About Us

This will be our sixteenth year and during those years we have grown into one of the major players in the craft and gift fair market, organising important events throughout the country. Whether you have been with us since year one, or are thinking of exhibiting with us for the first time, we wish you a happy and successful 2012 and to help you achieve this aim we are maintaining our prices at 2011 levels at most of our shows.

We exist and thrive because we provide venues at which small Craft and Gift businesses can promote their products, and all of our events and venues have been selected to further this aim. We organise two main types of event;

1. Large Craft and Gift exhibitions, usually housed in marquees, at agricultural shows and other major events. We are long established at many of these events but we are constantly looking for new ones. In 2011 we added several important new venues and the momentum continues in 2012.
2. Christmas Craft and Gift Fairs at major town centre venues. Food has always played an important role at Eden Crafts, and in 2011 this role increased significantly. This development will continue in 2012 and there will be a separate food marquee at one of the shows; the Great Yorkshire Show; whilst others will see a food area within the marquee.

Whilst the list of events that follows is up to date at the time of going to press, we are constantly seeking to add new events to our programme, and it is recommended that you monitor our website regularly to check for any later additions.

We have a solid core of long established exhibitors, but we are always looking out for new ones. We particularly welcome applications from those with high quality crafts and gifts that will add variety to our fairs. During the last three years we have lived through extremely difficult trading conditions, and it is by no means certain that things will be much easier in 2012. The only way to thrive in such conditions is to apply the highest possible standards to every aspect of our presentation to the public. We at Eden Crafts are constantly striving to improve the environment in which we are inviting you to trade, and we ask you to do the same with your own displays. In particular we ask all exhibitors to provide vertical panels, approximately 2m high, which will cover the back and two side of the stand. Tables must be covered with an attractive cloth that reaches the floor on all sides.

Click here to view a movie of the Royal Kingston Fair.