The American Book Center in Amsterdam is hosting The Urban Culture Event. Where design meets crafts, this festival will be held on June 27 at ABC in the Spui in Amsterdam. The entire Spui square will be taken over by passionate craft-lovers, designers and artisans all enthusiastically making, displaying and putting their art up for sale.

If lessons and workshops are more your cup of tea, there will be many running concurrently in the ABC Treehouse at Voetboogstraat 11, located very close to Spui.

The ABC blog lists all participating artists/authors, including:

Umbrellart: an Xstreets Collective initiative. Bringing art back to the streets and bringing artists from all over the world together.

Idle Hands: I'd rather be knitting! The new community for people that love fibre crafts: be it knitting, crochet or sewing!

Pia Jan Bijkerk: author, Paris: Made by Hand

Mark June 27 on your calendar and get ready for a day full of cheerful creativity.