Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest offers joy, more Dec. 1-3

Woodfield Farm’s horse and wagon returns to Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest 2023 to shuttle shoppers from place to place. This and other free activities are featured from 10 a.m. to 5 p. throughout the weekend Friday through Sunday, Dec. 1-3. Bob Bond file photo

Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest 2023 is planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Saturday, Dec. 1-3.

Santa is beaming as he anticipates visiting with children in his Wiscasset Village Workshop from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1. Bob Bond photo

New this year is a Santa’s Workshop for families, a Christmas Cookie Challenge for bakers, a wreath-making demonstration, and workshops for holiday decoration making, according to a news release from Lucia Droby for Marketfest.

Familiar features return, such as the horse and wagon shuttle, wine tasting, tours of the Nickels-Sortwell House festooned for the season, and a free raffle for local dining, making a gift-shopping day in Wiscasset Village a satisfying Christmas tradition.

Help welcome Santa to his Wiscasset Village Workshop at 78 Main St., starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1. Santa will be arriving via a Merry & Bright Light Parade – cars, trucks, and ATVs lit and decorated for the season. When Santa arrives in the Village after parading around town, the evening’s festivities begin. Children waving light wands will guide him down the sidewalk to his local workshop.

For more information, visit wiscassetholidaymarketfest.com.