44th Village Venture Arts & Crafts Festival

The 44th Annual Village Venture Arts & Crafts Festival will be here at the Claremont Village in no time!
Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 9AM to 5PM in the Claremont Village! 

We are grateful for Claremont Graduate University's Drucker School of Management being our Event Sponsor this year to make this event possible! 

Village Venture is Claremont's LARGEST community event. In 2025, Claremont Courier reported that we had nearly 23,000 attendees throughout the entire day. It is the chance to showcase our community to surrounding communities, and even people from other states and countries come to our arts & crafts festival. We are grateful to have a Showcase Sponsor, MINI of Ontario, to support us in reaching a further audience so we can showcase Claremont! Village Venture Arts & Crafts Festival is a unique event, because it is a public and free event for the community, free events are rare nowadays. Claremont Chamber of Commerce will always have this event free and open to the public because we want to showcase our beautiful town and its charm to everyone. Community means all people are welcomed, and the arts and crafts is meant for every walk of life to enjoy. We hope you enjoy the walk around the Claremont Village during the event.

If you are new or a returning Village Venture Venturer, we have many activities to do throughout the day! 

Join us for the Opening Ceremony at Shelton Park which begins at 9AM. We will be having local dignitaries, the Chamber, and the Chair of the Chamber speaking about Village Venture and the positive impact this tradition has had on the Claremont community in both the commerce and the arts and crafts scene. After the opening ceremony, will be the costume parade line-up!

It is time to brainstorm with friends and family what the group costume will be this year for the costume parade. The costume parade is one of the most beloved tradition of Village Venture, where we invite the public to partake in your costumes and walk the Claremont Village. A new tradition within this tradition is people dressing up their dogs in costumes, and we love to see the creativity of our community! Thank you to The Children's Foundation of America for being our yearly Presenting Parade Sponsor, their generosity helps us continue to this beloved tradition and to add onto it. 

This year, the Claremont Chamber of Commerce has been intentional about adding more community arts and crafts in our Arts & Crafts festival. We partnered with Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, our official Arts & Crafts Sponsor, and the artist Cheyne Ellett (if you ever been into Claremont's Philz Coffee, you have seen his artwork on the walls!) is creating an interactive community arts & crafts mural, where we invite the community to co-create with us. When we come together, we create better - whether in commerce, art, or crafts. 

Want to be the ultimate Village Venturer? Drop by the Claremont Chamber of Commerce's and Discover Claremont's booth in front the Claremont Chamber of Commerce Office and Visitor's Center, 205 Yale Ave, and ask for the Village Venturer Bingo Card! Visit all the booths and get it stamped to turn in the Bingo card for this year's unique one-of-a-kind Village Venture enamel pin*. Each year we have a new enamel pin so you can start your Village Venture enamel pin collection. The perfect collection for Claremont and Village Venture fans. On the Bingo Card we introduced our new selfie stations. *limited supply, while supplies last

There will be selfie stations throughout the Claremont Village! Lost Levels will be having a custom Village Venture and Lost Levels selfie station on the 2nd floor of The Packing House in front of their Card Shop. Claremont Lewis Museum of Art in addition to the interactive community art mural will be having a selfie station in front of Museum's lawn, and the last one will be Discover Claremont's selfie station which will be located on 2nd St near Yale Ave.

Village Venture will have entertainment throughout the day! Claremont Lewis Museum of Art will have the family friendly entertainment area where we will have a variety of performances. Please visit the Village Venture website for the entertainment schedule. At Shelton Park we will be having classic rock cover bands for our Beer & Wine Garden attendees to chill out while they sip on the amazing curation of craft beers and wine. 

Village Venture will have top LA food trucks on the 1st Street near College Ave. If you don't want to wait the long lines for the food trucks, there are many amazing local restaurants in and nearby the Claremont Village! 

There will be nearly 400 booths of arts and crafts vendors and small local businesses and nonprofits exhibitors throughout the entire Claremont Village. The perfect time to get your holiday shopping for unique and one-of-a-kind gifts for your loved ones! Don't forget to check out what stores are behind the booths, because Claremont Village has local small businesses with beautifully curated collection and selection that can only be found here in Claremont!

Bring your friends and family, and we will see you at Village Venture. Come see why Village Venture is one of Claremont's longest traditions and largest event. See you on Saturday, October 24 in the Claremont Village!

For more information, please visit Village Venture website.