Canterbury Park Craft Shows

Canterbury Park in Shakopee hosts the biggest craft and vintage shows in the south metro: the Spring and Autumn Festival, An Arts & Crafts Affair, with 500-plus artists and crafters from about 30 states, and Junk Bonanza, the three-day indoor vintage market. This page is the year-round guide: the schedule as dates are announced, hours, admission, parking, and what to expect, about 15 minutes from Prior Lake. The individual event pages are linked below for each date.

The schedule

• Junk Bonanza Fall 2026: Thursday to Saturday, September 10 to 12, 2026
• Autumn Festival, An Arts & Crafts Affair: Thursday to Sunday, November 12 to 15, 2026
• Junk Bonanza Holiday: early December; the 2025 edition ran December 4 to 6, and 2026 dates are posted on junkbonanza.com when they are set
• Spring Festival, An Arts & Crafts Affair: Friday to Sunday, April 9 to 11, 2027 (the 2026 show was April 17 to 19)

The pattern holds year to year: the spring craft show lands in mid-April, Junk Bonanza’s fall market in early or mid-September, the autumn craft show the second or third weekend of November, and the holiday vintage market in early December. Prior Lake Events lists each one as soon as the organizer confirms it, and the live list at the bottom of this page shows what is next.

The Arts & Crafts Affair: hours, admission, what it is

Huffman Productions has run the Arts & Crafts Affair tour for decades, and the Canterbury Park stops are consistently ranked among the top 100 shows in the country by Sunshine Artist magazine. Expect more than 500 booths of handmade work: fine art, home decor, furniture, jewelry, clothing, seasonal pieces, food items and gifts, with hourly gift-certificate drawings and food and drink inside.

• Hours: Thursday and Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (the spring show skips Thursday), Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Admission: $10 adults, $9 seniors, kids under 10 free. Paid admission is good all weekend with the handstamp.
• Coupon: the organizer posts a $1-off coupon at hpifestivals.com.
• Parking: free in the Canterbury Park lots.
• Best time to go: Thursday and Friday evenings and early Saturday are the thinnest crowds; Saturday midday is the crush.

Junk Bonanza: the vintage market

Junk Bonanza is a different animal: 150-plus hand-picked vendors selling vintage, antique, repurposed and handmade goods for the house and garden, indoors at Canterbury Park for three days. Vendors restock at the end of each day, so there is fresh merchandise on the floor Friday and Saturday, not just Thursday.

• Hours (fall 2026): Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Admission: $10 per day, kids under 12 free. The $20 Early Bird ticket opens the doors at 8 a.m. Thursday, two hours ahead of general admission, and includes Friday and Saturday.
• Tickets: online at junkbonanza.com; at the door it is cash or check only, with ATMs on site.
• Parking: free.
• Bring: a cart or wagon if you are serious, and a tape measure. The big pieces go first.

Getting there from Prior Lake

Canterbury Park is at 1100 Canterbury Road South, Shakopee, MN 55379. From Prior Lake take County Road 83 north past Mystic Lake; the track is on the right just before Highway 169, about 15 minutes from downtown. The shows run inside Canterbury’s expo and event space, so follow the event signs from the main lots rather than heading for the grandstand. Parking is free for all of these shows. On live-racing days in summer the lots get busier, but the craft shows land outside the racing season.

Other shows at Canterbury Park

The same expo space hosts the Minnesota Sportsmen’s Show in January, the Shakopee Home Show in February and the GSTA Rod & Custom car show in April, and in racing season the infield does corgi races, beagle races and Taste of Canterbury. All of it is on the Canterbury Park venue page.

Coming up at Canterbury Park

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