Check-in and Load-in Times

Sunday Morning on November 22, 2026

• 8:00am – 8:45am: Odd numbered booths
• 9:00am – 9:45am: Even numbered booths

Check-In will close at 9:45am. Set-up must be completed by opening at 10:45am on Sunday.

Artist Booth Numbers

click here for aRTIST BOOTH NUMBERs 

We made every attempt to fill special requests. Booth numbers are subject to change. We will notify you of any changes.

Check-In Location

Go to the Marriott Lincolnshire (Ten, Marriott Dr, Lincolnshire, IL 60069) and follow signs to the Hotel Entrance. The Grand Marquee is the large building with floor to ceiling windows. Follow signs to Artist Check-in. 

Load-In Instructions

THIS IS A DOLLY-IN SHOW. Please bring a dolly and/or a wagon! We will not have any available.

Every artist will:

• Check-in and get credentials.
• Park in a nearby parking space.
• Dolly all of their items to their space.
• Park their vehicle in artist parking.
• Come back to their space and set-up their booth.

**Please do not set up your booth until your car is parked in the Artist Parking**

Click here for the FESTIVAL MAP

Parking

Parking will be complimentary for oversized and regular sized vehicles. Maps and parking permits will be distributed at check-in. If you plan to drop your hitch, please duct tape a parking permit to it.

Sales Tax Form & Info

Artists selling their work at an art festival in Illinois must collect, report and remit taxes to the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR). Here’s all the information about remitting taxes to the Illinois Department of Revenue: https://tax.illinois.gov/individuals/fairs.html.

The “Form IDOR-6-SETR, Special Event Tax Collection Report and Payment Coupon” is below.
If you have any questions, please reach out to them directly at rev.specialevents@illinois.gov or call  (847) 294-4475.

2026 FESTIVAL TAX FORM – coming soon!

Storage

Storage must be kept within the artist space. Back storage is at a minimum. We will have a small room nearby to keep minor additional storage. 

Free Tickets for Customers

Tickets to Handmade Holiday Market are $10 per person with a portion of the ticket sales benefitting our non-profit partner, Wings. Find out more about Wings here: https://wingsprogram.com/. 

Free tickets are available to your customers. Email your customers the ticket link below and the free ticket Promo Code ARTIST26

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/handmade-holiday-market-2026-tickets-2001773457297

Art Festival Gift Cards

To stimulate art buying at the festival, Amdur Productions sells and gives away $25 gift cards to attendees!  Please honor the $25 gift card as payment. Patrons must use each $25 gift card in whole and not in part (no change is given). Then fill out your name on the gift card and bring it to an Amdur Productions’ staff member. We will reimburse you the amount with cash right at the festival! 

Are You Demonstrating On Site?

Let us know so we can talk about it in our PR and community outreach!

Purple Ribbon Project

Join Amdur Productions in supporting WINGS Program, Inc., an organization dedicated to ending domestic violence through housing, advocacy, and education. Artists can pick up a purple ribbon at check-in and place it on select pieces in their booth. If the marked piece sells, the artist donates a portion of the sale to WINGS. Donations can be made at wingsprogram.com/donate—please write “Amdur Productions” when asked how you heard about WINGS. Thank you for participating!

Promote, Promote, Promote!

Use the following hashtags when you post: #HandmadeHolidayMarket #AmdurProductions

Type these into your post to tag us and the event: @Amdur Productions @HandmadeHolidayMarket

click here for the SHOW LOGO FOR ARTISTS

click here for the fESTIVAL PROMO GRAPHIC – coming soon!

Follow Us on Facebook and Instagram

Make sure you’re following Amdur on social media! Tag us in all your promotional materials leading up to the festival so we can repost them to our community of festival-goers! You can also share our content for the art festivals to make it easy. Access our social accounts here: https://linktr.ee/amdurproductionssocial

Questions? 

Before the festival, call our office at 847-926-4300. If you are calling on the day of load-in, call the festival phone at 847-238-2242.