to  As another new year arrives I guess it's time to start thinking ahead for 2020 events and get back to work! Here's some news for our first events of the new decade -
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​First up we are back at beautiful Belfast Castle on the 2nd of February for our popular Bohemian Bazaar event - a great mix of handmade, vintage and holistic stalls await you in grand surroundings! Soy candles, jewellery, vintage clothes & accessories,  artists, home wares and crafts, handmade soap and skincare, tarot card readers, wellness products and much more besides!

Our next event takes us back to The Boulevard, Banbridge for the return of our monthly Artisan Market - find a variety of handmade jewellery, candles, wooden garden furniture, artisan food and more! The next dates are 22nd February, 21st March and 18th April - all markets run from 9AM-6PM 

The next stop on our travels takes us back to the stunning Brownlow House, Lurgan for the The Spring Fling 2020 on Saturday 28th March 11am-4pm and we can't wait! The tearoom will be open to serving delicious breakfasts, lunches and snacks!  This event will feature around 32 sellers of vintage and handmade loveliness. 

Here at FROCK HQ we're getting excited for our next event, MIDSUMMER CRAFT IN THE CITY, which returns to Market Square Lisburn this Saturday 2nd June. We have a great line up of 35 fantastic exhibitors selling handmade, vintage and holistic loveliness, and we have been making our own mental shopping lists of things that we really really want! Here are the top 10 on our wish list................

You will find Midsummer Craft in The City taking place in the marquee located in Lisburn Market Square (directly in front of the Linen Museum). The event opens from 12 to 5pm and it is FREE ADMISSION for all. Hope to see you there!

This week we have a fantastic new exhibitor to introduce you to! Kokoman Crafts specialise in stylish Irish designed leather bags and satchels as well as beautiful pashminas and shawls. We're in love with their superb collection of bags so we're over the moon that Kokoman Crafts will be joining us for Midsummer Craft In The City at Market Square Lisburn on Saturday 2nd June!

For more information visit  Kokoman Crafts  on Facebook. 

This coming Sunday (20th May) we will be taking The Marvellous May Fair to Belmont Country House Hotel in Banbridge for the very first time and the lovely folks at the hotel have given a great prize for our entrance draw. All visitors to the fair will be able to enter the draw for the chance to Win Afternoon Tea for 2! The Belmont Hotel is an 1800s Georgian mansion set in 9 acres of mature gardens creating a stunning backdrop for The Marvellous May Fair - we hope to see you there!​

For more information on the hotel visit their website and also follow them on Facebook. The Belmont House Hotel is just 24 miles from Belfast and a 90 min drive from Dublin, located  conveniently close to the A1 carriageway. You will find the hotel at Rathfriland Rd, Banbridge, BT32 3LH - see on Google Maps here.

Happy May Day Bank Holiday Weekend everyone! Celebrating the arrival of warmer weather, along with the bounty of beautiful blossoms on the trees and buds appearing in the garden, we have rounded up our 10 favourite floral gifts for this week's Blog post. All this loveliness is from just a few of the fantastic sellers and wonderful makers who will be exhibiting at our next event - The Marvellous May Fair on Sunday 20th May at Belmont Country House Hotel in Banbridge.

We absolutely fell in love with The Maggie Collins Collection by Carol Barras when she exhibited with us at our Spring Fair earlier this month so we are delighted that she will be back with us for The Marvellous May Fair on Sunday 20th May. Carol creates gorgeous handmade, one of a kind, knitted, felted and hand-dyed silk garments and fashion accessories, all made in glorious County Down. The collection includes beautiful shawls, throws and scarves made using Donegal tweed, merino wool and Irish linen. All perfect cover ups for the chillier Spring and Summer evenings.

For more information visit The Maggie Collins Collection on Facebook, and don't forget to visit Carol and see her beautiful creations up close at The Marvellous May Fair on Sunday 20th May at Belmont Country House Hotel!

If you haven't yet got to view the beautiful illustrations by the talented Piera Cirefice at our last couple of events then you are in luck as she will be back with us on Sunday 20th May for The Marvellous May Fair in Banbridge. An Irish illustrator, Piera recently graduated from Falmouth University. A love for the outdoors fuels her travel reportage work and through en plein air watercolours and sketches she captures the atmosphere of the living landscape, predominantly the Mourne Mountains and the Causeway Coast. Drawing on the natural environment Piera also uses traditional materials and techniques, creating a sense of atmosphere and emotional evocativeness within her work.

For more information visit Piera's website and also find her on Facebook ​and Instagram. You will also be able to view Piera's work up close and purchase from her when she exhibits at our next event - The Marvellous May Fair taking place at Belmont Country House Hotel in Banbridge on Sunday 20th May.

It's been a while since Grahame and Jenny from The Natural Room Emporium exhibited with us so we are excited to announce that they will be back with us for our next event, The Marvellous May Fair at Belmont Country House Hotel in Banbridge on Sunday 20th May. Stocking an eclectic mix of antique, vintage, collectable and retro items which are both interesting and unique, they are always a big hit at our fairs! 

Grahame and Jenny say "we   sell   decorative   antiques,   vintage   items   and   pretty   much anything  we  feel  is a little different or  a  break  from  the  norm! We  only  ever  buy  pieces  we  like,  we  don’t  simply  buy  to  make  a profit.  That way we  stay  enthusiastic  about  not  only  the  pieces  we have  in  stock  but  those  we’re  still  to  find.  It’s  great because  we never know what we’re going to discover next. Once  we  find  a  piece,  if  necessary,  its  restored,  repaired, cleaned, polished  and  made  ready  for  the  home,  restaurant,  shop  or wherever its final destination is to be. We  spend  time  at  auction, scour  other  dealers  both  in  Northern Ireland  and  further  afield,  go  to  trade  fairs,  carry  out  house clearances   or   simply make  things!   Everything   we   do,   we   do ourselves.  From  sourcing  to  restoration,  promotion  and  advertising, to shopkeeping and  delivery,  and that  way  we  are  able  to  keep  our prices competitive!"

Here is just a peek at some of their recent finds we love........

For more information visit The Natural Room Emporium on Facebook and Instagram, but don't forget to visit them at The Marvellous May Fair at Belmont Country House Hotel in Banbridge on Sunday 20th May where they will have a fantastic and eclectic selection of vintage and antique furniture, homewares and quirky objects for sale.

This summer we're excited to be taking Frock Fairs outside of Belfast and on the road to three fabulous locations around Northern Ireland. We may be coming to a town near you!

For more information and to view exhibitor lists just click on any of the event images above, and if you fancy taking part as an exhibitor please click here to find out which events still have stall availability.

With Easter Sunday over, we're now super excited for our next event - THE SPRING INTO SUMMER FAIR at La Mon Hotel & Country Club which is taking place this Sunday 8th April. With over 50 fantastic exhibitors, we have a great combination of vintage dealers, creative designers, and holistic healers! We're busy compiling our mental shopping list which includes gorgeous jewellery and fashion from the vintage stalls, beautiful handcrafted homewares from the creative designer stalls, some luxury and soothing products for body, mind and soul, followed up by some really tasty sweet treats to take home for enjoying with our evening cuppa! Read on for our Wish List..............