Thinking of applying to exhibit at a ceramics event?
This page is to help ceramic artists navigate all the ceramics fairs and markets out there and plan their year and workload. If you run a ceramics event and would like to edit / add content to this page, please get in touch.
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Margate Ceramics Market
Applications opened New Year’s Day, not open for long!
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Ceramics & Glass Fair at The Minories
Stall holder applications will open on the 5 January.
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Clay North East
Applications open! Find out more by signing up to their newsletter, link in Instagram bio.
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Hornsea Ceramics Festival
The online application form is live. Whether you are an emerging maker or an experienced ceramic artist, they are inviting you to apply.
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The Maker's Fair at Standen House & Gardens
Expression of interest form now live.
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MUDFest, Ulverston
This event is 16 - 17 May 2026.
This is a selected event, exhibitors will be carefully chosen for their quality and originality so there will be something to delight and appeal to every taste.
Applications open!
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Norwich Ceramics Market
Applications open!
Discover Norwich’s newest creative market celebrating independent pottery and contemporary ceramics.
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Ceramics in the City, London
Application deadline: 1 February 2026.
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Summer Solstice Maker’s Fair, Middle Farm
Expression of interest form now live.
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Handmade Chelsea
Applications open.
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Great Northern Contemporary Craft & Art Fair Newcastle
Applications open 5 January - 8 February.
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Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair Manchester
This event is 15 - 18 October.
Applications open 5 January - 8 February.
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Art in Clay Farnham
This event is 14 & 15 November.
Applications open - deadline 28 February.
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All the Potfests 2026
Applications for the unselected Potfest events are now open. Applications for the middle and top tier, 2026 Potfest events have closed.
Potfest South East – Closed
Potfest in the Pens (Penrith) Spring June 5th-7th – OPEN
Potfest Scotland – Closed
Potfest by the Lake – Closed
Potfest South West – Closed
Potfest in the Park – Closed
Potfest Suffolk – Closed
Potfest in the Pens (Penrith) Autumn October 23rd-25th – OPEN
Potfest in the Pens Melton Mowbray October 30th-November 1st – OPEN
Potfest in the City Scotland November27th-29th – OPEN -
Thoresby Ceramics Fair, Nottinghamshire
Application deadline has passed: 5 January
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Hepworth Wakefield Ceramics Fair
This event is 21-22 March 2026
Deadline has passed: Wed 3 December. Applications are welcomed from emerging and established UK-based ceramic artists working across contemporary and traditional ceramics, homeware, sculpture and jewellery.
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Towner Ceramics Fair, Eastbourne
This event is 14-15 March 2026
Deadline has passed: Wed 19 November.
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Manchester Ceramics Fair
Deadline has passed - 16th November
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Leeds Ceramic Fair
Deadline has passed: 14 November.
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Sheffield Ceramics Festival
This event is 18-19 April 2026
Deadline has passed: 31st October.
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Celebrating Ceramics, Oxford
Deadline has passed: 28 November
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Craft Festival Bovey Tracey
This event is 12 - 14 June 2026
Deadline has passed: 28 November. They are not returning to Cheltenham. Applications for Craft Festival Wales 2026 will open in early 2026. All exhibitors are selected for quality by a panel of industry professionals.
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Independent Ceramics Market, London
There's no deadline to apply, they are open submission events, with preference given to applicants who are actively creating new works, or are taking new, experimental approaches in their practice. They aspire to find the right balance of new, and returning exhibitors, while prioritising emerging, and underrepresented artists.
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Future Icons Selects 2026
Deadline has passed: 6 October.
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Stockport Ceramics Fair
Applications has passed: 9AM on Friday 3rd October.
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Ceramic Art London 2026
Deadline has passed: 30 September.
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TOASTED Ceramic Fair x2
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Ceramicists Mart, Abney Hall London, N16
This event is 27 & 28 September.
Email subscribers get first dibs so register with them to apply to exhibit.
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Highland Pottery Fair
Be part of something special this year — the first Highland Pottery Fair is a unique opportunity to showcase and sell your work in the Highlands, among a community of passionate makers and excited local customers.
Exhibitor tables (6ft trestle with plinths available) are very limited so reserve early to avoid disappointment.
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Craft Festival Wales
Applications are invited from makers working to the highest standards. Your work shows a dedication to quality of making, presentation and originality. You live anywhere in the world.
Deadline has passed - 6pm on 28 March.
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Ceramic Wales 2025
This event is 14-15 June 2025.
Applications are now open. The deadline has passed (1st January 2025).
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