Vintage Events Coming Soon!

If you like our events and want to know where we for the rest of the year, here's some dates for your diary.

York Does Vintage, Sunday 14th October 2012 - Merchant Adventurers Hall.  York Does Vintage has a huge array of vintage items on offer, think crockery, furniture, vintage prints, kitchenalia, homewares, jewellery, accessories - THE LOT!
If vintage isn't quite your thing but good food, dancing and workshops are, then you are still in for a treat. Pop along to our signature tearoom - serving the very best cakes, cupcakes, scones, try your hand (or feet should we say) at lindy-hop dancing, get pampered at our beauty bar, dabble in the vintage inspired workshops and let your children get creative at our children's corner!

Harrogate Does Vintage, Saturday 10th November 2012 - Harrogate Theatre.  Yes, were back at beautiful Harrogate Theatre in November.  We love bringing our events to this beautiful spa town, and we'll have all the things you love about our Harrogate fairs from homeware to fashion and jewellery.

Newcastle Does Vintage, Saturday 17th November 2012 - Theatre Royal, Grey Street. Expect gorgeous vintage stalls brimming with sparkles, lace, chiffon - clothes, accessories, vintage art, homewares, kitchenalia, crockery, prints, vinyl, sweets - you name we have it!

We like to complement our vintage occasions with activities and features fit for all types of folk and ages! Vintage inspired workshops, instant photo-booths, lindy-hop free fun dance workshops, hair and beauty bar, style competitions and a vintage tombola with lots of great goodies!

 Durham Does Vintage, Saturday 24th November 2012 - Durham Town Hall.  Expect glamorous vintage stalls stocked up with Christmas vintage goodies, deluxe beauty bar, workshops, signature vintage tearoom, dancing, competitions and a gorgeous children's corner!

A great event for all ages and to grab some fabulously unique crimbo pressies! 

If all this wasn't enough, in December we have York Does Vintage on Sunday 2nd December 2012 at Merchant Adventurers Hall and Masham Does Vintage on Saturday 8th December 2012, at Masham Town Hall.  More details on these events to be announced, but a great places to do some Christmas shopping.  I'm sure we'll also be added some special Christmas touches to the events.  Check back here or visit our Facebook or Twitter page for more info.

Plus, don't forget we're still running our competition to win a style vintage hamper when we get 700 likes on Facebook.

Win a vintage style hamper!

Just like like and share the pic of Cliff and you'll be in for a chance of winning.  As it stands this morning we only need another 21 likes to make it to the 700!  Good luck, and hope to see you at one of our events very soon.

Masham Does Vintage - A BIG Thank You

We'd just like to say a BIG thank you everyone who came to Masham Does Vintage on Saturday 15th September 2012.

We got nearly eight hundred people through the door - which for our first event there was phenomenal!  There will be a press release and some photographs from the event very soon, so keep an eye on this blog or the Facebook page.  I was away that weekend and missed Masham Does Vintage, so I can't wait to see these photos.

The lovely people of Masham gave us some positive comments, saying they'd never had anything like this and they'd love us to come back again.  Well, I can announce that we will be back, and we'll let you know the date of the next one very soon.  If you want to be part of the amazing vibe that we had at Masham, then why not come along to the next event.  You can always end your visit with a swift half in the Black Sheep Brewery!

Fab Music At Masham Does Vintage!

Exciting news!  We have two vintage music acts booked for Masham Does Vintage!  

Firstly, we have the singer Jessa Liversidge, who will be entertaining all our visitors with a selection of songs.

And then we have Phil Lyons featuring the Summerbell Sisters.  Phil peforms a variety of vintage material, including big bang, swing, jazz, and early rock and roll.


But don't just take our word for how good this act is, see for yourself as here's Phil Lyons in action doing the Chuck Berry classic Johnny B Goode.

Any of you know how to jive?  Perhaps you'd like to show off your moves?  Lets get everyone at Masham Does Vintage up on their feet and dancing!

Are You Coming to Masham Does Vintage?

We're just days away from our first ever Masham Does Vintage on Saturday 15th September 2012 at Masham Town Hall.  Are you coming?  Not made your mind up yet?  Well, this is what we have lined up:-

- The New Elizabethan Display which showcases Harrogate Museum's best items from the 1950s.

- A selection of our vintage stalls from clothes, to homeware and kitchenalia.

- Our pop-up vintage tea room where you can enjoy  a traditional afternoon tea all served on vintage crockery.

- Free vintage workshops including one on furniture distressing.  So why not have a go and learn a new craft for absolutely nothing?

And don't forget it's not only the workshops that are free - it's free entry to the whole event! 

While you are there, why not check in on Facebook or if you're on Twitter use the tag #MashamDoesVintage to tell others how much you're enjoying the event.

Plus, Masham is the beer town of Yorkshire as the Black Sheep Brewery located near by.  With the weather on Saturday looking sunny and topping 18c, it has all the makings of a great day out.

Now & Then Events Update

Evening All!  Hope you're all enjoying your Friday night.  Have you picked up your copy of One&Other magazine today?  When you do be sure to find the Yorkshire Best advert in there.

As mentioned on this blog before, Now and Then Events, the people behind Yorkshire Does Vintage, have a brand new event on 23rd September 2012 called Yorkshire Best.  This is your chance to sample and purchase some of Yorkshire's finest handmade and home grown produce, right in the heart of York.


