The Market Cross Makers Craft Market
Location
IP33 1BT, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Telephone
07762 017445- Next Event
- 14th August 10:00am - 10th July 4:00pm
- Following 3 Events
11/09/22 10:00
-11/09/22 16:00
09/10/22 10:00
-09/10/22 16:00
13/11/22 10:00
-13/11/22 16:00
About this event
The Market Cross Makers Craft Market is held every 2nd Sunday of the month from 10am to 4pm.
2022 Dates
Sunday 12 June
Sunday 10 July
Sunday 14 August
Sunday 11 September
Sunday 9 October
Sunday 13 November
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About the Venue
A fantastic town centre venue with a range of different uses, such as live events, workshops, classes and performances centred around performing arts, arts and crafts, art classes, theatre and drama, music, singing, piano concerts and other live music, dance, fitness, community well-being and craft markets.
History
The Market Cross has had a wide range of uses over the past four hundred years from a theatre and dancehall to a badminton court, and a contemporary art gallery. Before that, as the name suggests the site was the town's market.
In June 1725 the first floor of The Market Cross became Bury St Edmunds’ first permanent theatre, The Grand Theatre.
In 1774 the famous Georgian architect, Robert Adam was commissioned to re-clad the south end of The Market Cross. The scheme was later enlarged to include the other three sides and work was finally completed in 1780. The exterior of the building remains largely the same today.
In 1818 the Corporation agreed that a new theatre should be built in Westgate Street. The present Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds was opened in October 1819.
