The SJMADE Holiday Fair–the largest winter holiday craft fair in the South Bay Area– returns in 2024 on Nov. 29 (Black Friday) and Nov. 30 (Small Business Saturday). Featuring over 350+ amazing makers, artists, designers, curators, workshop guides, food producers and creative small businesses. As always, free admission for attendees.
Event Details
Dates and Times
Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 (11 am to 6 pm)
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 (11 am to 6 pm)
Location
Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (view on Google Maps)
Additional Info
This event is free admission to attend.
This is an indoor event.
No outside food & beverage will be allowed into the event EXCEPT for unopened bottles of water and empty canteens.
The venue will have its concessions areas open. They will offer sandwiches, salads, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. Our vendor lineup features an exciting array of desserts, baked goods, packaged food and snacks vendors.
Per the venue's rules, strictly only service animals are allowed inside the venue. The venue's security team will ask any non-service animals to be removed from the venue if they encounter any.
Accessibility
Accessibility parking is available at the front entrance of the Santa Clara Convention Center near the drop-off zone (and front doors into the venue). View overhead diagram.
Attendees with accessibility needs should proceed directly to the front entrance of the event, even if there is a line.
Parking
There is free on-site parking spaces available at the Santa Clara Convention Center's Parking Lot (5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA) as well as its Secondary Parking Lot on Tasman Drive (2525 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, CA). You can view the image to get a sense of where these lots are located in relation to the actual Convention Center building.
Additional Parking Notes:
The drop-off zone and accessibility parking area are located directly in front of the Santa Clara Convention Center near the main entrance (view our site map here).
If you enter the venue from Great American Parkway entrance near the Hyatt Regency, you should see the main parking entrance straight ahead once you turn into the venue.
If you somehow find yourself circling the parking tower on-site looking for the main entrance, you'll see a few PERMIT ONLY entrances on the ground level of the parking tower. You will NOT be able to access the lot from these entrances. If you see these PERMIT ONLY entrances, please continue circling the lot until you find the main entrance.
There are some spots marked for the Hyatt Hotel's Valet Parking on the ground level of the parking structure. Your vehicle will be towed if it is parked in one of these spots.
If the Santa Clara Convention Center Parking Lot and the Secondary Parking Lot are full on any of the days, we recommend viewing the lot options here. Please note that these options may be closed or may be paid options.
There is also a VTA Light Rail Station "Great America Station" across the street from the venue. Plan your light rail trip to the event here: https://www.vta.org/trip-planner
Vendor Application
All vendor spaces have been sold out for this event and the waitlist is currently full. Any other vendor related questions should be directed to events@sanjosemade.com.
Applications for next year's event will go live in January 2024. Early sign up for the 2024 Holiday Fair will not be offered on-site at this year’s 2023 Holiday Fair.
We only sell booth spaces through our official website (sanjosemade.com). Vendors who purchase booth spaces for any events of ours through any other sales channels will NOT be accommodated as those channels are illegitimate. If anybody reaches out to you claiming to be selling booth spaces for any of our events, this is a scam.
Winter Themed Photo Booth by Y2K Glam Shotz
SJMADE favorite Y2K Glam Shotz returns with a special winter themed photo booth. $7 per photo session. First come first serve. 2 poses per photo booth session for you and your besties. 4 people max per session. You will receive 2 wallet size prints of each pose per session, a total of 4 prints. $5 for extra prints.
View photos from Y2K Glam Shotz at previous SJMADE events!
Kitten Lounge by Mini Cat Town
Reserve your kitten lounge time slot in advance (LINK WILL GO LIVE BEFORE OR BY NOV. 1)
One ticket will secure 15 mins of kitten playtime at your designated time slot. There will be 30 adoptable kittens on site looking for pets and cuddles! There will be a few walk-in tickets reserved for each time slot, but we highly recommend making your reservation in advance.
Your order confirmation is your ticket entry. Tickets will not be shipped out. Tickets are non-refundable. Any child under 12 must enter with an adult (two tickets will be required in this case).
If you have a ticket and there is a line to get into the event, please proceed directly to the entrance and show the staff your ticket so you don't have to wait in line and potentially miss your time slot.
All visitors will be required to wear shoe covers and sign Mini Cat Town's liability waiver.
Mini Cat Town is a nonprofit 501(c)-3. All donations are welcomed and go back into saving more kittens. Since 2019, Mini Cat Town has rescued and adopted out over 1,500 kittens. Adoption lounges are located in Eastridge Shopping Center, Stoneridge Shopping Center and Santa Rosa Plaza. For more information, please visit https://minicattown.org.
DIY Keycap Making Station by Tiny Makes Things x Tiny Keyboard Shop
Join Tiny Makes Things and Tiny Keyboard Shop for a special holiday edition of their super popular DIY Keycap Making Station. It costs $10 per keyboard keycap making session. First come first serve. Approximately 20 people per session with each session taking about one hour (30-45 mins to sculpt with 20 mins to bake the keycap). Maximum of 100 to 150 people per day.
DIY Holiday Craft Station
More details coming soon!
Door Giveaways
We will be distributing free door giveaways to the first 1,000 attendees each day. Staff and Vendors at the event will NOT be eligible to receive a door giveaway. More details about the door giveaway will be posted here on and on our Instagram before or by Nov. 15, 2024.
Vendor Lineup & Event Map
View this year's Holiday Fair Vendor Lineup as a Google Sheet