Craft Festival Wales returns from September 5-7, 2025 to Cardigan Castle. Only the best makers from across the UK are selected to exhibit, and local Pembrokeshire craft professionals have proven to be amongst the very best. The event will feature 100 professional makers, each chosen by an independent selection panel for the quality and originality of their work. Makers from across the UK will be exhibiting handmade fine jewellery, silver, wood and metal, ceramics, glass, furniture, paper and print and textiles. It follows the success of the inaugural show last year which saw over 3,500 people fill the town over three days. Pembrokeshire-based makers selected to take part include ceramic artist Sue Hanna from Haverfordwest, jewellers Ami Pepper from Fishguard and Bronwen Gwillim from Angle, potter Peter Bodenham and textile artist Sophie Snow both from St Dogmaels. Print maker Tom Frost from Llanboidy won ‘The Peer Award’ voted by his other maker exhibitors at the inaugural 2024 show and returns to Craft Festival Wales this September to demonstrate his craft. Sue Hanna creates hand-built ceramic vessels, sculptures and wall pieces from her workshop near Haverfordwest: “I applied to exhibit at Craft Festival Wales because it’s the first major show to come to this part of West Wales, right on my doorstep. I’m really looking forward to being surrounded by talented makers, many from Wales, and feeling part of that creative energy.” The event includes a rich programme of craft workshops for adults to pre-book online, along with ‘The Capital of Craft’ talks by accomplished makers, authors and broadcasters. Visitors can pre-book a craft workshop from an exciting programme including printing, marbling and macrame. Explore the sculpture trail through the Castle gardens; enjoy live music and delicious local food and drink. And the free children’s craft tent will return with an action-packed programme. Other entertainment features include live theatre from Hijinx, pioneers in promoting opportunities for actors with learning disabilities and autism, street entertainers, and storytelling from contemporary to the Mabinogi tradition in both Welsh and English. Craft Festival Wales also extends across Cardigan town with the Craft Trail at six venues where original work commissioned by Oriel Myrddin from Carmarthen will be exhibited. For information and full details of exhibitors, workshops and other features, visit https://www.craftfestival.co.uk/Wales .
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