Carters Steam Fair Signwriting Festival 2022
Date
8-10 July 2022
9am – 6pm
Location
Pedestal Field, High Street,
West Wycombe, HP12 4AH
Price
Day ticket: Suggested £30 donation per painter
Camping ticket: Additional £30 for the weekend
Proceeds go to Alexander Devine Childrens Hospice.
(Pay on arrival on site)
Celebrating traditional skills in a digital age
Join us on the 8, 9 and 10 July 2022 to celebrate the art of signwriting and hand lettering alongside our Carters Steam Fair event at West Wycombe. This unique event aims to showcase the traditional art of signwriting to a wider audience and encourage new people to get involved.
We welcome professional signwriters and anyone that wants to learn and pick up tips from some of the world’s leading signwriters. If you have been on one of Joby Carter’s Signwriting courses this event is an excellent opportunity to put your skills into practice. Your own children can accompany you if you are painting but they must be supervised at all times as there will be wet paint and white spirit.
On Saturday at 8pm there will be an art auction for charity. The auction will offer signs and objects painted throughout the weekend. All money raised from the auction and tickets to the event will be going to the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice. At our last this event raised £14,000 for the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice and this year we hope to raise even more.
You can see more about our previous event in 2019 event in our blog post.
This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your skills and get more people interested in the art of signwriting, so let’s get painty!
What’s happening when?
Friday 8 July
Arrive at the festival from 9am. If you’re camping you can set up your tent or if you’re just here to paint, grab some materials and find a place to start painting. You can paint on an easel outside or we will also have some space inside a gazebo, but if you have your own easel then feel free to bring it along.
On Friday the fair is closed to the public but our fairground catering unit will be open. Dan Luckin is also arranging a BBQ but you will need to bring your own food to BBQ.
Saturday 9 July
Picture the scene – candy floss in one hand, brush in the other; fairground organ music playing alongside the heady mix of steam coal and white spirit!
The fair will be open to the public and you’re welcome to go on the rides or take a walk around to see the fancy lettering and fairground art up close. You’ll need to buy ride tokens to go on the rides which you can buy here: Pedestal Field | West Wycombe | Carters Steam Fair
In the evening there will be a free award-winning firework display at the fair. This will take place at 10pm after the charity auction of signs at 8pm. 2019s signwriting festival raised £14,000 for the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice and this year we hope to raise even more.
Sunday 10 July
You can carry on your painting or enjoy the fair.
The fairground is open until 8pm on the Sunday.
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Art auction
Help us beat 2019’s total of £14,000 for the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice.
Take part in our art auction of hand painted items at 9:30pm on Saturday. If you can’t make it to the event but would still like to donate, you can make a donation on our Just Giving page.
The auction is open to the public you do not have to have a ticket to join in.