If you're plaining to visit, why don't you like the Facebook page and add it your Facebook events by clicking here:- Yorkshire Best on Facebook.

Yorkshire Best takes place in the beautiful Hospitium in the Yorkshire Museum Gardens.  I went a walk round the gardens this week and took some photos of this beautiful building in the late afternoon summer sunshine.

 It's going to be such a good event in this stunning location!

As for the vintage fairs, next week see the first ever Masham Does Vintage at Masham Town Hall (pictured below) on 15th September 2012

You can find out more about Masham Does Vintage by checking out the blog post about the event, including the New Elizabethan Display here:- Masham Does Vintage

Plus, we've also now got our first ever Newcastle Does Vintage page up on Facebook:- Newcastle Does Vintage

So you can now add that into you Facebook events. 

Also, why not bookmark this blog to keep up to date on news of our events and a few posts about the vintage scene in Yorkshire and the North East?

The North East Does Vintage!

Announcing a brand new location *drum roll please*.... Durham Does Vintage!

 

As reported yesterday, Yorkshire Does Vintage is expanding not just to new locations in Yorkshire, but we've now planning events in the North East.  Well today we can announce that we have a brand new location - Durham Town Hall!

Yes, on Saturday 24th November 2012 we open the doors of this beautiful 14th Century Grade II listed building (pictured left) for Durham Does Vintage. 

We'll be bringing all the things that you love about our vintage events to Durham - more details to be confirmed closer to the time.

I can tell you though, as it's on 24th November it will be perfect for some Christmas shopping.  So put the date in your diary.

And of course the week before we head to Durham, we'll be having our first vintage fair in Newcastle on Saturday 17th November 2012.

 

The fair will be held at the Newcastle's Theatre Royal (pictured right).  This stunning Georgian building will form the backdrop to thirty plus vintage stalls, a fab beauty bar, vintage craft workshops, lively Lindy Hop dancing demonstrations, and a fun children's corner.   All this for £1 entry!

Again this fair would be a great place to start your Christmas shopping and buy some truly unique gifts.

Here are our confirmed events for the rest of 2012:-

Masham - 15th September 2012, Masham Town Hall
York - 14th October 2012, Merchant Adventurer's Hall

Harrogate - 10th November 2012, Harrogate Theatre
Newcastle - 17th November, Theatre Royal
Durham - 24th November, Durham Town Hall
York - 2nd December, Merchant Adventurer's Hall

As always you can keep up to date on out Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Help Support Small Businesses - Visit One of Our Events!

Our stallholders are proof that even in these tough times you can run a small business.  Which is one reason why our events need your support to keep these small business going!

From starting in York last year, 2012 has seen Yorkshire Does Vintage holding events in some new locations.  We've already had two very successful fairs in Harrogate, and we've got our first event planned out of the Yorkshire region in November when we launch Newcastle Does Vintage. 

Our next vintage fair is at Masham Town Hall on 15th September, and today, the York Press ran a small article about the event.

New locations for York Does Vintage company

Now and Then Events co-founder Alex Claydon is quoted in the article saying:-

"This expansion has come at a time when small businesses need support and avenues to create profit from, so the two go hand in hand extremely well."

So, if you want to help small business grow in these tough economic times then visit one of our fairs!
 

Masham Does Vintage - The New Elizabethan Exhibition

 Do you know what 'New Elizabethan' refers to?  

It's a term much banded around the internet recently to describe the period from when Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne up to the age we now live in.  

'Lifeguards in Front of Buckingham Palace' by Edward Bawden

When we look back to the original Elizabethans we view it as an age of discovery and high culture.  Hopefully when future people view our time they will see it as an age of art, fashion, technology and architecture.  

To mark the Queen's 50th Jubilee this year, Harrogate Borough Council have put together a pop-up art exhibition called The New Elizabethan, celebrating where the age began - the 1950s.  This collection of ceramics costumes and pictures comes from Harrogate's Mercer Art Gallery and has been travelling round various locations in the Harrogate district this summer.

From Wednesday 12 September to Monday 17th September 2012 the exhibition will be at Masham Town Hall and will form part of Masham Does Vintage on 15th September. 

So, if you want to see this exhibition why not combine your visit when Masham Does Vintage is on?  As well as the exhibition we've got our range of vintage stalls, our vintage tea room and free vintage workshops.

Entry to the fair is free and we're there from 10am to 4:30pm.

And don't forget you can keep up to date with things on our Facebook page and our Twitter Feed.

Masham Does Vintage 15/09/2012

As we reported last week, Yorkshire Does Vintage has a brand new event in Masham on 15th September 2012.

The fair takes place at Masham Town Hall from 10am to 4:30pm and it's free entry!  Hope to see you there.

Masham Does Vintage!

Exciting News!  Yorkshire Does Vintage is coming to Masham!

Yes, we have a brand new event at Masham on Saturday 15th September.

We'll update you as and when we get more details.  In the meantime, here's a reminder of our 2012 fairs.

14th October - York Does Vintage in the Merchant Adventurers Hall

10th November - Harrogate Does Vintage at the Harrogate Theatre

2nd December - York Does Vintage in the Merchant Adventurers Hall

Also, don't forget we've got our brand new event, Yorkshire Best on 23rd September in the Yorkshire Museum Gardens Hospitium in York.