The Great Woolly Hugs’ Hugathon, Birmingham. Sat 1st February 2025

It’s happening, it’s the Great Birmingham Hugathon!

The Great Woolly Hugs’  Hugathon in Birmingham takes place on Saturday 1st February between 11.00am and 3.30pm, at the Studio, Birmingham, which is in the heart of the city, less than 5 minutes walk from Birmingham New Street Station.

We are in the Inspire room which is on the second floor. The ground floor receptionist will help you, there are stairs and a lift to the right of reception. There will be a receptionist on the second floor to direct you.

Our Venue is fully accessible. Access to the venue is straight from the street pavement. There is a lift to get you to the second floor. There are accessible bathroom facilities.

Our Hugathons are a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow Woolly Huggers who share a love of crafting. They are friendly and inclusive. It is a great time for chatting with your fellow Woolly crew and sharing ideas. If Tortie behaves we will let him come too!

We will also be running a couple of fundraisers, our fabulous Lucky Dip (£1 a go) and our legendary Gin Raffle (£1 a ticket)for which there is even a special edition Birmingham Tortie! We will also be running a DeStash table. If you have crafting items to donate to our DeStash table please do bring, remember one person’s destash is another person’s treasure! So do bring along some cash, or we do have a card machine if that is easier, happy to tap for any amount!

And finally we will play a couple of games of our infamous Yarn Bingo game, you will not want to miss this!

During the Hugathon we will attempt to get as many 6 inch squares made. In Birmingham we are focussing on our Chernob 25  project. We will provide all SSDK, but please remember to bring your 4mm hooks/knitting needles, you will need them! If you have any squares already made for THIS project, please bring them, it may be that we can get some kits out for construction.

Bring a packed lunch, snacks and drinks, we won’t judge if that is alcohol. There are shops nearby if you prefer to pop out and grab coffees/sandwiches etc.

TICKETS COST £20 EACH, which includes Event swag!

Do join us, we’d love to meet you or see you again. And if you are worried about not knowing anyone, let us know and we can get you seated and chatting as quick as a flash.

How to get there…

Birmingham New Street is less than a 5 minute walk away. Exit the North exit ‘Stephenson Street’

If driving, the New Street Station car park is a 2 min walk and the Birmingham Snow Hill car park is 5 mins. The closest disabled parking spot is on Waterloo Street which is just around the corner from Cannon Street.

If you wish to arrive by bike, they will store your bike in their secure basement, just ask reception on arrival.

Also Birmingham International Airport is super close, takes about 10 mins on the train, just saying….

The address is, The Studio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP