MEDIA RELEASE – September 10, 2009

FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS

Round up Centre, Calgary, November 26 - 29, 2009

ALBERTA’S LARGEST AND FINEST ART & CRAFT SHOW FEATURING

OVER 250 OF CANADA’S MOST TALENTED ARTISTS, ARTISANS AND DESIGNERS

Festival of Crafts returns to Calgary’s Roundup Centre November 26 – 29, 2009 for its 23rd year of delighting visitors with the largest and finest selection of handmade one-of-a-kind gifts just in time for the Christmas season. Over 250 exhibitors from across Canada bring you products that are made with tender care and unsurpassed creativity and design. Festival of Crafts is the only time each year that visitors can shop from this exclusive collection of exhibitors all under the same roof.

Each exhibitor is juried for the quality, design and originality of their work. We travel the country throughout the year looking for the new, the traditional, the exciting and the eclectic to keep making a visit to Festival of Crafts a unique shopping experience. Visitors will discover fine and casual jewellery, the best in visual arts from photography to watercolours to oils, clothing by the latest designers and fine classic wear for man, woman and child. The show features gourmet foods, toys, sculpture, fine and functional pottery, a wide selection of woodworking, blown glass, stained glass, raku, metalwork, fashion accessories and lots more.

Each year Festival of Crafts attracts over to 25,000 visitors who love this unique shopping experience where not only do they find that special something but they also get to meet the creators behind the work.

GENERAL SHOW INFORMATION

Location
Roundup Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary

Show Hours
Thursday, November, 26 — 10 AM – 9:30 PM,
Friday November 27 — 10 AM – 9:30 PM,
Saturday November, 28 — 10 AM - 6 PM,
Sunday, November, 29 — 10 AM - 5 PM

Admission
Admission is $7.00 and for that price, a re-entry pass is available on request, which will allow you to come and go all weekend. Seniors and youth admission is $6.00. Children 12 and under are free.

Features

· Alberta’s most unique Christmas shopping

· The ultimate in boutique shopping – over 250 in all

· Buy your gifts from the creators themselves. Learn how they were inspired to create

· Shopping Spree draws

· Sample delectable treats

· Restaurant on-site

· Centrally located at Stampede Park with plenty of show-level parking

For further information please contact Peter Harbic at pharbic@signatures.ca or visit www.festivalofcrafts.ca