2nd Hampton Spring Crafts Festival

Dates: April 21-23, 2006

Hours: Friday & Saturday 10:00 - 6:00, Sunday 10:00-5:00

Location & Directions: Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton VA

Admission: $6.00 for adults (children under 12 free)

Application: Download from the application page here or contact us.

The 2nd Annual Hampton Spring Crafts Festival will take place at the Hampton Roads Convention Center, in Hampton, VA. This event brings an enormous opportunity for artisans looking for newly developed markets. Currently there are no other professional indoor craft shows taking place during the spring season on “The Peninsula”. The Hampton Spring Crafts Festival will feature 150 artists and craftspeople offering fine art, pottery, jewelry, woodcraft, leather, art glass, and more. A limited selection of vendors selling gift-packaged food will be featured as well.

ALL ABOUT “THE PENINSULA”

The City of Hampton is part of an area known as the Peninsula, located between Norfolk and Richmond, VA, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

Encompasses the northern portion of the metro area known as Hampton Roads and includes Hampton, Newport News, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Jamestown and many other smaller southeastern Virginia towns. Events held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center will draw from Southside Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Suffolk) and Richmond as well.

• Home to world leaders in the shipbuilding industry, military bases and related support industries including Langley Air Force Base, NASA Langley Research Center, Newport News Shipyard, Northrop Gruman, Canon, and Allied Aerospace.

• The Peninsula’s population of more than 500,000 is younger, somewhat better educated, and slightly higher white collar than the national average. Median income for the Peninsula is higher than both the US and Virginia incomes. The Peninsula is also home to thousands of military and affluent retirees, especially in the Williamsburg and Gloucester areas.

ALL ABOUT THE HAMPTON ROADS CONVENTION CENTER:

Completed in January 2005, the Hampton Roads Convention Center (HRCC) is a state-of-the-art convention facility featuring a nautically-themed interior and exterior design.

• Abundant hotel rooms (1200) are within walking distance.

• Free parking for exhibitors and the public.

• Conveniently located just off I-64 and is about 15 minutes from Newport News/ Williamsburg International Airport and Amtrak.

• Other perks include a Business Center and Cyber Café.

• Future development will surround HRCC with a high-energy lifestyle center including themed restaurants, unique retail and entertainment venues.

Again, we strongly encourage you to add this growing Hampton event to your 2006 show calendar. Events Management Group will exercise every possible media resource to market this event effectively within the surrounding region in order for you to generate high and profitable sales. Why? Because our mutual success in Hampton will be Events Management Group’s greatest achievement in 2006! We hope you will join us in our enthusiasm for this new venue and in the many valuable opportunities that lie ahead for all of us!

Good News

Northern Virginia Christmas Market Foodbank Update

"We collected 4,500 pounds of food, bringing our 7 year food total to 47,433 pounds! The craft show/sale drew shoppers from the mid-atlantic region and vendors from across the United States. Our hosts, the very friendly people of Events Management Group, made us feel right at home."

Mike G.
Capital Area Food Bank

"Support American Craftspeople"

The craft show industry and America's artisans are feeling the effects of cheap, imported knock offs now being sold in every mega-retail store and catalog throughout the U.S.

With this major issue at hand, we, as promoters, will continue our efforts in creating awareness and appreciation for all American artists and craftspeople.

Please join us at the next show where you will find some of the most creative and exciting handcrafts and fine art exhibited anywhere in Virginia this season.