Why Participate in Harvest Festival Artists?

Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Shows proudly celebrates 53 years as a family-owned, heritage event, touring premier indoor venues in major markets. Built on a tradition of supporting artists, makers, and small businesses, the 2026 tour continues throughout Northern and Southern California, showcasing high-quality, handcrafted work to established, high-traffic markets. 

All art and craft exhibitors undergo a juried selection process for their handmade products, with thoughtful category limitations in place to protect product integrity, reduce direct competition, and enhance each exhibitor’s chances of success. As a full-service producer, we take pride in offering professional electrical service and pipe-and-drape booth setups, ensuring a polished, consistent, and high-quality show environment for both exhibitors and attendees, from load-in to close. Additionally, we welcome returning artist applications, encouraging past participants to share their new creations with our enthusiastic audiences.

Our craft shows are held in a climate-controlled indoor environment, featuring a thoughtfully concentrated floorplan designed for strong traffic flow, rather than a rambling street-style layout. Art and craft exhibitors benefit from a single setup and teardown, complemented by professional 24-hour security. 

The floorplans are carefully curated to avoid placing similar categories near or across from each other, reducing direct competition and promoting balanced browsing. Events typically showcase approximately 120–230 exhibits, with an impressive 75% return rate for exhibitors and returning artist applications. A paid gate attracts qualified buyers who come specifically to shop for unique, handcrafted items, ensuring a high-quality show experience.

We maintain one of the largest marketing budgets among art and craft shows, supporting a comprehensive, multi-channel promotional strategy across television, print, radio, and social media to reach art and craft exhibitors effectively.

Our marketing efforts include an extensive direct mail program that reaches over 100,000 households, targeted e-blast bulletins, strategic promotions and partnerships, and ongoing social media engagement. These combined initiatives consistently deliver strong gate performance, a high concentration of qualified buyers, and an impressive average exhibitor return rate of 75%.

Additionally, our marketing is bolstered by a captive website audience of thousands of visitors annually, providing year-round exposure that drives attendance and contributes to the success of art and craft exhibitors, along with simplifying the returning artist application process.