After four festive years in Buckhead Village, the beloved Atlanta Christkindl Market has announced its relocation to Lawrenceville for the 2025 holiday season, marking the end of a cherished chapter for the neighborhood’s holiday traditions.
Since opening in 2021, the Atlanta Christkindl Market transformed a small corner of the Buckhead Village into a winter wonderland each Christmas season. Located along East Paces Ferry Road, the market brought authentic German Christmas traditions to the heart of Buckhead, becoming an integral part of the neighborhood’s holiday celebration.
For four consecutive years, Buckhead residents and visitors alike enjoyed the market’s distinctive blend of German culture and holiday cheer, with traditional wooden vendor huts creating an authentic European Christmas market atmosphere right in their backyard.
The decision to relocate the market to Downtown Lawrenceville’s Lawrenceville Lawn stems from the market’s tremendous growth over its four-year run in Buckhead. What began as an intimate holiday gathering in 2021 has evolved into one of Atlanta’s premier Christmas destinations, attracting increasing numbers of vendors and visitors each year. As photos from last year’s market show, the site was literally bursting at the seams, unable to handle the crowds that converged to celebrate. ( Download and use a couple of these nighttime drone shots. https://www.christkindlmarket.org/photo-gallery )
The new location at Lawrenceville Lawn (210 Luckie Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046) offers significantly more space to accommodate the market’s expansion. For 2025, organizers plan to feature over 70 vendors—a number that would have overwhelmed the more compact Buckhead Village site.
The departure of the Christkindl Market represents a notable loss for Buckhead Village’s holiday landscape. Over its four-year tenure, the market had become synonymous with the start of the holiday season in Buckhead, drawing both local families and visitors from across metro Atlanta.
The German American Cultural Foundation of Atlanta, which organizes the annual event, faced the difficult decision of either limiting the market’s growth or finding a larger venue. Ultimately, the foundation chose to prioritize the market’s expansion and the enhanced visitor experience that a larger space could provide.
Beginning with the 2025 holiday season, Buckhead residents planning to continue their Christkindl Market tradition will need to travel approximately 30-40 minutes to Lawrenceville, depending on traffic. The market has arranged for parking at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center (75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30046), addressing one of the key challenges that had become increasingly problematic at the Buckhead location.
The 2025 market will operate through Christmas Eve, maintaining its Wednesday through Sunday schedule. Entry remains free, ensuring the market stays accessible to all who wish to experience its unique holiday offerings.
While the address has changed, the market’s core attractions remain the same:
The expanded space in Lawrenceville allows for additional vendor booths, more comfortable walkways, enhanced entertainment areas, and better facilities for families with children—improvements that had become increasingly necessary as the market outgrew its Buckhead home.
As the 2024 holiday season concluded, so too did Buckhead Village’s four-year run as home to the Atlanta Christkindl Market. While the market’s growth necessitated the move, many Buckhead residents will undoubtedly miss having this slice of German Christmas tradition within walking distance.
The relocation to Lawrenceville for 2025 ensures the market can continue to grow and thrive, even if it means Buckhead must say “Auf Wiedersehen” to one of its most beloved holiday attractions. For those willing to make the journey to Gwinnett County, the Atlanta Christkindl Market promises to deliver the same authentic German Christmas experience that made it a Buckhead favorite—just at a new address.