Tag: Vending Opportunities

Open Call: Dublin Fibre Festival Seeking Vendors, Exhibitors and Instructors

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Dublin Fibre Festival poster - 18th October, 2025. Open Call for Vendors, Workshops, Exhibitors.

The second year of the Dublin Fibre Festival will be held on the 18th of October, 2025 at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA).

Applications for vendors, exhibitors and workshop instructors are open until the 30th of April for vendors and exhibitors.


Vendors and Exhibitors

All fibre artists are welcome to vend or exhibit in the following categories:

  • Wool, knitting and crocheting, felting, embroidery, macrame, textiles and fabrics, weaving, and wool-related technology.

Workshop Tutors

For workshop instructors, eligible categories include the following:

  • Teaching fibre-related techniques, crafts, products, technology, software, small businesses, and entrepreneurship subjects.
  • Talking about a technique, craft, product, history, culture, technology, small businesses, entrepreneurship or anything related to the fibre industry and having a small business in the fibre/craft industries.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.dublinfibrefestival.com/

Dublin Fibre Festival’s Instagram @dublinfibrefestival

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Opportunity: Wicklow-based Makers – Craft Fair

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Vending opportunity via Feltmakers Ireland guild member Sharon Wells: The 2nd annual Celebrating Handmade Craft Market is now taking applications for its two-day event, which will take place on August 17th and 18th at the School House For Art, Enniskerry.

This opportunity is organised by the Wicklow Craft Foundation (WCF) and is for Co Wicklow-based makers.

One can take a stall for one or two days. It costs 30 euros per day for WCF members. One doesn’t need to be a member, but the stall will cost a bit more, which you can offset by joining WCF.  They are arranging a group market insurance which one can avail of for 10 euros a day, if you do not have your own insurance.

For an online application, visit their website – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeCsQxnLmtdCaqis7wWr7JKlZtCJwnr8Bl6fnaldfPHQFVpA/viewform

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com. Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Vendor Opportunity: Sheepdog Trials 2023

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Feltmakers Ireland received this announcement and thought it may be of interest. We do not know the organisers.

Taking bookings for the International Sheepdog Trials 2023, which is being held in Blessington at Three Castle Farm on the 8th, 9th and 10th of September.

The world of sheepdog trialling may be unfamiliar to some, but The International Sheepdog Trial is known around the world as one of the largest events in the sheepdog calendar. The event will attract a global audience and is hoped to give a significant boost to the local economy.

The International Sheepdog Trial 2023 is designed to test the best working dogs’ abilities in an environment close to true working life​. 

The event will showcase the talents of 60 dogs from across Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales. These 60 dogs will consist of the top 15 dogs selected from each nation’s National Trial, which will take place throughout July and August.

​The International Sheep Dog Trial is the pinnacle in the sheep dog trialling calendar, and its venue rotates around the four nations yearly, with Ireland being lucky enough to be the host Nation for 2023.

It’s going to be a big event with a family day out, and as this trial attracts people from the continent, too, it should be a nice event for crafters. This event is only coming to the south of Ireland every 8 years.

All sorts of crafts are welcome. We love to get crafters with wool, as it is a sheepdog trial, and for crafters that have anything that has to do with sheep or sheepdogs in their creativity.

There is a trader application form to be filled out to ensure your spot. The price for a 3X3 place is 200 euro for the 3 days. (You have to bring your own marquee.)

Here is the link to the trader application form – https://www.electricevents.ie/sheepdog-trials-trader-application-form