The home & gift issue · 2027
Gift, home and housewares trade shows 2027 in the U.S., 23 events in one guide. The January season opens with Atlanta Market (January 12–17, AmericasMart; 6,000+ lines in permanent showrooms), Las Vegas Market (January 24–28) and NY NOW (January 31 – February 2, Javits Center), and The Inspired Home Show follows March 9–11 at McCormick Place in its last Chicago year. Markets rent permanent showrooms or temporary booths; IHA prices 2027 Inspired Home space at $24.50/sq ft for members and $44.00 for non-members.
01 THE TOP 7
Listed by the scale each organizer publishes. Only ASD and The Clean Show publish attendance; the market centers publish their lines, resources or showroom space instead, so those come next.
ASD Market Week (March)March 2027 · Las Vegas30,000 total attendees, per ASD
The Clean ShowJuly 2027 · Las Vegas11,000+ people from 70+ countries, per the 2027 prospectus
Atlanta Market (Winter)January 2027 · Atlanta6,000+ lines and brands, plus 1,000+ First Finds vendors, per AmericasMart
Las Vegas Market (Winter)January 2027 · Las Vegas3,500+ resources in showrooms and temporaries, per Las Vegas Market
The Inspired Home ShowMarch 2027 · Chicago1,000+ exhibitors in 2026, per IHA
High Point Market (Spring)April 2027 · High Point11.5M square feet of showroom space, per High Point Market
Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting ShowJanuary 2027 · Dallas1M square feet of lighting exhibits, per Dallas Market CenterAttendance comes first, then lines, resources and exhibitors, then showroom space; read each number with its label and year. NY NOW, the New York Tabletop Show, Shoppe Object, the Philadelphia Gift Show, the Halloween & Party Expo, ISSA and the resort gift shows are not ranked because they publish no comparable figure on the pages linked in this guide. Sources: ASD Market Week · The Clean Show · Atlanta Market · Las Vegas Market · The Inspired Home Show · High Point Market · Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show.
The lookbookLamp light & clay 2027
The makers, collectors and shopkeepers on these floors live with their goods: in the armchair, under the lamp, behind the counter full of brass. Buyers want that feeling in their store. Plan the booth to give it to them.
Buyers fall for the scene and order from the shelf.
02 TWENTY-THREE MARKETS AND SHOWS
Four kinds of floor sit in this guide. Market centers: Atlanta Market, Dallas Total Home & Gift with Lightovation, Las Vegas Market and High Point Market, each in winter or spring and again in summer or fall. Gift and design shows: NY NOW, Shoppe Object, the Philadelphia Gift Show, ASD Market Week and the resort gift shows in Gatlinburg, Ocean City and Myrtle Beach. Housewares and tabletop: The Inspired Home Show and the New York Tabletop Show. Seasonal and care: the Halloween & Party Expo, ISSA Show North America and The Clean Show. Filter by month or city and save the ones that fit.
Each profile lists dates, city and venue, who buys, who exhibits, which companies it suits, what to know before you sign, and a link to the organizer.
Popular cities
When & where November 15–17, 2026 · Roland E. Powell Convention Center · Ocean City, Maryland
Resort, beach, souvenir and gift retailers from the Mid-Atlantic coast.
Souvenir, resort apparel accessories, gift and seasonal suppliers.
Consider it if you sell souvenir and gift products to beach and resort stores.
A regional show: plan a compact, easy-to-ship booth rather than a large build.
When & where November 16–19, 2026 · exhibits November 17–19 · Mandalay Bay Convention Center · Las Vegas, Nevada
Distributors, building service contractors, in-house facility cleaning managers and jan-san buyers.
Commercial cleaning chemicals, paper and dispensers, floor care machines, robotics and autonomous cleaning equipment and facility hygiene products.
Consider it if you sell cleaning products or equipment through jan-san distributors or to facility managers rather than consumers.
This is a commercial cleaning show; consumer cleaning brands selling to retail do better at The Inspired Home Show.
When & where December 6–9, 2026 · Myrtle Beach Convention Center · Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Resort, beach, souvenir and gift retailers from the Southeast coast.
Souvenir, resort, gift and seasonal merchandise suppliers.
Consider it if you sell souvenir and gift products to beach and resort stores in the Southeast.
A regional show: plan a compact, easy-to-ship booth rather than a large build.
