Christmas markets in the canton of Valais 2026
3 verified Christmas markets in the canton of Valais – with date range, opening hours and source for every entry.
Checked at the source: 3 of 3 dates confirmed · as of 6 October 2026
Christmas markets in the canton of Valais
2 places, each with dates and a checked source
📅 3 markets 2026 with run and closure days
Brig-Glis opens the season in the canton of Valais, on Friday, 4 December 2026. 3 of the 3 markets carry a run documented at the source; filter by place, weekday and evidence status.
The first verified Christmas market in the canton of Valais opens on Friday, 4 December 2026.
The tourist office has published this 2026 date.
- Meeting point
- Stadtplatz Brig, 5 Minuten ab Bahnhof
- Organiser
- Gewerbeverein Brig-Glis
Around 25 market huts on the Stadtplatz, five market days from Friday to Tuesday: the market does not end on Sunday but on 8 December.
Good to know- Brig Simplon Tourism's event calendar lists five market days from 4 December for 2026; the description on the same site still says "between 5 and 8 December". We carry the calendar, because it states the year.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 6 October 2026
The organiser has published this 2026 date themselves.
- Start
- 11:00
- Opening hours
- Monday to Thursday 14:00–19:00, Friday 14:00–21:00, Saturday 11:00–21:00, Sunday 11:00–19:00 · opening on 5 December 11:00–21:00 · 8 December (Immaculate Conception) 11:00–19:00
- Meeting point
- Place du Midi, 1950 Sion · Espace des Remparts, 1950 Sion
- Organiser
- Marché de Noël de Sion
8 December is a public holiday in Valais (Immaculate Conception) – and the market lists it separately with its own hours instead of letting it vanish under "Tuesday". It spreads across two squares, Place du Midi and Espace des Remparts.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 15 September 2026
The municipality has published this 2026 date.
- Opening hours
- 11/12 December 11:00–22:00 · 13 December 11:00–21:00 · 14/15 December 15:00–21:00 · 17/18 December 15:00–22:00 · 19 December 11:00–22:00 · 20 December 11:00–21:00 · 21–23 December 15:00–21:00
- Meeting point
- Centre-ville Monthey
- Organiser
- Ville de Monthey, Service Culture, Tourisme & Jumelage
Thirteen calendar days but twelve market days – and the hours change almost daily, from 11:00 at weekends to 15:00 on the weekdays in between. Anyone planning on "daily from 11:00" here arrives four hours too early to closed chalets.
Good to know- For Wednesday 16 December the organiser publishes no opening hours – every other day is listed individually. It does not say "closed", it stays silent: anyone planning to come on that particular day should check first.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 14 September 2026
🕐 2 opening hours closure days included
A market running «28 November to 24 December» still has days when nothing happens — and at the weekend it often stays open two hours longer. That is exactly what stands here, in the organiser's own words.
Monday to Thursday 14:00–19:00, Friday 14:00–21:00, Saturday 11:00–21:00, Sunday 11:00–19:00 · opening on 5 December 11:00–21:00 · 8 December (Immaculate Conception) 11:00–19:00
11/12 December 11:00–22:00 · 13 December 11:00–21:00 · 14/15 December 15:00–21:00 · 17/18 December 15:00–22:00 · 19 December 11:00–22:00 · 20 December 11:00–21:00 · 21–23 December 15:00–21:00
🏘️ 3 municipalities with organiser and run
No two of the 3 municipalities in the canton of Valais share the same run — each keeps its own calendar. For 2 of them we keep a page of their own: stall count, closure days and what the organiser actually published.
- Brig-Glis — Briger Chrischchindlimärt, Gewerbeverein Brig-Glis, 4 December 2026.
- Sion — Marché de Noël de Sion, Marché de Noël de Sion, 5 December 2026.
- Monthey — Marché de Noël de Monthey, Ville de Monthey, Service Culture, Tourisme & Jumelage, 11 December 2026.
📍 Location and access of the markets
Two markets in the same town rarely stand in the same place, and «old town» is not a route. Hence every published location separately — the square, the station, the lane.
- Meeting point
- Stadtplatz Brig, 5 Minuten ab Bahnhof
- Meeting point
- Place du Midi, 1950 Sion · Espace des Remparts, 1950 Sion
- Meeting point
- Centre-ville Monthey
🎒 Entry and weather — what the organiser announces
Is there an entry fee, is there a programme, and what happens in a storm? These are the details an aggregator drops because they differ from market to market — which is exactly why they stand here.
- Good to know
- Brig Simplon Tourism's event calendar lists five market days from 4 December for 2026; the description on the same site still says "between 5 and 8 December". We carry the calendar, because it states the year.
- Good to know
- For Wednesday 16 December the organiser publishes no opening hours – every other day is listed individually. It does not say "closed", it stays silent: anyone planning to come on that particular day should check first.
📊 Season comparison of the markets in this canton
The market in Sion runs 19 days, the one in Brig-Glis just 5 — same canton, a season of 20 calendar days. The bar shows where each market sits in the window, and who has closed before others open.
- Brig-Glis
🗺️ 12 cantons compared
5% of all markets we verified across Switzerland fall in the canton of Valais: 3 of 55. The table sets it beside the other 11 cantons with a page of their own — and shows where the survey grows next.
In the canton of Valais we list 3 Christmas markets across 3 towns, 3 of them with a confirmed date range. Every entry is checked individually at its source; where nothing is published, it says open rather than showing an estimate.
| Canton | Events | of which confirmed | First date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 6 | 6 | 18 November 2026 |
| Aargau | 3 | 3 | 3 December 2026 |
| Basel-Stadt | 3 | 3 | 26 November 2026 |
| Bern | 3 | 3 | 19 November 2026 |
| Fribourg | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Grisons | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Lucerne | 3 | 3 | 20 November 2026 |
| St. Gallen | 3 | 3 | 26 November 2026 |
| Ticino | 3 | 2 | 19 November 2026 |
| Thurgau | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| Vaud | 3 | 3 | 20 November 2026 |
| Valais | 3 | 3 | 4 December 2026 |
❓ Common questions about the canton
Short and sourced: every answer is calculated from the 3 checked entries for the canton of Valais, not estimated.
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