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This is a major national bonsai show with more than 70 outstanding trees on display, free demonstrations by William Valavanis, Tyler Sherrod, etc., and 40 Vendors of pots, prebonsai, bonsai and bonsai supplies.  


Free Admission.

150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081

DECEMBER 6 & 7, 2025
We email out regular newsletters to update attendees, exhibitors and vendors.  To get on our mailing list send a message using the CONTACT US form at the end of the website. 
Our Show
exceptional bonsai show in marble lined rotuda

  OUR SHOW  

Saturday and Sunday

DECEMBER 6 & 7,  2025

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FREE Admission to exhibition, bonsai demos and vendors.

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This is the 13th year for this nationally recognized show. It is held in what is likely the most elegant location for a bonsai show - a 4 story marble lined atrium. Many say this is their favorite show of the year, where trees are exhibited in their winter best form. 

 

Exhibitors and vendors come from all over the country.  Demos by world-class bonsai artists.  Bonsai auction Saturday evening.  Banquet dinner by reservation Saturday evening.

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Location

North Carolina Research Campus, 150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

 

The campus is located 3 miles off I-85 at Exit 60. Turn NW toward Kannapolis, drive 3.2 miles, turn right on South Main St., drive 1 mile to campus on left.

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Nearest Airport - Charlotte Douglas International (CLT)  30-40 min drive

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Free Parking

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SCHEDULE

Setup - exhibitors and vendors 

Friday December 5, 2025  4 PM - 7PM

 

Saturday December 6, 2025

Open to public 10 AM-5 PM

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DEMOS

10 AM TBA

2 PM TBA

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5:30 PM Bonsai auction (open to all) 

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7 PM  Dinner Banquet at exhibit site by reservation only (reserve under RESERVATIONS Page)

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Sunday December 7, 2025

8:30 AM -10 AM Bonsai Critique by WIlliam Valavanis   

Open to public 10 AM-3 PM

 

DEMOS

10 AM TBA

 

3 PM Show closes

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Exhibitors and Vendors at the 2025 Show

Exhibitor
Andrews, Luke
Arpag, Marc
Bjorholm, Tom
Blanton, Amy
Entrekin , Robert
Geanangel, John
Jersan, Christopher
Lages, Betty Lou
Lauer, Ed
Martin, Adair
Noga, Joseph
O'Neal, Dan
Payne, Jason
Ring, Michael
Robison, Matthew
Salyer, Shannon
Smith, Dane
Smith, Sean
Tran, Dat
Valavanis, William
Veselenak, Ellen
Wallace, Robert
Zeisel, Steven

There are multiple exhibitor appications that are still under review
 

Vendor
Selling
Akins, Eli
Bonsai Pots
Barnett, Merritt
Bonsai Pots
Boggs, Sonny
Bonsai Pots
Bonsai Learning Center
Bonsai, pots, tools, wire, soil.
Bulluck, Dean
Bonsai Pots
Cartrett, Mike
Bonsai & pre-bonsai 
Cole, John
Bonsai pots & pre-bonsai 
Comstock, Mark
Pre-bonsai
Ekarintaragun, Pitoon
Bonsai pots, stands, jitas 
Gossert, Steve
Bonsai Pots
Gross, Hank
Bonsai & pre-bonsai, pots
Hallatt, Ken
Tool, Supplies, Pots  
Harris, Rusty
Bonsai & pre-bonsai, pots, tools
Harrow, Jason
Bonsai, pre-bonsai, pots, tools, books, wire, accent plants.  
Huth, Ken
Bonsai, pre Bonsai, Soil, Aggregates & Supplies  
Lages, Betty Lou
Bonsai & pre-bonsai 
Mahler, Robert
Bonsai and satsuki  
McDermott, Frank
Rock Slabs, pre-bonsai, bonsai 
Miller, Bradford
Pre bonsai, bonsai, kusamono, pots 
Mora Lopez, Cristhian  
Bonsai Pots
Myrick, Byron
Bonsai Pots
Payne, Jason
Bonsai Pots
Pruski, Bob
Bonsai Pots
Racinski, Sandra
Joshua Roth and Ryuga tools, supplies, accessories. Training pots.  
Rankins, Jason
Japanese Pots, stands, scrolls  
Salyer, Shannon
Pre-bonsai shohin and shohin bonsai
Schmuck, Christopher
Bonsai, pre-bonsai, pots and stone slabs.  
Sherrod, Tyler
Bonsai
Shih, Andrew
Bonsai pots (Chinese, Japanese, Tokoname pots), bonsai tools, bonsai materials (trees in ceramics, pre-bonsai)
Smith, Sean
bonsai tables trees pots and suiseki 
Tolbert, Preston
Bonsai pots (Chinese, Japanese, Tokoname pots), bonsai tools, bonsai materials (trees in ceramics, pre-bonsai) 
Tran, Dat
Bonsai & pre-bonsai 
Valavanis, William
Bonsai, pre-bonsai, pots, tools, wire, soil.
Veselenak, Ellen
Bonsai & pre-bonsai 
Wallace, Robert
Bonsai Pots
Youtz, Andrew
Wire Caddys, USA made plastic pots, Japanese substrate, pre-bonsai and aluminum bonsai wire 
Zeisel, Susan
Quilts
Reservations

