Leeds Steampunk Market

TRADER INFO FOR FORTHCOMING EVENTS

TRADER INFO

Although the label says "steampunk" I still want the range to cover steampunk, Victorian, military, gothic, dark and spooky, alternative, handmade, curios, oddities, vintage, faery, pagan, LARP, roleplaying, historical, heritage crafts, Sci-Fi, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, geeky, nerdy, comics, gaming, modelling (railway and dolls house), a bit of Boardwalk Empire/Game of Thrones thrown in, alternative (but NOT in a fetish/burlesque way) - this is how different I like the stock to be!

All my usual traders are welcomed, if anyone can sell alcohol it needs to be as an off licence (take out as sealed bottles etc), they must hold a personal licence and they will need to apply for a TENS licence from the council.

All traders must have their own PLI.

You are not expected to do both days, just do one day if you like. However, if you book in for both days but then leave after just one day for whatever reason, there are no refunds. You’re likely to not be invited back again in a hurry though!
If you get booked in and paid up, then need to cancel, please give me as much notice as possible. If I can refill that pitch, I’ll refund your money back to you or transfer it across to the next event.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

PLI is essential for all our events along with any other certification if you are doing anything that warrants it (such as food, alcohol, soaps) plus PAT certificates for all mains electrical items you plan to use (if they are over a year old). Ensure you have this attached to your reply on EVERY event. This is to make sure it is still in date or due to run out before the event – do please check it! You don’t need to send me everything from your insurers - it will be called either Statement of Insurance or Certificate of Insurance. If you're with A&N, Axisweb, NMTF or anywhere that does PLI as part of a membership, I just need proof of your membership as I know their certificates are made out to “Members” and run for the duration of the tax year. (If you’re not sure which bit I need, forward me their email with a covering note and I’ll identify it for you!)
LSM terms and conditions of trading prevail. These can be found in full on the website (http://www.leedssteampunkmarket.co.uk/terms-of-trading.php) and MUST be read as they are regularly updated.
By accepting this invitation to trade you are thus deemed to have agreed to have read, accepted, and complied with the T&Cs.
If you breach any of our terms during trading, you risk not being invited to trade at the next event or being removed from the trader list entirely.
Standards must be maintained to keep all our traders, customers and visitors interested and returning time after time.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!

Don’t just say “yes count me in”, I need to know what size pitch, which day/s etc!
So, info I need from you please:
Your name
Brand name
Up to date phone number
Up to date email, preferably with a backup
Which day/s you want to trade
What size pitch – single or double
Do you have your own table/s & size
Do you need access to power
Do you have any health / mobility problems (there are working looms in some of the museums which create dust as well as being noisy)
Have you attached your up to date PLI certificate and Risk Assessment

Saturday 1st March 2025

WHERE: The Ridings Shopping Centre, Almshouse Lane, Wakefield, WF1 1DS.

WHEN: Saturday 1st March 2025, trading times 9-4.

ATTRACTIONS:

LSM's third adventure into a modern shopping centre!

This is going to be full of traders of all sorts, just like the ones you find at my events in the museums.

Because this is in a modern shopping centre, there's obviously no admission charge. I won't be running a tearoom of my own, there are plenty of places in there for you to have a great choice of what to eat and drink. I'll get in touch with places to see if they'd be up for doing some sort of offer for the day.

I don't have space to do coffee jousting and also not able to have an owl flight on this occasion.

The centre has a footfall of 21,000 on a Saturday at any other time of the year. (I'm not bothering with doing the Sunday as the footfall is only 6,000!)

There's lots of shops, plenty of parking - check it all out on their website here

www.ridingscentre.com

There are 20 pitches laid out near the lifts, these have tables with covers, 2 chairs, all supplied and are £35 per table. I'll be doing a floor plan for this area and there's a total of 100 chairs available.

Pricing is done by 6ft table lengths.

All traders must keep within the 6ft allocated and there can be no adding of a small table / rail / display stand at the end, there is no room. You will have a 3ft space behind the table for yourself, a chair and your stock. You must NOT attempt to squeeze something else in behind your table, you will have no room to move which will impact on the other traders behind you.

If you need room for 3 tables or rails, you will need to pay for 3 spaces. If you want one table and "a little table" you will need to pay for 2 spaces.

If you bring your own tables (or rails), these will all go in a straight line down the middle of the main mall walkway, £30 per 6ft. 3 of these can fit into a U shaped pitch.

I won't be doing a floor plan for the part along the walkway - the way it works is just the order in which traders turn up with their tables. You get fitted in, starting with the end nearest the main area and the mall gradually fills up.

Loading in can be done from 3 different points. There are 2 doors which lead directly onto side streets on opposite sides of the centre. These each have a yellow line so advise having someone with you. 3rd option is from the very top floor of the multi storey carpark and using the 2 lifts (marked as Level 3). With all of these options, you're best using a trolley of some sort which you will need to supply.

Car park maximum height is 1.9 metres. Anything over this height, we'll get you in via the loading bay.

Car parking:

There's over 1,000 spaces, including 43 blue badge holder spaces and 22 family parking bays all with direct access into the centre.

