Barbara-Ann Bears and Norbeary Fabrics
Fair Dates

2008 Fair Dates

Barbara-Ann Bears at Wiesbaden, March 2006

This was our stand at Wiesbaden in March 2006,
please click on the photo to enlarge it

We are awaiting confirmation for some of the fair dates, so please keep checking back to see if we are attending before making a special journey to see us, or call us to check. Bear fairs in Britain usually start at 10.00 or 10.30am and go on to 4.00 or 4.30pm, those in Germany start at 10.00am and go on to 6.00pm on Saturday and 5.00pm on Sunday. We will be taking Norbeary Fabrics mohair together with our own bears, mohair and kits to fairs in the United Kingdom from May 2007 onwards.

2008 Fairs
18 Feb 2008	Kelham Hall, Kelham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX. 10.30-16.00, for more details please visit the new show organisers, Dolly's Daydream's, website
24 Feb 2007	Winter Bearfest, Kensington Town Hall, Hugglets. Still the biggest and best fairs in the UK. For more details please visit the Hugglets website .
8 March 2008	Doll and Teddy Show, Rivington Hall Barn, Horwich near Bolton
15-16 March 2008	Teddy Bär Welt, Rhein-Main-Hallen, Wiesbaden, Germany for more details please see their website
23 March 2008 Easter Sunday	Midland Bear Fair, National Motorcycle Museum, Bickenhall Nr. Birmingham West Midlands
Saturday 29th March 2008	Leeds Doll and teddy Fair-"Pudsey", Pudsey Civic Hall, New Pudsey, Leeds, more details on the Dolly Domain Website
26-27 April	TEDDYBÄR TOTAL, at a new venue at the A2 Forum in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany. Please visit the TEDDYBÄR TOTAL website here
18 May 2008	Devon Bear Fair, Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth, contact Emmary Bears for details
8th June 2008	The Teddy Bear Artist Event at the Civic Hall in Stratford upon Avon, this promises to be a fantastic event and many of the top British Bear Artists will be attending. For more details please click here.
22 June 2008	The Community Centre, Lostwithiel, Cornwall,(on the A390,) contact Emmary Bears for details.
6 July 2008	Kelham Hall, Kelham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX. 10.30-16.00, for more details please visit the new show organisers, Dolly's Daydream's, website
24 Aug 2008	The Palms Hotel, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3UJ 2 miles from Jct29 M25, we're taking Admiral Fabric's stall as Netty isn't able to attend, we hope she feels better soon.
14 Sept 2008 NEW DATE	Teddies 2007 Kensington Town Hall, London. Organised by Hugglets. Together with the Winter Bearfest in February still the biggest and best bear fairs in Britain. For more details please visit the Hugglets website .
28 Sept 2008	Midland Bear Fair, National Motorcycle Museum, Bickenhall Nr. Birmingham West Midlands
Saturday 11th Oct 2008	Leeds Doll and teddy Fair-"Pudsey", Pudsey Civic Hall, New Pudsey, Leeds, more details on the Dolly Domain Website
19 Oct 2008	Inn on The Lake, Gravesend, DA12 3HB, just off the A2 near M25, Bluewater and Rochester, Teddy Bear and Craft Fair
Saturday 25 Oct 2008	Doll and Teddy Show, Rivington Hall Barn, Horwich near Bolton, Ralph and Gloria (Norbury) are looking after the moahir for us here while we're in Germany at the fair below.
25-26 Oct 2008 NEW DATE	Euro Teddy, Messe Essen, Congress Centre Süd, Norbertstrasse 45001 Essen, Germany. Please click on the organiser's website here for more details.
around 2nd Nov 2008	Guildford, The Bear Garden shop's birthday party at Guildford Cathedral's Refectory, also our 18th birthday. As this is a shop event we'll just be bringing bears (no mohair, kits etc.). Please contact Andrew or Emma at the shop for more information.
2nd Nov 2008	Kelham Hall, Kelham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX. 10.30-16.00, for more details please visit the new show organisers, Dolly's Daydream's, website most of the bears will be at Guildford.
13-16 Nov	Crafts for Christmas at the NEC, Birmingham, it's very imposrtant that you come to this one as if you don't Barbara will just wander off buying things, we'll go broke and there won't be anymore Barbara-Ann Bears, not that we'd want to put any pressure on you. We are having part of The British Toymakers Guild stand. (We won't be taking any mohair to this one)
(23rd Nov 2008	Unfortunately we won't be able to go to The Community Centre, Lostwithiel, Cornwall,(on the A390,) it should still be a great fair please contact Mary at Emmary Bears for details, we'll be going to the British Bear Fair which unfortunately has moved it's date.)
23rd Nov 2008	The British Bear Fair, Hove Town Hall, home to the British Bear Artist Awards.
Jan 2009	IDEX, Orlando Florida, more details to follow but we should be doing a workshop or two too, ooooh