When & where Event: January 6–12, 2027 · Exhibits: January 6–9, 2027 · Dallas Market Center · Dallas, Texas
Gift, home decor, seasonal and lighting retailers and interior designers, many from Texas and the central U.S.
Permanent showrooms plus The Temps temporary exhibits in five neighborhoods; runs alongside Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show.
Consider it if you sell gift, home decor, holiday or lighting to retailers in the central and southern U.S.
The Temps run January 6–9 only, while showrooms stay open to January 12.
When & where Event: January 6–12, 2027 · Exhibits: January 6–9, 2027 · Dallas Market Center · Dallas, Texas
Lighting showroom buyers, home furnishings retailers, interior designers and builders; Lightovation Design + Build Day on January 5 is for designers and trade professionals.
Residential lighting, ceiling fans and lighting controls in about 1 million square feet of exhibits.
Consider it if you sell decorative or residential lighting to showrooms and home retailers.
It runs inside the January Total Home & Gift Market, so hotels downtown fill early.
When & where Event: January 11–13, 2027 · Exhibits: January 11–13, 2027 · Ernest N. Morial Convention Center · New Orleans, Louisiana
Halloween, costume, party supply and seasonal retailers, haunted attraction operators and buyers.
Costumes, decor, props, party goods and seasonal merchandise suppliers.
Consider it if you sell Halloween, costume or party products to seasonal and party retailers.
Animated props and fog effects need power orders and venue approval before the show.
When & where Event: January 12–17, 2027 · Exhibits: January 13–17, 2027 · AmericasMart Atlanta · Atlanta, Georgia
Gift, home and specialty retailers, interior designers and buyers for department stores, museum shops and e-commerce.
6,000+ lines in permanent showrooms plus 1,000+ temporary vendors in First Finds: gift, home accents, tabletop, housewares and gourmet, rugs, seasonal, outdoor living, children's and the juried HIGH DESIGN collection.
Consider it if you sell gift, home decor, tabletop or seasonal goods and want the largest January buying market in the U.S.
Showrooms open January 12 but First Finds temporaries run January 13–17 only, and close at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
When & where Event: January 24–28, 2027 · Exhibits: January 24–27, 2027 · World Market Center Las Vegas · Las Vegas, Nevada
Furniture, home decor and gift retailers, interior designers and buying groups; more than 50 associations and buying groups partner with the market.
3,500+ resources in permanent showrooms and temporary exhibits: home furnishings, decor, lighting, rugs, gift and general merchandise.
Consider it if you sell home furnishings, decor or gift and want West Coast retail and designer buyers.
First Finds: Gift and Home in The Expo closes Wednesday, January 27 at 4 p.m., a day before the showrooms close.
When & where January 31 – February 2, 2027 · Javits Center · New York, New York
Independent gift, home and lifestyle retailers, museum stores, boutiques, interior designers and online sellers.
Gift & Lifestyle, Home (tabletop and housewares, textiles, decorative accessories, garden, area rugs), the curated HANDMADE division and NOTED: The Greeting Card Expo.
Consider it if you sell gift, home decor, tabletop, stationery or handmade goods to independent stores in the Northeast.
NY NOW has new owners: Rockview Management Group was formed in 2026 to acquire the show. HANDMADE exhibitors apply through a separate juried application.
When & where Event: January 31–February 2, 2027 · Exhibits: January 31–February 2, 2027 · Greater Philadelphia Expo Center · Oaks, Pennsylvania
Independent gift, home, garden center and specialty retailers from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Gift, home decor, jewelry and accessories, seasonal, gourmet and souvenir suppliers and sales representatives.
Consider it if you sell gift and home products to independent stores in the Mid-Atlantic.
It runs on the same dates as NY NOW Winter, so most brands choose one.
When & where Event: February 7–9, 2027 · Exhibits: February 7–9, 2027 · Starrett-Lehigh Building · New York, New York
Independent boutiques, concept stores, museum shops and design-led retailers.
Curated home, gift, tabletop, accessories and lifestyle brands, many of them small and design-led.
Consider it if you sell design-led home and gift products to independent boutiques and want a curated, smaller floor.
Exhibitors are selected by application, so plan the submission before you plan the booth.
