"Last year was the first year that we felt like this is so great going into the holiday season," Tera Angvall of Brush Prairie Farms told The Reflector in September. She was talking about the Battle Ground Farmers Market, the indoor market at 15 NE Grace Ave. that celebrated its first anniversary this fall.
Her first holiday season there came with a long break in it. This year that break is mostly gone. Over the next three weeks, the market holds five shopping days in a 15-day stretch. The last one falls the day after the city's 37th annual Holiday Tree Lighting, and one of them is the tree-lighting Friday itself.
Last November, the building went quiet for four weeks
The market opened on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, inside a remodeled former Anderson Plastics facility. The Reflector reported Saturday hours of 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Nov. 8 before it closed for the winter. After that last Saturday, The Columbian reported, a Holiday Market inspired by "A Christmas Carol" would run Dec. 5–6, and then the building would close for upgrades ahead of 2026.
That left 27 days between the final fall Saturday and the holiday weekend. The 2026 calendar looks different.
| 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Final fall Saturday | Nov. 8 | Nov. 21 |
| Saturday hours | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Holiday Market | Dec. 5–6 | Nov. 27–28 and Dec. 4–5 |
| Longest gap before the holidays | 27 days | 6 days |
The market's own site says the Holiday Market returns with "TWO full weekends" this year by popular demand. The fall Saturdays also bring live music every week from noon to 2 p.m. If you read this on publish day, Thursday, Nov. 19, the fall finale is two days away, on Saturday, Nov. 21.
A room that grew enough to carry two holiday weekends
The second weekend has demand behind it because of the vendors. On opening day in 2025, The Reflector counted more than two dozen vendors from around Clark County. This fall, the market lists more than 45 rotating local small businesses.
Some of that growth shows up on the farms. Alex Tappin of White Clover Farm described the earlier attempts to The Reflector: a 2022 market at the community center, then a move to the Wilco parking lot, then a year with no farmers market at all, when the farm went back to selling on site. Since joining the indoor market, the farm has scaled up. "We're growing at least five times the amount of produce, and now it's like every week," Tappin said.
The same story names the other regulars:
- Sugar House Bakery, a Vancouver-based cookie business that got its start at the market, according to Jared Taylor.
- Brush Prairie Farms, whose meat sales no longer depend on the weather, Angvall said.
- Childs Honey Bees, which brought live bees to its booth on anniversary day.
- Wooden Planet, where owner Mike Perkins sells personalized woodworking and portrait work.
- Grow Girl Greenery, Trish Morgan's decorated-plant business.
- Michael Delavar, a fine artist who paints pet portraits at his booth.
A holiday weekend built on makers like these explains the market's own description of this year's event: curated local makers and small businesses, gift-worthy finds, and seasonal treats.
One owner behind the market, the bakery and the taphouse
The holiday schedule lines up so well with downtown because much of downtown hospitality now shares an owner. The Battle Ground Farmers Market is owned and operated by the Battle Ground Hospitality Collective. Brothers Camden and Mac Spiller founded it, and they also own The Reflector. According to The Reflector, the brothers also own Maddox Industrial Transformer in Battle Ground.
The collective also runs Al & Ernie's Bakery Cafe, which opened south of the market in November 2024. The café is at 802 E. Main St. and is open Tuesday through Saturday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. In January, the collective acquired Tukes Taphouse at 113 E. Main St. in Old Town. Tukes opened on Dec. 9, 2023, so it marks three years in Old Town this December. Kirsten Nelson, the collective's community engagement and events manager, told The Reflector that its mission is "to strengthen community by creating welcoming, thoughtfully designed spaces and experiences that bring people together."
The next addition is set for early 2027. Al & Ernie's in the Village will fill a 940-square-foot space at 802 SE 14th Place in Battle Ground Village, with remodeling planned for late this year. The Reflector reports it will be about a third the size of the Main Street café and will offer a limited selection of baked goods along with espresso, coffee and tea. This holiday season, the full breakfast and lunch menus are still on Main Street.
If you read our August look at how Battle Ground's food scene is growing in three directions, this is the downtown thread from that story turning seasonal.
Thanksgiving weekend gets its own market
The new weekend is Friday, Nov. 27, and Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Both days fall inside Al & Ernie's Tuesday-through-Saturday hours, so a 6 a.m. coffee on Main Street can come before the market opens at 10.
The market is indoors, which it calls "the perfect rain-or-shine spot," and late November in Clark County usually needs that. For parking, the market points to its own lot next to the building and to overflow parking at SixEight Church, 606 NE 1st St. It also asks shoppers to stay out of the No Parking zones at nearby businesses.
Dec. 4 runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The second holiday weekend opens on the same Friday as the city's 37th annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Celebration. The celebration is free and held at the Battle Ground Event Center, 912 E. Main St. Last year's market weekend also landed on tree-lighting Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. This year it is the second holiday weekend, so that Friday is no longer the only holiday market shopping you get.
Here is the full day on Dec. 4:
- 6 a.m. Al & Ernie's opens at 802 E. Main St.
- 10 a.m. The Holiday Market opens at 15 NE Grace Ave.
- 2 p.m. Al & Ernie's closes.
- 3 p.m. The Holiday Market closes.
- 5:30 p.m. Outdoor activities begin at the Event Center.
- 6 p.m. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive.
- 6:15 p.m. The tree is lit.
- 6:30 p.m. Indoor activities begin, and the celebration runs until 8 p.m.
The city's schedule doesn't spell out what the outdoor and indoor activities include. Recent years give an idea of the format. In 2024, according to a Columbian event listing, the evening began outdoors with caroling led by the Battle Ground High School Choir. It then moved inside for hot cocoa, cookies, coloring sheets, letters to Santa, and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. In 2025, the City of Battle Ground reported that Luke Roger of Clean Choice Professional Services led a sponsored display of lights on the Event Center building, trees and light poles. That display was meant to stay up from the tree lighting through the end of December.
Saturday, Dec. 5, is the last day of the Holiday Market for 2026, again from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In 2025, the Holiday Market was the last weekend before the building closed for upgrades. This year, Dec. 5 ends a stretch of five market days in 15, starting with the last fall Saturday on Nov. 21.
Our Battle Ground neighborhood guide covers more of the area around Grace Ave., E. Main and Old Town.
If you're adding the Holiday Market and the tree lighting to your calendar and also wondering how a busier downtown affects your home's value, NW Luxury Group can help you find out. Start with an instant home valuation, then talk with LeAnne about what it means for your plans in the new year.
