The 2026 Festival of Woodturning will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Stratford upon Avon on 10th and 11th October 2026.
For many years, the AWGB has organised biennial seminars, to promote the craft of woodturning in the UK and help to improve the knowledge, skill and techniques of our members and other wood lathe users. These events have been very successful, with both demonstrators and delegates from right across the globe.
Not content to rest on our laurels, we have chosen for 2026 to make a few changes, in response to feedback from the attendees (and those who decided not to attend last time).
Firstly, this is not a seminar, but a Festival of Woodturning – not an academic event, but a weekend designed to emphasise the sheer joy of making items on the lathe. We have done everything we can to make it accessible to all, financially, physically and geographically. We have chosen the Crowne Plaza Hotel, which has extensive conference facilities all on the same floor, with transfer from room to event all a single lift ride away.