Yes, it’s that time of year again to research and apply for craft and design events, especially the best selling events in the run up to Christmas 2024!
The Design Trust has done all the hard work for you … we have selected the best craft & design selling events in the UK for 2024, with all the event dates and application deadlines too – in alphabetical order.
We recommend that you research before you apply to these craft and design fairs to see if they are a good fit for you and your business. It’s always a good idea to visit the events (if at all possible) before you apply.
BORDE HILL GARDEN FESTIVAL, West Sussex
Dates: 22 – 23 June 2024
Set against the heritage-listed backdrop of Borde Hill Garden in West Sussex, this exciting new event will feature over 40 curated stalls of artisans, growers and unique gardening and lifestyle brands. Immerse yourself in eclectic live music, join insightful talks from leading garden designers and experts, and discover a fusion of foodie flavours.
Stand Prices: –
Where to apply: Borde Hill Garden Website
Deadline for applications: None stipulated
Celebrating Ceramics AND DESIRE JEWELLERY & SILVERSMITHING FAIR, Waterperry Gardens, oxford
Dates: 19 – 21 July 2024
An artist-led festival showcasing the very best in the world of contemporary ceramics where visitors can meet, engage with and purchase from a diverse selection of makers. This year Celebrating Ceramics 2024 is being held alongside the Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing Fair so there’s plenty to enjoy. There’s also an amazing range of food, drink and music all in a beautiful setting.
Stand Prices: From £515.
Where to apply: Celebrating Ceramics Website
Deadline for applications: Applications are now closed
cLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK, LONDON
Dates: 21 – 23 May 2024
Clerkenwell Design Week has created a showcase of leading UK and international interiors brands and companies presented in a series of showroom events, exhibitions and special installations that take place across the area welcoming well over 37000 visitors.
Stand Prices: From £600.
Where to apply: Clerkenwell Design Week Website
Deadline for applications: No official deadline but early application is advised.
Country Living christmas fairs, Various Locations
Dates: London (13 – 16 November 2024), Glasgow (21 – 24 November 2024), Harrogate (5 – 8 December 2024)
Country Living Christmas Fairs feature a festive line-up of hands-on workshops, talks from County Living experts, seasonal inspiration, decorating ideas and wonderful shopping from talented designer makers.
Where to Apply: Country Living Shows Website
Deadline for Applications: No official deadline
Craft Festival Wales, CARDIGAn CASTLE
Dates: 6 – 8 September 2024
Craft Festival Wales is a brand new show for 2024 taking place at Cardigan Castle. It will host over 80 makers showcasing and selling their work as well as The Capital of Craft LIVE, Out of the Woods, demonstrations, exhibitions, workshops, children’s activities, live music, theatre & storytelling with satellite events hosted across the town.
Stand Prices: From £430 + VAT
Where to Apply: Application Form Here
Deadline for Applications: 6pm on Friday 5 April 2024.
craft in focus – contemporary craft fair, RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey
Dates: 2 – 6 May 2024
A mixed discipline contemporary craft fair held in carpeted and floored marquees within RHS Garden Wisley, near Woking incorporating demonstrating artists, a food village and live music!
Stand Prices: From £1,500.
Where to Apply: Craft in Focus Website
Deadline for applications: No official deadline but early application advised.
craft in focus – contemporary craft fair, HEVER CASTLE, KENT
Dates: 16 – 19 May 2024 and 12 – 15 September 2024
A mixed discipline contemporary craft fair held in carpeted marquees within the gardens of Hever Castle near Edenbridge, Kent. The fair features some of the finest craftsmen and artists in the UK. Textiles, paintings, furniture, metal, leather, ceramics, jewellery, glass, fashion and more…
Stand Prices: From £600.
Where to apply: Craft in Focus Website
Deadline for applications: No official deadline but early application is advised.
Craft in focus – contemporary craft fair, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Essex
Dates: 23 – 26 August 2024
A mixed discipline contemporary craft fair held in carpeted marquees within the gardens of Hyde Hall near Chelmsford in Essex.