When & where Event: March 2–4, 2027 · Exhibits: March 2–4, 2027 · Las Vegas Convention Center · Las Vegas, Nevada
Independent, specialty, discount, convenience and online retailers and distributors buying general merchandise at wholesale prices.
1,800+ vendors across eight shows in one, in two halls: gift and home, general merchandise, discount and value, fashion accessories, pet, health and beauty, and the co-located SourceDirect sourcing section.
Consider it if you sell value-priced general merchandise, gift, home or seasonal goods to independent and discount retailers.
ASD is a volume and price-point show: buyers expect wholesale price lists, minimums and ship dates at the booth.
When & where Event: March 9–11, 2027 · Exhibits: March 9–11, 2027 · McCormick Place · Chicago, Illinois
Retail buyers from mass, specialty, department, grocery, e-commerce and independent stores across 23 channels, plus media; attendees came from more than 100 countries in 2026.
1,000+ exhibitors in 2026: housewares, kitchen and tabletop, cleaning and storage, small appliances, personal care and wellness, plus international sourcing in the North Hall Global Marketplace.
Consider it if you sell housewares, kitchen, tabletop, cleaning, storage or small electrics to mass and specialty retailers.
2027 is the last Chicago edition: the show moves to AmericasMart alongside Winter Atlanta Market from January 2028. Non-member space costs $44.00 per square foot against $24.50 for members.
When & where Event: April 6–9, 2027 · Exhibits: April 6–9, 2027 (projected) · 41 Madison Avenue · New York, New York
Tabletop, bridal registry, department store and specialty retail buyers and hospitality designers.
Dinnerware, glassware, flatware, giftware and table linens in permanent showrooms at 41 Madison Avenue.
Consider it if you sell dinnerware, glassware or tabletop to department and specialty stores.
The Tabletop Association lists the 2027 dates as projected; the market runs in permanent showrooms, so space is a showroom lease or a temporary suite.
When & where Event: April 10–14, 2027 · Exhibits: April 10–14, 2027 · High Point Market showroom district · High Point, North Carolina
Trade only: home furnishings retailers, interior designers and buyers.
Residential furniture, decor, lighting, rugs and textiles across more than 11.5 million square feet of showroom space, including temporary exhibit areas such as The Point and Center Stage.
Consider it if you sell residential furniture, decor, lighting or rugs to furniture retailers and designers.
The market is spread over many buildings across the town, so placement decides traffic.
When & where June 23–29, 2027 · Dallas Market Center · Dallas, Texas
Gift, home decor, holiday and lighting retailers and interior designers.
Permanent showrooms plus The Temps temporary exhibits in four neighborhoods; runs alongside KidsWorld and Lightovation.
Consider it if you sell gift, holiday decor or lighting and want summer orders from central U.S. retailers.
The Temps run June 23–26 only, while showrooms stay open to June 29.
When & where July 13–18, 2027 · AmericasMart Atlanta · Atlanta, Georgia
Gift, home and specialty retailers and interior designers buying for fall, holiday and early spring.
Permanent showrooms plus First Finds temporaries: gift, home accents, tabletop, housewares and gourmet, seasonal and holiday decor, children's and outdoor living.
Consider it if you sell seasonal, holiday, gift or home goods to independent and specialty retailers.
First Finds temporaries run July 14–17, a shorter window than the showrooms (July 13–18).
When & where Event: July 15–18, 2027 · Exhibits: July 15–18, 2027 · Las Vegas Convention Center · Las Vegas, Nevada
Owners and managers of drycleaners, coin and self-service laundries, commercial and healthcare laundries, linen and uniform services; more than 11,000 people from over 70 countries.
Washers, dryers, finishing and folding equipment, chemicals, software and services for laundry, drycleaning and textile care.
Consider it if you sell laundry and textile care equipment, supplies or services to laundry and drycleaning businesses.
The Clean Show is backed by ALM, CLA, DLI, TCATA and TRSA and organized by Messe Frankfurt. Heavy machinery needs early freight and rigging plans.
When & where July 25–29, 2027 · World Market Center Las Vegas · Las Vegas, Nevada
Furniture, home decor and gift retailers, interior designers and buying groups.
Permanent showrooms and temporary exhibits across home furnishings, decor, lighting, rugs and gift.
Consider it if you sell home furnishings, decor or gift and want summer orders from West Coast and national retailers.
