Friday 5th December: 5pm – 9pm

5pm – 6pm: VIP Hour exclusively for PR, press, and influencers
6pm - 9pm: Open to ticket holders

Our Mindful Market pop-up will return to the basement, with additional stalls on the concourse floor.

All Corn Exchange retailers are warmly invited to open late for the evening. We ask each retailer to create an exclusive offer or incentive to give customers a reason to shop on the night.

Sponsorship confirmed with Print Work; so we’ll once again be creating a sticker map to encourage shoppers to visit every retailer and purchase during the evening. Other Sponsorships are currently in discussion, and do let me know if this is something yourself would be interested in to send over details.

Other Add-Ons

Live music (TBC, but we’re in conversation with a brass band to bring a festive, feel-good atmosphere).
Food & drink offerings to create a warm, celebratory evening environment.
All set against the backdrop of the Corn Exchange decked out in Christmas decorations — the perfect festive setting.

This is about creating a buzzing, collaborative shopping experience alongside a “night out” and reason to celebrate that encourages mindful consumption and supporting small and indie this festive season.

Alongside the main event, we’re planning a VIP Preview Evening at a nearby venue (Date TBC). Local press, PR contacts, and influencers (Aiming to contact 50+) will be invited to see a curated preview of what will be on offer at the Night Market.

Retailers are welcome to select a product to display at this preview, ensuring your shop gets exposure ahead of the event.

This evening will be content and socials-led: everyone will be creating and sharing across their platforms, driving ticket sales and helping spread the message of shopping small, independent, and mindfully this Christmas.

Organic Content: Similarly to June, one of our content pillars will be with participating retailers for a series: “How to shop more mindfully for Christmas in Leeds Corn Exchange” It will be less interview style, and more focused on your gifting products and the incentive you’ll have available on the evening.

Posters, Flyers and Drums: Once again posters and flyers will be distributed around Leeds and suburbs, and 100 A2 Posters will go up on the City Centre Poster Drums.

Our debut Night Market at Leeds Corn Exchange delivered incredible results here’s a snapshot of the impact:

• 300,000 Organic content views, with over 40% from non-followers

• PR Content results from the night racked up an incredible 1.5million views

• Over 400 ticket sales

• 100 posters across the Leeds city centre on large drum sites

• Featured on BBC Radio

• Hundreds of additional newsletter subscribers, all ready to hear about the next event

• Paid Ads across 4 posts → 37k reach, 64k views, 1k+ clicks