Belfast April 2018
Stephanie Weightman’s award winning Crafting Live show will once again be in Belfast and bringing a whole host of crafty celebrities. We are so excited to be packing up our crafting goodies again and making our way over to Northern Ireland and what’s more, we’ve kept the additional day, giving you plenty of time to shop, craft, socialise and more.
As always, we kick off the show with a day-long workshop with Stephanie Weightman, Nancy Watt and their crafty friends on Wednesday 25 April. The workshop will contain a range of paper craft projects, which will include materials, countless craft knowledge from our experts, ideal for all skill levels, refreshments and goodies to take home. So if you are an experienced crafter or you’ve only just started, there are projects that you can either follow step by step or add your own personal touch to. Pre-booking is essential, but you are guaranteed to have a great day, learn lots of new techniques and make new friends. The Workshop ticket also gets you into the show on any or all of the days and covers all refreshments during the workshop.
The show itself is open from Thursday 26 April until Saturday 28 April, and is open 10am-5pm on Thursday and Friday, and 10am-4pm on Saturday. Your entrance ticket gets you in all 3 days of the show if you feel like making a weekend of it.
Over the duration of the show you can visit a vast range of exhibitors stocking stamps, dies, decoupage, fabric, wool, ribbon, beads and much more. You can stock up on all of your craft essentials, as well as finding inspiration from brand new products, whilst meeting your favourite TV crafters. There are also refreshment options and areas to have a much needed sit down after all that shopping!
Crafting Live is home to a huge and most importantly, FREE make and take area that can be booked on the day to take part in. A number of well-known crafters will be running these mini workshop sessions and will allow you to take your finished project home with you. Learn a new skill or polish up an existing one whilst chatting to your favourite craft celebrity. The make and take booking point is open from 10am each day within the show and booking is essential.
Excited already? Well there is even more! There will also be the chance to see Create and Craft shows broadcasting live from the main stage. You could get to be part of the audience and watch some of your crafty celebrities demonstrate brand new products live. There may even be a chance to meet some of your favourite presenters after the show!
There are certainly plenty of things to keep you busy and most of all, inspired at this year’s Crafting Live event. We hope to see you at what we know will be a fantastic event.
Belfast Venue Info
The Titanic Exhibition Centre is a great venue with a variety of facilities including ample parking, disabled car parking, disabled toilets, various food outlets, baby changing, ramp access and cash machines.
You can find out more about the venue at www.titanicexhibitioncentre.com.
Catering Facilities
There will be a number of different catering facilities on-site which are usually open for breakfast and lunch, offering snacks, hot meals, drinks, etc.
Disabled Access
The exhibition centre has a purpose-built entrances for disabled access. Internal spaces, including public conveniences and public seating areas, have been designed and laid out to accommodate disabled access at all times. There is limited designated disabled parking at the front of the exhibition centre with a drop off point for coaches and disabled visitors. Please be aware we do not offer mobility hire, but you are more than welcome to arrange a scooter to meet you at the show entrance.
Address & Directions
The Titanic Exhibition Centre is just off the M3 motorway in the centre of Belfast and is signposted throughout the city centre, please follow signs for Titanic Quarter.
Titanic Exhibition Centre
Queens Rd
Belfast
BT3 9DU
Driving (with & without motorway) and walking directions can be found using Google Maps. And you can check live traffic information on the day using AA Traffic News.
Parking
The Titanic Quarter features ample parking, so you should have no problem finding a car parking space near the venue. Each surrounding car park features disabled parking, and there is a drop off point outside the venue for coaches and disabled visitors. Please be aware these car parks do charge up to £5 for a day’s parking.
Public Transport
We will be running a FREE courtesy “Wee Tram” between the Titanic Exhibition Centre, the car parks and the Titanic Quarter train station (tram access via footbridge). The tram will be running from 9.30am throughout all show days until after the show has finished. There are no set times, but you shouldn’t have to wait more than 20 minutes for the tram. Find out more about the tram at www.theweetram.com.
The nearest train station is Titanic Quarter. Trains run from this station between Belfast and Bangor – visit Translink to plan your journey.
Translink run a number of bus services to Titanic Quarter. Services run from Wellington Place every 12 minutes at peak times and every 25 minutes off peak. For timetables for the Metro 26, Metro 26b, Metro 26c and Airport Express 600 services are available from Translink.
Belfast is served by two airports – George Best Belfast City Airport – which is a short 5 – 10 minute drive from the Titanic Exhibition Centre, and Belfast International Airport which is a 25 – 30 minute drive.
Titanic Belfast is also easily accessible by sea with ferry crossings from both Scotland and England. Operators and travel times vary and Titanic Belfast has a close relationship with Stena Line and P&O Irish Sea who have daily crossings.
Hotels and Camping & Caravan Sites
Why not make a weekend of it? See www.visit-belfast.com for details of local hotels and camping and caravan sites.
Do you have questions, comments or suggestions? Email us on info@craftinglive.co.uk.
Telephone
Customer Services: (+44) 03300 415688
(Available 9am-5:30pm Monday-Friday, excluding Christmas, New Year and Bank Holidays)
Address
Craft Channel Productions Ltd.
Coney Green Networkcentre
Wingfield View
Clay Cross
Derbyshire
S45 9HX
United Kingdom
Exhibitors
If you wish to exhibit at our shows, please contact our event manager, Marlene Carr, on Marlene.Carr@crafting.co.uk, or call (+44) 07495 072495.
