Salt Lake Family Christmas Gift Show 2026

The Salt Lake Family Christmas Gift Show is a three-day holiday shopping show at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, Utah. Vendors sell gifts and handmade items, with Santa, live stage performances, artist demonstrations and family attractions. It is produced by Marketplace Events.

Salt Lake Family Christmas Gift Show 2026

Salt Lake Family Christmas Gift Show runs November 12–14, 2026 at Mountain America Expo Center, Sandy.

What it is

This is a public holiday shopping show. Vendors sell gifts and handmade items over three days, with family entertainment around the aisles. It is produced by Marketplace Events, which runs a string of holiday markets across the country as well as the Salt Lake Home Show and Salt Lake Home + Garden Show.

Hours and admission

• Thursday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Friday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Saturday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Admission is a wristband good for all three days. A cut or removed wristband is invalid.

Children 13 and under get in free. Tickets can be bought online or at the door, but the box office is cashless and takes only debit or credit cards on the day.

Free onsite parking is limited. More parking is in the NICE parking structure at 75 W Towne Ridge Pkwy, across the street. On Saturday only, a free shuttle runs between the main entrance and that structure.

Show features

• Santa's Village: Santa visits each day of the show from 11am to 5pm
• Holly Jolly Stage: live performances all weekend
• Holiday Light Tunnel and the Colors of the Season décor display
• Artists in Action: makers demonstrating their crafts live
• Trinket Trading: a daily swap of small handmade keepsakes at the Holly Jolly Stage
• Frosty's Footsteps: a hunt for hidden snowmen across the show floor, with a treat at the Show Desk
• A free holiday shopping bag while supplies last, plus a bag check and a gift-wrapping station, both run by a local Boy Scout for suggested donations

Other Marketplace Events holiday shows

The same producer runs the Denver Christmas Show (November 6–8, 2026, National Western Center) and the Colorado Country Christmas Gift Show (November 13–15, 2026, Colorado Springs Event Center).