The Shoreview Farmers Market ended its outdoor season on Oct. 13 in the community center's lower parking lot, on the shortened 3 to 6 p.m. fall schedule. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, it opens again one floor up. The Shoreview Community Center at 4580 Victoria St. N. hosts the indoor market from 3 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 17. The vendors pack up at 6 p.m., and the city's free holiday tree lighting starts at that same hour at Haffeman Pavilion, 4610 Victoria St. N., just across the Commons campus.
The overlap comes back on Dec. 12. That morning the market runs from 9 a.m. to noon in the same building that holds Santa's Workshop. Both holiday market dates this season fall on the same day as a city holiday event on the same campus. If you plan the market and the event together, you get a whole afternoon or morning out of one trip down Victoria Street.
Same Market, Upstairs, With a Different Roster
The city's farmers market page lists the indoor market on the upper level of the community center. The community center's own event listing calls the room the fireside lounge. The listing pitches it with one line: "Come start your holiday shopping!"
The vendor list shows why. The 2026–27 indoor roster has no fresh-vegetable farm on it. It's built around bread, pantry goods and things you can wrap:
- Bread and baked goods: Bakery Farina, Solace Artisan Breads, The Nelson Loaf, Uffda Gals and A little this & a little that
- Pantry and kitchen: Gray Duck Syrup Co, Neens Herbaceous Herbs, Infusion Gardens, Four Muses Farm, Jeow Belly LLC, Summer Lakes Beverages and Welwe Hearty Foods, LLC
- Ready to eat: Eggroll Queen, listed as a food truck
- Gifts and handmade goods: Shell's Ceramics, Sandberg Woodshop, LLC, Wonder Paper Art, Kacie Liechty Art, Handcrafted Menagerie, Magic Tree Hill and Oak Forest Academy's student artisan crafts
- Body care: City Goat, BluGirl Soapworks, Bee Relaxed, LLC and Suds for Salvation
- For the dog: Adventures of Me & My Dog
A couple of these have their own Shoreview backstory. Bakery Farina is a home-based cottage bakery in North St. Paul that sells a range of sourdough breads and baked items. Solace Artisan Breads is based in Minneapolis, got its start at Shoreview's farmers market, and makes its bread by hand without preservatives or conditioners.
The city says not every vendor comes to every market. It sends out an e-newsletter listing which vendors will be at each date. Check that newsletter before Nov. 17 if you're after one particular loaf or potter.
Nov. 17 Runs From the Fireside Lounge to the Pavilion
Last year the November indoor market ran from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., according to the city's Fall 2025 ShoreViews catalog. This year it starts and ends half an hour earlier, at 3 and 6 p.m., so the market is closing just as the tree lighting begins.
| Time | Where | What's happening |
|---|---|---|
| 3 to 6 p.m. | Shoreview Community Center, upper level | Indoor market with local food and artisan vendors |
| 6 p.m. | Haffeman Pavilion, 4610 Victoria St. N. | Free holiday tree lighting with cookies, hot cocoa and caroling |
| During the lighting | Haffeman Pavilion | Donation collection for the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf |
Because of the food shelf collection, it's easy to do both in one trip. Shop the market, bring a bag of donations for the food shelf, and drop it off at the pavilion at 6. The pavilion is one of the city's rental buildings, with indoor and outdoor event space, restrooms, a fireplace, a garden and a pond. Restrooms and some indoor space are handy on a Minnesota evening in mid-November.
Dec. 12 Puts the Market and Santa's Workshop on the Same Saturday Morning
The second holiday market is the only Saturday on this season's indoor schedule. It runs 9 a.m. to noon. Santa's Workshop is in the same building that morning and includes a continental breakfast, crafts and a visit with Santa. It costs $15, and every guest needs a registration, adults included.
The workshop has two sessions, and both fit inside the market's hours:
- Session 1, 9 to 10 a.m. Do the workshop first. That leaves two hours to shop the market before it closes at noon.
- Session 2, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Shop the market from 9 a.m. and finish the morning with Santa. The market is still open for half an hour after the session ends.
Registration for Santa's Workshop closes Dec. 9, and the city says space is limited. Dec. 9 is also the last day to order a Letter from Santa, which costs $5 per letter. If your household wants both, plan on registering during the first week of December.
The Days Between Carry the Same Food Shelf
The Santa Cruise is Monday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. Santa rides through Shoreview on a Lake Johanna Fire Department truck along a route the city has mapped. Santa's helpers collect food shelf items for the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf, the same food shelf the tree lighting collects for. They also collect toys for Toys for Tots, which accepts only new, unwrapped toys.
That makes two city holiday events three weeks apart where you can drop off food shelf donations without a separate trip: the Nov. 17 tree lighting and the Dec. 7 Santa Cruise.
The city's special events page lists more December events at the community center:
- Holiday Cookie Decorating: Thursday, Dec. 17, 6 to 7 p.m., $20
- New Year's Eve Party: Thursday, Dec. 31, 5 to 8 p.m., $17 per person. Preregistration is required, and walk-ins aren't accepted.
After the Holidays, the Market Goes Monthly Through April
After Dec. 12, the indoor market settles into one Tuesday a month, back on the 3 to 6 p.m. schedule.
| Date | Day | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 17, 2026 | Tuesday | 3 to 6 p.m. |
| Dec. 12, 2026 | Saturday | 9 a.m. to noon |
| Jan. 19, 2027 | Tuesday | 3 to 6 p.m. |
| Feb. 16, 2027 | Tuesday | 3 to 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 16, 2027 | Tuesday | 3 to 6 p.m. |
| Apr. 20, 2027 | Tuesday | 3 to 6 p.m. |
These monthly dates continue the pattern from last winter. The city's vendor application for January through April 2026 set Tuesday markets on Jan. 20, Feb. 17, Mar. 17 and Apr. 21. In 2027, each date lands on the third Tuesday of the month. If you're a regular, you can put the whole run on your calendar now.
What Else Is Changing Near the Commons
The holiday calendar keeps Shoreview's winter centered on the Commons. Two projects nearby are on their own timelines.
Ramsey County Parks & Recreation scheduled trail improvements at Snail Lake Regional Park to start in October and finish in December. The work includes:
- Removing and repaving the trail from Gramsie Road to Snail Lake Road, plus the Snail Lake Boulevard loop
- Building an east-west boardwalk through the wetland to replace a section of trail that floods regularly
The work is paid for through Minnesota's Legacy Parks & Trails Fund, and the county posts a map of the project area and trail closures on the same page. Check that map before you head out for a walk this month.
Down Victoria Street, the former Fire Station 140 at 3615 Victoria St. is set to become Mi-Sant, a Vietnamese bakery and fast-casual restaurant. The plans include banh mi, pastries, noodle bowls, drinks, indoor and outdoor seating, and a test kitchen. In a Sept. 22 announcement, the city said the sale would likely close in early 2027 and the restaurant would open in mid-to-late summer 2027. Press Publications reported an expected closing in mid-January 2027. Until it opens, the indoor market is the place on Victoria Street this winter for local bakery bread.
At The Muske Team, we keep track of the Commons calendar for the same reason we follow Shoreview's housing market: dates like these shape how people use their neighborhood week to week. If you're thinking about selling a home within walking distance of the community center, get your free home valuation, and we'll show you what that location is worth today.