Hours and temporary-exhibit dates for Summer 2027 are not confirmed yet.
When & where August 3–5, 2027 · Las Vegas Convention Center · Las Vegas, Nevada
Independent, specialty, discount, convenience and online retailers and distributors buying for holiday and the year ahead.
General merchandise, gift and home, discount and value, fashion accessories, pet, health and beauty and sourcing vendors.
Consider it if you sell value-priced general merchandise or seasonal goods and want holiday orders from independent retailers.
The August venue is not confirmed yet on the ASD dates page, which lists Las Vegas only.
When & where Event: August 8–10, 2027 · Exhibits: not confirmed yet · Javits Center · New York, New York
Independent gift, home and lifestyle retailers, museum stores, boutiques, interior designers and online sellers buying for holiday and the year ahead.
Gift & Lifestyle, Home, HANDMADE (Designer/Maker and Global Design collections) and NOTED: The Greeting Card Expo.
Consider it if you sell gift, home decor, tabletop, stationery or handmade goods and want holiday orders from independent stores.
The August edition is the holiday buying market, so samples and pricing for the fourth quarter need to be ready by then.
When & where October 23–27, 2027 · High Point Market showroom district · High Point, North Carolina
Trade only: home furnishings retailers, interior designers and buyers.
Residential furniture, decor, lighting, rugs and textiles across more than 11.5 million square feet of showroom space.
Consider it if you sell residential furniture, decor, lighting or rugs to furniture retailers and designers.
The market is spread over many buildings across the town, so placement decides traffic.
When & where 2027 dates not confirmed yet · Exhibits: not confirmed yet · Location not confirmed yet (last edition: Gatlinburg)
Gift shop, resort, souvenir and specialty retailers from the Southeast.
Gift, souvenir, home decor, seasonal and resort merchandise suppliers.
Consider it if you sell gift, souvenir or home decor to tourist-area and resort shops.
A regional show: plan a compact, easy-to-ship booth rather than a large build.
No show matches those filters.
03 BY CITY
Five cities hold two or more of the events in this guide. Las Vegas hosts six, from ISSA in November to ASD in August, New York four, Dallas three, and Atlanta and High Point each hold a winter or spring market and a summer or fall one. A booth built for one market week can come back for the next.
ISSA at Mandalay Bay in November 2026, Las Vegas Market at World Market Center in January and July, ASD Market Week in March and August and The Clean Show at the LVCC in July 2027. Our Las Vegas shop builds in the same city.
NY NOW at the Javits Center in January and August, Shoppe Object at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in February and the New York Tabletop Show at 41 Madison in April.
Total Home & Gift Market and Lightovation at Dallas Market Center in January, and Total Home & Gift again in June.
Atlanta Market at AmericasMart in January and July, where The Inspired Home Show joins the winter market from 2028.
High Point Market in April and October across the town’s showroom district, trade only.
A seated buyer writes the bigger order.
04 THE YEAR, BY BUYING SEASON
November and December 2026 belong to the resort gift shows in Ocean City and Myrtle Beach and to ISSA in Las Vegas. January is the big month: Dallas and Lightovation, the Halloween & Party Expo in New Orleans, Atlanta Market, Las Vegas Market, then NY NOW and the Philadelphia Gift Show on the same weekend. Shoppe Object follows in February, ASD and The Inspired Home Show in March, the Tabletop Show and High Point in April. Summer brings Dallas in June, Atlanta, The Clean Show and Las Vegas in July, ASD and NY NOW in August, and High Point closes October.
Conference marks conferences & summits. Everything else is a trade show.
Trade shows by monthJanuary 2027February 2027March 2027April 2027June 2027July 2027August 2027October 2027
Trade shows by cityLas VegasDallasNew OrleansAtlantaNew YorkChicago
The international events U.S. gift and home companies plan around: Ambiente in Frankfurt and the Canton Fair in Guangzhou. International events are not included in the U.S. counts on this page.
| Show | Next dates | Where | How often |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambiente ↗Messe Frankfurt's consumer goods fair for Dining, Living and Giving, plus Ambiente Projects for hospitality interiors and contract; with Christmasworld and Creativeworld it drew 4,636 exhibitors from 170 countries and about 140,000 visitors in 2026. | January 29 – February 2, 2027 | Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Annual, late January / February |
| Canton Fair (China Import and Export Fair) ↗China's largest export fair, held in three phases; the second phase covers housewares, gifts and home decor, and the third covers toys, baby products and textiles. | Spring 2027 session dates not confirmed yet | Canton Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, China | Twice a year, spring and autumn |
05 BUILT LIKE A ROOM, NOT A STAND
Home buyers picture your product in their store and their customer’s living room at the same time. Here are real booths we built for a housewares brand, a bathroom furniture maker, a kitchen maker, a private-label housewares maker and a home goods brand, and what fits each booth size.
