Call for Entry: Food & Home Fair at Contemporary
The Space, Nottingham Contemporary
Launch Evening Fri 4 Apr 5pm-8pm
Sat 5 Apr 10am-5pm
Sun 6 Apr 11am-4pm
Application Deadline: 11:59pm Mon 10 Feb
New for 2025, Food & Home Fair at Contemporary.
We are launching a brand-new fair this Spring at Nottingham Contemporary. Held in our large performance Space, our Food & Home Fair will showcase around 35 stalls across the first weekend of April, open on Sat 5 and Sun 6 Apr, with a launch evening on Fri 4 Apr. Our new fair looks to celebrate and showcase artisan food and drink specialists as well as a variety of independent makers and designers working across homeware including ceramics, glassware, candles, textiles, floristry, soaps and more.
Nottingham Contemporary are well established for our successful Craft and Print Fairs, attracting visitors from Nottingham and beyond. Our previous Craft and Print Fairs draw around 4000-5000 visitors. We attract a wide variety of talented makers from the East Midlands as well as from across the country.
Application requirements:
We are looking for independent designers, makers and small businesses selling artisan food and drink or crafted homeware.
Due to the specific nature of our event space, we are unable to accommodate hot food, food made to order on-site and food that requires refrigeration. We are looking for tabletop style stallholders who can showcase pre-packaged, shelf-stable food items, such as baked goods, artisanal snacks, jarred products, or other non-perishable goods that can be displayed and sold directly from your table.
Due to the specific nature of our event space, we are not accepting applications for the following types of vendors:
• Stalls offering hot food.
• Stalls providing food made to order on-site.
• Stalls requiring refrigeration or other temperature-controlled storage during the event.
We are seeking tabletop-style stallholders who can showcase pre-packaged, shelf-stable food items, such as baked goods, artisanal snacks, jarred products, or other non-perishable goods that can be displayed and sold directly from your table.
Applications will be carefully selected on the quality of their submission. We aim to bring a variety of fields, price points and makers to our audiences. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to accept all applications. We do hold a reserve list if spaces become available.
Stalls cost £170 (inclusive of the 3 days)
Included in the cost:
- Trestle table approx 182x68cm, white tablecloth and two chairs (optional)
- Marketing via social media to our reach of 127k (with individual posts for each stallholder with their work advertised)
- Paid social media advertising
- Printed flyers (+5000) and posters distributed around Nottingham
-Hand to hand flyer distribution during the weekend of the event
- Fair Launch Evening on Fri 4 Apr (a preview evening with a DJ + free drinks to the first 100 visitors)
- Mail outs to our wide audience and details across our website
-Other marketing outreach
- Our galleries will also be open and are a popular attraction in Nottingham
-10% discount in our shop and the café, Blend
-Team to assist set up / take down
-Free tea and coffee throughout the weekend
- Walls, (if you have selected one, at an extra cost) which you can screw, pin, nail and stick directly onto
To Apply:
To apply please fill out the application form, and send it across with 5 high-res images, including one of a previous stall set up to craft@nottinghamcontemporary.org
Application deadline - 11:59pm Mon 10 Feb 2025
All applicants will be informed of the outcome for their application the following week.
For any questions about Food & Home Fair at Contemporary please contact Emma at craft@nottinghamcontemporary.org
We look forward to hearing from you!
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