2025 SF Bay Area Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose

The S.F. Bay Area Printers’ Fair & Wayzgoose is returning to San Jose’s History Park on April 26, 2025. The event attracts 700+ letterpress artisans, book arts enthusiasts, typecasters, papermakers, crafters, designers, tinkerers, printmakers, students, educators, graphic designers, typophiles, and fine print collectors. The 35+ recent exhibitors have offered a wide range of printed goods, paper, ink, supplies, vintage equipment, and hands-on demos of papermaking and printing in various media.

Letterpress Printers’ Marketplace: Exhibitors will be offering letterpress printed cards and other goods, artist books, fine papers, ink, handset type, books, printed ephemera, etchings, silkscreen graphics, art prints, and reference materials, as well as printing presses, tools, and equipment for printing and related crafts. The event also welcomes vendors selling related handcrafts, jewelry and other unique items relevant to this audience.

Space for exhibitors and vendors will be provided inside the Pacific Hotel, as well as directly outside the Hotel on the streets of History Park.

• Inside, one 8-foot table, $90
• Outside 10' x 10' space, one 8-foot table and canopy, $90
• Outside 10' x 10' space, two 8-foot tables and canopy, $105
• Outside 10' x 10' space, three 8-foot tables and canopy, $120
• Outside 10' x 10' space, unfurnished, exhibitor provides table and canopy if desired, $80

Eventbrite fees are about 10% additional as shown on registration form.

Registration is subject to approval to ensure that exhibitors are relevant to the focus of the event.

To be included in printed fair guide, the priority registration deadline is March 31, 2025. .

The event takes place rain or shine, subject to change in case of unforeseen public health restrictions.

About the event: This is the ninth annual Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose at History Park in San Jose. Visitors can print a jumbo wood type poster and peruse the marketplace, free! Sponsored by the San Jose Printers’ Guild, this event celebrates letterpress printing, typography, book arts, ephemera, fine paper, printmaking, and allied arts. Print enthusiasts, students, educators, graphic designers, typophiles, artists, and printers new or old will enjoy the demonstrations, tours, and array of vendors and exhibitors.

For more info see our website: https://www.sjprintersguild.com

You are invited to become a sponsor of the Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose, and help keep it a vibrant and free event for everyone. Sponsors are thanked and recognized in event promotion and printed material. See: https://www.sjprintersguild.com/product/sponsorship-printers-fair-wayzgoose-2025/

For any questions about the event, email [email protected]

Host or Publisher San Jose Printers' Guild