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Upcoming events

  • Southwest Regional HOT (Heart of Texas) Puppet Festival

    • October 02, 2026
    • October 03, 2026
    • Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX

    HOT (Heart of Texas) Puppet Festival

    HOT Puppet Festival

    October 2-3, 2026

    You are invited to The Heart of Texas HOT Puppet Festival

    Please join this artistically enriching and memorable experience for everyone with an interest in puppetry. Perfect for educators, librarians, artists, therapists, actors, clowns, ventriloquists, families, students, seniors, and all puppetry enthusiasts.

    Performances • Workshops • Parties • Puppet Store • Raffle • Exhibits

    See festival details and updates at www.hotpuppets.org.

    Download the event postcard here (PDF)

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Past events

April 17, 2026 That Puppet Palooza
February 01, 2026 PIET Day in Charlotte, NC
July 24, 2025 Puppets in the House
March 29, 2025 The Magic of Hans Christian Andersen
November 07, 2024 Southwest Regional Puppet Festival
November 07, 2024 DO NOT USE - Southwest Regional Puppet Festival
November 01, 2024 Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Regional Puppet Festival
August 15, 2024 Minneapolis Puppetry Palate: A Taste of Puppetry
August 14, 2024 ​Pacific Northwest Regional Festival
August 08, 2024 Southeast Regional Puppet Festival: Puppet Paradise
August 02, 2024 Bay Area Puppet Festival
July 22, 2023 Puppets Have Been Known to Fraternize with Actors
July 18, 2023 2023 National Puppetry Festival
July 13, 2023 Overcoming Adversity: Building a Business in Puppetry
March 19, 2023 2023 World Puppetry Day
October 13, 2022 Puppet Homecoming - Online
October 06, 2022 Puppet Homecoming - Live in NYC
September 15, 2022 Southwest Regional Pepper Puppet Festival and the 42nd Annual Houston Puppet Festival
September 08, 2022 Great Plains Puppet Train Regional Puppet Festival
August 06, 2022 Left Coast Puppet Love Fest Closing Reception
August 03, 2022 PofA Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting
August 03, 2022 Left Coast Puppet Love Fest - PNW Regional Festival
May 23, 2022 Puppet Power: Festival of Ideas
May 06, 2022 All Vows
April 08, 2022 Chimpanzee
April 07, 2022 New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival
March 20, 2022 Puppets Come Home: WORLDWIDE!
March 20, 2022 World Puppetry Day Virtual Celebration

States/Provinces: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming

REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Christine Papalexis
REGIONAL TREASURER
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GUILDS

Arizona

Phoenix Guild of Puppetry
Founded 1959, Chartered 1962
President: Connie Galeener
Newsletter: The Punchline

California

Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry
Founded 1956, Chartered 1957
Co-Presidents: Taylor Bibat & Perry Daniel
Newsletter: Puppet Life

Orange County Puppetry Guild
Chartered 1961 & 1978
President: Lorene Gilleland
Newsletter: Strings ‘n’ Things

San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild
Founded 1954, Chartered 1960
President: John Arnold
Newsletter: SFBAPG

Hawaii

Hawaii Puppetry Guild
Chartered 1978
Contact: RoxAnne Lawson

Puppeteers of America
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Minneapolis, MN 55409

612-821-2382
office@puppeteers.org