Illinois Craft Shows

Spring Hill Mall Art & Craft Show
01/02 - 01/04 2009
Spring Hill Mall - West Dundee, IL
Show Dir.: Herbert Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
Juried
Fee: $185
Deadline: 12/30/2008
heartlandcreative.com

Ford City Mall Art & Craft Show
01/09 - 01/11 2009
Ford City Mall - Chicago, IL
Show Dir.: Herbert Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
Juried
Fee: $195
Deadline: 01/05/2009
heartlandcreative.com

Chicago Ridge Cabin Fever Show
01/16 - 01/18 2009
Chicago Ridge Mall - Chicago Ridge, IL
Show Dir.: Herb Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
Juried
Fee: $210
Deadline: 01/10/2009
heartlandcreative.com

Beckman's Handcrafted Show Chicago
01/17 - 01/20 2009
The Merchandise Mart - Chicago, IL
Show Dir.: Lindsay Pearson
Ph.: (312) 527-7929
Attendance: 17,000
Juried
Fee: $20 per sq.ft
Deadline: 12/05/2008
beckmans.com

Golf Mill Center Art & Craft Show
01/22 - 01/24 2009
Golf Mill Center - Niles, IL
Fee: $185
Juried
Show Dir.: Herbert Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
Deadline: 01/16/2009
heartlandcreative.com

Northwoods Mall Art & Craft Show
01/30 - 02/01 2009
Northwoods Mall - Peoria, IL
Show Dir.: Herb Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
Fee: $195
heartlandcrative.com

Antioch's Winter Arts and Crafts Faire
01/31 - 02/01 2009
Antioch High School - Antioch, IL
Show Dir.: Barbara Porch
Ph.: (847) 395-2233
Attendance: 2,500
Juried
Fee: $60, $80+ after deadline
Deadline: 11/30/2008
antiochchamber.org

Arlington Park Racecourse Home Improvement Showcase
02/20 - 02/22 2009
Arlington International Racecourse - Arlington Heights, IL
Show Director: Scott Hardesty
Ph:(630) 953-2500
Deadline: 2/18/2009
freehomeshow.com

Crete Art Fair
02/07/2009
Will County Fairgrounds - Peotone, IL
Fee: $70 - $140
Attendance: `,500
Juried
Show Dir.: Geri deHorn
Ph:(708) 946-2836
Deadline: 12/01/2008
cretewomansclub.org

Illinois Deer and Turkey Classic
02/27 - 03/01 2009
Interstate Center - Bloomington, IL
Fee: $490 - $570
Attendance: 21,000
Show Director: Glenn Helgeland
Ph:(262) 242-3990
Deadline:02/26/2009
deerinfo.com

Orland Square Mall
02/27 - 03/01 2009
Orland Park Square - Orland Park, IL
Show Dir.: Herb Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
Fee: $210
Deadline: 01/25/2009
heartlandcreative.com

Kirk School's Spring Showcase of Arts & Crafts
03/07 - 03/08/2009
Kirk School- Palatine, IL
Fee: $75
Attendance: 2,000
Juried
Show Director: Kathy Testa
Ph:(847) 259-8749
Deadline: 01/25/2009
d.mazzocchi@comcast.net

Crystal Lake Festival of Arts & Crafts 
03/11 2007 - 15th Year
Holiday Inn - Crystal Lake, IL
Fee: $80
Attendance:  2,000
Juried
Show Dir.: Donna Hansen
Ph.: (847) 301-8543
Deadline: 03/10/2007
stepbystepcraftshows.com

DuPage County Home Improvement Showcase
03/23 0 03/25 2007 - 2nd Year
Odeum Sports & Expo Center - Villa Park, IL
Fee: $1,100
Attendance: 9,000
Show Dir.:  Scott Hardesty
Ph.: (630) 953-2500
Deadline: 03/22/2007  
freehomeshow.com

Saint Charles Festival Of Arts & Crafts
03/07/ - 04/08 2009
DuPage Expo Center- Saint Charles, IL
Show Director: Donna Hansen
Ph:(630) 858-1568
Juried
Fee: $145
Deadline: 03/14/2009
stepbystepcraftshows.com

