Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey

Call for Applications: Craft Festival Bovey Tracey

6 - 8 June 2025

Bovey Tracey, Devon

Thank you for your interest in applying for our Festivals, which have become some of the largest, friendliest and most prestigious shows to be part of in the UK. All exhibitors are selected for quality by a panel of industry professionals. Full details about stand sizes and fees are within the individual application forms. There is a non-refundable administration fee of £15 to apply. Stand sharing is not permitted.

StartUP: At Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey, we have a dedicated area for makers who have been in business for 2 years or less. Our aim is to support fledgling careers and to encourage and promote the wealth of creative talent we have in the UK. Stands in the StartUp section are offered at much reduced rate and create an outstanding opportunity for businesses of two years or less. You may be a graduate or self taught, but you are not eligible if you are still in higher education (for your chosen medium) at the application deadline. The StartUp application fee is £5. StartUP is currently only available at Craft Festival Bovey Tracey.

Who is eligible to apply?
Your work shows a dedication to quality of making, presentation and originality.

You make any of the following: Ceramics, Glass, Textiles, Jewellery, Metal, Wood/Furniture, Plastics, Mixed Media, Leather, Recycled Materials and Paper or Prints. No painting, photography, graphic design, musical instruments, candles or beauty products. Greetings cards are accepted as part of the range but not the sole product.

You can live anywhere in the world.

StartUp Application Criteria: You are resident anywhere in the world. You are a graduate or may be self-taught (students still in education at the deadline may not apply). Your work is in any of the above mediums and you are in the first 2 years of business which commenced after January 1st 2023. You may only exhibit in the StartUP section once. If you have already exhibited in the StartUP section please apply in the main section.

Our Digital Craft Festivals represent the finest makers from across the world with an exceptional programme of events and activities, presented online. Digital Craft Festival is now closed indefinitely.

Craft Festival Bovey Tracey

Our flagship Festival in June has built up a loyal following of over 10,000 visitors representing over 200 of the UK’s finest designer-makers from across Britain & Ireland and we are warmly welcome makers from the European Union. The event is set in a marquee village in idyllic parkland on the edge of Dartmoor in South Devon with excellent transport links via road, train and air. Applications for Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey are now closed in all sections

Closing date 6pm Friday November 29th 2024.

Applicants will be notified before Christmas.

StartUp at Bovey Tracey, Devon 6- 8 June 2025 APPLICATIONS OPEN.

Closing Date 6pm Friday January 24th 2025.