Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

Watch live demonstrations by Linda Donohue of seascapes and abstract expressionist paintings in acrylics on canvas using a pallet knife and brushes.

Speakers: Michelle Lamb

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

Join us for Breakfast at the HFA Retailer Resource Center.

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

Let’s get social! As you share your memorable Market moments to your favorite social media channels, be sure to tag High Point Market and use the #HPMKTmemory hashtag. Then, swing by The Point to pick up your printed memory and see what everyone else is posting from around Market on our photo wall.

Neighborhood: North Elm

Shuttle Stop: 26 (Red Line)

Enjoy exclusive designs by Hurtado Furniture such as the introductions to the Santa Barbara Collection, Soho Collection, and many more. We look forward to your visit to our showroom.

Start your day off at 200 N. Hamilton with a complimentary coffee. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

This breakfast event will offer an IDCEC approved CEU-credited course for interior designers to learn more about designing with leather, and how to choose the best leather for various interior spaces. Specific take-aways include: the history of leather making, how does the tanning process work, how to distinguish between the different types of leather and designing with leather in your space.

CEU Hours: 0.1

Come see our sprawling 400,000 square foot campus just minutes from downtown High Point where we'll be touring the vast live edge and geode inventory all day long. No appointments necessary, just pop in and we'll greet you at the door!

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 29 (Red Line)

Please join us for breakfast and/or lunch daily in our showroom - MS 290.

Shuttle Stop: 17 (Red Line)

Start your day off right with "Build Your Own" Mimosa Bar & tasty macaroons in the Century showroom.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Start your day at Showplace with a complimentary muffins and coffee. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

If you think your business is all about furniture, you may be missing a vital ingredient: people! This workshop covers relationships between you and your employees and between your employees and your customers. Are your customers motivated to sell? Are they motivating your customers to buy? There are companies that have figured this out. In a single hour, you can learn how to be one of them. Speaker: Joe Milevsky, JRM Sales & Management, Inc.

Speakers: Joe Milevsky

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

What better way to start your morning at Market, then to get back in bed?! Stop by our showroom for a cup of coffee and curl up in one of our beds to experience our life changing European Sleep System! This unique 15 minute experience will set the perfect day ahead!

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

New, expanded format for 2019! Now you can enjoy a personal trip through some of the most stunning showrooms at Market with one of our style spotting gurus, Saturday – Tuesday. On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, two Style Spotters will take off from The Point each day to show you the showrooms they love to shop in a specific product category. Then, on Tuesday, immediately after the Style Spotters LIVE! event, four Style Spotters step down from the dais to take you on a personal tour of their favorite Spring Market showrooms. See the full schedule and RSVP for the Category Tours at http://highpointmarket.org/events/ss-trend-tours. Sponsored by Crypton.

Speakers: Shay Geyer, Gary Inman, Shayla Copas, Cynthia Ferguson, Courtney McLeod, Eric Haydel, Benjamin Johnston, Laura Thurman, Erinn Valencich, Kara Cox

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Historically-inspired entertainment is at its peak: Broadway's Hamilton, Starz's Outlander, and PBS's Victoria capture our imagination with their atmospheric historical settings. Join WILLIAMSBURG and Global Views in welcoming moderator Marina Case and panelists Anthony Baratta, Young Huh, Ron Woodson and Jaime Rummerfield, and Gary Inman as they consider the relevance of historic buildings and décor to today's interiors. Gain insights from how their design visions draw inspiration from America's past.

Speakers: Marina Case, Anthony Baratta, Young Huh, Ron Woodson, Jaime Rummerfield, Gary Inman

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

Join Vicki and Tom for a fun and educational class on the art of printmaking. You will not only have a chance to try printing one on your own, but will learn how to sell and use these original pieces of artwork in your next project.

Speakers: Joe Milevsky

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

Industry experts and analysts Jerry Epperson of Mann, Armistead and Epperson, LTD. and Ken Smith of Smith Leonard PLLC have decades of experience in home furnishings, researching and monitoring the trends and actions that directly impact the industry from an economic standpoint. Join Jerry and Ken for an insightful roundtable discussion as they forecast the economic indicators retailers need to be aware of for the second half of 2019, including tariffs, anti-dumping petitions, changes in prices and sourcing, and beyond.

