Thanks to beingknitterly.co.uk for this list of events

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UK yarn and fibre festivals

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January 2024

Wool in Garden City

19–26 January 2024 Howard Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6HA, England Website: Wool in Garden City.

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February 2024

Textiles East Fair

10–11 February 2024 The Burgess Hall One Leisure, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WU, England Website: Textiles East Fair.

 

Unravel

23–25 February 2024 Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QR, England Website: Unravel.

 

Blaise Wool Festival

2024 date to be confirmed Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Rd, BD2 3HP, England Website: Blaise Wool Festival.

 

March 2024

The East Anglia Yarn Festival (EAYF)

9–10 March 2024 The Norfolk Showground Arena, Norwich, NR5 0TT, England Website: The East Anglia Yarn Festival.

 

The Stitch Festival

21–24 March 2024 The Business Design Centre, London, N1 0QH, England Website: The Stitch Festival.

 

April 2024

Spring into Wool

6–7 April 2024 The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 8GS, England Website: Spring into Wool.

 

The Woolly Good Gathering

26–27 April 2024 Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL, Scotland Website: Woolly Good Gathering.

 

Wonderwool Wales

27–28 April 2024 Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY, Wales Website: Wonderwool Wales.

 

May 2024

Buxton Wool Gathering

18–19 May 2024 Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6BE, England Website: Buxton Wool Gathering.

 

Tangled Galashiels Fibre Festival

31 May – 1 June 2024 Venues in Galashiels, Scotland Website: Tangled Galashiels.

 

Threads Textile Festival

2024 dates to be confirmed Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 5UJ, England Website: Threads Textile Festival.

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June 2024

The Great British Fibre Festival

1–2 June 2024 Coldhrbour Mill, Uffculme, Devon, EX15 3EE, England Website: The Great British Fibre Festival.

 

Woolly Weekend

1–2 June 2024 The Weavers’ Workshop, Dilham, Norfolk, NR28 9PT, England Website: Woolly Weekend.

 

The Wool Monty

8–9 June 2024 Magna, Magna Way, Templeborough, Rotherham, S60 1FD, England Website: The Wool Monty.

 

Cumbrian Wool Gathering

22–24 June 2024 J36 Rural Auction Centre, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7FP, England Website: Cumbrian Wool Gathering.

 

Wool @ J13

29–30 June 2024 The Heritage, Wolseley Bridge, Staffordshire, ST17 0XL, England Website: Wool @ Junction 13.

 

Leeds Wool Festival

2024 date to be confirmed Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills, Canal Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 2QF, England Website: Leeds Wool Festival.

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July 2024

Summer Wool Festival

27–28 July 2024 Redbourne School, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, MK45 2NU, England Website: Summer Wool Festival.

 

Yarningham

13–14 July 2024 Uffculme Centre, Queensbridge Road, Birmingham, B13 8QY, England Website: Yarningham.

 

August 2024

North East Wool Show

10–11 August 2024 Newcastle Racecourse, High Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5HP, England Website: North East Wool Show.

 

Popup Wool Show

17 August 2024 Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 5DH, England Website: Popup Wool Show.

 

September 2024

Southern Wool Show

7–8 September 2024 Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire, RG14 7PN, England Website: Southern Wool Show.

Llandovery Sheep Festival

 

14–15 September 2024 Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales Website: Llandovery Sheep Festival.

Kernow Yarn and Fibre Festival

 

15 September 2024 The Pavilion Centre, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7JE, England Website: Kernow Yarn and Fibre Festival.

 

Yarndale

28–29 September 2024 Skipton Auction Mart, Gargrave Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, BD23 1UD, England Website: Yarndale.

 

Shetland Wool Week

29 September – 5 October 2024 various venues, Shetland, Scotland Website: Shetland Wool Week.

 

Unravel Autumn

2024 dated to be confirmed Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QR, England Website: Unravel Autumn.

 

Cotswold Wool Weekend

2024 dated to be confirmed Cirencester Market Place & Abbey Grounds, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Website: Cotswold Wool Weekend.

 

Masham Sheep Fair

2024 dated to be confirmed Masham, North Yorkshire, HG4 4DZ, England Website: Masham Sheep Fair.

 

October 2024

The Knitting and Stitching Show

10–13 October 2024 Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London, N22 7AY, England Website: Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace.

 

The Glasgow School of Yarn

18–20 October 2024 Venue to be confirmed, Glasgow, Scotland Website: Glasgow School of Yarn.

 

The Big Textile Show

26–27 October 2024 The KUBE, Leicester Racecourse, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4AL, England Website: The Big Textile Show.

 

The Bakewell Wool Gathering

October 2024 Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH, England Website: Bakewell Wool Gathering.

 

The Kelly House Woolly Weekend

2024 dates to be confirmed Kelly House, between Launceston and Tavistock, Devon, PL16 0HH, England Website: Kelly House Woolly Weekend.

 

The West Wales Wool Show

2024 dates to be confirmed Queen’s Hall and Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, SA67 7AS, Wales Website: West Wales Wool Show.

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November 2024

Yorkshire Yarn Festival

8–10 November 2024 Sandburn Hall, York, YO60 7RB, England Website: Yorkshire Yarn Festival.

 

The Knitting and Stitching Show

21–24 November 2024 Harrogate International Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LA, England Website: Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate.

 

Stitch Fest South West

2024 dates to be confirmed Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 3AF, England Website: Stitch Fest South West.

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