Lost Trades Fair

Find inspiration, skills, talent and craftsmanship.

Meet more than 150 career artisans practising their trades at world class level. Demonstrations, skills sharing, staged presentations, artisan insights and opportunities to have a go at many of the trades. Explore the mystical Hanging Rock, bring a picnic, climb the rock. Discover the secrets of trades and cultures. Meet international artisans. Watch blacksmiths, wheelwrights, carvers and weavers. Bookbinders, bootmakers, tailors and toolmakers; from woodworking to wicker weaving; the list of trades covers mediums and materials as varied as stone, metal, glass, wood, leather, clay, cane, fibre, cloth, paper, pigments, minerals, soaps, oils and waxes.

Knowledge not shared, is knowledge lost - see you there!