This Recreate Pop Up Shops event - Monday 15th September

Calling Brighton & Hove’s creative, business and retail communities!

We Are Pop Up has teamed up with Brighton & Hove City Council* to offer pop up opportunities to creative brands and businesses. We are now extending what is possible on Brighton & Hove's high streets with the launch of #ShopShare, a new initiative to enliven shop space with new retail opportunities.

Need space for your project? Want innovative brands for your shop, café or gallery?

Do you want to test or showcase a new creative concept, from an app to an art installation and everything in between? Are you ready to find new retail channels for your products by sharing shop space? Then come to our Pop Up Meet Up to find out how we connect projects and products to new retail spaces.

Throughout the course of the evening, we aim to inspire you and equip you with all you need to get your pop up project underway.

Time: 6pm arrivals, drinks and networking, guest speakers at 6:45pm

Venue: Taj's Tea Parlour, 17 Brighton Square, BN1 1HD

Date: Monday 15th September

Aimed at: Shop owners, retail landlords, creative businesses and anyone with a pop up idea!

Speakers:

Sophie Giblin, Kollektiv Gallery

Kollektiv Gallery is a pioneering art gallery run by emerging artists, for emerging artists. Using vacant high street shops as temporary exhibiting spaces, Kollektiv creates opportunities for new talent, helping them hone entrepreneurial skills and showcase their work. Sophie successfully raised funds through Kickstarter for her latest pop up and will be sharing her story and advice on launching your creative pop up.

Taj Noel Cambridge, Taj's Tea Parlour

A beautiful pop up Tea Parlour in the centre of Brighton with a feeling of a bygone era serving delectable cakes, teas & savouries that are fresh, free range, organic & locally produced. Hostess for the evening, Taj will share with you her top tips on popping up.

We Are Pop Up

We Are Pop Up will be launching the new #ShopShare initiative in Brighton & Hove, bringing down the barriers to having a high street presence faced by small or early-stage creative businesses.

Find out how to access affordable high street space quickly, meet collaborators for your project ideas and hear more about the role of creativity in a changing retail landscape.

Branwen Lorigan, Recreate Project Manager, Brighton & Hove City Council

Branwen will be introducing a new online community of creatives for the City. She will be joined by one of the artists working with her on the project, to tell you all about it and explain how you too can get involved.

Limited tickets, so do log in to Eventbrite.

*Part-funded by the European Union's Interreg 4a Recreate project

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