IRL event calendar 🎟️

UK-based babes, this one’s for you. Keep scrolling to find local slow fashion socials, clothes swaps and crafty workshops - don’t forget to check back for the monthly update!

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Not Buying It events

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January events

💫 The sip & swap social 🗓️ Wed 14th Jan, 6:30 - 9:30📍Loft Social, Stockport

💫 Clothing repair cafe 🗓️ Sun 18th Jan, 1 - 4📍The Green House, St Albans

💫 Upcycle & sip 🗓️ Mon 19th Jan, 7 - 10📍Stroud Brewery & Taproom

💫 Crafting futures: knowledge, curriculum & climate resilience 🗓️ Wed 21st Jan, 5 - 8📍London College of Fashion

💫 Stitch night 🗓️ Thu 22nd Jan, 6:30 - 9📍Flirt Cafe Bar, Bournemouth

💫 Scrap sustainability talk 🗓️ Sat 24th Jan, 2 - 3:30📍Scrap Creative Reuse, Leeds

💫 Rags to runway five-week program 🗓️ Sat 24th Jan, 10 - 4📍The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh

💫 Cardiff sewing social 🗓️ Mon 26th Jan, 5:30 - 7:30📍Grangetown Studios, Cardiff

💫 Fabric collage workshop 🗓️ Fri 30th Jan, 6:30 - 8📍Kitsch Sisters Studio, Belfast

💫 Introduction to sewing 🗓️ Sat 31st Jan, 2:30 - 5📍Share Bristol - A Library of Things, Bristol

💫 How to mend your clothes 🗓️ Sat 31st Jan, 11 - 1📍Frome town hall

💫 Clothes swap & sale 🗓️ Sat 31st Jan, 1 - 6📍The Queery, Brighton

💫 Smart Works fashion sale 🗓️ Sat 31st Jan, 9:30 - 5📍The Truman Brewery, London


Reoccurring events

⭐️ Knit & natter 🗓️ Every Wednesday, 2 - 4📍Edinburgh Central Library

⭐️ Swap Shop 🗓️ Every Tuesday, 11 - 3📍Nottingham Trent University

⭐️ Community threads sewing group 🗓️ Every Friday, 12:30 - 2:30📍Sparks, Bristol

⭐️ Slow fashion social 🗓️ First Sunday of every month, 2 - 4📍The Canteen, Bristol