Speakers: Jerry Epperson, Ken Smith

Lifestyle is no longer about WHAT you own, rather HOW you use what you own every day. Collaborate with designers MA Allen, Jean Liu and Libby Langdon through a panel moderated by Traditional Home’s Senior Style Editor Krissa Rossbund to learn how you can help your clients achieve the lifestyle they want to live. A question and answer segment with follow. Co-Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt and Alden Parkes (0.1 CEU)

CEU Hours: 0.1

Speakers: MA Allen, Jean Liu, Libby Langdon, Krissa Rossbund

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Network and nibble during our day-long open house for the trade.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 15 (Red Line)

Ever wanted to put your designs in print? Join Design Today Editor Jane Dagmi and recently published interior designer Shayla Copas for a discussion on what it takes to publish a book in the world of interior design. Find more details at www.UniversalFurniture.com/marketevents.

Speakers: Jane Dagmi, Shayla Copas

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

Today, more than ever before, customer experiences will make or break your retail future. Online reviews, omnichannel shopping options, employee turnover, and competition small and large are all threats to your business. In this session, we will discuss how to listen to customers at different points in the buying experience, what is a Net Promoter Score and how it positively impacts the success of your business and how to ensure your customers are your promoters after the purchase. Speakers: Byron Zanopoulo and Dean Horowitz, Signet Research

Speakers: Byron Zanopoulo, Dean Horowitz

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Gorgeous silk scarves are art pieces, and should be treated as such. Come by Showplace 2335 to see our method of framing and hanging an Hermes silk scarf in a 40x40" Wexel Art Double Panel frame. Don't forget to drop your business card off to enter to win the scarf at the end of the show!

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Visit the Spicher and Co showroom at IHFC Design Center 423 for a delicious brunch including made-to-order omelets, french toast, coffee and mimosas. Don't forget to enter the brunch drawing for a change to win $500 store credit!

How does your knowledge of performance product stack up against industry standards? Learn the ways you can achieve performance without sacrificing beauty in our 2019 April Market CEU from the Inside Out Team.

CEU Hours: 0.1

Speakers: Patrick Shelton

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

Take a break from shopping and join us for lunch!

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

Offering the wildly popular homemade sandwiches, salads, sourdough bread and desserts that Market-goers have come to know and love for decades, the ladies of Parson’s Table will celebrate their 40-plus years of serving Market guests with a pop-up lunch service daily in The Point from 11:30am – 2pm on Friday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 9.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Renowned designer, Pandora de Balthazar, will discuss the importance of building a quality bed while achieving the beautiful bedroom look to which everyone aspires. Do not sacrifice the quality of sleep. Both can be achieved! Champagne and light bites will be served.

Speakers: Pandora De Balthazar

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

The Patina Vie Collection for CASTELLE by Designer Sarah Willett will be presented at a Launch Luncheon. Wine and heavy appetizers will be served.

Speakers: Sarah Willett

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Designing healthy spaces using colorful textiles. We’ll discuss how to create effective color palettes utilizing textiles for healthy lifestyle settings indoor and out. Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of the benefits of integrating color and in the selection and specification of performance fabrics in lifestyle designs for personal health and well-being. By the end of this CEU, participants will have learned how color influences emotions and behavior, impact health and well-being. How color schemes can be used with textiles for personal health. How color combinations can improve well-being. RSVP: lrudd@laurieruddpr.com

CEU Hours: 0.1

Speakers: Marcia Blake

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Social media can be an effective marketing tool for creating your company’s online persona & reaching potential clients. Led by Jennifer Quail of i+D magazine, our panel of social media leaders, including Justina Blakeney, Bria Hammel, Lance Jackson & Courtney McLeod, will share their expertise on leveraging social platforms to reach customers & build a brand. Learn which platforms are best to reach certain audiences & strategies to convert online followers to customers. In addition, our experts will offer time management tips to help you juggle all of your social media tasks effectively. Complimentary boxed lunch provided. 0.1 IDCEC-approved CEU. Sponsored by Monogram Appliances. Presented by the High Point Market Authority and ASID.

CEU Hours: 0.1

Speakers: Jennifer Quail, Bria Hammel, Courtney McLeod, Lance Jackson, Justina Blakeney

Neighborhood: North Elm

Shuttle Stop: 26 (Red Line)

Enjoy exclusive designs by Hurtado Furniture such as the introductions to the Santa Barbara Collection, Soho Collection, and many more. We look forward to your visit to our showroom.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Bring your lunch and learn! As we approach the next decade of design, the incorporation of healthy and sustainable materials in hotel, restaurant and lifestyle design is paramount. In this CEU, join Carolyn Ames Noble, ASID, CMG, Founder + Creative Director of Ames Design Studio, as we examine the case for healthy and sustainable materials through a business lens. Integral standards such as LEED, the WELL Building, Fitwell and others will be defined. We will explore and provide suggestions for material solutions, and extraordinary designs incorporating these principles will be featured from around the world. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt (0.1 CEU)

CEU Hours: 0.1

Speakers: Carolyn Ames Noble

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

Do you know your consumer buying habits? In this session you will with data driven campaigns. You will learn how to use multiple touch points (print and digital advertising) to increase brand awareness and sales, how to incorporate data from past advertising campaigns to maximize your ROI, how mobile data can target in-market consumers to engage your ideal shopper, and why first party data is important in marketing? Speakers: Rose Oldenkamp and Isaac Carrasco, ColorAD.

