East End Women’s Museum x Modern Cockney Festival
Hello and thank you for your interest in joining our fair which we are organising in collaboration with the Modern Cockney Festival. Please read on for all the information you need. You can also download it here.
Jump straight to the application form here.
Event details
Date: Saturday 23 March 2024
Time: 12-5pm
Set up: 11:20-11:45
Take down: by 5:30pm
Location: Hason Raja Centre, 117 Vallance Rd, London E1
Transport links: Whitechapel Tube (7 mins) Bethnal Green Overground (5 mins)
Applicants
Applications are open to women, women identifying and non binary people aged 18+. We are particularly interested in hearing from applicants:
connected to cockney culture
from a working class background
living, working or otherwise connected with the East End of London
who showcase women’s histories
that champion intersectional feminism in their work
The Stalls
We are open but not limited to including all kinds of creatives who may be interested in selling and showcasing:
art prints, posters & greeting cards
zines & magazines
badges, pins & jewellery
handmade soaps and candles
ceramics and other small home accessories
embroidered, crochet or knitted items
whatever else you might have going on that we haven’t thought to list above!
We are also welcoming:
food and drink vendors (must have a Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate, please attach this to your application)
information/awareness stalls from organisations whose values align with that of The East End Women’s Museum.
Suggestions from the community! Perhaps you would like to perform a song, read a poem or something else? If so, you are also welcome to apply!
We will provide
Each vendor will get one table (70x120cm) and one chair. Please let us know in your application if you require more than one chair.
The Venue has WiFi however there will be limited access to electricity/sockets so please make sure you have everything you might need for the day fully charged and an energy bank spare.
Access & Comfort
The entrance to the venue is on the ground floor.
There is no parking on site however there is regular on-street parking around the area.
For those who may be observing Ramadan, clean and quiet prayer spaces will be set up. Please bring your own prayer mat.
Recommended Donations
We will be collecting donations ahead of this event to help support costs and fundraise for our museum. Donations are expected from stall holders only:
Minimum donation: £10
Recommended donation: £20
Solidarity: £30+
Call out timeline & Application Form
Submission deadline: Sunday 3 March 2024, midnight
Successful applicants to be informed by email: Wednesday 6 March 2024
The application form can be found here
Contact
If you have a question about something not covered in this document, please do not hesitate to contact us eastendwomensmuseum@gmail.com