Handmade Festival Barcelona
A Unique Do-it-Yourself Experience
In its second edition, Handmade Festival
Barcelona, organised by Fira in coop-
eration with the Evident Events agency,
became firmly positioned as Spain’s most
important fair in the field of handicraft
aimed at both professional and amateur
and family audiences.
Besides showcasing a huge range
of commercial products, the festival
programme also included more than 250
activities to give visitors a full experience
of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) with plenty of cre-
ativity, inspiration and entertainment.
The event also focused on the latest
trends, including creative recycling, aimed
at giving old, abandoned articles a new
use, and “customisation”, giving a per-
sonal touch to furniture and other objects.
On this line, “Airs of Japan”, the area
devoted to Japanese culture, was one of
the attractions that visitors found most
attractive, as they discovered or learned
more about traditional arts now becoming
popular, such as the
bingata
cloth dyeing
technique.
Edition
2nd
Area
12,000 m²
Exhibitors
235
Type
Public
and professional
Activities
Workshops
Master classes
Exhibitions
Book presentations
Seminars
Concerts
Montjuïc venue
24 26/April
Trade Shows
75
250
activities
The DIY movement began
during the recession,
when many entrepreneurs
decided to turn their
hobbies into professions
