Nutcracker Market

https://www.houstonballet.org/support-us/special-events/nutcracker-market/tickets-events/fall-tickets/?utm_campaign=smg-2026-nutcrackermktsale&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24287273515&gbraid=0AAAAA9iLGBTTQbMFXe-_L1iImrjPgCj5g&gclid=CjwKCAjwotzWBhBFEiwA1JhPoNQxqaSkRsVlFKIkf8wGDWU4gYt0pzQkxVPIHWqLFeIl0nRKC3JEWxoCDRQQAvD_BwE https://www.houstonballet.org/support-us/special-events/nutcracker-market/plan-your-visit/shoppers-tips/ Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market has become the signature holiday fundraising shopping event in Texas that kicks off the holiday season! It is a one-stop shop featuring hundreds of merchants, offering unique items for everyone, including home décor, gifts, food, apparel, toys, accessories and more. It is the best way to shop and give back during the holidays, as proceeds from each admission and special event ticket that is purchased, plus 11% of all the merchandise you buy, goes back to Houston Ballet. HISTORY In 1981, visions of sugar plums inspired long-time Houston Ballet supporter Preston Frazier to approach the board of Houston Ballet Guild with a new concept and means to raise much needed funds for the Houston Ballet, its Academy and scholarship programs. His dream of a holiday market in the tradition of a European or Latin American street market has grown steadily and spectacularly ─ from humble beginnings in a church bazaar setting to a four-day shopping extravaganza at NRG Center. In 2024, more than 99,000 customers with a strong passion to shop spent $23 million at hundreds of booths ─ each offering unique items for the entire family, including home décor, gourmet food, apparel, accessories, toys, men's items and much, much more … and all of this just in time for holiday shopping! From the moment former First Lady Barbara Bush cut the ribbon at the opening of the Nutcracker Market, and through the many successful years filled with a lot of enthusiasm, imagination and dreams, the Nutcracker Market has become an annual tradition that…