Upcoming Dates for UK Yarn and Fibre Festivals
May 2020
Buxton Wool Gathering (Cancelled)
9–10 May 2020
Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6BE, England
Website: Buxton Wool Gathering.
Cornish Fibre Festival
(Cancelled)
9–10 May 2020
Royal Cornwall Showground Exhibition Centre, Whitecross, Wadebridge, PL27 7JE, England
Website: Cornish Fibre Festival.
Wool @ Junction 13
(Cancelled)
16–17 May 2020
Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST19 5RE, England
Website: Wool @ Junction 13.
Wild About Wool pop-up yarn market
(Cancelled)
17 May 2020
The WaterShed, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, HD7 5JN
Website: Wild About Wool.
Woolly Weekend and Shipston Wool Fair
(Cancelled)
23–25 May 2020
Sheep Street, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4AB, England
Website: Shipston Wool Fair.
Festiwool pop-up at The Hertfordshire County Show
(Cancelled)
23–24 May 2020
The Showground, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, AL3 7PT, England
Website: Festiwool pop-up.
Rugby Yarn & Craft Festival
(Cancelled)
24th May 2020
Rugby School Collingwood Centre, Barby Road. CV22 5EB
Website: Rugby&YarnCraftFestival.
June 2020
Leeds Wool Festival
(Cancelled)
6 June 2020
Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills, Canal Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 2QF, England
Website: Leeds Wool Festival.
Fibre Rocks
(Cancelled)
6–7 June 2020
Bexhill-on-Sea, England
Website: Fibre Rocks.
The Wool Monty
(Cancelled)
13–14 June 2020
FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, S9 2DF, England
Website: The Wool Monty.
Woolly Weekend
(Cancelled)
20–21 June 2020
The Weavers’ Workshop, Dilham, Norfolk, NR28 9PT.
Website: Woolly Weekend.
Woolfest
(Cancelled)
26–27 June 2020
Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0QQ, England
Website: Woolfest.
July 2020
Yarningham
11–12 July 2020
Uffculme Centre, Queensbridge Road, Birmingham, B13 8QY, England
Website: Yarningham.
Fibre East
25–26 July 2020
Redborne School and Community College, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2NU, England
Website: Fibre East.
August 2020
Woolness - cancelled for 2020
1–2 August 2020
Life Science Centre, Newcastle, NE1 4EP, England.
Website: Woolness.
Wool@Portsoy
29 August 2020
Portsoy, Banff, AB45 2QT, Scotland
Website: Wool @ Portsoy.
The British Wool Show
2020 date to be confirmed
York Auction Centre, Murton Lane, Murton, York, YO19 5GF, England
Website: The British Wool Show.
Spinning Yarns Festival
August 31 - September 1, 2020
Antrim Castle Gardens, Antrim, BT41 4LH, Northern Ireland
Website: Spinning Yarns Festival.
September 2020
Cornish Yarn Festival
5–6 September 2020
St John’s Hall, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2QW, England
Website: Cornish Yarn Festival.
Southern Wool Show
5–6 September 2020
Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire, RG14 7PN, England
Website: Southern Wool Show.
Perth Festival of Yarn
12–13 September 2020
Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, PH2 0TH, Scotland
Website: Perth Festival of Yarn.
The Handmade Fair, Hampton Court
11–13 September 2020
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, KT8 9AU, England
Website: Handmade Fair, Hampton Court.
Llandovery Sheep Festival
19–20 September 2020
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Website: Llandovery Sheep Festival.
Yarndale
26–27 September 2020
Skipton Auction Mart, Gargrave Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, BD23 1UD, England
Website: Yarndale.
Shetland Wool Week
26 September – 4 October 2020 - cancelled because of Corona Virus
various venues, Shetland, Scotland
Website: Shetland Wool Week.
UK Wool Week
September 28 - October 6, 2020
Various venues, England
Website: Wool Week.
The Great London Yarn Crawl
2020 date to be confirmed
Various venues, London, England
Website: Yarn in the City.
