THE fourth annual Port Macquarie Craft Expo will be held on Saturday and Sunday 23 and 24 November at the Port Macquarie Racecourse.
The expo will be open from 10am to 4pm on Saturday and 9am to 3pm on Sunday.
The expo is a community fund-raising event and a joint venture between the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie and the Zonta Club of Port Macquarie. This year the beneficiary will be Bravehearts.
Eighty stallholders have already booked, with the focus on quality hand-made products with no imported, manufactured or secondhand items. There will also be craft supplies for patchwork, card-making and beading as well as porcelain doll kits.
More than 25 of the stalls are new to Port Macquarie and the products on view and for sale will not be just traditional craft but beautiful homewares, quality jewellery and unusual items such as preserved flowers, funky dolls and indigenous craft that make great Christmas gifts.
Several stallholders will be giving demonstrations during the expo and there will be workshops which can be booked in advance.
Food and drink stalls and live music will give patrons a chance to rest between shopping bouts, while children will be well catered for with a jumping castle, pony rides and the Kidz Corner where they can have their faces painted and make craft items.
Entry is $5 per adult with children under 12 free. Concession holders will receive two for one entry on Sunday. There is a lucky gate prize of a weekend away as well as raffles drawn each hour.
For more information or to book for one of the workshops visit ww.craftexpo.org or ph 0457 640 715.
