Charleston City Market

Browse four blocks of open-air sheds and the Great Hall for sweetgrass baskets, local crafts and souvenirs.

188 Meeting St · Charleston, SC

About Charleston City Market

The Charleston City Market was established in the 1790s and runs four city blocks, from the temple-fronted Market Hall on Meeting Street, completed in 1841, through a line of one-story sheds to East Bay Street. You wander the Great Hall and the open-air sheds, where vendors sell souvenirs and Gullah sweetgrass baskets, a style first made to winnow rice. A Certified Authentic Handmade in Charleston seal marks locally made goods. On Friday and Saturday evenings a Night Market of local artists takes over.

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