The Hepworth Wakefield Festive Market 2026
Deadline: 29/06/2026City: Wakefield | Country: United Kingdom | The Hepworth Wakefield
The Hepworth Wakefield Festive Market Returns on 20–22 and 28–29 November 2026. Applications are now open for artists, designers, makers, food and drink producers and specialist retailers. The Market will be open as part of our launch party for our new exhibitions on Friday 20 November.
Our popular Festive Market returns for 2026, bigger and better than ever!
This year, we're expanding into the new event space on the upper floor of Tileyard North, enabling us to welcome up to 100 stallholders to the market each weekend.
We welcome applications from both emerging and established UK-based independent artists, designers, makers and producers.
We are particularly interested in a wide range of disciplines, including ceramics, cosmetics and aromatics, food and drink, gifts for children, homeware, jewellery, plants and floristry, prints, stationery and textiles.
The Festive Market is a vibrant and well-attended event, featuring family-friendly activities, live music and street food, alongside special offers in The Hepworth Wakefield shop and café as well as discounted exhibition entry.
In 2025 we welcomed over 13,000 visitors across the two Festive Market weekends.
With the growing popularity of our exhibition opening parties, the Festive Market will be open on Friday 20 November, 7-10 pm, with ticketed entry.
To ensure the best possible experience for our visitors, for weekend 1 we will only be selecting those who can attend on Friday evening, as well as on Saturday and Sunday. Please indicate in your application your availability for the Friday evening.
The Festive Market will take place in the event space at Tileyard North, the beautifully refurbished textile mill opposite the gallery.
Applications close at midday on Monday, 29 June 2026.
Stalls are priced at £250 for one weekend, including VAT, with an optional trestle table provided.
Fees must be paid in advance to secure your place, and selected makers will be informed of payment deadlines.
These fees support the running of our fairs and markets programme and contribute to The Hepworth Wakefield’s mission to create inspiring art experiences that enhance lives.
To apply, please complete the CuratorSpace form and include five images showcasing your work and stall setup.
All participating stallholders will be featured on The Hepworth Wakefield’s website, social media channels, and newsletters.
The event will be widely promoted through our digital platforms, including targeted Facebook and Instagram adverts reaching approximately 750,000 people.
Additional promotion will include organic social media, print adverts in regional magazines, an outdoor poster campaign in West and South Yorkshire, and flyer distribution across West, South and North Yorkshire.
Previous Festive Markets have also received coverage across BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Sounds, Wakefield Express, Waitrose Weekend and the Yorkshire Post.
All stallholders must hold Public Liability Insurance to the value of £5 million.
We are also interested in stallholders who haven't attended our fairs and markets before.
This standard-size stall offer an ideal space to showcase your designs and you can use display techniques such as tabletop racks or rails. Price includes a trestle table (H760 W755 L1800) and a chair
Fees must be paid in advance to guarantee a place. Makers selected for participation will be informed of payment deadlines. Fees support the running of the fairs and markets programme and The Hepworth Wakefield’s mission to create art experiences that inspire and enhance lives.
To ensure the best possible experience for our visitors attendance is required on the Friday evening. We will only select those who can attend the Friday evening party for the first weekend of the markets. Please indicate in your application your availability for the Friday evening as this will be considered in your application.
Friday 20 November (7 - 10 pm)
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November (10 am - 4 pm both days)
Weekend 2:
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November (10am - 4pm both days).
Please select both weekends if you are available for both, and we will make the selection based on overall availability.
We will be using two locations for the market at Tileyard North, the Carding Shed, which is located at ground floor level which is accessible to anyone with mobility requirements. In addition to the upper floor Mill space which can be accessed via a lift.
If you have any questions about your stall or have access requirements you would like to inform us of, please let us know in your application.
As with all our fairs, markets and festivals, the event will be promoted across The Hepworth Wakefield’s website and social media, including promoted Facebook and Instagram adverts designed to reach approx. 750,000 people. Print adverts will be placed in regional magazines such as Living North and Yorkshire Post; an outdoor poster campaign will be on display in Leeds and Sheffield; and flyers will be distributed across West, South and North Yorkshire.
Recent fairs and markets have been featured on BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Sounds, Wakefield Express and Yorkshire Post.
Exhibitors are selected to ensure that the fair presents a range of styles and approaches by artists and makers working at a range of levels and from all professional and educational backgrounds. We encourage applications from independent artists, collectives and galleries. We encourage both new faces and returning stallholders to apply.
Market tickets are free for those who purchase a full price exhibition ticket for The Hepworth Wakefield exhibitions across each weekend.
Stallholders will be offered free entry to The Hepworth Wakefield’s exhibitions across the Festive Market weekends.
Due to the layout of stalls, some stalls will be against brick walls or windows and others back to back in the centre of the space. Corner plot stalls may have two sides open to customers. Stallholders are encouraged to be creative with their stall display and make use of the space available.
Due to logistics we can only accept stallholders that can attend all days of each market weekend. Stallholders are expected to look after their stall at all times during the event. We would suggest bringing an additional person to help cover breaks (staff are unable to help with your break cover).
Stallholders attending both weekends are unable to store stock / equipment on site between the market weekends.
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