sales & events
This listing includes sales & events throughout California
where local & independent designers are shown,
promoted, and sold, and also includes groups that organize
& promote events as well as provide networking
opportunities, listed alphabetically by city. Please email
amy@acclothingandbags with corrections, suggestions, &
info not included here.

Berkeley
The Crucible Gifty -holiday art sale & open house
www.thecrucible.org/calendar/index.html

Los Angeles
Bazaar Bizarre ...not your granny's craft fair!
www.bazaarbizarre.org

Hollywood Shop Til' You Drop -a monthly shopping
event to promote 30 indie designers & boutiques
www.hollywoodshoptilyoudrop.com

Glen Park Festival -a festival to promote neighborhood
restaurants, artists, and craftspeople
www.glenparkfestival.com

Oakland
i heart independent -a designer shopping event
www.iheartindependent.com

Temescal Street Fair -music, food, drinks,
crafts...come one, come all!
www.temescalmerchants.com/events

Pleasanton
Pleasanton Craft Mafia
www.pleasantoncraftmafia.com

San Diego
Punk Rock Craft Fair -festival of all things weird and
wonderful
www.myspace.com/punkrockcraftfair

Thread Show -fashion & lifestyle show
www.threadshow.com

San Mateo
Maker Faire -brings together science, art, craft and
engineering in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum
www.makerfaire.com

Swap-o-rama-rama -clothing swap & series of
do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores
creative reuse through the recycling of used clothing
www.swaporamarama.org
San Francisco
Appel and Frank -the most stylish shopping event in
town!
www.appelandfrank.com

Bazaar Bizarre ...not your granny's craft fair!
www.bazaarbizarre.org

Capsule -a street fair for design
www.capsulesf.com

Chillin Productions
www.chillinproductions.com

DAI -events for designers, artists, and innovators
www.daievents.com

Feria Urbana -a unique fair of bay area artists and
designers
www.feriaurbana.com

Fog Belt Studio -annual holiday arts & crafts sale
www.fogbeltstudio.com

Funk N' Trunk
www.nk7productions.com

Guerrilla Fashionista -fashion for the masses (all g.f.
trunk shows are also fundraisers for charity)
guerrillafashionista@gmail.com

Hollywood Shop Til' You Drop -a monthly shopping
event to promote 30 indie designers & boutiques
www.hollywoodshoptilyoudrop.com

How Weird Street Faire -celebrates san francisco's
avant guard music, fashion, and ideals
www.howweird.org

Maven: urban design + craft fair
www.mavenfair.com

Mission Indie Mart -Catering to the style-conscious
hipster, this event showcases truly independent local
designers   
www.myspace.com/missionindiemart

RAG Independent Designer Sidewalk Sale
-independent designer fair
www.ragsf.com

Renegade Craft Fair -renegade handmade
www.renegadecraft.com

Rock N Shop -rock and shop!
www.myspace.com/rocknshop

Shop SF -an evening extravaganza of discounted or
sample shopping, selling, open bar and beauty to benefit
Gen Art’s San Francisco fashion program
www.myspace.com/genartsf

Vestiti Roupa
www.vestitiroupa.com

Santa Ana
Patchwork Arts & Crafts Fair -a unique shopping
experience showcasing local artists & crafters with live
music, food, crafting, etc
www.patchworkshow.com