Stand Prices: From £600.
Where to apply: Craft in Focus Website
Deadline for applications: No official deadline but early application is advised.
CRAFT WORKS, SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL, LONDON
Dates: 15 – 17 May 2024
Founded and hosted by Jay Blades, this is a lovely new craft and design fair for London.
Stand Prices: –
Where to apply: Craft Works Website or email [email protected]
Deadline for applications: No official deadline.
craftS in THE PEN, SKIPTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Dates: 16 – 17 November 2024
Crafts in the Pen takes place each November at Skipton Auction Mart. The event has grown into a wonderful crafts market the whole family can enjoy, with 4,700 visitors enjoying around 230 stalls.
Stand Prices: From £100
Where to Apply: Crafts in the Pen Website
Deadline for applications: July 2024
Crafty Fox Markets, The Crossing, Kings Cross, LonDon
Dates: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April 2024 – The Crossing, London
Crafty Fox have been organising fantastic and fun craft selling events for years now showcasing the work of a diverse mix of designer makers. .
Stand Prices: From £99
Where to Apply: Crafty Fox Website
Deadline for Applications: Applications now closed
decorex, the international interior design event, olympia, london
Dates: 6 – 9 October 2024
A high-end interior design exhibition which has bought together the best of the design community each year for 43 years. Decorex hosts the industry to connect with one another and be inspired by the beautiful products on show.
Stand Prices: From £450 per square metre
Where to Apply: Decorex Website
Deadline for Applications: Open now
FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS, FARNHAM MALTINGS, SURREY
Dates: 12 – 13 October 2024
Festival of Crafts features exhibitors working in a variety of disciplines, including new and traditional craft techniques and producing work with a modern design aesthetic. The marketplace showcases makers selling products with a lifestyle focus including (but not limited to) homewares, jewellery, ceramics, stationery, accessories, furniture, lighting, textiles, print and more.
Stand Prices: From £175
Where to Apply: Farnham Maltings Website
Deadline for Applications: Applications now closed
Frome Independent Market, somerset
Dates: Monthly
An outdoor, monthly street market. which spans the whole of Frome town centre and attracts around 80,000 people per year. There is space for over 200 traders each month across 6 sections; designer-maker; flea market; homes and gardens; street food; food producer and suitcase traders.
Stand Prices: From £55
Where to Apply: Frome Independent Website
Deadline for Applications: Open Applications
Goldsmiths Fair, London
Dates: Week One: 24 – 29 September 2024 | Week Two: 1 – 6 October 2024
The primary destination to discover the finest jewellery and silversmithing in the UK today. Visitors browse and learn about over 130 master craftspeople making extraordinary pieces, available to purchase directly from them at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London.
Stand Prices: From £1100
Where to apply: Goldsmiths’ Fair Website
Deadline for Applications: Applications now closed
Goldsmiths NORTH, CUTLER’S HALL, SHEFFIELD
Dates: 12 – 14 July 2024
Goldsmiths North is a summer shopping experience bringing the finest contemporary Silverware & Jewellery to the North of England. Visitors have the opportunity to meet and buy from over 50 independent makers from all over the UK & Europe.
Stand Prices: –
Where to apply: Goldsmiths North Website
Deadline for Applications: No deadline stipulated
great northern contemporary Craft Fair (GNCCF), Victoria Baths, Manchester
Dates: 17 – 20 October 2024
GNCCF Manchester is the most prestigious selling fair for contemporary craft in the North of England. It features over 150 selected makers from new graduates to seasoned professionals selling a diverse range of crafts direct to the public and trade..
Stand Prices: GNCCF has a range of stand options from table tops/space only from £235 + VAT to shell scheme stands from £330+VAT. Stands are subsidised for new makers in business less than three years.
