La tournée! Autumn - Christmas 2022 (on tour!)

And just like that, summer is gone. Strictly is back on TV and Christmas is less than 3 months away. Many of you we met recently are already planning their Christmas presents. Well guess what? When it comes to planning events and markets to meet you, we're prepared and organised too!

Starting with our London markets, we'll be attending Primrose Hill market once a month on the second Saturday and Chiswick on the second Sunday of each month. With Earls Court market sadly closing down earlier this year, we are now attending Amersham monthly market on the third Sunday and the Woburn Hill market the day before. So the dates are:

• Primrose Hill Market - NW3 3DS on Sat 12/11 & 10/12
• Chiswick Dukes Meadows Market - W4 2RX on Sun 13/11 & 11/12
• Woburn Hill Market near Weybridge - KT15 2QG on Sat 19/11 & 17/12
• Amersham Monthly Market - HP7 0HL on Sun 20/11 & 18/12

We're not coming back to London's big Christmas fairs in Olympia (Spirit) and Islington (Country Living) this year. We find these fairs have lost their momentum. They lack authenticity, whether it's for their selection of brands attending or the way they are operated by the organisers. Instead, we now prefer heading outside the capital to attend smaller fairs with greater selections of artisan stalls and where our pitch fees or commissions go to charity. Here's the list of gift fairs we're attending this year:

• The Rare Brand Market at Goodwood on Thu 17/11 - Sat 19/11
• Farnham Maltings Christmas Fair - GU9 7QR on Wed 23/11 - Thu 24/11
• Henley Stonor Park Christmas Fair - RG9 6HF on Thu 24/11 - Sun 27/11
• Orleans House (Twickenham) Fair - TW1 3BL on Sun 04/12
• Gift of Sight Fair (Chelsea) - SW3 5EE on Mon 05/12
• Rosie Fortescue Jewellery shopping event - SW6 4TJ on Thu 08/12
• Christmas Fayre Lavershot Barns - GU20 6LL on Sat 10/12 - Sun 11/12

We have been working with over a dozen Neptune stores for over five years now. Neptune operate beautiful showrooms selling stunning kitchens, furniture and home décor. Our events are run by yours truly. I come in and set up a little pop-up market in-store where you can come and shop our products as well as tasting our food and wine.

Come Christmas time, attending these events in the comfort and warmth of Neptune stunning's kitchens is even better; it's a noticeable change from a wet and cold market!. Here are the showrooms we're going to next:

• Neptune Southport - PR4 6JA on Sat 26/11 - Fri 27/11
• Neptune Tonbridge - TN9 1RF on Thu 01/12 - Fri 02/12
• Neptune Reading - RG10 9SA on Friday 09/12 - Sat 10/12
• Neptune Weybridge - KT13 8DX on Thu 15/12 - Fri 16/12
• Neptune Winchester - SO21 1HG on Fri 16/12 - Sat 17/12

Sylvie (my mum) will be helping me this season for a couple of Christmas fairs so you may have the pleasure of meeting her, she loves to chat! We're always open to attending new events, markets or fairs. If there's a fair near you that you want to recommend to us, please do so by emailing me.

A new festive season is about to start and we're very excited to be celebrating it with you!

A bientôt!

Thomas

Last updated on 11/11/22