01 / THE PERGOLAAsian · Purple Exhibits
Pale timber A-frames make a light canopy over the booth, lit white shelving carries bowls and storage containers wall to wall, and a green living wall holds the name, so a housewares range reads like a store.
02 / THE ARCHED MIRRORTimberline · Purple Exhibits
Tall oak-clad walls frame a single vanity under a lit arched mirror, so the product sits in a finished bathroom scene and buyers walking past stop for the light before they read the name.
03 / THE WALK-IN KITCHENCentro · Purple Exhibits
A timber slat portal opens onto a full kitchen with an island, bar stools, brass shelving and pendant lights, so the booth becomes the showroom and the island becomes the meeting table.
04 / THE LINE WALLAlltime · Purple Exhibits
Gray shelving runs the whole back wall under spotlights with the private-label housewares range in every color, and white tables in front give buyers a place to sit and work through the line sheet.
05 / THE LIT TOWERhanul · Purple Exhibits
A plywood tower under a wraparound LED header carries backlit shelves of product, a black lounge chair and a snake plant soften the corner, and the screen on top keeps the name visible over the crowd.
06 WHO WRITES THE ORDER
A gift shop owner, a housewares buyer for a chain, an interior designer and a museum store buyer all write orders, but on different weeks. Independent and resort shops fill Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia and the coastal gift shows; mass, specialty and value buyers walk The Inspired Home Show, ASD and the New York Tabletop Show; designers and furniture stores work High Point, Las Vegas and Lightovation; boutiques and museum shops hunt at NY NOW and Shoppe Object.
For gift, home accent, seasonal, souvenir and gourmet brands selling to independent stores, resort and beach shops and garden centers at Atlanta Market, Dallas Total Home & Gift, the Philadelphia Gift Show and the gift shows in Gatlinburg, Ocean City and Myrtle Beach.
What mattersLow opening minimums, a clear price and margin, a ship date that lands before their season, and displays that work in a small store.
For kitchen, tabletop, cleaning, storage, small electrics and general merchandise companies selling to mass, specialty, department, grocery and online buyers at The Inspired Home Show, the New York Tabletop Show and ASD Market Week, and to seasonal and commercial buyers at the Halloween & Party Expo, ISSA and The Clean Show.
What mattersPrice points by channel, case packs and pallet counts, test results and packaging, and a promotion plan for the first season on the shelf.
For furniture, decor, rug, textile and lighting companies selling to home furnishings retailers and designers at High Point Market, Las Vegas Market and Lightovation inside the Dallas market.
What mattersFinishes and fabrics they can touch, lead times, trade pricing and a showroom placement that matches their route through the market.
For design-led, handmade and small-batch brands selling to boutiques, concept stores, museum shops and online sellers at NY NOW and its HANDMADE division, Shoppe Object and the Makers Hub at Atlanta Market.
What mattersThe story of who made it and how, exclusives for their store, small reorders and photos they can use online.
07 EVERY LINE STARTED ON ONE TABLE
New gift and housewares brands usually get in through a curated area rather than a showroom lease: Discovery Park at The Inspired Home Show, Emerging Brands and the Makers Hub at Atlanta Market, HANDMADE at NY NOW. Here is how each route works, with the organizer’s source for every rule.
Rules and dates are the latest each organizer published. Curated areas are juried or limited, so apply as soon as the window opens.
MAKE IT A ROOM, NOT A RACK
Buyers walk miles of aisle in market week. A styled scene they can picture in their own store, the full line laid out to count, and a seat with the order pad give a shop owner, a chain buyer or a designer a reason to stop and buy.
Plan a booth that writes orders
08 LET’S GET YOU READY FOR MARKET
Gift and home markets run on buyer appointments, line sheets and rules that differ from showroom to temporary hall. Here it is in pieces: the scene, the line sheet, the temporaries, the showroom question, the juried floors, the calendar, the freight and the reorder.
