Region Museum & Visitor Center at 2070 Phillips Rd in Sooke, BC. This festive event highlights the rich heritage of local food producers, artists, artisans, and entrepreneurs, while enjoying holiday traditions around historic Moss Cottage. See full list of vendors, performers, and activities below.
Moss Cottage Christmas & Market is an outdoors market rain or shine, it is important to dress appropriately and have tent sides.
Market Vendors for Saturday 6 December
Food
Trotter Bakes – gluten free bakery
Bits of Bliss Confectionery – fun and old-school doughnuts, fritters, dessert bars and other treats
South Island Lunchbox – fresh fun foods, locally sourced ingredients (food truck)
Wildside Farm Collective – Wildcraft Infusions Medicinal Herb Farm and The Greener Side Farm, practicing organic, regenerative and biodynamic farming. Growing a variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs. Free range, organic chicken and duck eggs and organic pork.
Jam by Téa – handcrafted items, including jam made from locally sourced fruit and berries
Art, Craft, Jewellery, Fashion
Crochet Vibes Only – plushie toys and accessories
Samuel Borsellino – art/photography
Wood and Branch Creative Works – Artisan and jewellery – clothing, hand engraved rings, and welded goods
East Meets West Lapidary – cut and polished stones and jewellery
Driftwood Studio – felted animals, Christmas ornaments
Crochet by Hayley and Amazing Mandela Creations – handmade crochet items and Mandela dot art
Fine Art Photography – Bertrand Smith
Art by David Van Dyck – driftwood sculptures
Cece’s Dried Flower Art – necklaces, keychains, decorations, stickers, bookmarks
Blue Angel Creations – earrings necklaces and suncatchers
Woven and Wired – jewellery and crochet accessories
For the Home, personal products
East Sooke Soap – Local, handmade artisan soaps made in small batches
LilAli Designs & Creations – crochet, knitting, decor
MeLike Market – Natural Christmas Décor, Floral & Seasonal Green Creations – Handmade natural Christmas décor – moss gnomes, evergreen wreaths, reindeer, and festive floral designs
Moonset Candles – soy wax candles
Community Groups
Sheringham Lighthouse Society
Friends of Sooke Parks Society
Sooke Harbourside Lions
Music:
on the outdoor stage
Ben, 11am-1pm
Willis, 1pm-3pm
on the Servant’s Quarters porch
Aruna, 1pm-3pm
Moss Cottage Christmas
Caroling:
on the Moss Cottage porch
Sooke Community Choir, 11:30-12:30pm
Activities:
Gingerbread Cookie decorating ($5)
Lantern making with Friends of Sooke Parks (free)
visit Moss Cottage to see how the people who lived there in 1902 celebrated Christmas (free)
coffee, hot chocolate in the Events Pavilion (by donation)