Where to Apply: Great Northern Events Website
Deadline for applications: Applications now closed
Handmade Chelsea The Contemporary Craft & Design Fair , chelsea old town hall, london
Dates: 6 – 9 November 2024
One of the most established and longest running events in the UK craft calendar, featuring the very best of over 100 UK-based contemporary designer makers, both established and emerging, This year, Handmade Chelsea will be celebrating fifteen years and will take place in the form of a dual-model. Those taking part will be able to do so both in-person at Chelsea Old Town Hall and/or digitally through a dedicated online platform..
Stand Prices: From £400 + VAT per square metre
Where to Apply: Handmade in Britain Website
Deadline for applications: Sunday 31 March
Handmade Oxford, The International Contemporary Crafts Festival , WATERPERRY GARDENS, OXFORD
Dates: 21 – 23 June 2024
A lovely outdoor event showcasing hand-crafted work from over 120 independent makers with workshops, craft demonstrations, and an engaging talks programs.
Stand Prices: From £85 + VAT per square metre
Where to Apply: Handmade in Britain Website
Deadline for applications: None stipulated
LONDON CRAFT WEEK, VENUES ACROSS LONDON
Dates: 13 – 19 May 2024
London Craft Week brings together over 250 established and emerging makers, designers, brands and galleries from around the world, showing and selling their work in various venues across the capital.
Where to Apply: London Craft Week Website or email [email protected]
Deadline for Applications: None stipulated
MADE BRIGHTON, Brighton DOME – CORN EXCHANGE
Dates: 28 November – 1 December 2024
A wonderful mix of over 90 exhibitors in this historic recently renovated building in the centre of Brighton. A must see selling event for the south coast.
Stand Prices: From £650 + VAT
Where to Apply: MADE BRIGHTON Website
Deadline for Applications: April 2024
MADE LONDON – The Design & Craft Fair, ANGEL ISLINGTON
Dates: 31 October – 3 November 2024
This highest quality, beautiful craft and design event is back for a second year in its new venue, The Block in Angel Islington.
Stand Prices: From £840 + VAT
Where to Apply: MADE LONDON Website
Deadline for Applications: April 2024
MATERIAL MATTERS, BARGEHOUSE OXO TOWER, LONDON
Dates: 18 – 21 September 2024
Material Matters brings together over 40 world-leading brands, designers, makers, manufacturers and organisations to celebrate the importance of materials and their ability to shape our lives. The fair includes five floors of products, site-specific installations, a marketplace, a learning area, and an extensive talks programme, providing a platform for engagement and inspiration for the design and architecture industries.
Stand Prices: –
Where to Apply: Material Matters Website
Deadline for Applications: Not specified.
MINI MADE, ATELIER BESIDE THE SEA, BRIGHTON
Dates: Saturday April 13, Saturday May 11, Saturday June 8, Saturday July 6, Saturday August 10, Saturday September 7, 2024
The monthly market will have about 22 spaces, spread throughout the 3 arches of Atelier Beside the Sea and weather permitting outside. Each month there will be a changing roster of makers selling different crafts, locals as well as makers from afar who fancy visiting and selling in Brighton, new makers and more established makers. All makers will be selected to create an interesting and exciting show.
Stand Prices: –
Where to Apply: Mini Made Website
Deadline for Applications: Not specified
SOLO Craft Fair, between the bridges, london’s south bank
Dates: Sunday 12 May – launch event, Sunday 2 June, Sunday 7 July, Sunday 4 August, Sunday 1 September, Sunday 6 October
On Sundays throughout the spring and summer, Solo Craft Fair will be transforming the pier section of London’s Biggest Beer Garden into a vast summer market, featuring 60 traders showcasing their wares each week. Art, jewellery, fashion, kids’ products, and more from some of London’s best independent designers.
Stand Prices: – Tables from £40
Where to Apply: Solo Craft Fair Website
Deadline for Applications: Not specified.
The Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London
Dates: 10 – 13 October 2024
The Knitting & Stitching Show is the largest and most successful textile exhibition in the UK. The shows attract in excess of 20000 visitors, all of whom are committed crafters and textile enthusiasts who visit for inspiration and to shop.