Spring Craft Fair
  March 03/13  2010
Palatine, IL
  Promoter: VIP Booster Club
  Show Dir: Marcella
  Ph: 847-755-1600
  Online: PHSCRAFT@aol.com
  Activites: Raffle, Bake Sale
  Attendance: 800-1200
  Exhibitors: 100+
  Deadline: 3/6/10

Spring Serenade Craft Faire
03/25 2007 - 1st Year
15201 S Central Ave - Oak Forest, ILFee: $40
Juried
Dir.: Janet Szczender
Ph.: (708) 687-1240
Deadline: 02/25/2007 bhsd228.com/oakforest

Grayslake Arts and Crafts Show
03/31 - 04/01 2007 - 5th Year
College of Lake County - Grayslake, IL
Fee: $145
Attendance: 5,000
Juried
Show Director: Donna Hansen
Ph:(847) 301-8543
Deadline:03/27/2007
stepbystepcraftshows.com
 
Villa Park Spring Festival
04/07 - 04/09/2006 - 24th year
The Odeum - Villa Park, IL
Fee: $350
Attendance: 20,000
Juried
Show Director: Jim Huffman
Ph:(402) 331-2889
www.hpifestivals.com
 
Southern Illinois Irish Festival
04/27 - 04/29 2007 - 11th Year
Turley Park & mugsy McGuires - Carbondale, IL
Fee: $50 - $100
Attendance: 1,00
Show Director: Connie Shanahan
Ph:(618) 549-3090
Deadline: 03/15/2007
silirishfest.org

Chicago Gospel Music Festival
06/01 - 06/03 2007 - 23rd Year
Grant Park - Chicago, IL
Fee: $250
Attendance: 750,000
Juried
Show Director: Pam Morris
Ph:(312) 744-3315
Deadline: 05/01/2007
cityofchicago.org/specialevents

International Horseradish Festival
06/10 - 06/11/03 - 19th Year
Woodland Park - Collinsville, IL
Fee: $50
Attendance: 25,000
Juried
Show Director: Cindy Richter
Ph:(618) 344-0264
Deadline: 04/30/2006
www.horseradishfestival.com

Lake Shelbyville Craft Show
06/18/2006 - 14th Year
Shelbyville Dam East - Shelbyville, IL
Fee:$25
Attendance: 1,500
Show Director: Ken Pierson
Ph:(217) 774-3313
Deadline: 06/04/2005
www.usace.army.mil/Shelbyville

Custer's Last Stand
06/17 - 06/18 2006 - 34th Year
Main Street and Chicago Avenue - Evanston, IL
Fee: $120 - $220
Application Fee: $10
Attendance: 70,000
Show Director: John Szostek
Ph:(847) 328-2204
Deadline: 06/01/2006
www.custerfair.com

Kankakee July Fourth Crafts Extravaganza
7/4/2006 - 14th Year
Kankakee Community College - Kankakee, IL
Fee; $25 - $40
Attendance: 4,000
Juried
Show Director: Pam Ash
Ph:(815) 802-8604
Deadline: 6/16/2006
www.kankakee.edu

Hoffman Estates 4th of July Festival Craft Fair
7/5 - 7/6/03
Police Department Grounds - Hoffman Estates, IL
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Jackie Green
Ph:(847) 781-2699
Deadline: 4/15/03 

World's Largest Catsup Bottle Summerfest
7/6/03
Downtown - Collinsville, IL
Attendance: 1,000
Show Director: Judy DeMoisy
Ph:(618) 345-5598 

Palos Hills Friendship Festival
7/10 - 7/13/03
107th & 88th Avenues - Palos Hills, IL
Attendance: 15,000
Show Director: Mary Jo Vincent
Ph:(708) 430-4500 

Alton Arts and Crafts Adventure
7/11 - 7/13/03
Alton Square Mall - Alton, IL
Juried
Show Director: ASA Office
Ph:(312) 751-2500
Deadline: 6/27/03
 
Orland Square Summer Art & Craft Fair
7/11 - 7/13/03
Orland Square Mall - Orland Park, IL
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Brian McGinley
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadlines: 3/1/03

Fair in the Square Crafters Show
7/13/03
Woodstock Square Park - Woodstock, IL
Attendance: 5,000
Juried
Show Director: Laura Siebold
Ph:(815) 338-2436
Deadline: 6/30/03  

