LOTS OF EVERYTHING
Running every Thursday throughout the year, on the first Saturday of the month seasonally and special Christmas markets.
A vibrant hub of commercial and social activity, supporting independent small businesses and providing a place for people to meet, connect and interact.
Winter WEEKEND
29 + 30 November 2025
10am-4pm
Memorial Square, Hay-on-Wye
Street food, local producers, makers and flea market.
Saturday 13 December 2025
10am-4pm
100 traders bring Christmas to the streets of Hay and Hay Castle with festive gifts, street food, mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, carols, Father Christmas and more…
HAY CHristMAS FAYRE
THURSDAYS
9am-2.30pm
Hay’s main market day, with forty traders taking over the square and surrounding streets every Thursday, fifty two weeks of the year, come rain or shine.
Well supported by locals doing their weekly shop, filling bags with store cupboard staples, seasonal produce, fresh fish, local meats, Welsh cheeses, artisan breads and treats.
There is also takeaway food and barista coffee, plus a well-established flea market around the Clock Tower and a rotating group of talented makers and craftspeople in the Buttermarket Hall.
SATURDAYS
10am-4pm
The monthly Saturday markets run seasonally on the first Saturday of the month, April to October.
Championing independent and artisan businesses, the monthly market focuses on speciality foods, artisan makers, local producers, gatherers and vintage resellers.
The vibe for Saturdays is relaxed. Visitors come to shop, sample produce, and sit on the square and Castle terraces to eat, drink and soak up the weekend ambience.
The square has a focus on food, with the Buttermarket showcasing fledgling and established designer makers. The Castle Honesty Bookshop is also transformed each month into a vintage fashion, collectibles, furniture and flea market.
SPECIAL DAYS
Hay Markets hosts special events throughout the year.
During the Hay Festival Winter Weekend at Hay Castle, 29-30 November 2025, the square will be transformed into a two-day Winter Weekend Market, with street food, makers and a vintage market.
On the second Saturday of December we also host the Hay Christmas Fayre. A destination Christmas market, this event has grown in popularity and size since it began in 2020. The Fayre is now organised alongside Hay Castle’s own Christmas market, to feature over 100 stallholders bringing a diverse array of handmade and unique festive gifts, complimented by choirs, Father Christmas for the kids and mulled wine for the adults.
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