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Photo: Old Spitalfields Market, December 2024. Andy Li / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Urban Makers returns to Old Spitalfields Market on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November, the last weekend date listed for 2026 by the organiser, and the event listing on the market’s own site gives the time as 10am to 6pm.
The guest market sets up on the Lamb Street side of Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, E1 6EW. Urban Makers has curated it every Wednesday and on the last weekend of the month since 2018, so the November weekend is a regular fixture rather than a one-off arrival. The organiser’s advice to shoppers is short: “Find us under the Urban Makers flags.”
The earlier 2026 weekend dates on the organiser’s list ran 21-22 February, 28-29 March, 25-26 April, 30-31 May, 27-28 June, 25-26 July, 29-30 August, 26-27 September and 24-25 October. The November pair closes that list. The market’s own events page files the weekend under “Fourth Weekend of Every Month”.
What is on the stalls
The Old Spitalfields Market listing describes “up to 30 stalls of independent designer-makers selling beautiful and unique products that cannot be found on your average high street”. It points shoppers towards homeware, ceramics, kids clothes and art.
The organiser’s own page sets out a wider range: jewellery, candles, skincare, clothes for children and adults, accessories, stationery, art, fashion, homeware and toys. Urban Makers describes the goods as “ethical and sustainable”. That is the organiser’s wording for the traders it selects rather than an independent certification, so anyone who wants detail on materials or sourcing should ask at the stall.
The same company runs the midweek market at the hall and lists its 2026 dates as open now, describing the Wednesday strand on its own page as “Bringing handmade back to Old Spitalfields Market since 2018”.
Times, and the Sunday difference
The 10am to 6pm time comes from the Urban Makers event listing on the Old Spitalfields Market site. The same page prints the venue’s general opening hours, which give Saturday as 10am to 6pm and Sunday as 10am to 5pm. Weekday hours there are 10am to 8pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and 8am to 6pm on Thursday.
The two sets of times do not match on the Sunday. Anyone planning a late visit on 29 November should check with the market rather than count on browsing until 6pm, and treat the earlier close as the safer assumption.
For the rest of the week, including food traders and what runs on each day, see the guide to Old Spitalfields Market opening times, food stalls and what is on each day of the week.
The weekend dates should also not be confused with the midweek market. Designer Maker Wednesdays run on the same Lamb Street side from 11am to 5pm, so those hours do not apply to 28 and 29 November.
Two Urban Makers markets on the same weekend
Urban Makers is running a second, separate event on the same dates: a Christmas Market at the Ecology Pavilion, 125 Grove Road, E3 5RP, in Mile End Park. That one runs 11am to 5pm with “50 different designers each day”, and runs again on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December. It is a different venue with different hours, and the Spitalfields weekend keeps its own 10am to 6pm listing and its own traders.
Urban Makers LTD has been based in east London since 2015, at 347 Roman Road, E3 5QR. Its Spitalfields page says the company “is continuing to bring handmade back to Old Spitalfields Market in 2026”, a line it has used across both the Wednesday and last-weekend programmes.
The 28 and 29 November dates land as festive trading builds across Shoreditch and Spitalfields. The round-up of Christmas in Shoreditch 2026: markets, late shopping and festive events in east London covers what else is running in the same weeks, and the Brick Lane Flea Market at 106 Commercial Street is another east London market listing for anyone building a day of it.
Shoppers who miss the November weekend have the Wednesday markets to fall back on, with the organiser’s weekend dates for the year ending on 29 November.