2025 Award Winners: Best in Show - Chinese Quince, Entrekin; Best Shohin - White pine - Sawhney; Best Display - Salyer; Best Deciduous - Zelkova, Martin; Best Flowering - Princess Persimmon, MacAtee; Best Tropical - Little Coffee, Rogers; People's Choice - Pyracantha, Snow; ABS Award - Water Elm, Geanangel.
150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081
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OUR SHOW
Saturday and Sunday
DECEMBER 5 & 6, 2026
FREE Admission to exhibition, bonsai demos and vendors.
This is the 14th 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.
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.
Nearest Airport - Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) 30-40 min drive
Free Parking
SCHEDULE
Setup - exhibitors and vendors
Friday December 4, 2026 4 PM - 7PM
Saturday December 5, 2026
Open to public 10 AM-5 PM
DEMOS
10 AM TBA
2 PM TBA
5:30 PM Bonsai auction (open to all)
7 PM Dinner Banquet at exhibit site by reservation only (reserve under RESERVATIONS Page)
Sunday December 6, 2026
8:30 AM -10 AM Bonsai Critique by WIlliam Valavanis
Open to public 10 AM-3 PM
DEMOS
10 AM TBA
12 PM TBA
3 PM Show closes
Exhibitors and Vendors at the 2026 Show
Exhibitor | Table # |
|---|---|
Entrekin , Robert | |
Geanangel, John | |
Lauer, Ed | |
Markoff, Michael | |
Martin, Adair | |
McAtee, Mac | |
Mercer, Bryan | |
Noga, Joe | |
ONeal, Dan | |
Payne, Jason | |
Robison, Matthew | |
Salyer, Shannon | |
Sawhney, Arjun | |
Smith, Sean | |
Tran, Dat | |
Valavanis, William | |
Zeisel, Steven |
Vendor | Selling | Table(s) # |
|---|---|---|
Adams, Julian | preBonsai, Bonsai | |
Adamz, Zachary | nursery stock, Bonsai, display tables | |
Akins, Eli | pots | |
Barnett, Merritt | pots | |
Boggs, Sonny | pots | |
Bonsai Learning Center | Bonsai, supplies, tools | |
Bulluck, Dean | pots | |
Choe, Young | Kusamono | |
Clark, Gary | Bonsai, prebonsai | |
Cole, John | Bonsai, pots | |
Comstock, Mark | prebonsai | |
Drake, Charles | pots | |
Eliason, Rob | Bonsai pots, stands, jitas | |
Farrell, Louis | fish prints | |
Gossert, Steve | pots | |
Hallatt, Ken | Tool, Supplies, Pots | |
Harris, Rusty | Pre bonsai, tools, pots, misc accessories | |
Lages, Betty Lou | prebonsai, bonsai | |
Miller, Bradford | Pre bonsai, bonsai, kusamono, pots | |
Mora Lopez, Cristhian | pots | |
Myrick, Byron | pots | |
Ogranga, Saimir (Sam) | Coffee | |
Payne, Jason | Bonsai, prebonsai, pots | |
Pruski, Bob | pots | |
Salyer, Shannon | Pre-bonsai shohin and shohin bonsai | |
Schmuck, Christopher | Bonsai, pre-bonsai, pots and stone slabs. | |
Sebesta, Nicholas | Shohin and mame bonsai | |
Sherrod, Tyler | Bonsai | |
Smith, Sean | bonsai tables, trees, pots and suiseki | |
Tolbert, Preston | pots | |
Tran, Dat | Bonsai, prebonsai | |
Valavanis, William | Bonsai, prebonsai, supplies | |
Veselenak, Ellen | Bonsai, prebonsai | |
Wallace, Robert | pots | |
White, Dan | Bonsai, prebonsai | |
Winkler, Joe | tropical pre-bonsai, bonsais and pots. | |
Zach, Adamz | prebonsai | |
Zeisel, Susan | Quilts, cozies, shopping bags |
DEMO ROOM
Room with cement floor
Room adjacenT To Demo room
RESERVATIONS
No reservations are needed to attend the show or demos.
Admission, exhibiting and vending are free.
Vending slots full, request to be wait-listed
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 SILHOUETTE BONSAI SHOW
OUR ADDRESS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 5, 2026
SUNDAY DECEMBER 6, 2026
150 N. Research Campus Drive
Kannapolis, NC 28081