Speakers: Rose Oldenkamp, Isaac Carrasco

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Come relax, kick your feet up and recharge while you learn about Inside Out Performance Fabrics! Champagne, refreshments, give aways, and a reflexologist will be on hand plus get a sneak peak at our upcoming collections!

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Join us for complimentary beer & wine while you network with your peers throughout the IMC properties. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

Join us for complimentary beer & wine while you network with your peers throughout the IMC properties. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Join us for complimentary beer & wine while you network with your peers throughout the IMC properties. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

Should you post that project on Instagram or hold out for a magazine feature? The rules of publishing are changing by the hour and this session promises to get you up to speed and then some! Join moderators Sophie Donelson, a speaker, strategist and onetime editor in chief of House Beautiful and interior designer Erin Gates, publisher of the Elements of Style blog and author of NYT bestseller Elements of Style and Elements of Family Style, out April 2019, for a candid discussion about how best to publish your work in print, social and digital.

Speakers: Sophie Donelson, Erin Gates

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

Drop by York Wallcoverings booth to enjoy a wine spritzer while you find your path to a Harmonious Life.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

This is a must for designers and stagers. Learn from Jennie Norris, ASPM® , IAHSP® Premier, SRS, REO, CB, BTS, LHS, Chairwoman of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals® (IAHSP®), President & CEO of Stagedhomes.com, Owner of Sensational Home Staging and Host of The Home Staging Talk Show LIVE!, as she discusses why you want to add staging to your business. Jennie will cover the definition and history of staging; similarities and differences from design (visual & verbal examples); the business of staging and its earning potential; how wholesale markets fits with staging and much more! Co-Sponsored by IAHSP and IMC-DesignOnHPMkt (0.1 CEU)

CEU Hours: 0.1

Speakers: Jennie Norris

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

If you want a future, don’t cling to the past. Here from a pair of experts who have helped many independent furniture stores transform their business model through high-impact sales events. They’ll outline the key strategic, financial and operational issues you need to address to prepare for tomorrow rather than yesterday. Speakers: Ron Cooper, PMP Sales & Tom Liddell, Planned Furniture Promotions.

Speakers: Ron Cooper, Tom Liddell

Join our guest designer on this intimate tour of the Hamilton Wrenn Design District. They will take you on a guided tour though their favorite finds of 200/320/330 North Hamilton, highlighting what’s new and innovative to design in each building. Tour Sponsored by IMC- DesignOnHPMKT. RSVP required, as space is limited.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

Celebrate Spring with a Mimosa Bar Saturday-Monday, 3-6PM. Daily in our showroom!

Speakers: Gary Galloway

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Learn from leading interior design experts whose one-of-a-kind design collaborations add an elevated aspect to their projects. From custom artwork, painting and mosaics, furniture and home decor – your will hear how to make your designs stand out without breaking your clients budget.

Speakers: Rachel Moriarty, Elegant Mosaics, Christopher Grubb

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

Noir Co-Founders, George Baehler & Stephanie Lu, invite you to their expanded CFC showroom for a discussion about mixing and matching decor styles. Join Noir’s Greg Baugh as well as top designers Kelli Ellis, Christopher Kennedy and Michel Boyd for a discussion moderated by Anne Sage about the latest trends in design and how to blend seemingly conflicting design styles together to create a melting pot of decor. The group will look at current trends in the home decor industry and how to mix them with inspiration from past decades in order to create interiors that are inspiring, fresh, and unexpected. The panel will be immediately followed by a cocktail reception.

Speakers: Anne Sage, Michel Smith Boyd, Greg Baugh, Kelli Ellis, Christopher Kennedy

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Meet award-winning designer and author, Shayla Copas, and buy a signed copy of her new book, Four Seasons of ENTERTAINING. Shayla describes her design aesthetic as "Southern glam" appeal. She is known for her event design and has executed more than fifty major events including the Arkansas Inaugural Ball. The book includes a tour of sixteen glamorous seasonal celebrations with everything from floral to cuisine.

Speakers: Shayla Copas

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Come see us on Monday, 4/8 from 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm for our Mediterranean Monday Party!

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

Digital-manufacturing technologies will transform every link in the manufacturing value chain. The next generation of connectivity among designers, managers, workers, consumers, and physical industrial assets will unlock enormous value and change the manufacturing landscape forever. Yet while manufacturing generates more data than any other sector of the economy, few companies are harnessing the power of Industry 4.0, AI, ML, etc. Speaker: Ritwik Bose, Impiger Technologies, Inc.

