Guinness Storehouse Christmas Market 2025

Although there hasn’t been a Guinness Storehouse Christmas Market since 2020, the festive celebrations at St. James’s Gate attract plenty.

Each year, the Guinness Storehouse goes all out for the season, filling its seven floors with lights, live music, and the unmistakable scent of festive food and stout.

For 2025, the celebrations kick off earlier than usual, with new night-time events, creative installations, and a lively mix of local talent.

Christmas at the Guinness Storehouse

Photo via the Guinness Storehouse

Although it’s still TBC for 2025, here’s what we know about Christmas at the Guinness Storehouse during previous years.

1. Location

The Guinness Storehouse Christmas Market (or the Winterfest, as it’s been called in previous years) is a month-long event that takes place at St. James’s Gate.

2. Previous years

In 2020 there was what was described as a Guinness Christmas Market, when in reality it was a handful of stalls set-up next to the gift shop
In 2021 there was Guinness Winterfest. Designed by Annie Atkins, Winterfest was a five-week Christmas experience
2022 saw a collaboration with Shane Griffin – an award-winning visual artist. This involved setting up a multi-media art installation over seven floors
2023 and 2024 saw a ‘Christmas experience’ with festive foods, live entertainment and immersive installations

3. 2025

The Guinness Storehouse’s main festive event, Christmas Nights at Gravity, runs from November 14th to November 29th, 2025. The Christmas Nights at Gravity events are separate ticketed evenings (€55) featuring live DJs, festive cocktails, and food by BIGFAN, all set high above Dublin in the Gravity Bar. Opening hours:

Monday to Friday: 10:00am – 5:00pm (last entry 4:45pm)
Saturday: 9:30am – 6:00pm (last entry 5:45pm)
Sunday: 9:30am – 5:00pm (last entry 4:45pm)

Will there be a Guinness Christmas Market in 2025

Photos from last years’ market @wemakegoodireland

Based on the last couple of years, I think it’s probably likely that we won’t see a Guinness Storehouse Christmas Market in 2025.

In 2020, there was a great buzz around what people thought was due to be a Christmas Market – the reality was (basing this on personal experience) a handful of stalls in the gift shop.

There was a lot of negative feedback online. In their defence, I don’t think it was ever intended to be a Christmas Market, but certain new publications love a click-baity headline.

It’s likely that this year there’ll be another collaboration with a local artist. We’ll update this article when we know more.

More Christmas markets in Dublin

So, there’s a handful of Christmas markets in Dublin to look forward to if all goes to plan. The most notable is the Dublin Castle Christmas Market which is going into its 5th year.

We’re waiting to hear whether or not Mistletown (Ireland’s largest Christmas event, apparently…) and the Dun Laoghaire Christmas Market will go ahead.

There are plenty of Christmas markets in Ireland confirmed, like:

FAQs about Guinness Winterfest

Courtesy Diageo Ireland Brand Homes via Ireland’s Content Pool

We’ve had a lot of questions over the last week asking about everything from ‘Is the Guinness Storehouse Christmas Market still running?’ to ‘How much are tickets?’.

In the section below, we’ve popped in the most FAQs that we’ve received. If you have a question that we haven’t tackled, ask away in the comments section below.

Is the Guinness Storehouse Christmas Market a thing in 2025?

We’re not sure. There hasn’t been a market there since 2020 and last years event followed a very different format. We’ll update this when we know more.

When is Guinness Storehouse Winterfest taking place?

The dates (and the event in general!) are still TBC but, if it does go ahead and if it follows last year’s dates, it’ll run from late November until early January.

Keith O'Hara

Keith O’Hara has lived in Ireland for 35 years and has spent much of the last 13 creating what is now The Irish Road Trip guide. Over the years, the website has published thousands of meticulously researched Ireland travel guides, welcoming 40 million+ visitors along the way. In 2022, the Irish Road Trip team published the world’s largest collection of Irish Road Trip itineraries. Keith lives in Dublin with his dog Toby and finds writing in the 3rd person minus craic altogether.