200 Best

Iola, Wis. — Sunshine Artist magazine, www.sunshineartist.com, has announced the release of its 2025 200 Best, ranking the nation’s most profitable art and craft festivals based on artists’ reported sales in 2024.

Artists and craftspeople were able to cast their votes from February through April for the 200 Best shows list. They could list up to 10 shows they attended in 2024 where they grossed the highest sales.

“Sunshine Artist’s 200 Best focuses solely on revenue, because that’s the most objective indicator of a show's future success….”

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Classic and Contemporary Craft

  1. Old-Fashioned Christmas In The Woods
  2. Frankfort Fall Festival
  3. Shaker Woods Festival
  4. Saint Nick’s Warehouse
  5. Saline Craft Show November
  6. Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair Spring Show
  7. Gatlinburg Craftsmen's Fair (October)
  8. Art In The Park - Plymouth
  9. Gatlinburg Craftsmen's Fair (July)
  10. Mount Dora Craft Fair
  11. Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival
  12. Woodstock-New Paltz Arts & Crafts Fair Fall Show
  13. Northern Virginia Christmas Market
  14. Christmas in the Country - Hamburg
  15. Waterford Fair
  16. Virginia Beach Christmas Market
  17. WheatonArts Festival of Fine Craft
  18. Saline Craft Show Spring
  19. Cherokee Triangle Art Fair
  20. Prairie Peddler Festival

Fine Art and Design

  1. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Art Fair
  2. St. James Court Art Show
  3. Chain of Parks Art Festival
  4. Affordable Arts Festival
  5. Minnehaha Falls Art Fair
  6. Edina Art Fair
  7. Columbus Winterfair
  8. Chesapeake Spring Arts Festival
  9. Columbus Arts Festival
  10. Tubac Festival of Arts
  11. Art & Apples Festival
  12. Geneva Arts Fair
  13. A Fair in the Park
  14. Art Fest Naples at Fleischmann Park
  15. RiverArtsFest
  16. ARToberFEST
  17. Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival: Balloon Festival Show
  18. Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival
  19. Ann Arbor State Street Art Fair
  20. Summerfair