Handmade Fairs Brighton & Sussex – Craft, Vintage & Wedding

A New Chapter of our Fairy Tale

As you are all aware the past 18 months have been uncertain to say the least, especially for those in the events industry. We’ve missed you all lots but have enjoyed keeping in touch via our online fairs and social media. A big thank you for all your support and new followers over the past year!

With the rest of 2021 still being uncertain we’ve decided to take things slow and return with one in person fair only this year – Worthing Charmandean on Sunday 5th December. We chose this as it is a large venue to allow for plenty of spacing and it’s also our fair in aid of St Barnabas House who we are keen to support in their time of need. We can’t wait to see lots of your faces again!

We’ll also be returning with two online fairs this Autumn and Christmas as well, details below. And our creatives directory will be opening up again and expanding more than ever before.

We hope you’ll continue to join us in this new and ever changing chapter of our fairy tale.

Autumn/ Halloween Online Fair

Due to the popularity of our previous online fairs during 2020 and into this Spring, we’re pleased to announce we are back this Autumn with our next online fair – a Autumn and Halloween special on Sunday 16th October.

Join us online for special offers, new & exclusive products from our talented local makers & designers. Plus there will be special guests, music and more.

Want to take part? Applications for this event opens on 15th September, more details via our take part page. 

Check back here, via social media or join our mailing list to be notified of latest announcements.

Christmas 2021 – Join us in person & online

We’re pleased to announce we will be returning with our first in person event since 2019 on Sunday 5th December 2021 at Worthing Charmandean. This fair is held in aid of St Barnabas House and we’re so pleased to be able to continue our fundraising efforts for them.

This venue is a large venue with plenty of spacing and high ceilings to allow for lots of air flow. We’ll be monitoring the crowd levels and the layout will be more spaced out than previous years. There is also a cafe/bar, plus special guests including Sussex Ghostbusters. 

So you have the best of both worlds we’ll also be returning online this Christmas as well, on Sunday 7th November. We know so many of you from all across the UK, and in fact the world, have enjoyed watching our online fairs and we hope you can join us again this year.

Looking to take part? Applications open on 15th September for our Worthing and online fairs, more details via our take part page here.

The Fairy Tale Fair – A look back at a very different year – 2020.

Last year was our first year in 8 years that we didn’t hold any in person events. Although this was a very sad decision the safety of our stall holders and visitors has to be a priority and with a proportion of these and our helpers falling into the vulnerable category we feel we couldn’t hold the fairs without them. Additionally with local sponsors not in a position to support us during this time and us not being able to have face painting, singers and many of our magical extras we decided not to hold any markets.

However, we didn’t let that stop us – we held 8 online fairs with thousands of visitors at each, had 10,000 Christmas brochures delivered and shared online and expanded our online Creatives Directory to bigger than ever before. We plan to return with an online fair in Spring 2021 and then possibly in person for Christmas 2021. We appreciate your support more than ever. See some throwback photos from 2019 on the left.