It's is a ticketless car parking system where your number plate is automatically captured & recognised at the entrance barrier.

Trader parking: will be free, I'll find out more details about how we'll get this to work. It might be that the help button at the exit connects to someone with a list of names of traders.

How to apply:

Email me at leedssteampunkmarket@gmail.com

You can pm me first to my profile or to the LSM page on here to register your interest.

Payment for pitches must be made in advance to secure your pitch. This will be by bank transfer or PayPal, I'll be making a link on my website for this shortly.

10th & 11th May 2025, Halifax

TRADER INFO!

This is the information for the next Leeds Steampunk Market. If you have already been in touch, this is to double check you are still available so a reply is essential so I can get invoices sent out. (Don’t just say “yes count me in”, I need to know what size pitch, which day/s – use the checklist!).

EVENT DETAILS

The dates are Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th May 2025, and the location is Calderdale Industrial Museum in Halifax. The trading times are 11 – 5 both days so you must be fully loaded in by that time and ready to trade for those early visitors. This location is already proving to be a popular choice because we’ve not had a market here for 2 years and might not be able to fit back in again after that, so a prompt reply is appreciated as I need to get other invitations sent out.

Load in and setting up details will be sent closer to the event.

Full details on the event and trader info can be found on our website and I recommend you read all information fully as it covers absolutely everything traders need to know.

TRADER INFO

Although the label says "steampunk" I still want the range to cover steampunk, Victorian, military, gothic, dark and spooky, vintage, faery, pagan, LARP, cheeky/rude, roleplaying, historical, heritage crafts, Sci-Fi, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, geeky, nerdy, comics, gaming, modelling (railway and dolls house), a bit of Boardwalk Empire/Game of Thrones thrown in, curios, oddities - we think you can see how different I like the stock to be. Weird and alternative is good but NO in a fetish/burlesque please.

£35 per 6ft if you bring your own table or rail, £40 if table needs supplying for you. A single pitch will hold ONE 6ft table (size of table is usually 2 foot deep) with space behind for a chair or two.

You can have either a 6ft rail in the space or a 4ft rail with a mannequin or just stick to having one 6ft trestle table – this is all it will hold and no more!

Dependent on the location, the table/rail might be flush to the wall so the trader's chair might not be behind the table but to the side of it. I will try my best to meet specific requirements but this may not always be possible. If you want to fit in 2 x 6ft rails/tables, this will be in either an L shape or as a straight double is 2 x single tables side by side. If you trade with three 6ft items, this would effectively be a triple, done with either an L shape followed by a single or three singles in one line or in a deep U shape. I won't know how your pitch will be laid out until I do the floor plan.

Once I have sent the invoice, payment must be received as soon as possible to secure your pitch – the final cut-off date is Fri 2/5/25.

I hire tables in for this location and the price has gone up a LOT in the last few years so this is why I am now needing to charge for supplying tables. They are wooden ones, 6x2ft. . The trading times are 11-5 each day.

We’ll be loading in from 9am on the Saturday and a bit later on the Sunday, depending on how many are doing just the Sunday. I’d also like to get as many traders as possible loaded in on the Friday afternoon when I am there setting up the tables. That’ll be a window of something like 3 til 5pm. . I cannot specify where anyone will be until I do the floor plan. I have it drawn up but the layout of who goes where will all depend on what folks are selling (so that I don’t have traders selling similar stuff next to each other etc) and whether they need access to power. Everyone will be upstairs on the 1st and 2nd floors, all accessible by two lots of stairs and a manned lift, there will be no traders on the ground or lower ground floors at all.

I'm also in need of at least one outdoor coffee barista trader and an alcohol trader for either indoors or outdoors.

Email leedssteampunkmarket@gmail.com

5th & 6th July 2025

WHERE: Middleton Railway, Moor Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 2JQ

WHEN: 5th and 6th July 2025, trading times 10-4.30 on both days.

ATTRACTIONS:

Leeds Steampunk Market's regular summer event will be held at the always popular Middleton Railway. This is 5th and 6th July 2025, trading times 10-4.30 on both days.

Address is Moor Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 2JQ

The Middleton Railway is the world’s oldest working railway running steam and diesel trains from Moor Road to Middleton Park. This will most likely be running a steam train all weekend - timetable shows first departure from Moor Road at 11am and last one at 4pm.

An extensive museum collection is on display in the Engine House - some of these will be moved out onto the tracks for this event to make room for the traders. There will be some entertainment, static exhibits and quieter places to sit on the newly built mezzanine 1st floor, accessible by stairs and lifts.

The museum is run entirely by volunteers and entry to the museum where the market is held.

There is a shop that sells souvenirs, sweets and hot and cold drinks. This is going to be expanded into the seating area having a lot more cakes thus becoming a tearoom.

I hope to have a hot food trader outside and someone selling alcohol. (Please get in touch).

There will be coffee jousting on one of the days (tbc), recruiting for an hour before the tournament with medals for gold, silver and the Coffee Bean (host) made by Captain Cumberpatch's Curious Creations. Free to take part!

