36th Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival
The 2024 Laudholm show promises seaside hospitality and professional vitality on the Maine coast, with new and returning artists welcoming faithful shoppers. It's at the top of things-to-do lists for the weekend after Labor Day.
Reservations
Not Required
Tickets can be purchased online in advance at the link below or at the festival with cash or credit.
Location
Laudholm Campus
About the Festival
The Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival is a juried event highlighting many of New England's most skilled creative people. It attracts thousands of visitors who appreciate their fine work. The event is held every September on the weekend after Labor Day. Music and food round out the festival, which is a major fundraiser for Laudholm Trust, the nonprofit that supports the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- Read about past events on our blog
- View photos from previous festivals
- Print and post a flyer
Reminders
- This is a smoke- and vape-free facility.
- Pets and assistance animals are not allowed on the site.
- See our Helpful Info page for additional guidance and our complete Rules for Public Use.
2024 Exhibitors
Download Event Program with Map & Artisan Locations
Aaron Slater Glass • Alan Claude Studio • Alex Kalish Glass Design • Ange Basketry • Anthony’s Turn • Lauren Pollaro Art Jewelry & Wall Sculpture • Arunshard Pottery • Aurin • Bare Bones Handsewn • Barn & Mill Gallery • Baskets By Dot • Beedandy • Beez By Scranton • Blair Labella Jewelry Designer / Metalsmith • Brown Bag and String Studio • Bunting Hill Arts • C&M Ceramics • Caste Glass • Cathy Shamel * Piecemaker • c.curran.designs • Cheryl Miller Art • Christine Peters Jewelry • Circle Stone Designs • Coastal Art Co • Colby Smith Door Knockers • Cold Current Kelp • Coyote Graphics • Daunis Fine Jewelry • Debra Abrams Jewelry • Designs By Christiane • DMG Designs Metal & Jewelry • Dog Island Fleece • Dr. Dandelion • Dulse & Rugosa • Earth & Fire Glassworks • Earth Metalworks • Earth Tones And Fish Bones • Elizabeth Benotti Ceramics • El’s Cards LLC • Firecrow Handwovens • Frenchies' Natural Products • Fresh Cut Glass • Gigi Laberge • Gola Glass LLC • Gordo Glass • Grey Goose Gourmet • Had Matter • Hard Boiled Designs • Healthy Harts • Holly Wach Art • Homeport Pottery • Ikigai Jewelry • Iron Arts • Island Designs • ito emi fiber • Jak Designs • Jasmine Keane • Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer • Johnson Turning • Judith Barker Jewelry • Karen Eisenberg Designs • Karen Murphy Fine Art • Kim Ferreira • Laceypots • Land Of The Pointed Firs • Laura Baring-Gould Studios • Laura Zindel Design • Lee Gordon Glass • Lehoux Art • Linda Mahoney Color Woodblock Prints • Lisa & Scott Cylinder • Lou Demers • loveline baskets • Lovell Designs • Maggie’s Farm • Magpots Studio • Maine Honeybee • Mainely Gems • Martha Sullivan Jewelry • Martini Jewels • Maxwell Kent Painting • Michael James Murray Fine Art Photography • N3 Pottery • Nail It Art • Nancy Marland Jewelry • Nature Art • Nick Rossi Knives • Nicole Ellis Artist • Odd Inq • Oldbagzz • Olefson Art Opticals • Paper Moon Jewelry • Passamaquoddy Maple • Patrick Zephyr Nature Photograpy • Paula Robert Handwovens • Peggy Clark Lumpkins Paintings • Pickle’s Potions LLC • Platebloomers LLC • Purplebean Bindery • Rebecca May Verrill Ceramics • RMS Leather • Robinwoods Design • Rocky Neck Designs • Rusty Tipton Designs • Sheilagh Flynn Ceramics • Sarah Minor Design • Savor • Seacolors Yarnery At Meadowcroft Farm • Shaari Horowitz • Skidgel Studios • Sonja Grondstra Designs • Stephani Briggs Jewelry • Sue Rioux Glass • Sunflower Glass Studio • Suzanne Housley-Noonan • Sweet Monkey Business • Swing Lane Studio • Taskwear • Terry Golson Ceramics • The Art Of Wood • The Flowered Apron • The John Furches Gallery • The Oculus Press • The Patio Flame • Timber Ceramics • Tom Hamel Wood • Think Greene • Thirdlee & Co. • Timberstone • Tracy Levesque Fine Art • Tracy Lizotte Studios • Travelers and Company • Treeline & Tide • Tuff Kookooshka Studio • Unfiltered Skin Care LLC • Upper Valley Photos • Valerie E Luke • Vermont Glass Workshop • Victoria Varga Inc • Walston Woodcraft • WB Sculpture Studio • West River Creamery LLC • White Pond Farm • Whitten Hill Studio • Wholly Crow Gallery • Woodland Flutes • Woods And Water Pottery
Food & Drink
FOOD VENDORS:
The Cider Donut Co.: Sat & Sun
Hattapon’s Thai Kitchen: Sat & Sun
Sweet & Salty Kettle Korn: Sat & Sun
Mainely Hotdogs: Sat & Sun
Baker Bobby Pizzaiolo: Sat
Maine Oyster Co: Sat
Mainely Burgers: Sun
Find the food vendors behind the barn.
LAUDHOLM TREATS: Visit the Laudholm Food Tent behind the barn to purchase Lobster Rolls, Clam Chowder, Bottled Water & more!
BEVERAGES
from Sip ‘n Saddles
Enjoy beer, wine, Bloody Marys, and mimosas for purchase at the beer garden by the Gazebo. Cheers!
Help Promote the Event
An event like this one is best shared with others. We know many families and long-time friends who meet up at the crafts festival. Perfect strangers often find kindred art lovers among the audience. Remind your friends, it's the weekend after Labor Day!
Volunteer
Over 130 volunteers are needed to make the Crafts Festival a success. Can you help? FMI on becoming a Craft Festival volunteer, contact Lynne Benoit at lbenoit@wellsnerr.org or call 207-646-1555 x118.
Sponsors
Thanks again to the generous sponsors of the 36th Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival: Kennebunk Savings, Maine Community Bank, Evergreen Home Performance, The Fabulous Find, and Sevigney-Lyons Insurance
Want to Be an Exhibitor?
If you are interested in exhibiting at the 37th Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival on September 6-7, 2025, please visit wellsreserve.org/crafts.
Turn Left for Event Entrance
The public entrance to the Crafts Festival is our main driveway off of Skinner Mill Road, which bears left off of Laudholm Farm Road. Don't trust your GPS. Watch for the signs. Coming from Kennebunkport or Kennebunk Lower Village? Skinner Mill Road connects to Route 9.