At the market centers the temporary halls close before the showrooms.
Atlanta, Las Vegas, Dallas and High Point all mix permanent showrooms with temporary exhibits. High Point alone spreads more than 11.5 million square feet of showroom space across the town, where placement decides traffic.
Write every order or note on the spot: the store, its location, the lines it liked, the opening budget and the season. Send confirmations, the line sheet and product photos for their website within days.
Tag each buyer as independent, chain, online, designer or museum store, and follow the reorder date. In gift and home the second order, not the first, shows whether the line works in their store.
THE BUYER’S FOLDER
Shop owners, chain buyers and designers leave market with a stack of catalogs. Make yours the one with everything on it, printed and as a short digital pack.
New to the terms? See the glossaryORDER No. 001SEASON: OPEN
SEASON: OPEN
09 THE MATH BEHIND THE OPENING ORDER
Let’s put numbers on it. Enter your full market budget and your own wholesale economics to see what breaking even could look like over a year of orders and reorders.
Ask for itemized quotes and keep a contingency. Samples, fixtures, showroom fees at the permanent markets and hotel weeks in Atlanta, Las Vegas and New York often weigh as much as the booth. These categories are a planning checklist, not a price estimate.
Average share of exhibitor spending by category.
Source: CEIR, How the Exhibit Dollar Is Spent (2012), via TSNN ↗ Gift and home exhibitors often add shelving and fixtures, display stock, showroom fees at the permanent markets and market-week hotels on top.
What gift and home organizers publish for 2027 space. Most markets quote showrooms and temporaries privately; The Inspired Home Show prices by the square foot. Add fixtures, samples, freight, labor, electrical and travel.
| Show | Published price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The Inspired Home Show2027 | IHA members $24.50/sq ft · Premium Member Space $34.50/sq ft (1,000 to 2,000 sq ft) · non-members $44.00/sq ft | Source ↗ |
Atlanta Market vs. The Inspired Home Show vs. Las Vegas Market vs. NY NOW vs. High Point Market: the five U.S. floors that cover the home from gift and tabletop to housewares and furniture, compared on what each organizer publishes.
| Topic | Atlanta Market | The Inspired Home Show | Las Vegas Market | NY NOW | High Point Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who buys | Gift, home and specialty retailers, interior designers and buyers for department stores, museum shops and e-commerce | Mass, specialty, department, grocery, e-commerce and independent buyers across 23 channels, plus media; attendees from 100+ countries in 2026 | Furniture, home decor and gift retailers, interior designers and buying groups; 50+ associations and buying groups partner with the market | Independent gift, home and lifestyle retailers, museum stores, boutiques, interior designers and online sellers | Trade only: home furnishings retailers, interior designers and buyers |
| Who exhibits | 6,000+ lines in permanent showrooms plus 1,000+ First Finds temporaries, including the juried HIGH DESIGN collection | 1,000+ exhibitors in 2026: housewares, kitchen and tabletop, cleaning and storage, small appliances, personal care and the North Hall Global Marketplace | 3,500+ resources in showrooms and temporaries: furniture, decor, lighting, rugs, gift and general merchandise | Gift & Lifestyle, Home, the juried HANDMADE division and NOTED: The Greeting Card Expo | Residential furniture, decor, lighting, rugs and textiles across 11.5 million+ sq ft of showrooms, plus temporary areas such as The Point and Center Stage |
| When & where | January 12–17, 2027, AmericasMart Atlanta; First Finds January 13–17; summer July 13–18 | March 9–11, 2027, McCormick Place, Chicago; the last Chicago edition | January 24–28, 2027, World Market Center Las Vegas; summer July 25–29 | January 31 – February 2, 2027, Javits Center, New York; summer August 8–10 | April 10–14, 2027, High Point showroom district, North Carolina; fall October 23–27 |
| How you get space | A permanent showroom or a First Finds temporary through the Apply to Exhibit team; rates not published | $24.50/sq ft for IHA members, $34.50 Premium Member Space, $44.00 for non-members in 2027 | Showrooms or First Finds temporaries; rates not published | Apply through the exhibit page; HANDMADE has its own juried application; rates not published | Lease a showroom or temporary space from building owners; rates not published |
| Same stretch | Dallas Total Home & Gift and Lightovation open six days earlier | ASD Market Week runs in Las Vegas the week before | Atlanta Market ends a week before it opens | The Philadelphia Gift Show runs the same weekend | The New York Tabletop Show closes the day before it opens |
Figures and rates are the latest each organizer published; read each with its label and year.
