Bringing together the best of local crafters, artists and makers, the annual Artisanity Christmas Craft Fair is a showcase of our Members and the incredible items they create.
This year the details are:
- 17th November 2024
- 10:30am – 3:30pm
- Congleton Town Hall
Event Overview
Congleton Town Hall is a beautiful venue with a double height main hall and spacious feeling rooms upstairs. For the Christmas Fair we will be bringing plenty of festive cheer, decorations and even some live music to create a lively and fun atmosphere.
In order to maximise the opportunity for members to take part in this event we have hired the Bridestone Suite upstairs. There is a lovely, wide staircase as well as lift access. The room will be well signposted and visitors will be further encouraged upstairs with a ‘trail’ activity. In our pilot most visitors were excited to be able to visit more stalls upstairs and the footfall was similar.
As well as a curated selection of high quality local crafters and artists selling their creations we work hard to create more of a ‘destination’ atmosphere. We host some ‘Meet the Maker‘ demonstration slots where visitors can see for themselves the skills that go into the products. We will also have come hands-on craft activities for visitors to try out. All of this will help to emphasise the uniqueness of the items on sale and increase awareness of crafts.
We run a raffle of donated items during Artisanity Fairs, giving out a free ticket to visitors on arrival. They can earn further raffle tickets for every £5 spent at your stall. This is extremely popular and helps to encourage our visitors to spend! We also run a ‘flamingo hunt‘ to keep our younger visitors entertained where they win a small prize if they find all of the flamingos hidden throughout the fair (upstairs and downstairs).
We try to look after our stallholders too! We supply detailed ‘on the day’ information and a rota for a smoother unloading/packing up experience. Delicious food (from Mark’s Events) can be pre-ordered at the start of the event and delivered to your stall at lunch time so you don’t need to worry about keeping your energy levels up. There are free car parks on Sundays in Congleton.
We welcome stall requests from local crafters/artists/makers who are at least Basic Members of Artisanity (basic membership is free). Extra space will not be available unless pre-booked. Please see the image below for full stall fee details.
Requesting a stall doesn’t guarantee acceptance and once accepted your place is not confirmed until we have received your payment.
Bluey’s Craft Sessions
Due to popular demand from our visitors we have expanded our offering to include the opportunity for some hands-on craft activities. You would have the space for 1hr and run 2 sessions. We are looking for makers to deliver these sessions which would be:
- A ‘taster’ activity of a craft lasting around 20-30 mins
- Costing £5-10
- 2 sessions for max of 8 people at a time
You would be responsible for providing all materials and tools. Artisanity would handle the bookings. You would get all of the money from the bookings minus any card fees. Bookings would be available to pre-order before the event and also on the door if any spaces remain. You can choose to have your stall in Bluey’s too so it won’t be unattended while you run your session and you can direct participants to have a look afterwards.
Meet the Maker and Demo Session
Visitors love to find out more about the crafts on offer and our ‘meet the maker’ table is a very popular spot. Meet the maker slots are generally for around 30-45mins and are very informal with makers sitting at the table doing some making and answering any questions. If you are unable to bring someone along with you to cover your stall while you are demonstrating let us know and we can organise something for you.
To be considered please complete the following form as fully as possible.