Christmas in Azca: the most Christmassy market in Madrid arrives
2022/12/15
One of the most anticipated times of the year is just around the corner, when people are ready to share and give gifts: Christmas. This year, Mercado de Diseño has scheduled a whole month of design, a gastronomic area, a gourmet corner and a lot of Christmas spirit.
- The most creative market in Madrid returns with the best emerging design so that this Christmas gifts are 100% special.
- From December 16 to January 8, Plaza de Azca welcomes more than 70 designers to present their most original proposals.
- We will have a gastro area with proposals for Christmas food, concerts by the best emerging talent, special programming for the little ones in the house and activities to have a great time.
- Admission is free from their website.
We end this star plan with a 100% Christmas programme: concerts by the best emerging groups, theaters and special programming for the little ones, the inflatables at Big Jump Park , dance exhibitions and a varied gastronomic area to enjoy the best atmosphere.
Under the claim "We support good ideas", in this edition we will create a gift guide where you can discover unique and different products, to hit 100% with the purchase of Christmas gifts. This Christmas, Mercado de Diseño wants to help discover unique products, accompanying the best national (and international) talent together with a complementary cultural and leisure programme; For this, it has programmed a Christmas full of design, a gastronomic area, a gourmet corner and a lot of emerging talent.
market
The most creative and fun market in the city returns with the best emerging design so that this Christmas the gifts are 100% special and exclusive. Up to 70 designers will show their latest proposals and creations in fashion, toys, children's clothing, optics, decoration, footwear, jewelry, art and illustration in this very special edition.
From December 16 to January 8, Plaza de Azca will be filled with the best alternatives to give friends, family, children or your partner this Christmas that something so special that can only be found in Mercado de Diseño. Discover the brands that will participate in this edition here .
music programming
Safree, Nueve Desconocidos, Bearoid, Menend, Rebe, Tronco, Begut, Mamita Papaya and Amor Butano are the confirmed Christmas artists at Azca, a lineup full of the best emerging national talent to accompany a very special edition of Mercado de Diseño. And all this for free! Do you need more reasons to get your tickets for Christmas in Azca right now? Get them now on the Mercado de Diseño website .
Musical programming schedules at Christmas in Azca:
FRIDAY 16: BEAROID (20h)
SATURDAY 17: REBBE (1pm)
SUNDAY 18: TRUNK (1pm)
THURSDAY 22: SAFREE (8pm)
FRIDAY 23: BEGUT (20h)
THURSDAY 29: MENEND (20h)
FRIDAY 30: BUTANE LOVE (20h)
SATURDAY 7: MOM PAPAYA (1:00 p.m.)
SUNDAY 8: NINE UNKNOWNS (1pm)
Children's activities
For the little ones (and not so little ones) we bring an offer to match these important dates: rotating programming of all kinds of shows that will delight all the boys and girls who visit us. You cannot miss a space where the little ones send their letter addressed to Their Majesties the Kings of the East or to Santa Claus.
Children's content hours at Christmas in Azca:
SATURDAY 17: Children's workshops (12pm-2pm)
SUNDAY 18: Children's workshops (12-14h)
FRIDAY 23: Delivery of letters to Santa Claus (4-7pm)
MONDAY 26: Children's show (12-14h)
THURSDAY 29: Children's show (12-14h)
MONDAY 2: Children's show (12-14h)
THURSDAY 4: Delivery of letters to the Royal Page (16-19h)
SATURDAY 7: Children's workshops (12-14h)
SUNDAY 8: Children's workshops (12-14h)
Gastronomic Zone
There is no event without a good gastronomic offer! After strolling through the designer stands, when you work up an appetite, you can enjoy your favorite food at a selection of food stalls with international options to suit all tastes. Discover here all the offer that you can taste at Christmas in Azca.
Gourmet Corner
At Christmas you cannot miss a corner with handmade confections to treat yourself to that whim that we all deserve during these dates. Take home the Mercado de Diseño experience through our new Gourmet Zone, a space for brands that have unique, alternative and special gastronomic proposals, such as specialty coffee, oils, honey and all kinds of the most exclusive items.
Big Jump Park
Big Jump Park is a park designed and created for the enjoyment of people of all ages. The most fun inflatable park in the world lands at Mercado de Diseño to offer a unique experience in which children and adults can climb, do obstacle courses, swim in ball pools, and even play a game of football or basketball. On weekends, “Only Adults” sessions will be scheduled with a live DJ. Fun for all the ages!
Taste Fanático, the best specialty coffee
Since 2016, Fanático has become a reference point in the coffee sector in Madrid that you can taste at Christmas at Azca. We invite you to come and discover the world of coffee with the 5 senses. This unique blend is a secret combination of some of the best specialty coffee beans from the latest harvests from the most exclusive farms in the world. Of the 3 coffee continents. The best ranked from their country of origin. The result is a full-bodied, round and intense coffee. His recipe is the best kept secret of Cafés La Mexicana . We are waiting for you, fan.
dance exhibitions
Don't let the rhythm stop! At Christmas in Azca there is also space for dancing, Blanco y Negro, Vicky Cortés, OVAT CB and the musical performance of Cacahuete Pelado are the dance schools that will be in charge of giving their all on the Christmas stage in Azca.
Exhibition hours:
SATURDAY 17: Black and White (5pm)
SUNDAY 18: Vicky Cortés (4pm), OVAT CB (5pm)
THURSDAY 22: Peeled Peanut (musical performance) (6:30 p.m.)
SUNDAY 1: Black and White (20h)
WE ARE BACK TO AZCA
The Azca complex is located north of the city, in its economic-financial heart, between Paseo de la Castellana and Orense, Raimundo Fernández Villaverde and General Perón streets. Finished in the 1990s, the project approved in 1964 proposed the ordering of this area of Madrid, inspired by the Rockefeller Center in New York.
Communications with the new space are unbeatable:
- Metro: Nuevos Ministerios (lines 6, 8 and 10), Santiago Bernabéu (line 10).
- Cercanías: Madrid-Nuevos Ministerios.
- Bus: 5, 14, 27, 40, 43, 120, 126, 147, 149, 150, C1, C2, N22 and N24.
- Bicimad: Stations Calle Orense 12, Paseo de la Castellana 122 (Castellana in front of Hermanos Pinzón), Paseo de la Castellana at the corner of Calle Raimundo Fernández Villaverde and Avenida del General Perón in front of no. 36 (General Perón with Poeta Joan Maragall).
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN AZCA
Between December 16 and January 8 you can enjoy the best emerging bands on the national scene. Safree, Nueve Desconocidos, Bearoid, Menend, Rebe, Tronco, Begut, Mamita Papaya and Amor Butano are the artists who will provide the soundtrack to this edition full of talent in all its aspects, and all for free!