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Creative Crafts and Great Gifts at the BIC

The annual Bournemouth Art, Craft and Gift Show is set to return to the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th November and for the first time it’s free! This year there will be even more arts and crafts, live demonstrations, competitions and workshops for adults and children.

The show is in the Purbeck and Tregonwell Halls with entry via the main BIC entrance on Exeter Road or the cliff top entrance. A wide variety of exhibitors includes gift ideas ranging from jewellery, candles, cards, and Christmas decorations to paintings, photography, puzzles and toys, plus lots more. Free demonstrations and workshop sessions include ‘Wonderful Watercolours’, ‘Easy Acrylics’ and ‘Bob Ross’-style make and take workshops’ will be running for forty five minutes each from 11.00am until 4.45pm.
 
A children’s activity zone will be set up in the Tregonwell Hall where there‘s sure to be plenty to keep the kids entertained, including Ivo the Clown, ceramic model painting, a colouring area, a Hunt the Reindeer competition and for the first time there will be a new workshop, ‘Papercrafts for Kids’.

Visitors will also get the chance to win family tickets to see this year’s Panto at the Pavilion, Sleeping Beauty starring Malandra Burrows from Emmerdale and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, and with Helen Fraser, ‘Body Bag’ from Bad Girls.

The Bournemouth Art, Craft and Gift Show runs from Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th November in the Purbeck and Tregonwell Halls from 10.00am until 5.00pm.  Admission is free!  For more information visit www.bic.co.uk or telephone BIC Exhibitions on 01202 456 509 or 456501.

LATEST NEWS

• Wed 03 Sep 2008 –  First Time for the UK Independence Party at BIC –  For the first time, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) is holding its annual national conference in Bournemouth at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC).
• Wed 03 Sep 2008 –  Take Off at the BIC! –  The More Bus Bournemouth Air Festival was an overwhelming success, attracting an estimated 750,000 to the free four day aviation display, featuring the world-famous Red Arrows, the Black Cats Helicopter Display Team and the awesome Eurofighter Typhoon.
• Wed 27 Aug 2008 –  Business Tourism in Bournemouth up by Over 3% to £127m –  The latest statistics, based on the UK Tourist Board’s Estimate of Delegate Expenditure, show that the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom inject £73m annually into the local economy through business tourism.
• Tue 19 Aug 2008 –  BIC and Pavilion Awarded Top Corporate Fundraiser by Charity –  Top fundraisers, who took part in the Midnight Wish Walk in April for the Round Table Children’s Wish charity (RTCW), were recognised at a glittering awards ceremony on Tuesday 5th August at Aruba.
• Thu 07 Aug 2008 –  Bournemouth Gets on Board with Event UK –  Surf’s up for the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) and Bournemouth International Conference Bureau (BICB) at Event UK.
• Fri 25 Jul 2008 –  Leading UK Energy Company Returns to the BIC for Fifth Visit –  Scottish Southern and Energy (SSE) are returning to the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) this week for their Annual General Meeting.
• Fri 18 Jul 2008 –  BIC is the Only English Resort Venue to Make Finals of the World’s Best Congress Centre Award –  Up against international city venues, the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) was the only English resort venue to make the finals of the 2008 International Association of Congress Centre’s (AIPC) Apex Award for World’s Best Congress Centre.
• Tue 08 Jul 2008 –  Bournemouth Hotels Voted Best Value in the World –  Bournemouth hotels have been voted the best value hotels in the world, by a survey of guests who use website hotel.info.
• Thu 03 Jul 2008 –  Come and Tour Behind the Scenes the BIC and Pavilion –  The Bournemouth International Centre and Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom are going to be open to the public, for behind the scenes tours, every Friday from July to September this year.
• Wed 25 Jun 2008 –  Busy Times Ahead for the BIC –  The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) has a busy couple of weeks ahead what with hosting the Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (TSI) Conference and Exhibition and welcoming back the Local Government Association (LGA) for the ninth time!
• Tue 17 Jun 2008 –  BIC has Just the Ticket! –  The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) has launched an innovative parking scheme that offers visitors a guaranteed parking space in the BIC multi-storey car park, as its website sees major growth in ticket sales!
• Fri 18 Apr 2008 –  Ideal Home Exhibition Touches Down in Bournemouth –  Bournemouth will be all action from Thursday 28th until Sunday 31st August as the popular Ideal Home Exhibition lands at the Bournemouth International Centre, on the same weekend as the new Bournemouth Airshow.
• Thu 21 Feb 2008 –  BIC Bride of the Year –  Hundreds of brides-to-be recently attended the successful Wedding Show at the BIC which saw Rachel Bunce from Salisbury scoop the Bride of the Year title

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