Shows

Please contact Marcia Goetz if your club needs to cancel/change a date. She can be emailed at marciagoetz195@gmail.com

CFMS CLUB & SOCIETY SHOWS
This page lists upcoming CFMS Member Society/Club Shows and CFMS Conventions.
Societies/Clubs invite Dealers to shows to feature selections of rocks, minerals, gems, jewelry and associated specialties.  Shows can also offer demonstrations, displays and activities for you to enjoy.  If you want to learn about the hobby, be sure to visit a show in your community.  It’s an excellent time to meet members and find out what the society or club has to offer.

CFMS encourages its Member Societies and Clubs in good standing to post their shows on this page. Events sponsored by other organizations will NOT be posted.  

If you would like to submit a show for listing on the CFMS website, please click here to get to the show listing form.

Publicize your Show for Free!  We suggest that you post your show on the Rock & Gem Magazine’s Show List.
Your show will appear on the Rock & Gem Magazine’s online show list and, a month or so before your show date, it will be published it in the magazine itself.
Click here to go to Rock & Gem’s Online Show Submittal Form.
For information about Rock & Gem Magazine, visit www.rockngem.com
Have a Great Show!

 



2025- Shows

January 18-19,2025 – Exeter, CA
Tule Gem & Mineral Society
Exeter Veterans Memorial Building, 246 Chestnut St., Exeter, CA 93211
Hours: Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 4 PM
Tule Gem & Mineral Society Gemboree
Contact: bandgbing@aol.com
Website: http://www.tulegem.com

February 15-16, 2025 – Antioch, CA
Antioch Lapidary Club
Contra Costa County Fairgrounds, 1201 West 10th Street, Antioch, CA 94509
Hours: Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 4 PM
Antioch Lapidary Club Jewelry, Gem & Rock Show. Admission $7, Admission is Cash Only. All vendors take credit/debit cards.
Website: http://antiochlapidaryclub.com

February 22-23, 2025 – Vallejo, CA 
Vallejo Gem and Mineral Society
Solano County Fairgrounds McCormack Hall, 900 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo, CA
Hours: 10 AM – 5 PM
59th Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show
Contact: (415) 254-1506
Website: http://vjgems.com

March 1-2, 2025 – Ventura, CA
Ventura Gem and Mineral Society
Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura CA 93003
Hours: Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 4 PM
62nd Annual VGMS Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry Show. Kids’ activities; jewelry-making demos; exhibits; raffle prizes, hourly silent auctions; dealers in fossils, mineral, lapidary materials; gold panning, Second-Hand Treasures Store of gently used items, books, and plants.
Free admission but the Fairgrounds charges parking if using the Fairgrounds lot.
Contact: (805) 312-8467, info@vgms.org
Website: http://www.vgms.org

March 8-9, 2025 – Turlock, CA
Mother Lode Mineral Society
Turlock Fairgrounds, 900 N. Broadway, Turlock, CA
Hours: 10 AM – 5 PM
Rock & Gem Show, Educational Family Event.
Minerals, Beads, Fossils, Tools, Fluorescent Room, Dinosaur walk-about, Gem Identification, Kids Activities, Gold Panning, Demos, Exhibits, Great Food, Free Parking
Contact: (209) 499-0533, skitrish1112@hotmail.com
Website: www.turlockgemshow.com

March 7-9, 2024 – Stoddard Wells, CA
Victor Valley Gem and Mineral Club
1-15 toward Barstow. EXIT #157, stay on Stoddard Wells Road. Follow the signs 7 miles to tailgate
Hours: Daily 9 M – 5 PM
49th Annual Show; Victor Valley Gem and Mineral Club, Annual Stoddard Wells Tailgate; Friday-Sunday 95p; Free to vendors and public; Vendors offering slabs and cabs, findings and equipment, minerals and fossils, rougn material, handcrafted and faceted jewelry. Family field trip on Saturday 9a-1p at local collecting site.
Contact: Dave Duncan (831) 406-0214, president@vvgmc.org
Website: http://vvgmc.org

March 15-16, 2025 – San Jose, CA
Santa Clara Valley Gem & Mineral Society
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Rd., San Jose, CA 95111
Hours: 10 AM – 5 PM Daily
Children under 12 free with adult. Active Duty/Retired Military/Military Dependents/First Responders Free with valid ID Card. Scouts in Uniform Admitted Free. Adults $8 – save $2 when you buy online! http://www.scvgms.org
Bring any of our advertising paper or electronic for $1 off admission.
FREE PARKING
Website: http://www.scvgms.org, facebook.com/santaclaravalleygem&mineralsociety/

March 22-23, 2025 – Angels Camp, CA
Calaveras Gem and Mineral Society
Calaveras County Fairgrounds, 2465 Gun Club Rd., Angels Camp, CA 95222
Hours: Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 4 PM
The Calaveras Gem and Mineral and Jewelry Show at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds Frogtown. Admission is $4 for adults; kids 12 and under are free, if accompanied by a paying adult. There will be numerous exhibits featuring jewelry, carving, faceted gemstones, and polished rocks. There will be demonstrators in disciplines such as fastening gemstones, wire wrapping, chair fabrication, and rock carving. Dealers will be selling jewelry making supplies and tools, beads, minerals, handcrafted jewelry, meteorites, fossils, ETC. Snack bar and food trucks on site. Free parking and shuttle service from fairgrounds gate up to the show building.
Contact: (209) 736-4892, annachristiansen7132@comcast.net
Website: https://calaverasgemandmineral.net/show.html

April 12-13, 2025 – Placerville, CA
El Dorado County Mineral and Gem Society
El Dorado County Fairgrounds, Placerville, CA
Hours: Saturday and Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM
Contact: (530) 676-2472
Website: http://edcmgs.org

April 12-13, 2025 – Mariposa, CA
Mariposa Gem and Mineral Club
Mariposa County Fairgrounds, 5007 Fairgrounds Rd., Mariposa, CA 95338
Hours: Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 4 PM
Mountains of Minerals! Mountains of minerals, rocks, fossils, jewelry, supplies, geode cutting, silent auction, raffle, and FOOD!
Contact: mgmc@sti.net
Website:  http://mariposagemclub.org

April 12-13, 2025 – Thousand Oaks, CA
Canejo Gem and Mineral Club
Borchard Community Center, 190 N. Reino Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Hours: Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 4 PM
Canejo Gem and Mineral Club’s “Pageant of a Thousand Gems” 48th Annual Gem and Mineral Show. Free admission and free parking. Club members’ displays, vendors of jewelry, gems, fossils, metaphysical art supplies, lapidary demonstrations and rock carving demonstrations. plant sale, silent auction, youth activities and prizes.
Contact: Karen Abrahams (805) 908-1428
Website: http://www.CGAMC.org

Calendar last updated:  11/1/2024