Calling Fylde Coast creatives
The third HAZ Christmas Creative Market will be held at the Winter Gardens on Saturday 30 November 2024 and we’re seeking stallholders and workshop facilitators.
Following the success of last year’s Christmas Creative Market, we are looking for Fylde Coast-based stallholders as well as local creatives and artists to deliver creative workshops throughout the day.
Like last year we will be taking over the Pavilion at Blackpool’s fabulous Winter Gardens. We’re looking for stallholders with great creative talent and unique, original products.
We’re also offering 2 x paid opportunities for local creatives. We would like to hear from artists who can run bookable or drop-in activities for families at Blackpool Christmas Creative Market.
Our callout ends Friday 11 October.
INFORMATION FOR STALLHOLDER APPLICANTS
The application process for stallholders is now open and closes at midnight on Friday 11 October 2024. Click here to apply: https://bit.ly/BCM-Xmas24
Product categories
- Art & Photography
- Craft
- Clothing and Accessories
- Health & Beauty
- Home & Living
- Food & Drink – Packaged take-away cold food (e.g. preserves, cheeses, brownies)
- Jewellery
- Vintage Clothing
- Vintage Collectables
We’ll assess applications based upon the following criteria:
- A professional, well-presented business – a website or social media site with good product descriptions and photographs.
- Artists/makers are based on the Fylde Coast.
- Product quality: Products/artworks need to be finished to a high standard.
- They must meet manufacturing standards and may need to be approved by Trading Standards.
- Your social media presence – to show us what you do and to help us promote the event.
The balance of sellers: we want to make sure that there’s a good mix of sellers at the event. We are always looking for new and innovative products to be sold at the event. Some product categories, e.g. Jewellery and Food and Drink retailers can become oversubscribed, in this instance assessments will be made on their uniqueness, exclusivity and their quality. They may also be benchmarked against other applicants in the same category.
All of your products need to be your own work. With the exception of vintage, we’re not looking for resellers of manufactured goods (e.g. Tropic, Body Shop at Home).
Location: The Pavilion, Winter Gardens, Church Street Blackpool
Opening hours: Saturday 30 November 2024: 10am – 4pm (set up access from 8am)
Set up
- Set-up will take place on the day.
- Sellers can arrive from 8am.
- Stalls will be provided.
Stall fees
To keep things affordable, the stall fee is £22.50
Freestanding mesh display boards for hanging prints and framed work are available on request for an additional £7.50.
What’s included?
- We will provide a 6ft trestle table.
- You can place signage at the front or behind the stall. A tablecloth can be provided on request.
- You can bring an additional table/stand, we will get in touch to ask you about this after you have signed up.
- You may decorate your stall as you wish.
- Wi-Fi is available.
The application process for stallholders is now open and closes at midnight on Friday 11 October 2024.
The form collects your email address first, in order to provide you with a copy of your application upon submission. You will be able to edit your application up until the closing date. We will also ask you to email product and promotional photographs in support of your application: 2-3 good quality images of products and/or a photo of your stall setup (this could be at a recent event, or a test setup on your kitchen table).
We will assess applications on a rolling basis, so you will hear back from us within 10 days of your application. We will hold a reserve list in case of any cancellations. If you have any queries, please email [email protected].
