Philadelphia Gift Show 2027Exhibitor guide: booth costs, dates and deadlines

The 2027 show runs Sunday, January 31 to Tuesday, February 2, 2027. The floor is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday and Monday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and exhibitor move-in opens Friday, January 29 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

It is at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue, Oaks, Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia. The building has 240,000 square feet on a single floor and about 5,000 free parking spaces, and Philadelphia International is the nearest airport.

Clarion sends booth package pricing through the form on its Exhibit page, and Artisan Alley packages start at $1,535 (2027). For the display inside your package, our shelving, graphics and lighting kits for a 10×20 footprint rent for $7,500 to $15,000, and we quote every kit to the space Clarion assigns.

The standard package has 8-foot side and back drapes, one undraped table, one chair, a wastebasket, a booth ID sign, free on-site freight handling, a directory listing and marketing materials. Electrical is extra and is ordered from the Expo Center; furnishings come from GES.

More than 200 exhibitors: giftware, decorative accessories, tabletop, apparel, fashion jewelry and accessories, toys and games, holiday and seasonal, gourmet food, baby and designer or artisan lines, plus sales reps carrying several brands. Artisan Alley and Made in America group makers and U.S.-made products.

Thousands of retailers from the Mid-Atlantic and Tri-State areas attend, per Clarion, which gives no exact buyer count. Its buyer survey says 86% come to see new products, 82% come to place orders and 72% come to source new suppliers, so an order desk matters as much as the display.

The show is open only to the trade. Registration is free for qualified retailers, first-time stores bring one personal ID and two business IDs, and children under 14 and strollers are strongly discouraged. Photographing exhibits needs the exhibitor's written consent.

The show is mainly wholesale. Cash-and-carry vendors sit in the Vintage Market-Immediate Goods pavilion, and other exhibitors may offer take-home goods, usually toward the end of the show and most on the last day. We add a small stock and checkout area only if your contract allows it.

You may hand-carry from a vehicle parked in a designated lot, with no curbside parking, hand carts or dollies. Cartload service takes up to 8 pieces under 150 pounds on one 3×4-foot cart per private vehicle, outside the free freight allowance. We crate the booth so the included freight handling covers it.

Move-in opens Friday, January 29, 2027, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Move-out runs Tuesday, February 2 from 4 to 10 p.m. and Wednesday, February 3 from 8 a.m. to noon; carriers must check in by 10 a.m. Wednesday. Closed-toe shoes are required and children are not allowed in the hall.

General Exposition Services (GES) is the general service contractor and handles furnishings, while electrical and internet are ordered through the Expo Center's own system. Convention Data Services runs registration and lead retrieval. We place each order and put every estimate on our proposal.

Connections Housing is the one housing company the show approves, so book there. A shuttle loops between the Expo Center, the Hilton Garden Inn and the Hampton Inn & Suites from 8 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m., and parking at the Expo Center is free.

A shelving booth built on aluminum frame packs flat and travels. Gift and home lines carry the same kit to Atlanta Market, Shoppe Object in New York or the Ocean City Resort Gift Expo, and we store it in Fishkill, NY between markets with new graphics as collections change.