The Flying Squadron with one of their owls demonstrating their charm and style will be in attendance there again on both days (time tbc).

.https://www.facebook.com/TheFlyingSquadron

Steam and diesel trains will be running all weekend.

Please note that there is easy disabled access to all of the building including the upstairs conference room and mezzanine 1st floor and public areas of the railway.

Prices for the train rides follow here.

Prices are correct at time of going to press but please check their websites for updates: adult £4 single, £8 return, child £1.50 single, £3 return, family ticket £20 return.

(Children aged under 3 years travel free, children aged 3 to 15 years inclusive need child tickets, those over 15 years need adult tickets, up to 2 adults and 3 children can use a family ticket, pets can travel free

Please note that there is easy disabled access to all of the building including the upstairs conference room and public areas of the railway.

EVENT LAYOUT: Traders will be on the ground floor where the locos are.

Due to the layout of the building, there are exposed train tracks where the locos will have been moved out. There are only enough slats to cover these gaps for the deep pitches to safely allow public access so with the single pitches, the table covers the front gap and your stock goes over the gap closer to the back wall.

For this event, we are running the single pitches along the length of one side of the walkway with your chair/s to the side of it. This is because we are minimising the amount of locos being moved out into the other loco shed.

If you need to have space for two 6ft rails or a rail and a table, you will need a deep pitch to accommodate this. If you have your own tables, you do need to bring them as there are only a small amount supplied at the venue.

The deep pitches measure 6' wide x 11' deep and your two tables/rails must be placed in an inward facing L shape towards the front of your area allowing you to have a 3' gap between the rear table and the wall.

There are only two outward facing L shapes (going on corners) which are chargeable as a deep pitch.

I cannot guarantee any locations as everything will be dependent on the floor plan and ensuring that I don't have two similar traders too close to each other (such as jewellers or hats).

PITCH SIZES: All pitches are based on accommodating one supplied table.

Do not assume you can bring and fit in more than the stated amount of rail or tables that your paid for space allows. This will impact on the space next to you either needed for public access or used by another trader or could be in breach of H&S.

PITCH PRICES:

Pitch prices per day are as follows:

1 table: £40 per day

Corner 2 tables: £70

Straight 2 tables: £80

Single (1 table supplied, either 6'x2' or 5'3"x2'6", they give the same footprint) : £40 There are 20 available.

Corner (1 slightly bigger table supplied 6'x2'6" plus room for a 2nd table or rail, not supplied) :£70

I cannot specify which size table your single would be until I do the floor plan. I have the plan drawn up but the layout of who goes where will all depend on what folks are selling.

Everyone will be on the ground floor.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Previous events at this location have had a lower attendance over the weekend compared to the bigger markets. However trader spots fill up quickly for both days because this place attracts a different audience with the trains. You also have a smaller amount of competition with there being less traders so are more likely to take relatively good sales. (A number of our traders actually find this is the event they do the best sales at...)

Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1700488180788548

OCTOBER 2025 (Leeds Steampunk Market)

WHERE: Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mill, Canal Road, Leeds, LS12 2QF.

WHEN: Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October. Our hours of trading are 11-5 each day but the museum actually opens at 10 on the Saturday.

ATTRACTIONS:

The engines and machinery will be running again on both of the days along with various demonstrations throughout the building.

Coffee jousting with prize winning medals for gold and silver on one of the days.

The Flying Squadron will be there with one of their the owls demonstrating their charm and style on both days https://www.facebook.com/TheFlyingSquadron (tbc)

A cafe selling afternoon tea with cakes and sandwiches.

EVENT LAYOUT: Traders will be spread out over the floors of the museum, mixed with its existing exhibits as always.

PITCH SIZES: All pitches are based on just a 6ft table or rail.

There are no deep pitches anywhere, no back to backs.

If you need room for 3 tables or rails, you will need to pay for 3 spaces. If you want one table and "a little table" you will need to pay for 2 spaces.

You might be in a corner or you might be two side by side, not able to say until all pitches are filled and I start working on the floor plan, if you have a clear preference then I will accommodate where I can and availability permits.

They have a limited amount of trestle tables of their own so if you can bring your own, please do so. There are also a very limited amount of chairs so advise bringing your own folding chair. They also have no trolley wheels so bring your own to make it easier to get your stuff to your pitch. There are cobbles outside though!

PITCH PRICES:

Pitch prices per day are currently as follows but this may be subject to change, depends on how much my own costs to use the building will be so tbc...

Small = (1 table supplied or not) : £40

Medium = (1 table supplied plus room for a 2nd table or rail, not supplied) :£70

Large = (1 slightly table supplied plus room for a 2nd and 3rd table or rail, not supplied) :£100

I cannot specify where you would be until I do the floor plan. I have the plan drawn up but the layout of who goes where will all depend on what folks are selling.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Trader spots fill up quickly for both days because of this being a popular location and always a great success.

There is outdoor space at this venue to have outdoor traders (pub / bar /hot food) and able to have our own alcohol trader inside.

There is parking on site, just at the end of the drive.