Centennial's November Belongs to a Garden Center, a Coworking Space and a Free Bazaar

The City of Centennial has finished its signature event series for 2026 and says the 2027 lineup will be posted early next year. Last year, The Streets at SouthGlenn held its Grand Holiday Parade on November 21, with Santa's arrival and a tree lighting. This November, the confirmed holiday shopping comes from four hosts that aren't retail centers: a garden center, a coworking space, the same garden center's design team, and a weekend bazaar on County Line Road.

The four events run in order. Each is less formal than the one before it, and the last and biggest one costs nothing to enter.

1. November 6 to 8: Applewood Arts Festival at Tagawa Gardens, $6 admission
2. November 13: 5th Annual Holiday Market at The Village Workspace, Friday evening
3. November 18 to 21: Holiday Porch Pot Workshops at Tagawa Gardens, $5 to reserve
4. November 28 to 29: Colorado Christmas Bazaar on County Line Road, free admission

The Curated Opener at Tagawa Gardens

The season starts with the most structured event. The Applewood Arts Festival brings more than 80 booths of handmade food and gift items from artisans and crafters around Colorado into Tagawa Gardens. It's indoors, so the weather doesn't matter.

The hours are tighter than most weekend markets. It runs Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, November 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $6, and children 12 and under get in free. Tagawa's event page suggests making a day of it and having lunch on site while you shop.

This is the only event on the November list that charges at the door. That fits its role as the curated opener: a fixed booth count, an outside festival organizer and a set schedule. Since it closes at 3 p.m. on Sunday, a Saturday morning visit gives you the most time to browse.

A Friday Night Market at a Coworking Space

One week later, the season moves into a workspace. The Village Workspace at 7173 S. Havana St., Suite 100, holds its 5th Annual Holiday Market on Friday, November 13, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The 4 p.m. start is what sets it apart. Applewood runs on daytime weekend hours, but this market runs into the evening at the end of a work week. According to the Eventbrite listing, the event is open to all ages and has free parking. It also has booths for kids and nonprofits, alongside regular sellers.

The kids' and nonprofit booths say a lot about who this market is for. A festival that brings in artisans from across Colorado mostly draws professional sellers. A market that saves space for a child's table or a local nonprofit is built around the people who already come through that building. The fact that it's on its fifth year shows the host has kept it going on purpose.

The Week You Make It Yourself

The third week isn't about shopping. From Wednesday, November 18 through Saturday, November 21, Tagawa Gardens' design team leads Holiday Porch Pot Workshops. Participants build a winter planter from fresh evergreen boughs and seasonal decorations, meant to last all season.

There are eight sessions, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on each of the four days. Reserving a spot costs $5, and finished projects start at $65. Tagawa notes that bough selection and availability may change, and it encourages early sign-ups.

The $65 floor is worth comparing with the rest of the month. At the Applewood festival, $6 gets you in the door and spending is up to you. At the workshop, the reservation is cheap but the finished pot sets the real cost. If a porch planter was already on your list for the season, this is the one November event where you leave with exactly that, made to your own taste.

Because all eight sessions fall on weekdays plus one Saturday, the workshop week also fills the gap between the two shopping weekends. Nothing else on this calendar runs during those days.

The Free Finale on County Line Road

The month ends with the largest and least formal event. The Colorado Christmas Bazaar takes over 9555 E. County Line Road in Centennial on Saturday, November 28 and Sunday, November 29. A listing from Front Porch gives the overall span as 10 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday.

General admission is free for adults and children through the Colorado Markets event page. That page also lists a free Cookies with Santa event at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 29. The organizer advertises hundreds of handmade and boutique gift options, along with seasonal treats and drinks, and it warns that vendors sell out fast.

The timing is the important part. Thanksgiving 2026 falls on November 26, so the bazaar's Saturday is Small Business Saturday. The month began with a $6 curated boutique and ends with a free marketplace that opens on the weekend set aside nationally for shopping local.

The bazaar also brings some activity back to its stretch of County Line Road. Rock Bottom Brewery at 9627 E. County Line Road, a short way down the same corridor, was among the Centennial closures in Westword's August 2026 restaurant roundup.

Where to Eat Between Markets Has Changed Since Summer

Centennial's dining map looks different than it did a few months ago, with one opening, three closings and one bakery still on the way.

New: Pho Tumi opened at 8283 S. Akron St. and appeared in Westword's September 2026 openings and closings. The South Denver Guide listed it as open in its roundup for the week of September 9 and described it as a new Vietnamese noodle option for the Centennial and DTC corridor. On a cold November evening after the Village Workspace market, a bowl of pho is a short drive away.

Closed: Chicago Mike's Beef & Dogs at 11405 E. Briarwood Ave. closed the week of August 29, 2026. The South Denver Guide described it as a Centennial institution since 1998, known for Italian hot beef sandwiches, Vienna Beef hot dogs and stromboli. According to the same report, the family posted a note on the door thanking the community for nearly three decades of support. BopBowl at 8719 E. Dry Creek Road also appears among the closures in Westword's August roundup.

Coming: 85°C Bakery Cafe, the Taiwan-based chain, has a second metro location planned for the Southglenn area of Centennial. The South Denver Guide lists the opening date as TBD. The guide describes egg tarts, butter bread and milk pudding buns as the lineup that drew long lines at the chain's Aurora debut. If you've been watching for it, don't plan holiday visits around it until a date is announced.

Of the restaurants on this list, Pho Tumi on Akron is the one that's both new and open now, which makes it the easiest new stop to pair with a November market evening.

The November Calendar, Day by Day

Tagawa encourages signing up early for the porch pot workshops, so reserve a slot before the Applewood weekend. If you plan to visit only one event, the bazaar's Sunday is the day with Cookies with Santa.

Local businesses are a big part of what makes Centennial work, and that's true whether you're shopping its markets this month or thinking about your next home here. If you'd like to talk through what's changing around Centennial and what it means for you, Nino Pepper Real Estate is happy to help. Schedule a free consultation.