RESERVATIONS

No reservations are needed to attend the show or demos.
Admission, exhibiting and vending are free.

Requests to exhibit will be juried and will be dealt with starting on January 3, 2025. We hope to complete this process by April..
VENDING IS FULL. Request to be placed on vending waitlist, we sometimes get cancellations
(as of now we have 14 people on waitlist).

Request to Exhibit

Upload a jpeg of the trees you wish to exhibit. We are looking for the quality of your trees and realize that by the time of the show trees may change. You can upload up to 4 jpegs.

Request to be on Vending waitlist

Gallery
Photos of trees from previous shows
The formal photos in this series are taken by Joe Noga, informal photgraphy by Steve Zeisel and William Valavanis.
Winter Bonsai Show_1webb
ZEISEL 112358A copy
Scots Pine
Japanese Maple
Crabapple
Shimpaku Juniper
Rocky Mountain Juniper
European Hornbeam
Itiogawa Juniper
Chinese Quince
American Larch
American Hackberry
Japanese Black Pine
Persimmon
Chinese Elm
AMerican Hornbeam
Chokeberry
Chinese Elm
Silverberry
Japanese White Pine
Banksia Rose
American Hornbeam
Weeping Willow
Eastern White Cedar
Japanese Greybark Elm
American Hornbeam
American Hornbeam
Itiogawa Juniper
American Beech
Japanese Black Pine
Japanese Corkbark Elm
Japanese Quince
IMG_0318
IMG_0317
IMG_0316
IMG_0311
Chinese Elm
Japanese Maple Kashima
Satsuki Azalea
Zelcova
Japanese White Pine
Colorado Blue Spruce
Eastern White Cedar
Japanese Maple
Shohin
Sparkleberry
ZEISEL 1 2 1 copy
ZEISEL 1 12 copy 2
VALAVANIS 2 8 copy
VOORHIES 1 4 copy 2
VALAVANIS 1 8 copy 2
TRAN 2 5 copy
TRAN 1 8 copy 2
SAWHNEY 1 copy 2
SALYER 3 2 copy 2
SALYER 1 2 copy 2
NOGA 2 1 copy 2
ROBISON 1 6 copy 2
RUSSELL 1 3 copy 2
PERDUE 2 8 copy 2
NOGA 1 5 copy 2
McATEE 2 3 copy 2
MERCER 1 6 copy 2
MARTIN 1 8 copy 2
LAUER 1 3 copy 2
KIMBALL 1 4 copy 2
KIMBALL 2 3 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 3 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 1 10 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 3 1 1 copy
KEMPINSKI 2 10 copy 2
HUMPHREY 1 5 copy 2
JOHNSON 2 3 copy 2
HULL 1 copy 2
HARTMAN 2 copy 2
HARTMAN 1 8 copy 2
GROSS 1copy copy
GEANANGEI 3 1 copy 2
GEANANGEI 2 1 copy 2
FAHEY 1 2 copy 2
DAWSEY 3 copy 2
DAWSEY 2 copy 2
BUECHELE 3 copy 2
CLEMONS 1 2 copy 2
CLARK 2 22 copy 2
CLARK 1 2 copy 2
BUECHELE 4 1 copy 2
BUECHELE 1 6 copy 2
BUECHELE 2 1 copy 2
BLANTON 2 9 copy 2
BARNETT 1 3 copy 2
BARNETT 2 17 copy 2
BLANTON 1 3 copy
BARNETT 3 copy 2
ARPAG 3 8 copy 2
ANDES 1 4 copy 2
ARPAG 1 9 1 copy 2
ANDREWS 1 9 copy 2
ANDREWS 2 3 1 copy 2
VOORHIES 2 2 copy 2
WALLACE 2 4 copy 2
ZEISEL 4 1 copy 2
WALLACE 1 2 copy 2
VOORHIES 1 4 copy 2
TRAN 3 5 copy 2
VALAVANIS 3 copy 2
VALAVANIS 3 3 copy 2
TRAN 1 8 copy 2
