Give a Gift with a Story

The Magic and Mystery of This Years’ Holiday Craft, Food, and Gift Bazaar

There’s a reason Oklahomans keep flocking to this local holiday craft and gift bazaar year after year, fall leaves, twinkle lights and all: no algorithm on earth can replicate the thrill of standing in front of a hand-carved bowl and hearing the maker light up as they explain which tree it came from. There’s a certain mystery to it, too. You never know what you’ll find until you turn down the next row of tables. Across the state, small vendors like F.Thompson Art of Tulsa, Tall Oaks Wood, A & M Custom Jewelry, Bee Spectacular Studio, Carters Wood Creations of McAlester, Kristrinas Kreations, amazing bakers and food makers, and Serendipity Soaps bring that electric, one-of-a-kind connection to life, one table at a time. It’s an absolute joy to experience, especially in anticipation of the fall and holiday season.

Better Than Online

For vendors, bazaars are more than sales opportunities. They’re passion projects and pure community energy rolled into one. F.Thompson Art has spoken openly about the exhilarating trial and error of learning, festival by festival, what makes an audience stop in their tracks. That’s an experience no online storefront could ever teach us openly or as vividly. Carters Wood Creations turns lathe-spun bowls, duck calls, and travel mugs into instant conversation starters, each piece practically buzzing with the visible mark of a craftsman’s hand. Sharing the story with your special gift adds excitement to your gesture and is especially delightful to the receiver.

These are relationships built face to face and full of genuine excitement: a soap maker lighting up as she describes her essential oil blends, a jeweler thrilled to adjust a custom piece on the spot, a woodworker beaming as they point out the grain that makes one bowl truly unrepeatable.

Shop Without a Search Engine

For attendees, that’s the thrill of it! Online shopping offers convenience, sure, but it can’t come close to offering texture, scent, and story all at once. At a bazaar, you get to breathe in a bar of Serendipity Soaps before you buy it, watch a jewelry setting catch the light exactly right, or ask a wood artisan how long a piece took to shape — and see their face light up when you ask. You don’t just leave with a gift; you leave buzzing with the memory of who made it and why, and probably a great story to tell.

And here’s the best part: many of these incredible makers exist almost entirely offline and have little to no searchable footprint, no website, no algorithm-fed feed popping-up their way. You cannot scroll into them. You can only find them by showing up, wandering down a row of tables, and letting curiosity lead. That’s what makes the discovery so thrilling, it feels like striking gold, not getting served an ad. In an age of same-day shipping and faceless marketplaces, the Holiday, Craft, Food, & Gift Bazaar offers something wonderfully rare: a lively, person-to-person adventure where craftsmanship, story, and community mix in one unforgettable afternoon, and where the very best finds are the ones no search engine could ever have handed you.

Plan to see, touch, feel, and meet makers, creators, crafters, bakers, and local at this years’ Holiday, Food, Craft, & Gift Bazaar, October 9 – 10, 2026 at the Rhema Ninowski Event Center, 1367 W. Kenosha St. in Broken Arrow. Parking and admission are free. You’ll want to bring the little ones too: on Friday, Oct. 9, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. they can meet Cinderella, and on Saturday, Oct. 10 the kids can visit Elsa from 10 a.m to 3 p.m., and The Magician from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. These are fun selfie opportunities!

Holiday Craft, Food & Gift Bazaar 2026 Event Details

• Friday and Saturday, October 9-10,
• 2026 Rhema Ninowski Event Center
• Broken Arrow, OK
• Free Admission and Parking