16th & 17th May 2026
Sunny Bank Mills’ annual Threads Textile Festival is back for its fifth year – celebrating textiles through a series of talks, workshops and a market featuring 50+ textile stalls each day.
CHECK BACK IN DECEMBER FOR STALLHOLDER & EMERGING ARTIST OPEN CALL DETAILS.
ACCESSIBILITY
Please note – the venue of Threads Textile Fair is on the first floor of the 1912 Mill, which is accessed via one flight of stairs or a wheelchair accessible lift. We will have attendants on hand to offer assistance. If you have any queries, please email arts@sunnybankmills.co.uk.
The fair will be loud and busy at times, but areas of the Mills, including the Gallery and Tea Room will be open throughout the weekend for a more relaxed shopping and seating experience.
Free parking, included limited accessible parking is available around the Mill site and on Farsley Town Street.
If you need any assistance throughout the weekend, find a Mill Host in a pink hi vis vest, or visit the information point outside the 1912 Mill for support.
Assistance dogs are permitted.
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![Thank you to all the beautiful folk who made it down to our Heritage Festival this weekend. It was great to see the whole site buzzing with activity and keen visitors of all ages.
That's a wrap on Leeds Open Studios & Heritage Open Days at the Mills for this year! Please let us know the highlight of your trip in the comments, we'd love to hear from you.
Next up - Christmas Market 🎄🎅☃️ 😬
Scroll to the bottom of the 'What's On' section on our website for dates of our upcoming major events.
[Image 1 shows three young women standing together under a green wooden clad bridge on the Mills' main hill. They are all wearing dark coloured clothing and accessories and are smiling into the camera. Image 2 is a close up of an adult guiding a child using a hand held hole punch on a card from the Mills' clocking-in trail. Image 3 three children and two adults standing at the first clocking-in trail in the Mills' main yard. The stop is made up of vintage furniture and a large metal trolley draped with calico sheets. Image 4 shows Mill Director John in a suit holding a Heritage Festival pamphlet. He is chatting to a group of visitors during his heritage tour at the entrance to the Museum & Archive Bobbin Room. Image 5 shows dyeing tutors Kayleigh and Paula wearing matching oversized aprons, posing for a photo in the Bobbin Room with brick and stone walls. Image 6 shows a young woman with pink hair and a striped jacket browsing art prints displayed on a table outside an artists' studio in the Spinning Mill.]
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