Exhibitor and Food Vendor Info

2025 Invitation

Welcome to the 48th annual Santa’s Art Shop Arts & Craft Show, located at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds in Ridgecrest, California. Santa’s Art Shop features over 150 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 6th, 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday, December 7th, 9 am – 4 pm

Set-up Days

Friday, December 5th, 12 pm – 7 pm
Saturday, December 6th, 6 am – 8 am

Approximately 1-2 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).

75% of items displayed and for sale must be handcrafted by the vendor. Any market or mass-produced items are unacceptable and may not be sold at this show. The spirit of this show is that you are selling arts and crafts made by yourself.

Participation in this show is solely at the discretion of the Santa’s Art Shop review committee.

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 and Food vendor placement is on a first-paid, first-reserved basis. Those 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. To get a Temporary Food Health Permit contact:

Environment Health Specialist- IT | Kern County Public Health (661) 364-3197

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

Policy coverage amount $1 million per occurrence.
Additionally insured as follows:
“Santa’s Art Shop, it’s employees, board members, agents, and volunteers. Desert Empire Fairgrounds, it’s officers, board members, and agents.”

Deadlines:

Applications are welcome until the venue is full. Any applications coming in after full will be placed on a waiting list in case any cancellations occur. Food Vendor application health permits must be in no later than November 15, 2025.

Cancellations:

All exhibitors are subject to cancellation charges as follows:

Cancellations through October 15th of the current show year will be refunded, minus a $50 cancellation/processing fee.
No refunds will be made or accepted on processed applications after October 15th.

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.
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