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!
1 Aug to 31 Aug Free + Various
SUMMER FESTIVAL OF CRAFT AND DESIGN
Location: Wexford
Event Type: Workshop, Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Maker Talk, Festival, Family Friendly, Demonstration
Maker: The Makers House Makers
Craft Type: Book Making, Candle Making, Ceramics, Glass Making, Jewellery Making, Leatherworking, Mixed Media Construction, Multiple, Printing, Soap Making, Textile Making, Toy Making, Woodworking
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug Free
Meet the Makers
Location: Sligo
Event Type: Meet the Maker, Family Friendly
Maker: MADE Sligo craft collective
Craft Type: Ceramics, Fashion Design, Multiple, Textile Making, Woodworking
More Info 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 2 Aug to 24 Aug Free
‘EMERGE’ New Makers Exhibition
Location: Cork
Event Type: Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Festival, Family Friendly
Maker: Cork Craft Design
Craft Type: Ceramics, Furniture Making, Metalworking, Mixed Media Construction, Textile Making, Woodworking
More Info 2 Aug to 31 Aug Free
“Glimmers” 15th Annual Members Showcase Exhibition
Location: Cork
Event Type: Exhibition, Festival, Family Friendly
Maker: Cork Craft Design
Craft Type: Ceramics, Furniture Making, Glass Making, Jewellery Making, Mixed Media Construction, Multiple, Textile Making
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 10 Aug to 30 Sep Free
Past, Present – Future, Perfect, a Made Local exhibition
Location: Kilkenny
Event Type: Exhibition
Maker: Cork Craft & Design
Craft Type: Basketry & Willow, Book Making, Ceramics, Furniture Making, Glass Making, Interior Furnishings, Jewellery Making, Lettering, Mixed Media Construction, Printing, Textile Making, Woodworking
More Info 15 Aug to 31 Aug
The Art of Making
Location: Donegal
Event Type: Exhibition, Family Friendly
Maker: Donegal Designer Makers
Craft Type: Multiple
More Info 17 Aug to 8 Sep Free admission
Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibition
Location: Dublin
Event Type: Exhibition, Family Friendly
Maker: Ceramics Ireland
Craft Type: Ceramics
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 24 Aug to 25 Aug Free event
Clare Potters Market
Location: Clare
Event Type: Market
Maker: Clay Potters
Craft Type: Ceramics
More Info 24 Aug to 24 Aug Free, no booking
Noel McCullough Furniture Open Studio and Sale
Location: Antrim
Event Type: Open Studio
Maker: Noel McCullough
Craft Type: Furniture Making
More Info 24 Aug to 25 Aug Child €6.50 Adult €8.00
Caherconnell Furnace Festival
Location: Clare
Event Type: Workshop, Festival, Demonstration
Maker: Irish Artist Blacksmith Assocaiation
Craft Type: Blacksmithing, Metalworking
More Info 24 Aug to 24 Aug Free
Local Textiles for Local Communities
Location: Galway
Event Type: Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Family Friendly, Demonstration
Maker: Fibreshed Ireland
Craft Type: Fashion Design, Spinning, Textile Making
More Info 24 Aug to 20 Sep Free
Anushiya Sundaralingam ‘Transit’ at R-space Gallery
Location: Antrim
Event Type: Workshop, Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Maker Talk
Maker: Anushiya Sundaralingam
Craft Type: Multiple, Textile Making
More Info 25 Aug to 25 Aug Free entrance
August Craft Month Fair
Location: Down
Event Type: Fair
Maker: Debbie McCann
Craft Type: Candle Making, Ceramics, Glass Making, Interior Furnishings, Jewellery Making, Printing, Soap Making, Textile Making
More Info 31 Aug to 31 Aug £60
Embellished Linen Purse
Location: Antrim
Event Type: Workshop
Maker: Island Arts Centre
Craft Type: Fashion Design
More Info 31 Aug to 31 Aug Free
Local Fibreshed Day – West Cork
Location: Cork
Event Type: Exhibition, Maker Talk, Demonstration
Maker: Fibreshed Ireland; Kilcoe Studios
Craft Type: Fashion Design, Spinning, Textile Making
More Info 31 Aug to 31 Aug Free
Anushiya Sundaralingam Artist Talk and Reception at R-space Gallery
Location: Antrim
Event Type: Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Maker Talk
Maker: Anushiya Sundaralingam
Craft Type: Multiple, Textile Making
More Info 28 Jul to 30 Sep
Cork Craft & Design Shop!
Location: Cork City
Event Type: Meet the Maker
Maker: Cork Craft & Design
Craft Type: Basketry & Willow, Book Making, Candle Making, Ceramics, Furniture Making, Glass Making, Interior Furnishings, Jewellery Making, Mixed Media Construction, Printing, Soap Making, Textile Making, Toy Making, Woodworking
More Info 28 Jul to 31 Aug
Cork Craft at ‘On The Pig’s Back’
Location: Cork
Event Type: Exhibition, Family Friendly
Maker: Cork Craft and Design
Craft Type: Multiple
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 31 Aug Free + Various
SUMMER FESTIVAL OF CRAFT AND DESIGN
Location: Wexford
Event Type: Workshop, Exhibition, Meet the Maker, Maker Talk, Festival, Family Friendly, Demonstration
Maker: The Makers House Makers
Craft Type: Book Making, Candle Making, Ceramics, Glass Making, Jewellery Making, Leatherworking, Mixed Media Construction, Multiple, Printing, Soap Making, Textile Making, Toy Making, Woodworking
More Info 1 Aug to 31 Aug free
Sarah McKenna Ceramics Open Studios
Location: Louth
Event Type: Open Studio
Maker: Sarah McKenna
Craft Type: Ceramics
More Info