October 2020
The West Wales Wool Show
3 October 2020
The Queen’s Hall and Play Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, DE45 1AH, Wales
Website: West Wales Wool Show.
The Knitting and Stitching Show
8–11 October 2020
Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London, N22 7AY, England
Website: Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace.
YarnFolk Wool Festival
10th October 2020
Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Website: YarnFolk Wool Festival.
The Bakewell Wool Gathering
10–11 October 2020
Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH, England
Website: Bakewell Wool Gathering.
Three Bags Full Wool Market
17 October 2020
The Public Hall, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 6BW, England
Website: Three Bags Full Wool Market.
The Loch Ness Wool Fest
23–25 October 2020
Inverness, Scotland
Website: Loch Ness Wool Fest.
The Big Textile Show
24–25 October 2020
The KUBE, Leicester Racecourse, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4AL, England
Website: The Big Textile Show.
The Kendal Wool Gathering
24–25 October 2020
Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7HX, England
Website: Kendal Wool Gathering
Masham Sheep Fair
26–27 October 2020
Masham, North Yorkshire, HG4 4DZ, England
Website: Masham Sheep Fair.
November 2020
Hitchin Festiwool
7 November 2020
The Priory School, Hitchen, Hertfordshire, SG5 2UR, England
Website: Festiwool.
The Knitting and Stitching Show
26–29 November 2020
Harrogate International Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LA, England
Website: Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate.
Nottingham Yarn Expo
2020 date to be confirmed
Nottingham Conference Centre, Burton St, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK, England
Website: Nottingham Yarn Expo.
St Abbs Wool Festival
2020 date to be confirmed
Eyemouth Community Centre, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, TD14 5DE, Scotland
Website: St Abbs Wool Festival.
Stitch Fest South West
October 30 to November 1, 2020
Civic Hall & The Grove School, Totnes, Devon, England
Website: Stitch Fest South West.
Wild About Wool Pop-up Yarn Market
2020 date to be confirmed
Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5JN, England
Website: Wild About Wool.
Winter Woollies
2020 date to be confirmed
Home Farm, Nanpantan, Leicestershire, LE11 3YG, England
Website: Winter Woollies.
Yorkshire Yarn Festival
28 November 2020
White Syke Fields, York, YO41 1LN, England
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Festival.
December 2019
Winter Woollies
2 December 2018 (2019 dates tbc)
Home Farm, Nanpantan, Leicestershire, LE11 3YG, England
Website: Winter Woollies.
January 2021
Waltham Abbey Wool Show
19 January 2020
Marriot Hotel, Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 3LX, England
Website: Waltham Abbey Wool Show.
February 2020
Bring Back Blaise Wool Festival
3 February 2019 (2020 dates tbc)
Bradford Industrial Museum, Bradford, Yorkshire BD2 3HP, England
Website: Bradford Museums & Galleries.
Textiles East Fair
21–23 February 2020
Swavesey Village College, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RS, England
Website: Textiles East Fair.
Unravel
21–23 February 2020
Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QR, England
Website: Unravel.
The Spring Knitting and Stitching Show
27 February – 1 March 2020
Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX, England
Website: Spring Knitting and Stitching Show.
Blog posts: Spring K&S Show 2014, part 1; Spring K&S Show 2014, part 2.
March 2020
Cornwoolly
15 March 2020
Heartlands, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3QY, England
Website: Cornwoolly.
Yorkshire Yarn Festival
21 March 2020
White Syke Fields, York, YO41 1LN, England
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Festival.
Edinburgh Yarn Festival
returning in 2021
Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RJ, Scotland
Website: Edinburgh Yarn Festival.
April 2020
St Abbs Wool Festival
2020 to be confirmed
Eyemouth Community Centre, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, TD14 5DE, Scotlan
Website: St Abbs Wool Festival.
Spring into Wool
18–19 April 2020
The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 9NA, England
Website: Spring into Wool.
Wonderwool Wales
25–26 April 2020
Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY, Wales
Website: Wonderwool Wales.
Blog post: Wonderful Wonderwool.