Where to Apply: The Knitting & Stitching Show Website
Deadline for Applications: No official deadline
The Knitting & Stitching Show, HARROGATE CONVENTION CENTRE, YORKSHIRE
Dates: 21 – 24 November 2024
The Knitting & Stitching Show is the largest and most successful textile exhibition in the UK. The shows attract in excess of 20000 visitors, all of whom are committed crafters and textile enthusiasts who visit for inspiration and to shop.
Where to Apply: The Knitting & Stitching Show Website
Deadline for Applications: No official deadline
THREAD, FARNHAM MALTINGS, SURREY
Dates: Saturday 8 June 2024
Thread, Festival of Textiles, features a wide variety of exhibitors including new and established textile companies, artisan fabrics, dressmaking fabrics and patterns, haberdashery and all textile supplies. Thread also encourages applications from designers and makers working with weave, print, needlework and embroidery to create unique handcrafted products.
Stand Prices: From £125
Where to Apply: Farnham Maltings Website
Deadline for Applications: Applications now closed
YARNDALE, SKIPTON AUCTION MART, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Dates: 28 – 29 September 2024
Celebrating the brilliance of yarn in all its forms, this award-winning craft festival brings together over 180 makers, craft makers, retailers, and artisans in the picturesque market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire.
Stand Prices: From £100
Where to Apply: Yarndale Website
Deadline for Applications: Applications now closed
Did you find this post with the best craft & design fair dates and deadlines useful? Did we miss out your favourite craft fairs or design events? Then do let us know in the comments box below. We will try to keep this post as up-to-date as possible with new events being added as they are confirmed.
Patricia…. you’ve missed out the best Craft event in Cornwall!! Makers Cornwall Christmas Fair (originally Etsy Made Local run by Alison Bick).
http://www.makerscornwall.co.uk
It’s on 3-5th November 2023. Applications opening in Spring.
Yes that was really useful as it can be so hard looking and finding and deciding and then applying! Thanks very much.
Hi
This is wonderful would you mind adding our events to it? Farnham Maltings’s
I can email you all the prices
Unravel knitting and crochet Feb 24-26thand September 9-10th
Thread textile festival June 10th
Festival or crafts 14-15th Oct
Wonderful list! It’s worth mentioning Elements Festival (Edinburgh) and Goldsmiths North (Sheffield) as well. Both are fabulous jewellery fairs.
Crafts in the Pen, Skipton https://www.craftsinthepen.org.uk/ Opened for applications really early this year.
flock contemporary curated craft and design fair, Banchory, Aberdeenshire 17 – 19 November 2023. The best of Scotland’s makers.
http://www.thebarnarts.co.uk
https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/article/flock-2022
2023 Applications will open in June
So many of these fairs are based in Southern England, it would be great if the list was expanded to includes shows in the Midlands.
We try our best to feature shows from across the UK. We don’t think we’ve done too badly! If we don’t know about the shows, we can’t feature them, which is why we ask that people add fairs that they know about in the comments.
There is also the Christmas Fair at Farnham Maltings 22 & 23 November 2023
Plus:
Abingdon Traditional Craft Fair in the Abbey buildings 3 – 5 November 2023;
Sparkle Festive Fair at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington 18 – 20 November 2023;
Farnborogh Festive Fair at Farnborough International 24 & 25 November 2023.
[&, for craft supplies, equipment, demos etc.:
Farnborough Craft Show at Farnborough International 1 – 3 September 2023]
Pop up fairs Kent – Spring Fair 13th & 14th April 2024 at Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge, Kent.
Showcasing over 100 of Kent’s best Independent Brands over 2 days.
ACQUIRE is an annual selling event for 30 selected artisans of contemporary fine jewellery and silverware of the highest quality in a wide range of styles. Held at The Crown Hotel, Harrogate 11th to 13th October 2024. Full details http://www.acquire.uk.com
Ceramics in Charnwood is a great one, set in Loughborough market place 12th May.
https://www.instagram.com/ceramicsincharnwood