Following the successful Manchester Made Craft Fair this summer at Waterside, we are pleased to launch an autumn edition on Sunday 19th November. The event will again be a table top fair of high quality contemporary craft.

Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford will once again be working in partnership with Jo Lavelle, Co-Founder of Sale Arts Trail.  

Information for applicants:

- Selections will be made by Michelle Keeling, Curator at Waterside and Jo Lavelle, Co-founder of Sale Arts Trail.

- Selections will be made to create a good balance of disciplines across the fair, also taking into consideration the need to show variety to any returning visitors. 

- The craft fair will take place in the Chambers and two adjacent rooms, upstairs at Waterside in Sale, Greater Manchester. The fair will be open to the public from 11am - 5pm.

- The deadline for applications is Friday 6th October. Applicants will be informed whether they have been successful by Monday 15th October. 

- The cost of a table at the fair is £60 incl. VAT. The fee includes use of a 750mm x 1500mm table. The fee will be invoiced upon selection, and must be paid by 31st October.

Application Images

Please supply between three and six images that represent the style of work that you wish to sell at the Manchester Made Craft Fair. 

Images should be supplied as jpegs (landscape or portrait) and a maximum file size of 1MB.

Label the images with your name, title of work with number and photographic credit; for example JohnSmith_Title of work1_Credit Sarah Smith. The image number should then correspond to any relevant supplementary information you would like to submit below.

If you are selected for the Manchester Made Craft Fair, the images supplied may be used for social media and other publicity. Please consider this when selecting images for applications. Successful images for publicity are product shots, with clean backgrounds (including enough clear background for event branding placement). By submitting images for your application, you are agreeing to their use for event publicity.