A brand-new holiday shopping event is landing in Kissimmee this fall, and it comes with Santa Claus, a mischievous stealth elf, and enough vendor booths to fill a 47,850-square-foot exhibit hall. The Kissimmee Home & Holiday Market opens Nov. 7 and runs through Nov. 8 at the Events Center at Osceola Heritage Park, offering two days of shopping, local vendors and family activities.
According to WFTV, market vendors will sell unique gifts, handcrafted items, holiday décor and specialty products, with Santa Claus himself appearing both days of the market. Paid admission includes a complimentary Nice List certificate from Santa, and a stealth elf will roam the market floor, surprising some attendees with shopping giveaways along the way.
Doors open Saturday, Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. and close at 6 p.m., while Sunday, Nov. 8, runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the station's report notes. Adult admission for ages 17 to 54 costs $10, while visitors 55 and older pay $8. Children 16 and younger get in free.
Behind the Scenes: Who's Running the Show
The market is produced by In-Person Events, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based promoter that set a $300 booth fee for craft and retail vendors and an application deadline of October 31, according to Eventeny, which coordinates vendor registration and logistics online for the event. While Osceola Heritage Park itself is a county-owned venue, the promoter behind this particular market operates out of state, managing vendor recruitment largely through web-based platforms.
Advance tickets are available digitally through Ticketmaster and the event's official website, along with in-person sales at the Osceola Heritage Park box office, per Osceola Heritage Park. The venue sits at 1875 Silver Spur Lane in Kissimmee, roughly 20 minutes from Orlando International Airport and Central Florida's major theme park corridor.
A Venue Built for Big Crowds
The Events Center at Osceola Heritage Park features more than 60,000 square feet of total event space, including a clear-span main exhibit hall with 28-foot ceilings capable of holding up to 274 10-by-10-foot vendor booths. That capacity has already been tested this year: the venue's Magik and Mythk Festival in August featured over 200 vendor booths, as Hoodline previously reported, showing the facility's established track record of hosting large indoor consumer shows regardless of Central Florida's weather.
Osceola Heritage Park is a 200-acre entertainment complex owned by Osceola County and operated by venue manager Legends Global, hosting more than 500 event days annually and generating over $108 million in annual economic impact, according to Business Wire. The complex also includes the 10,000-seat Silver Spurs Arena and the 5,400-seat Osceola County Stadium, and it's in the middle of a $50 million joint redevelopment framework between the county and Orlando City Soccer Club to upgrade the eastern section of the park with stadium improvements, a hotel and restaurants.
Why a Holiday Market, Why Now
The timing lines up with two broader trends reshaping the region. Osceola County's population reached 481,718 residents in 2025, a 23.9 percent jump since 2020 that has made it one of the fastest-growing counties in Florida, per the U.S. Census Bureau. That growth expands the local customer base for seasonal retail and home-goods vendors looking to set up shop in the area.
Nationally, the National Retail Federation projected in October that U.S. winter holiday retail spending in November and December will climb 4.2 percent over last year to a record $1.013 trillion, with holiday sales making up roughly 19 percent of annual retail activity. Tourism remains Osceola County's dominant economic driver in its own right, generating $11 billion in total economic impact and supporting 41,000 jobs in 2025, according to Experience Kissimmee.
How the new market's turnout compares with established Heritage Park events, and how many vendors ultimately sign on before the October 31 application deadline, remains to be seen. For now, organizers are promising a weekend built around holiday shopping, family activities and a few surprises from that roaming stealth elf.
