Exhibitor and Food Vendor Info

2024 Invitation

Welcome to the 47th annual Santa’s Art Shop Arts & Craft Show, located at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds in Ridgecrest, California. Santa’s Art Shop features over 100 Exhibitors selling original arts, crafts & food.

Each year, more than nine thousand enthusiastic holiday shoppers visit Santa’s Art Shop; making it the largest and most popular 2-day show in the area.

We have a total of just over 25,000 square feet of indoor space and over 4,000 square feet of outdoor space along the Midway for you to attractively showcase your wares.

Publicity for this event is widespread, covering parts of Central and Southern California.

Show Days

Saturday, December 7th, 9 am – 5 pm

Sunday, December 8th, 9 am – 4 pm

Set-up Days

Friday, December 6th, 1 pm – 7 pm

Saturday, December 7th, 6 am – 8 am

Approximately 3 weeks prior to the show, exhibitors will receive details via email regarding:

booth/space location
vehicle parking
and other helpful information

Show Categories

Santa’s Art Shop is open to selected original arts and crafts, hand-made arts and crafts sold by agents, as well as cottage industry crafts.

To be an Exhibitor

All Exhibitors must complete and mail in an application with the appropriate fees, Seller’s permit, and copy of Insurance certificate (see INSURANCE option below).

First-time exhibitors must send photographs of their artwork and or craft. Photos will not be returned. Your check and a reply will be returned if not accepted. Santa’s Art Shop operates on a flat fee basis with no commissions.

Exhibitor placement is on a first-paid, first-reserved basis. Exhibitors who participated last year and would like the same space should apply as early as possible due to our first-paid, first-reserved policy.

To be a Food Vendor

All Food Vendors must complete: the application with the appropriate fees, and mail in a copy of their Temporary Food Health Permit and Certificate of Insurance (or purchase insurance with application fees). To get a Temporary Food Health Permit contact:

Kern County Environmental Health Services Dept. (661) 862-8715

Participation in this show is solely at the discretion

of the Santa’s Art Shop review committee.

Insurance:

If you need an insurance source – contact:

ACT Insurance at (844) 520-6991 or actinsurance.com

Cancellations:

All exhibitors are subject to cancellation charges as follows:

Days prior to show date

90 to 61 days notice — 10% of Application Fee
60 to 40 days notice — 20% of Application Fee
39 to 25 days notice — 50% of Application Fee
24 days or less notice — NO REFUND

To Apply

Click the links below to complete our fillable PDF applications. The forms can be saved, emailed, or printed and mailed to us at the address below.
Important – We will be contacting and updating you by email. To prevent our emails from going to your email spam or junk folder, please add our email register@santasartshop.com to your email contact list.