Photo essay

Holiday cheer takes over north-end neighbourhood

Agricola Street market closes street, attracts crowd to sample festive wares

By Tedi Buffett
4 min read
Three people taking a selfie with Santa Claus at the Agricola Street Holiday Market.
caption SooJung Yim and friends take a selfie with Santa during the Agricola Street Holiday Market.
Tedi Buffett

Kicking off the holiday season, Agricola Street closed to traffic on Sunday for an open-air holiday market. Strolling from Charles to North Streets, Haligonians gathered in crisp, cool weather to walk among stalls with hot chocolate and holiday crafts.  

Live music played all day, sponsored by Open Mic House.  

The event was organized by the North End Business Association.

The sign for the Agricola Street Holiday Market in front of the road closure on North Street.
caption The street closure extended from Charles to North Street, with police present on both ends to guide traffic.
Tedi Buffett
Adrianna Ciccone (left) and Isabelle Gagnon (right) sitting at Merry Time Music Company's booth during the Agricola Street Holiday Market.
caption Merry Time Music Company was one of many businesses featured at the market. Adrianna Ciccone (left) and Isabelle Gagnon (right) sold holiday cards, CDs and T-shirts to support Merry Time Music Company’s pay-what-you-can music scholarship program.
Tedi Buffett
Exterior of Carlo Auto Service with line up in front of a tent for mulled wine.
caption Haligonians lined up for mulled wine outside of Carlo Auto Service, whose owner Bruno Ruffinengo is a sponsor of the Agricola Street Holiday Market.
Tedi Buffett
Two Bassett Hounds named Hazel and Stella wearing coats and pink bows.
caption Hazel and Stella were two of many dogs dressed for the occasion. Their owner, Jordan, dressed the basset hounds in matching coats and pink bows.
Tedi Buffett
Marcell Symonds performing on the Open Mic House Stage during the Agricola Street Holiday Market.
caption Live music at the market was provided by the community music venue Open Mic House. Vocalist Marcell Symonds sang for hours. His set list included several Christmas classics and other hits like Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car.
Tedi Buffett
Marcell Symonds performing to a crowd at the Agricola Street Holiday Market.
caption A crowd gathered to watch and dance as Symonds performed on the Open Mic House stage.
Tedi Buffett
Reaghan Moore and Marcell Symonds singing at the Agricola Street Holiday Market.
caption After watching Symonds sing from the audience, Reaghan Moore asked if she could join him. The pair sang a version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Tedi Buffett
Santa sitting at the Agricola Holiday Market.
caption Across from the Open Mic House stage was Agricola Holiday Market’s very own Santa. Between taking photos with families and children, Santa could be seen singing along to the live music.
Tedi Buffett

Share this

About the author

Tedi Buffett

Tedi Buffett is a reporter for The Signal and a masters student at University of King's College.

Explore more

Have a story idea?

Get in touch

Join the conversation

Recent News

Explore more