Below is a throwback to last year’s events – enough to give you a taste of exciting craft events to come!
The 2025 August Craft Month programme will go live end of June 2025 – don’t forget to check back in and start planning a summer of craft.
2 Aug to 31 Aug Free
August Craft Month Exhibition: Reaction
Location: Belfast City
Event Type: Exhibition, Family Friendly
Maker: Craft NI
Craft Type: Multiple
More Info 3 Aug to 31 Aug Free
Causeway Craft Trail
Location: Derry/Londonderry
Event Type: Exhibition
Maker: Flowerfield Arts Centre
Craft Type: Multiple
More Info 22 Aug to 24 Aug Various
Quilt Fayre 2024
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop, Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Maker Talk, Fair, Family Friendly, Demonstration
Maker:
Craft Type: Interior Furnishings, Multiple, Spinning, Textile Making
More Info 1 Jul to 28 Sep Free
Stitching a Story: Past and Future
Location: Antrim
Event Type: Exhibition, Family Friendly
Maker: Wilma Kirkpatrick
Craft Type: Textile Making
More Info 1 Jul to 31 Aug £120
Combining silver metal clay with dichroic glass
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Pat Wilson
Craft Type: Jewellery Making
More Info 30 Jul to 22 Sep Free
The Creative Peninsula Exhibition
Location: Down
Event Type: Exhibition, Family Friendly
Maker:
Craft Type: Multiple
More Info 31 Jul to 31 Jul Free
The Creative Peninsula Exhibition ‘Elementals’ Opening
Location: Down
Event Type: Exhibition
Maker:
Craft Type: Ceramics, Jewellery Making, Multiple, Printing, Textile Making
More Info 1 Aug to 1 Aug Free
The Sun Rises in the East – Papercraft and Weaving Workshop and Exhibition launch
Location: Belfast City
Event Type: Workshop, Exhibition
Maker: Rachel Fitzpatrick
Craft Type: Mixed Media Construction
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug Free
Camphill Community Clanabogan: ‘Just Us’
Location: Tyrone
Event Type: Exhibition
Maker: Camphill Community Clanabogan
Craft Type: Multiple
More Info 1 Aug to 1 Aug
‘Conversations in Clay’ Opening Night
Location: Down
Event Type: Exhibition
Maker: Alison Hanvey, Tracey Johnston, John Martin, Aine McKenna, Charlene Rooney, Anna Smyth, Jakki Trainor, Eleanor Wheeler, Ellen Woods, Trevor Woods
Craft Type: Ceramics
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug £65
Metal clay Bees and Honeycomb
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Pat Wilson
Craft Type: Jewellery Making
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug £65
Capturing Nature Sea Shells
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Pat Wilson
Craft Type: Jewellery Making
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug £65 pp
Metal Clay Magic – a workshop for beginners
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Pat Wilson
Craft Type: Jewellery Making
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug £65
Capturing Nature Leaves
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Pat Wilson
Craft Type: Jewellery Making
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug £65-£85
Let’s make dangly earrings in silver clay
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Pat Wilson
Craft Type: Jewellery Making
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug From £65 - £78
March Hares and Moongazing Hares
Location: Down
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Pat Wilson
Craft Type: Jewellery Making
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug Free
Invisible illness, visible stories, through Embroidery art – An exhibition by Sandra Streeter
Location: Antrim
Event Type: Exhibition
Maker: Sandra Streeter
Craft Type: Textile Making
More Info 1 Aug to 1 Aug Free
Meet the Members at Belfast Ceramics Studio
Location: Belfast City
Event Type: Open Studio
Maker: Belfast Ceramics Studio
Craft Type: Ceramics
More Info 1 Aug to 1 Aug Free
August Craft Month Exhibition: Reaction Opening
Location: Belfast City
Event Type: Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Maker Talk
Maker: Craft NI
Craft Type: Multiple
More Info