Rockford's Bonanza
7/18 - 7/19/03
COLONIAL IL
Rockford, - Mall Village>
Show Director: Ruth Little
Ph:(815) 962-5591
Deadline: 5/16/03
 
McHenry Arts and Crafts in the Park
7/19 - 7/19/03
Veterans Memorial Park - McHenry, IL
Attendance: 5,000
Juried
Show Director: Deborah Harr
Ph:(815) 385-4300
Deadline: 6/1/03 

Edens Arts Fair
7/19 - 7/20/03
Edens Plaza - Wilmette, IL
Juried
Show Director: ASA Office
Ph:(312) 751-2500
Deadline: 7/5/03
 
Lambs Farm Summer Art, Craft and Folk Fair
7/19 - 7/20/03
Lambs Farm - Libertyville, IL
Attendance: 9,000
Juried
Show Director: Merry DiGiacomo
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 3/1/03  

Brookfest Summer Festival
7/19 - 7/22/03
J.C. Ehlert Park - Brookfield, IL
Attendance: 25,000
Juried
Show Director: Hank Zemola
Ph:(773) 868-3010
 
Sugar Grove Corn Boil 2003
7/25 - 7/26/03
Volunteer Park - Sugar Grove, IL
Attendance: 9,000
Show Director: B. Hughes
Ph:(630) 466-5166
Deadlines: 6/15/03
 
Chicago Ridge Mall Summer Art & Craft Fair
7/25 - 7/27/03
Chicago Ridge Mall - Chicago Ridge, IL
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Merry DiGiacomo
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 3/1/03 

Quincy Mall Arts & Crafts Show
7/25 - 7/27/03
Quincy Mall Commons Area - Quincy, IL
Show Director: Susan Tatman
Ph:(217) 223-8713
 
Michigan Avenue Arts and Crafts Experience
8/1 - 8/3/03
Michigan Avenue - Chicago, IL
Juried
Show Director: ASA Office
Ph:(312) 751-2500 

Decatur Celebration
8/05 - 8/07/2005 - 20th Year
Downtown - Decatur, IL
Fee: $200
Attendance: 300,000
Show Director: Emma Martinez
Ph(217) 423-4222
Deadline: 2/15/2005
www.decaturcelebration.com
 
Tower Park Summer Craft and Gift Show
8/2 -8/3/03
Tower Park (Outdoors) - Peoria Heights, IL
Attendance: 3,500
Juried
Show Director: Bill Riggins
Ph:(309) 688-1144
 
Harvard National Night Out Against Crime
8/5/03
Downtown Ayer Street - Harvard, IL
Juried
Show Director: Nancy Heberle
Ph:(815) 943-3431
Deadline: 8/1/03
 
Venetian Festival
8/9/03
Winthrop Harbor - Winthrop Harbor, IL
Attendance: 12,000
Juried
Show Director: Mary Pate
Ph:(847) 731-1091
Deadline: 7/15/03 

North Halsted Market Days
8/06 - 8/07/2005 - 24th Year
North Halsted Street - Chicago, IL
Fee: $275 - $550
Attendance: 200,000
Show Director: Courtney Lohmann
Ph:(773) 868-3010
Deadline: 05/01/2005
www.chicagoevents.com

The Landings Art & Craft Show
08/12 - 08/13 2006 - 11th Year
The Landings - Lansing, IL
Fee: $85
Show Dir.: Herbert Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
www.heartlandcreative.com

Oak Park Avenue-Lake Arts & Crafts Show
8/19 -  8/20/2005 - 31st Year
Show Location: Scoville Park - Oak Park, IL
Fee: $95 - $145
Juried
Show Director: ASA Office
Ph:(312) 751-2500
Deadline: 8/1/2005
www.americansocietyofartists.org
 
Westview Center Art and Craft Show
8/16 - 8/17/03
Westview Center - Hanover Park, IL
Juried
Show Director: Lillian Domzalski
Ph:(630) 293-3637 

Lincoln Art and Balloon Festival
8/26 - 8/28/2005 - 32nd Year
Logan County Fairgrounds - Lincoln, IL
Fee: 475
Attendance: 15,000
Juried
Show Director: Chamber Office
Ph:(217) 735-2385
www.lincolnillinois.com
 