Several shows have been renamed or replaced. Here’s where they went.
Second lookLinen, lamps & lace
A set table, a ceiling of glass lamps, a shop window full of clocks: the details a buyer remembers on the flight home.
10 ASK IT OVER COFFEE
Among the events in this guide that publish attendance, ASD Market Week leads with 30,000 total attendees, per ASD, followed by The Clean Show with 11,000+ people from 70+ countries. The big market centers publish size instead: Atlanta Market lists 6,000+ lines and brands, Las Vegas Market 3,500+ resources and High Point 11.5 million+ square feet of showrooms. The Top 7 on this page lists every figure with its source.
Winter Atlanta Market runs January 12–17, 2027 at AmericasMart Atlanta, with First Finds temporaries open January 13–17 and closing at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Summer Atlanta Market runs July 13–18, 2027, with First Finds July 14–17. See Atlanta Market.
For one more year. The Inspired Home Show 2027 runs March 9–11 at McCormick Place in Chicago, and it is the last Chicago edition: from January 2028 the show moves to AmericasMart alongside Winter Atlanta Market. See The Inspired Home Show 2027.
IHA members pay $24.50 per square foot, with no increase for 2027; Premium Member Space near the main entrance is $34.50 for 1,000 to 2,000 sq ft; non-members pay $44.00. Booths are assigned with a priority system that weighs seniority and floor plan efficiency, per IHA.
NY NOW Winter runs January 31 – February 2, 2027 and NY NOW Summer runs August 8–10, 2027, both at the Javits Center. Winter 2028 is February 6–8. Rockview Management Group was formed in 2026 to acquire the show. See NY NOW.
They run the same dates, January 31 – February 2, 2027, so most brands pick one. NY NOW at the Javits Center draws independent gift, home and lifestyle stores, museum shops, designers and online sellers, with curated HANDMADE and NOTED divisions. The Philadelphia Gift Show in Oaks, Pennsylvania serves independent gift, home, garden center and specialty retailers from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Winter Las Vegas Market runs January 24–28, 2027 at World Market Center Las Vegas; First Finds: Gift and Home in The Expo closes January 27 at 4 p.m. Summer Las Vegas Market runs July 25–29, 2027, and Winter 2028 is January 30 – February 3. See Las Vegas Market.
Spring High Point Market runs April 10–14, 2027 and Fall High Point Market runs October 23–27, 2027, across the High Point showroom district in North Carolina. It is open to the trade only. See High Point Market.
Lightovation is the Dallas International Lighting Show, about 1 million square feet of residential lighting, ceiling fans and controls inside the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market. The January 2027 edition runs January 6–9, with Lightovation Design + Build Day on January 5 for designers and trade professionals. See Dallas Total Home & Gift.
Most start temporary. Atlanta Market (First Finds), Las Vegas Market (First Finds), Dallas (The Temps) and High Point (The Point and Center Stage) all sell temporary space beside the permanent showrooms, so a brand can test the market without a lease. Note that temporaries often close before the showrooms: Dallas Temps run January 6–9 while showrooms stay open to January 12, 2027.
By application. HANDMADE at NY NOW has its own application and an external selection committee for its Designer/Maker and Global Design collections. Shoppe Object (February 7–9, 2027, Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York) selects exhibitors by application, so plan the submission before the booth.
In Discovery Park, the incubator area for smaller brands and new-to-the-Show exhibitors in the South Hall (formerly Debut). The 2027 Innovation District also holds the New Exhibitor Showcase & Lounge and the Inventors Corner, and New Product Showcase entries go automatically into the gia Awards.
Yes: the Emerging Brands neighborhood in Building 3, Floor 5, and the Makers Hub for handmade, American-made, global and philanthropic brands in Building 3, Floor 2. HIGH DESIGN is a separate juried collection of design-driven gift and home accents.