SCHMUCK 112410 1 copy 2
SAYLOR 3 2 copy 2
SAYLOR 2 2 copy 2
SAYLOR 4 3 copy 2
SAYLOR 1 1 copy 2
SAWHNEY 2 21 copy 2
RUSSELL 2 7 copy 2
SAWHNEY 2 9 copy 2
RUSSELL 1 4 copy 2
PERDUE 2 copy 2
O'NEAL 212407 copy 3
PERDUE 1 5 copy 2
O'NEAL 112403 3 copy 2
NOGA 4 10 copy 2
MITCHELL 1 5 1 copy 2
MARTIN 112409 copy 3
MARKOFF 3 4 copy 2
MARKOFF 1 11 copy 2
LAUER 212374 1 copy 2
LAUER 112368 copy 2
MAHLER1 21 copy 2
KIRBY 2 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 1 3 copy 2
HARTMAN 3 7 copy 2
HARTMAN 2 7 copy 2
HARRIS 2 5 copy 2
HARTMAN 1 3 copy 2
HARRIS 1 7 copy 2
GROSS 1 11 copy 2
CLEMONS 3 9 copy 2
ENTREKIN 2 5 copy 2
ENTREKIN 112414 copy 2
CLEMONS 2 9 copy 2
CLEMONS 1 8 copy 2
CLARK 3 12 copy 2
CLARK 1 3 copy 2
BUECHELE 2 6 copy 2
BUECHELE 4 copy 2
BUECHELE 3 1 copy 2
BUECHELE 1 3 1 copy 2
ANDES 3 6 copy 2
ANDES 1 3 copy 3
ARPAG 1 9 copy 2
ARPAG 2 4 copy 2
VESELENAK 113461 1 copy 2
ZEISEL 113548 2 copy 3
ZEISEL 113551 copy 2
WAFFA 113580 1 copy 2
TRAN 113429 copy 2
SCOTT 113519 copy 3
SUSTIC 113437 copy 2
TRAN 2 13703 copy 2
SMITH EXTRA 8 copy
SCHMUCK 113479 copy
SAWHNEY 2136453 copy 3
SAWHNEY 1136403 copy 2
SALYER 2136563 2 copy 2
RUSSELL 2136303 copy 2
SALYER 113545 copy 2
Rodneydemo
RING 213556 copy 2
O'NEAI 113419 copy 2
O'NEAI 213425 copy
O'NEAL 3136653 copy
RING 113482 copy 2
MILLER 1 2 copy
NOGA 213715 copy 3
NOGA 213714 copy
NOGA 213712 copy
NOGA 113707 copy 4
NOGA 113707 copy 3
MITCHELL 113560 copy
McATEE 3136273 copy
MILLER 2 5 1 copy
MERCER13408 copy 3
McATEE 1136183 copy
McATEE 2136193 copy 1
LAUER213534 copy
MARTN 1113447 copy
LAUER 4135983 1 copy
LAUER 313593 copy
LAGES 1136503 copy
LAUER 1L13411 copy 3
KEMPINSKI 113529 copy
KEMPINSKI 4 13688 copy 1
JERSON 113497 copy
KEMPINSKI 2136063 copy
JERSAN 3 13668 copy
HARRIS 2 3 copy
FAHEY113450 copy 3
HARRIS 1 1 copy
GEANANGEL 9 Normal Shot
GEANANGEL-focus sdtacking 2 copy 2
GEANANGEI-foccus stacking 1 copy
GEANANGEL 7 copy1
GEANANGEL 7-2 copy
FAHEY 2 13697 copy 1
ENTERKIN 113465 copy
CUAN 113455 copy
CUAN 2136373 copy
CUAN 3 13691 copy
CLEMONS 213536 copy
CLEMONS 113491 1 copy 3
CLEMONS 3 13683 copy 1
CLARK 2136143 1 copy
CLARK 1136133 1 copy
BARNETT 2136173 2 copy
ARPAG 1135122 copy
BARNETT 113571 1 copy
ARPAG 4 15 copy 1
ARPAG 5 1 copy 1
ADAMS 113546 copy
ADAMS 3 13679 copy
ARPAG 3 5 copy 1
ARPAG 4 8 copy 1
ANDES 113462 cop
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WINTER SILHOUETTE BONSAI SHOW
OUR ADDRESS

SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 2025

SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2025

150 N. Research Campus Drive

Kannapolis, NC 28081

SHOW HOURS

​​Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
​Sunday: 10 am - 3 pm

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