Find Craft Markets Accepting Vendors
Craft markets live and die by curation.
The good ones limit how many jewelry makers, potters, or candle vendors they accept, so you're not competing directly with three booths that sell the same thing. The weak ones let anyone with a check apply, and you end up next to a table of drop-shipped goods.
Canopy Season helps you tell the difference before you pay the application fee.
Craft market listings
Holiday Art Sale (Auburn Parks & Rec)
CraftThe Holiday Art Sale is a one-day event run by Auburn Parks and Recreation featuring 100 local and regional artists sell handmade work including pottery, paintings, personalized items, photography, handmade soap, jewelry, gourmet food items, scarves, hats, and candles. The field is handmade-only, so resale and commercially manufactured goods don't fit. Proceeds support the Auburn Arts Association and its art education programs. Announcements run through Auburn Parks and Recreation and Auburn Arts Association social media rather than a dedicated event page. Applications for this event open late September and are first come, first served.
Fall Vintage & Handcraft Fair
CraftThe Fall Vintage & Handmade Fair is an indoor vintage and handmade market held in a Halloween-weekend edition, positioned as a kickoff to the holiday buying season. It runs 10 AM to 5 PM and is described as one of the larger fairs in its local area. The indoor venue means no weather exposure and no canopy needed.
Spinners Pumpkin Patch Arts & Crafts Show
CraftTwo-day original art and craft show run by the Prattville Spinners with about 130 exhibitors from across the Southeast, set under shade trees at Spinners Park. Food vendors, free entertainment, and children's activities. Note: You must contact this organizer directly to apply—no application link or vendor information is available online.
Omaha Holiday Boutique
CraftThe Omaha Holiday Boutique is a three-day event held at the CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center, features over 200 vendors selling holiday decor, apparel, jewelry, toys, gourmet treats, and gifts. Most vendors are Nebraska-based, and the show is positioned around supporting local and small businesses during the holiday season.
Nutcracker Faire
CraftThe Nutcracker Faire runs December 5–6, 2026, at the Homer High School Commons and Gym. Hosted by the Homer Council on the Arts, it features local arts and crafts, food vendors, and a live music stage. Eligibility is geographically restricted: work must be made on the Kenai Peninsula. Makers outside that area aren't eligible.
Winter Arts & Crafts Fair
CraftA holiday craft market at Kenai Central High School's commons and gym, running Friday and Saturday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Vendors sell homemade and original artistic goods aimed at holiday gift shoppers. Thanksgiving-weekend timing puts this at the front of the local shopping season, which favors gift-ready inventory. Vendors are welcome to reserve a booth by dropping off an application at the Kenai Fine Art Center or by mailing it in. They do not accept applications via email because your payment must accompany the application in order to reserve a booth. Please make checks payable to “Peninsula Art Guild.”
NEACA Spring Craft Show
CraftNE Alabama Crafters Assoc. juried handmade craft show, over 200 vendors.
Minot Spring Show
CraftThe Minot Spring Show features over 250 booths of handmade crafts, art, and baked goods. Now in its 36th year, it's part of The BIG ONE Arts & Craft Fair series, which also runs the region's Christmas shows. The indoor venue removes early-April weather risk.
Custer's Spring Arts & Crafts Show
CraftCuster's 50th annual Spring Arts & Crafts Show at Spokane Fair & Expo Center features over 250 artisans from across the Northwest selling fine art, hand crafts, and specialty foods. Expect jewelry, hand-thrown pottery, fused glass, woodworking, painting, metal art, photography, fiber art, soaps, candles, and mixed media. This is the spring counterpart to their popular Christmas show.
Pocono State Craft Festival
CraftPocono State Craft Festival, held in August at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm in Stroudsburg, is a juried fine-craft show run rain or shine. Applications close early June, then rolling until filled. Email poconocraftsshow@gmail.com or visit poconocrafts.com/apply for details.
Market Day (Newtown Historic Assoc.)
CraftIn its 49th year, Market Day is an annual Newtown tradition held in the historic borough streets and celebrates the colonial tradition of local farmers and craftspeople bringing homemade wares to town. The event draws a close community and surrounding Bucks County crowd. Vendors include crafters, artisans, artisan food vendors, food trucks, and colonial craft demonstrators. Programming features live music, colonial-era demonstrations and reenactments, family activities, and a puppet show. All proceeds benefit the Newtown Historic Association.
Poulsbo Makers Faire
CraftThe Poulsbo Makers Faire runs Friday through Sunday on the last weekend of June at the Poulsbo waterfront park, with live music alongside the vendor field. It's built to highlight the DIY community and appeals to a broad range of makers — soap, candles, woodworking, arts and crafts, and more. Three days on the waterfront means planning for multi-day staffing and inventory.
How to Find Craft Markets That Fit Your Work
Most craft markets are juried, which means you're submitting photos and paying a non-refundable fee to be considered. Before you apply, it's worth knowing what the jury is looking for, how many vendors in your category get accepted, and what the market's reputation is among vendors who've done it before.
What Vendors Should Consider Before Applying
The goal is not finding more events. The goal is finding events worth your time, effort, and budget.
Being accepted is only the first hurdle. Being accepted into the right craft market is what matters.
Why Vendors Use Canopy Season
Craft market vendors need signal, not noise. Canopy Season surfaces the details that help you decide which juries are worth the fee.
Questions & Answers
How do I find juried craft markets accepting applications?
Canopy Season lists juried craft markets alongside their application windows and jury fees. Filter by state or city, then click through to the vendor page for the jury details specific to each event.
What is a jury fee and is it refundable?
A jury fee is what you pay to be considered — typically $20–$35 based on Canopy Season's data, with some markets charging up to $65. It covers the review process and is almost always non-refundable, whether you're accepted or not. Some markets waive it for returning vendors in good standing.
How do craft markets handle handmade vs. resale?
Most juried craft markets require items to be handmade by the vendor. That means no drop-shipping, no reselling wholesale goods, and often no imported items even if you assembled them. Non-juried markets are more flexible. Read the vendor policy before you apply.
When do craft market applications typically open?
Fall and winter markets open applications in spring or summer. Spring markets open in the winter. If you're waiting until you see the event's public marketing, you're usually too late — vendors are locked in weeks or months before shoppers hear about it.
What's a typical craft market booth fee?
Most craft market booth fees fall between $60 and $265, with a median around $125. Small community markets can be under $30; larger juried craft shows can run $500+. Booth fees usually correlate with expected attendance and category exclusivity.
Why use Canopy Season instead of other event directories?
Unlike many event listing websites that rely on outdated submissions or automated data collection, Canopy Season focuses on human-verified event information. The goal is simple: save vendors time, reduce surprises, and help them confidently choose events worth their investment. With searchable listings, verified details, application information, and vendor-focused tools, Canopy Season is designed specifically for people who make their living selling at events.