Six in this guide: ISSA Show North America (November 16–19, 2026, Mandalay Bay), Las Vegas Market (January 24–28 and July 25–29, 2027, World Market Center), ASD Market Week (March 2–4 at the LVCC and August 3–5, 2027) and The Clean Show (July 15–18, 2027, LVCC). Our Las Vegas shop builds in the same city.
April 6–9, 2027 at 41 Madison in New York, dates the Tabletop Association lists as projected. The market runs in permanent showrooms, so space is a showroom lease or a temporary suite, and buyers come from tabletop, bridal registry, department and specialty stores and hospitality design. See the Tabletop Show page.
Wholesale price lists, minimums and ship dates at the booth. ASD is a volume and price-point show with 1,800+ vendors across eight shows in two halls, for independent, specialty, discount, convenience and online retailers. The 2027 editions run March 2–4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and August 3–5 in Las Vegas.
No. ISSA Show North America (November 16–19, 2026, exhibits November 17–19, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas) is for commercial cleaning: jan-san distributors, building service contractors and facility managers. Consumer cleaning brands selling to retail do better at The Inspired Home Show. See ISSA 2026.
January 11–13, 2027 in Hall H of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, for Halloween, costume, party supply and seasonal retailers and haunted attraction operators. Animated props and fog effects need power orders and venue approval before the show. See the expo page.
Three regional shows: the Smoky Mountain Gift Show in Gatlinburg (the 2026 edition ran November 4–7; 2027 dates are not confirmed yet), the Ocean City Resort Gift Expo (November 15–17, 2026, Roland E. Powell Convention Center) and the Grand Strand Gift & Resort Merchandise Show in Myrtle Beach (December 6–9, 2026). Plan a compact, easy-to-ship booth for these floors.
Yes. We design and build custom booths from 10×20 up, including shelving, lighting and fixtures that can later move into a permanent showroom. We build in our Fishkill, NY and Las Vegas shops, with fixed proposals, 30–45 day builds and your own project manager on the floor, who runs the install with the labor each hall requires.
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Temporaries, open-to-buy, keystone, MOQ, cash and carry. The terms buyers, reps, designers and market staff use every day, in plain English, so nothing gets lost between the showroom, the line sheet and the exhibitor manual.
12 MORE CONSUMER GUIDES
Purple builds for the whole consumer products calendar. These guides cover the rest of it.
Every U.S. home, outdoor, retail, licensing and kids trade show of 2027 on one calendar, with the Top 10, cities and costs.
Open the full consumer calendarOutdoor Retailer, ICAST, the PGA Show, Cultivate and the outdoor, sporting and garden events.
Open the outdoor & garden guideNRF, Licensing Expo, Toy Fair New York, ABC Kids Expo and the retail and juvenile events.
Open the retail & kids guide
YOUR LINE. YOUR BUYERS. YOUR ROOM.
From the crate of glassware at the advance warehouse to the table where a shop owner writes the opening order, let’s create a gift or home booth that looks like a room people want, shows the full line and gives buyers a seat to order. Fixed proposals, 30–45 day builds and your own project manager on the floor.
Let’s plan your gift or home boothResearched and written by the Purple Exhibits team. Updated November 9, 2026. Show dates, venues, prices and rules come from each organizer’s published pages, linked on every show card. Fit notes, booth ideas and planning tools are our editorial guidance from building booths for home, gift & housewares exhibitors. Listings are not paid placements. The guide covers U.S. business-to-business events plus selected international shows.
Photos: Gốm sứ Cương Duyên / Pexels · G star Media / Pexels · M ZASS / Pexels · Vika Glitter / Pexels · Buğra Özcan / Pexels · 董 小姐 / Pexels · Michael Fried / Pexels · Yasser Amin / Pexels · Lokman Sevim / Pexels · Abdullatif Mirza / Pexels · Muhammad-Taha Ibrahim / Pexels · Paolo Sbalzer / Pexels · Quang Nguyen Vinh / Pexels · Carlos Batalla / Pexels · Tim Mossholder / Pexels · Ahmad Al-Attary / Pexels · sandi.photography ⠀ / Pexels · Hert Niks / Pexels · Özge Taşkıran / Pexels · Zülfü Demir📸 / Pexels · Tolga deniz Aran / Pexels · tuba / Pexels · Alina Skazka / Pexels · Beth Fitzpatrick / Pexels · Luca Severin / Pexels. Booth photographs: Purple Exhibits.
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