Speakers: Ritwik Bose

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Join us for beer & wine while you network with your peers throughout the IMC properties. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Where Market Mixes! InterHall at IHFC. Specialty Martinis at 4 different locations throughout InterHall. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Join us for beer & wine while you network with your peers throughout the IMC properties. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Pandora de Balthazar and her knowledgeable staff will demonstrate the proper dressage to create a beautiful bed and tools that can be used to keep your bedding sets in order and easily changeable. Champagne and light bites will be served.

Speakers: Pandora De Balthazar

The evening will offer live street entertainment and musicians throughout the district with a wide variety of special menus, themed parties and influencer interactions within the participating showrooms.

Join us for beer & wine while you network with your peers throughout the IMC properties. Sponsored by IMC-DesignOnHPMkt.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 29 (Red Line)

Take a break from walking and stop in for happy hour in Market Square 110. Experience the true comfort of outdoor furniture.

Shuttle Stop: 17 (Red Line)

Let us host you in our new showroom with locally brewed beer, wine & southern style cuisine while you explore our new designs.

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 29 (Red Line)

Make the last few hours of the day the best, with a taste of Whiskey made right here in North Carolina, compliments of Troy & Sons Distillers, to accompany your Happy Hour shopping at The Antique & Design Center.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Greetings everyone! Meva will be hosting a happy hour Saturday-Wednesday of the High Point Market! We invite you to join us for conversations about emerging trends, upcoming designs, and much more! Present will be the owner and designer of the company whose dexterity accentuate the charisma and sophistication in our products. We hope to see you there!

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Shuttle Stop: 14 (Red/Green Line)

R. Mended Metals invites you to join us for exquisite metal art, margaritas, and popcorn! Don't miss this fun event!

Neighborhood: Market Square and Elm

Join us following the IAHSP Home Staging presentation to mingle and network with others while enjoying some libations and bites. Jennie Norris and others will be available to answer any questions you may have about design and staging. Co-Sponsored by IAHSP and IMC-DesignOnHPMkt

Neighborhood: North Elm

Shuttle Stop: 26 (Red Line)

Enjoy exclusive designs with delectable wine and cheese with Hurtado Furniture. We look forward to your visit to our showroom.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Complimentary Beer, Wine and Hors d'oeuvres. Co-Sponsored by Sunbrella & Capris Furniture.

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

Shuttle Stop: 26 (Red Line)

Home Stagers Reception | Monday, April 8th at 5:00pm. Signature cocktails and light refreshments. Register your business and receive your welcome gift and preferred pricing.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 1 (Transportation Terminal)

Designers Denise Wenacur, Jessica Duce and Gary Inman will share what role performance, in materials and textiles, plays in their current design projects. An expert panel discussion moderated by Trim Queen Jana Platina Phipps.

Speakers: Jana Platina Phipps, Denise Wenacur, Jessica Duce , Gary Inman

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Designers Denise Wenacur, Jessica Duce and Gary Inman will share what role performance, in materials and textiles, plays in their current design projects. An expert panel discussion moderated by Trim Queen Jana Platina Phipps.

Speakers: Denise Wenacur, Jessica Duce , Gary Inman, Jana Platina Phipps

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 3 (Green Line)

Join us for our 3rd Annual Customer Appreciation Cocktail. Cocktails, crafty eats, killer company, and mingling are on the menu!

Neighborhood: Downtown Main

Shuttle Stop: 9 (Green Line)

Come join us for four nights of delicious food and fresh entertainment. Open to all buyers, enjoy a complimentary evening with an open bar and a relaxing space to meet and greet on the 2nd Floor of the Atrium in front of Bernard's and Bauhaus' beautiful show spaces.

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

IFDA, the International Furnishings and Design Association, is bringing its popular exhibitor awards program, IFDA Selects, to Spring Market! Join them at this membership mixer as they recognize and celebrate exhibitors in 10 different categories after judges have spent days scouring the Market for the best in each area.

Neighborhood: Uptown Main

Unwind after a full day of inspiration at Market with beer and wine from local brewery, Brown Truck Brewery, and some of the finest food truck creations High Point has to offer. Take time to reflect, connect with other Market guests or simply put your feet up and enjoy a quick break before heading back out for the evening’s social events.

Neighborhood: Commerce Concourse

Shuttle Stop: 15 (Red Line)

Join Universal Furniture for its semi-annual celebration of Market, and reconnect with Market friends and family. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and live music from Lulu the Giant. Find more details at www.UniversalFurniture.com/marketevents.