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Craft East Buyers’ Expo: Virtual Marketplace

Attention Wholesale Craft Producers: Our new site for buying and selling wholesale Atlantic Canadian craft is online! Register now to sell your products online to an audience of hundreds of retail buyers.

Activate your profile on the Virtual Marketplace to access promotional opportunities and take part in any Craft East Buyers’ Expo virtual activities.

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January 2026

Toronto Gift + Home Market – January 2026

To further develop export markets for Atlantic Canadian craft producers, Craft Alliance will once again lead our CRAFT: Lab – Toronto Incubator Project to attend the Toronto Gift + Home Market trade show in January 2026. This will be a pan-Atlantic mission where Craft Alliance will lead the coordination and development of the project. The project will involve exhibitors from Atlantic Canada looking to expand their sales to Central and Western Canada. The Toronto Gift + Home Market is a wholesale trade show produced by the Canadian Gift Association and is held twice a year in Toronto, Ontario.

The pavilion showcase will accommodate 12 Atlantic Canadian craft producers will be selected to participate in a Pavilion Showcase at the Toronto Gift + Home Market in January 2026.  This project will fill quickly; contact Craft Alliance for instructions to apply.

Details
January 25, 2026 9:00 AM - January 29, 2026 3:00 PM January 25, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM January 26, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM January 27, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM January 28, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM January 29, 2026 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Toronto Congress Centre
650 Dixon Rd.
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Bruno Vinhas
Craft Alliance Atlantic
info@craftalliance.ca
1-877-567-4897 Toll Free

February 2026

SPRING FAIR Birmingham

To further develop export markets for Atlantic Canadian craft producers, Craft Alliance will lead a mission to the Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK in February 2026.
This will be a pan-Atlantic mission where Craft Alliance will lead the coordination and development of the project. The project will involve exhibitors from Atlantic Canada looking to expand their sales to the United Kingdom and the EU.

Details
February 1, 2026 9:00 AM - February 4, 2026 4:00 PM February 1, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM February 2, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM February 3, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM February 4, 2026 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
NEC Birmingham, UK
North Ave,
Marston Green
Birmingham, Not Applicable United Kingdom
Bernard Burton
Craft Alliance Atlantic
info@craftalliance.ca
1-877-567-4897 Toll Free

March 2026

Craft East Buyers’ Expo 2026

Craft East Buyers’ Expo is a vehicle for the purpose of promoting crafts and giftware manufactured exclusively in the Atlantic Provinces. Co-located at the new Halifax Convention Centre with the CanGift Atlantic Gift + Home Market, our wholesale trade show features the finest in candles, clothing, food, glass, home decor, jewellery, leather, metal, Indigenous art & craft, paintings, paper, pottery, stone, wood and much more all handcrafted in Atlantic Canada.

Details
March 8, 2026 - March 10, 2026 March 8, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM March 9, 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM March 10, 2026 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Halifax Convention Centre
1650 Argyle Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Bruno Vinhas
Craft Alliance Atlantic
crafteast@craftalliance.ca
1-855-567-4897
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