Upcoming events:

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Valentine’s Pop Up Shop 2012

Free entry

Fair date:
Saturday 11 February, and Sunday 12 February
(10am – 5pm)

Saturday 11 February, and Sunday 12 February 10:00-5:00
Nicholsons Centre, Maidenhead SL6 1LB
(Former Waterstones Shop)
 
 
We’re feeling all romantic this weekend, as we give you two days to peruse the best of the area’s unique, handcrafted Valentine’s gifts and heart-shaped decorations. And once you’ve found the perfect gift you can just sit smugly with your piece of cake, enjoying Happy Cakes’ Vintage Cafe……and maybe picking out just a little something for yourself…….

more details can be found here on Craft Coop’s website

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Past events:

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We Make London: Christmas Fair 2011

Popup Shopping Experience

Fair date:
10 December
(11am – 5pm)

We are working away to make our Christmas fair for 2011 our best ever.

We have over 80 stalls, with 86 of the UK’s most talented designers.
To see a full list of our designers look here: http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/p/christmas-fair-designers.html

Our fair will take place on Saturday 10th December at Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill.

more details can be found here: We Make London blog

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The Mayor’s Thames Festival 2011

The Craft Trail

2011 festival dates:
10 & 11 September
(12 noon-10pm)
 
 
The Mayor’s Thames Festival 2011 promises to be bigger than ever, with spectacular entertainment and amazing music from right around the globe.
 
“A totally multicultural and all-embracing celebration of London and the Thames…
a spectacular and hugely enjoyable event that also succeeds in promoting environmental awareness and community spirit” Visit London

The Mayor’s Thames Festival is London’s largest outdoor arts festival – a spectacular event, free to all, which brings together Londoners of all ages and from all communities to celebrate their city and the River Thames.

The festival commissions new work, and transforms outdoor spaces on and around the River Thames with a mixture of music, dancing, street arts, river races, carnival, pyrotechnics, art installations, massed choirs, food and feasting. The finale is a magical illuminated Night Carnival that winds along the south and north banks of the Thames, followed by a fireworks display fired from the centre of the river itself.

 
 
more details on The Mayor’s Thames Festival website
 
 
 
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Polish Arts Festival

Polish Picnic

 
 
Event Dates: 4 September 2011
11:00 to 16:00 – Priory Park, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea
 
Featuring
Live music
Trio Manouche with celebrated Polish Gypsy guitarist Ducato
The Gorale (Krakow) – acoustic music trio
The Voronas on the bandstand
Body Snatchers Theatre (Poznan) – Parade of the Funny Faces
Macramé display and workshops
Polish traditional dance workshops & displays
Food stalls selling pierogi (dumplings), gulasz, kielbasa (sausages), and gofry (waffles), Polish cakes, breads and crafts
Children’s theatre – with Theatre Lalek
Wycinanki / wyklejanki workshops (Polish paper cuts)
Lajkonik Polish cossack on horse-back

more details on Polish Arts Festival website
 
 

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Craft Central Gets Hitched

Central London’s handmade wedding fair

Event Dates: 23-25 June 2011

Join us for a drink at the Launch Night on Thurs 23 June, 4-8pm
Late Night Shopping on Fri 24 June, 11am – 7pm
Avoid the High Street crowds on Sat 25 June, 11am – 5pm.
FREE ADMISSION

more details here on the Craft Central website

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Sunday, 15th May 2011

Cookham Arts Festival:

STREET FESTIVAL

High Street, Cookham, Noon – 4.30pm

The High Street closes for this special event featuring produce, arts and crafts made in Cookham (or nearby) with music and entertainment provided by local performers. Keep your carbon footprint down and support local enterprise.

Programme of events here

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Saturday, 2nd April 2011

Spring Pop Up Shop

Maidenhead Town Centre, Nicholson’s Walk, from 10am to 4pm

(former Waterstone’s shop)

more details here on Craft Coop’s website

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15th to 20th March 2011

The Handmade Wedding Collection at Craft Central London
15th to 20th March 2011

open:
12pm – 6.30pm Tuesday to Saturday
12pm – 4pm Sunday

Private view 6pm – 8pm Wednesday

Craft Central Showcase Space
33-35 St John’s Square
London
EC1M 4DS (near Farringdon Tube)

more details on Handmade Wedding Collective website

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12th February 2011

Valentine’s Pop Up Shop

Maidenhead, Nicholson’s Centre, from 10am to 4pm

more details on Happy Cakes website

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10th February 2011

Ladies Indulgence Evening

Surrey