Today, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar has announced their full artist lineup for their 50th season taking place Saturday, Dec. 13 – Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 at the Palmer Events Center (900 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas 78704). View the complete list of artists here. With nearly 200 artists, the Armadillo’s curated lineup blends fine art and functional design—featuring paintings, jewelry, ceramics, photography, glass, woodwork, and imaginative gift items. It’s the perfect holiday destination to discover something meaningful while enjoying seasonal cocktails, local brews, wine, mocktails, and food. And of course, no Armadillo experience would be complete without its exceptional music lineup, showcasing acclaimed local and national musicians on an intimate stage. Music lovers can expect a particularly stellar lineup for Armadillo’s 50th season with familiar favorites like Shinyribs, GRAMMY-winner Ruthie Foster, Kelly Willis and Madam Radar, along with many others to be announced. The music lineup will be released late October, until the big reveal, revisit past legends in their Music Archives at armadillobazaar.com/musicians. Additionally, tickets will go on sale along with the music lineup being revealed at ArmadilloBazaar.com. Sign up for the newsletter and follow @ArmadilloBazaar for early-bird alerts, artist reveals, and behind-the-scenes stories. Don’t miss 50 seasons of keeping Austin weird!
As one of Austin’s most beloved and longest-running holiday traditions, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar has been honoring our city’s fine art, music and counterculture for five decades. At the center of Armadillo is their devotion to and support of their artists who make the Bazaar possible. Since Armadillo’s inception, Executive Producer Bruce Willenzik has always had the intention for the Bazaar to be a “living laboratory of cultural prosperity on three levels: individual, collective and community.” The Bazaar’s longevity and ever growing list of artists returning to showcase their work year after year is a testament to their commitment to uplifting their artists and welcoming them into the Armadillo family.
“The Armadillo has a sense of community like no other Art Show,” said Paige Whitcomb, a long term Armadillo Christmas Bazaar artist. “The show producers cultivate a warm and welcoming environment for artists and patrons alike. Every time we arrive at the Armadillo at Christmas we feel like we are coming home. We feel like we have a chosen family there and we really enjoy spending the holidays with them.”
“The Armadillo (Armadillo World Headquarters) and the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar are Austin history,” said Greg Davis of Greg Davis Photography and Armadillo Christmas Bazaar artist since 2007. “To want to be a part of that legacy is a no brainer. It’s a peek into a window of what made, and still makes, Austin cool (and weird). A lot of new people have come to town, but I don’t think that they can say they are Austinites until they come to the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar.”
“I believe you dance with the one that brought you, and the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar has brought me way back from the beginning,” said Daryl Howard of Daryl Howard Art and Armadillo Christmas Bazaar artist since 1986. “It is just the most remarkable show I’ve ever done, I don’t do any other shows like this. People know that the Armadillo is part of the Austin music scene and its part of its history, keeping Austin weird.”
“I grew up in the Armadillo, and I’ve seen firsthand how it brings artists, musicians and audiences together like nowhere else,” said Anne Johnson, Producer & General Manager of the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. “For 50 seasons our artists and musicians have been family—many of them for decades—and now even across generations. That kind of loyalty and creativity is rare, and it’s what makes the Armadillo a true Austin tradition.”
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