Olden Days Festival
8/27 - 8/28/2005 - 15th Year
23946 State Highway 3 - Jerseyville, IL
fee: 425_
Attendance: 3,500
Show Director: Elizabeth Schwab
Ph:(618) 498-4192
Deadline: 7/15/2005
mschwab@gtec.com
 
On the Waterfront Festival
8/28 - 8/31/03
Downtown - Rockford, IL
Attendance: 350,000
Show Director: Becky Genoways
Ph:(815) 964-4388
Deadline: 6/1/03
 
Chicago Jazz Festival
8/28 - 8/31/03
Grant Park - Chicago, IL
Attendance: 305,000
Juried
Show Director: Jennifer Washington
Ph:(312) 744-3315
Deadline: 6/6/03  

Frankfort Fall Festival
8/30 - 9/1/03
Downtown - Frankfort, IL
Attendance: 200,000
Juried
Show Director: Lynne Doogan
Ph:(815) 469-3356
Deadline: 4/15/03 

Buffalo Grove Days Arts & Crafts Fair
8/30 - 9/1/03
Village Hall Campus - Buffalo Grove, IL
Attendance: 20,000
Show Director: Nikki Lee
Ph:(847) 342-8508
Deadline: 8/1/03
 
Septemberfest
8/30 - 9/1/03
Robert Atcher Municipal Center Grounds - Schaumburg, IL
Attendance: 250,000
Juried
Show Director: Roxane Benvenut
Ph:(847) 923-3636
Deadline: 4/1/03 

Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival
8/31 - 9/1/03
Island Park - Geneva, IL
Attendance: 8,000
Juried
Show Director: Juel Ulven
Ph:(630) 897-3655
Deadline: 8/1/03 

Cedarhurst Craft Fair
9/05 - 9/7/03
Cedarhurst - Mount Vernon, IL
Attendance: 15,000
Juried
Prize Money: $8,000
Show Director: Sheila Jones
Ph:(618) 242-1236
Deadline: 3/1/03
 
Chicago Ridge Mall Art and Craft Fair
9/6- 9/7/03
Chicago Ridge Mall - Chicago Ridge, IL
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Merry DiGiacomo
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 4/1/03 

Market Meadows Art and Craft Show
9/6 - 9/7/03 Market Meadows Center (Outside) - Naperville, IL
Juried
Show Director: Lillian Domzalski
Ph:(630) 293-3637
 
Autumn Leaves Art and Craft Fair
9/12 - 9/14/03
River Oaks Mall - Calumet City, IL
Juried
Show Director: Herbert Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph:(708) 895-3710 

Orland Square Americana Folk Art Faire
9/12 - 9/14/03
Orland Square Mall - Orland Park, IL
Juried
Show Director: Brian McGinley
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 4/1/03
 
Hauberg Estates Arts and Crafts Show
9/13 - 9/14/03
Hauberg Estates - Rock Island, IL
Attendance: 6,000
Show Director: Cathy Gibson
Ph:(309) 732-7275

Touch of Fall Art & Craft Show
09/15 - 09/17 2006 - 10th Year
River Oaks Mall - Calumet City, IL
Fee: $185
uried
Show Dir.: Herbert Adler/Peg Sancya
Ph.: (708) 895-3710
Deadline: 09/09/2006
www.heartlandcreative.com
 

Celtic Fest Chicago
9/16 - 9/17/2006 - 10th Year
Grant Park - Chicago, IL
Fee: $250
Attendance: 195,000
Juried
Show Director: Erin Bauer
Ph:(312) 744-3315
www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents
 
Woodstock Fine Art Fair
9/13 - 9/1403
Woodstock Square - Woodstock, IL
Attendance: 20,000
Juried
Show Director: Amy Amdur
Ph:(847) 444-9600
Deadline: 2/7/03 

Country Meadows Craft Show
9/14 - 9/14/03
Petersen Park - McHenry, IL
Attendance: 4,000
Juried
Show Director: Deborah Harr
Ph:(815) 385-4300
Deadline: 8/30/03

Autumn Wonderland Art and Craft Show
9/19 - 9/21/03
Harper College - Palatine, IL
Attendance: 5,000
Juried
Show Director: Lillian Domzalski
Ph:(630) 293-3637
 
