Ooh la la! That European-style Christmas Market is back this winter and we’re excited

Posted on 14 April, 2023

Mull my wine and call me Santa—a European-style Christmas market is coming to town.

That’s right—dig out your cutest mittens and berets, mon cherie, because from 29 June to 2 July the National Rose Gardens will come to life as a European-style Christmas Market, complete with festive food and wine for The Xmas in July festival.

After a tres successful festival last year drew 45,000 visitors, French Christmas vibes are back for one long weekend of seasonal deliciousness from Thursday 29 June–Sunday 2 July.

From mulled wine and falling snow to melted cheese (raclette!) stations, real Christmas trees, wooden huts, hot chocolate, mulled wine, Christmas lights and live music, it’s all about celebrating the magic of Christmas…in July.

The 2022 Festival.

Across four days, sing along to Christmas carols, warm your hands over a fire and take a stroll through the Mulled Wine Gardens as you make memories and snap one heck of a selfie for the ‘gram.

Want to take your experience to the next level? How about renting a private igloo for your group or that special someone where you can feast on melted raclette cheese drizzled over hot potatoes and be warmed by a personal fire pit? Yes, there will be marshmallows to toast.

Raclette…noms.

Local distilleries will be offering a selection of things to warm you from the inside, while food stalls will serve crêpes, German hot dogs, Italian pasta in a cheese wheel, Belgian waffles, flame-torched crème brûlée and more. Le Noms.

Meet you under the mistletoe?