Selected for GNCCF Manchester[Maker name]Stoneware bowls, set of four · Cheshire
Selected for GNCCF Manchester[Maker name]Turned vessels, wood · [Location]
Selected for GNCCF Manchester[Maker name]Landscape brooch · [Location]
GNCCF Manchester makers
Who’s at Victoria Baths
Talks & workshops
More than a fair
Talks, book signings, a drop-in animation studio and makers working live. All free with your ticket, in the Turkish Baths.
Buy tickets →Fri–SunFri 10am–3pm, Sat 10am–3.30pm, Sun 10am–1.30pm
Take Part Animation WorkshopJoe Hartley of Yellowhammer Studio and cook Sam Buckley of Where The Light Gets In. Drop in and add your own character or scene to a short film made over the weekend.
Drop-inFri 16 Oct3.30–4.30pm
Wood & BristleExhibitor Sophia Elouise of Function & Form on traditional brush making and her new book, with a signing.
TalkSat 17 Oct4–5pm
Connecting ThreadsEmbroiderer Lynn Setterington on a career of community projects told through stitch, with a book signing.
TalkSun 18 Oct2–3pm
Visible MendingFlora Collingwood Norris on design-led repair of knitwear, and the stories behind the jumpers she mends.
TalkAll weekendThroughout the fair
Maker demosWatch makers at work, see how the pieces are made and ask about materials, techniques or a commission.
LiveBuy tickets · GNCCF Manchester
Come and meet the makers
Book ahead to skip the queue. E-tickets are sent by email straight away.
1 Choose your day2 Choose tickets
AdultEntry for your chosen day
£[x]2
ConcessionStudents and over-65s [confirm]
£[x]0
ChildWith a paying adult [confirm]
£[x]0
3 Your visit
GNCCF ManchesterVictoria Baths · Sat 17 Oct
2 × Adult£[x]
Total£[x]
Continue to checkout →Secure checkout. Exhibiting? Apply here instead.01Makers applyDesigner-makers from across the UK send their work in each spring.
02An independent panel choosesCraft experts select for skill, ideas and ambition. Not everyone gets in.
03You meet the makerBuy direct, ask how it was made, or commission something of your own.
About us
An independent fair, run for makers and the people who buy from them
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair is organised by Great Northern Events (NW) Ltd, an independent team based in the North West. We bring the UK’s best designer-makers together in buildings worth the visit, so you can see the work up close and buy it from the person who made it.
Every exhibitor is chosen by an independent panel of craft experts. We don’t sell space to whoever asks first: that is what keeps the standard high.
200selected makers3fairs a year1independent panel