BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71@redbridgequilts.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260730T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260802T173000 DTSTAMP:20260130T003652Z URL:https://redbridgequilts.com/events/the-festival-of-quilts/ SUMMARY:The Festival of Quilts DESCRIPTION:The Festival of Quilts is Europe's biggest patchwork and quilti ng event.  It takes place yearly at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham\, England.  This year it runs from 30th July - 2nd August.   Opening hours are Thursday-Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.\; Sunda y from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.\n\nThe organisers are expecting more than 22\,0 00 people to attend over the four days.  Festival of Quilts is home to th e largest open quilt competition in the world. In addition\, it is the lar gest programme of workshops and talks offered anywhere in Europe.  What i s more\, it hosts some of the leading quilt artists from around the globe. Each year\, we showcase extraordinary creativity from some of the most in fluential quilt artists working today\, including Joe Cunningham\, Stuart Hillard\, L’Merchie Frazier\, Ricky Tims\, Jenny Doan\, and many more f rom around the globe.\n\nTherefore\, don't miss out!  You can purchase en trance tickets and book workshops and talks here.\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redbridgequilts.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/03/Festival-of-Quilts-e1753555332721.jpg CATEGORIES:Quilt Shows & Exhibitions LOCATION:NEC\, North Ave\, Marston Green\, Birmingham\, B40 1NT \, United K ingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=North Ave\, Marston Green\, Birmingham\, B40 1NT \, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=NEC:geo :0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR