Hire costumed characters
in Riverside.
Trained character performers in screen-accurate costumes for retail openings, family days, brand activations, and corporate events with kid-facing components.
IE corporate character work runs heaviest at brand family days produced by employer brands in the logistics and healthcare corridor, retail openings at Victoria Gardens and Galleria at Tyler that want a branded mascot to anchor a crowd, and themed performers for festival sponsor activations at Coachella, Stagecoach, and BNP Paribas Open. Our IE character pool is bilingual EN/ES heavy — important for community-facing brand activations across San Bernardino and Riverside counties — and includes custom mascot performers comfortable with extended outdoor shifts in IE summer heat. Captains run mandatory hydration and rotation cycles. 100% W-2, AB-5 and AB-2257 compliant.
Showcraft serves Riverside and the surrounding CA area with 100% W-2 talent, full insurance, and senior captains on every event. Riverside is the cultural anchor of the Inland Empire — historic Mission Inn, UC Riverside, and a growing downtown corporate base. We staff brand activations along Main Street and the Mission Inn Avenue corridor, family days at Riverside Convention Center, university partnership events at UCR, and overflow staffing for the Ontario Convention Center and Toyota Arena 30 minutes west. The IE absorbs spillover for LA-county events that need lower-cost talent within reasonable drive radius, and our IE roster is built for that — bilingual EN/ES skews heavily, family-friendly character work is a strength, and W-2 compliance keeps procurement clean across San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
- Costumed Characters dispatched anywhere in Riverside
- 100% W-2 staff (CA AB-5 / AB-2257 compliant)
- Comprehensive GL + workers' comp on every event
- COI naming your venue and additional insureds
- Captain on-site for events with 6+ staff
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What kind of corporate events use costumed characters in Riverside?+
Retail grand openings, brand activations with family-day components, trade show booth attractors, sports promotions, company family days, and corporate holiday parties in Inland Empire. Costumed characters pull foot traffic, anchor photo moments, and add a memorable layer to brand-led events in Riverside.
What's the difference between a Showcraft character and a Characters.io character?+
Same talent roster, different lane. Showcraft handles the corporate side — brand activations, retail openings, trade show floors, and corporate family days in Riverside. Characters.io handles consumer and private events. The performers are W-2 employees of the same parent company, with the same vetting and training standards.
Are your Riverside character performers trained?+
Yes — every Showcraft character performer in Riverside is a working actor with character-performance training (movement, in-character voice work, photo-pose discipline, guest interaction). They're not random people in costume; they're vetted performers backed by Characters.io's 18-year track record.
Are your Riverside character performers W-2 and insured?+
Yes. Every character performer Showcraft deploys in Riverside is a W-2 employee with workers' comp and general liability coverage. We issue COIs naming the venue and additional insureds. In California, the payroll structure is fully AB-5 / AB-2257 compliant.
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