Louis Joliet Art and Craft Fair
9/19 - 9/21/03
Louis Joliet Mall - Joliet, IL
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Merry DiGiacomo
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 4/1/03 

An Arts and Crafts Adventure II
9/20 - 9/20/03
Park Ridge Public Library Grounds - Park Ridge, IL
Juried
Show Director: ASA Office
Ph:(312) 751-2500
Deadline: 9/5/03
 
Farmers Market, Arts & Crafts and Classic Car Show
9/20 - 9/20/03
Downtown - Harvard, IL
Attendance: 7,000
Show Director: Nancy Heberle
Ph:(815) 943-3431
Deadline: 9/15/2003
 
Saint Mary's Craft Fair
9/20 - 9/20/03
Saint Mary Church and School - Edwardsville, IL
Attendance: 1,000
Show Director: Kim Fremont
Ph:(618) 692-0005
Deadline: 9/18/03
 
Old-Fashioned Harvest Fest and Fiddlers Contest
9/21/03
Woodstock Square Park - Woodstock, IL
Attendance: 3,000
Juried
Show Director: Laura Siebold
Ph:(815) 338-2436
Deadline: 8/31/03 

Hawthorn Center Americana Folk Art Faire
9/26 - 9/28/03
Hawthorn Shopping Center - Vernon Hills, IL
Attendance:1 0,000
Juried
Show Director: Merry DiGiacomo
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 4/30/03 

International Route 66 Mother Road Festival
9/26 - 9/28/03
20 Blocks Downtown - Springfield, IL
Attendance: 35,000
Show Director: Kim Rosendahl
Ph:(217) 789-2360 

CHS Band Art & Craft Fair
9/27 - 9/28/03
North Junior High School - Collinsville, IL
Attendance: 500
Juried
Show Director: Linda Nance
Ph:(618) 344-7479
Deadline: 9/24/03 

Stratford Square Art & Craft Show
10/3 - 10/5/03
Stratford Square - Bloomingdale, IL
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Brian McGinley
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 3/1/03 

Yorktown Center Art and Craft Show
10/10 - 10/12/03
Yorktown Center - Lombard, IL
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Merry DiGiacomo
Ph:(630) 325-8080
Deadline: 5/1/03 

Cambridge Fall Review
10/11 - 10/11/03
Cambridge United Methodist Church - Cambridge, IL
Attendance: 2,000
Juried
Show Director: Anita Smith
Ph:(309) 937-3301
 
Sesser Oktoberfest 2003
10/11 - 10/11/03
Downtown - Sesser, IL
Attendance: 1,000
Show Director: Dana Risley
Ph:(618) 625-3108
Deadline: 9/30/03
 
Harvest Arts and Craft Festival
10/11 - 10/12/03
The Skate Station - Lena, IL
Attendance: 1,500
Juried
Show Director: Leslie Niemann
Ph:(815) 947-2530

Alton Arts and Crafts Adventure
11/25 - 11/26 2006 - 20th Year
Alton Square Mall - Alton, IL
Juried
Show Director: ASA Office
Ph:(312) 751-2500
Deadline: 10/20/2006
http://www.americansocietyofartists.org

Grayslake Fall Arts and Craft Show
11/25 - 11/26 2006 - 6th Year
College of Lake County - Grayslake, IL
Fee: $145
Attendance: 3,500
Juried
Show Director: Donna Hansen
Ph:(847) 301-8543
daedline:11/22/2006
 http://www.stepbystepcraftshows.com

Christmas Crossroads
11/18 - 11/19 2006 - 36th Year
Lockport East High School - Lockport, IL
Fee: $165
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Lockport Women's Club
Ph:(815) 838-4900
Deadline:10/15/2006
http://www.christmascrossroads.com

Quad City Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair
11/24 - 11/26 2006 - 17th Year
QCCA Expo Center - Rock Island, IL
Fee: $100 - $225
Attendance: 10,000
Juried
Show Director: Chris Beaty
Ph:(309) 647-0400
Deadline:11/23/2006
http://www.conradenterprises.com

Carlinville Christmas Market
12/01 - 12/03 2006 - 17th Year
Downtown - Carlinville, IL
Attendance:11,000
Juried
Show Director: Kasey Schwartz
Ph:(217) 854-3552
Deadline: 96/01/2006
 http://www.carlinvillechamber.com