The TCCPA are thrilled to announce that CraftCon 2026 will be held at the Somerset County Cricket Club in Taunton on the 12th and 13th March 2026.
The sixth annual TCCPA trade conference will consist of two days of interactive workshops, seminars, tastings, socials and fringe events aimed at aspiring and existing cidermakers in the UK and beyond and will be expanding on the success of 2025’s sell out conference held in Hereford in March this year.
Over twenty speakers and panellists will be presenting on a range of topics covering the conference’s four core strands of orcharding, making, culture and business. The orcharding strand ensures to cover a range of techniques, ideas and discussions on growing cider apples and perry pears. The cidermaking strand aims to inspire, inform and educate cidermakers within all aspects of cidermaking from initial pressing to final bottling. The culture strand aims to keep the people, history and stories of the cider community alive amongst those who represent the industry. Whilst the business section aims to dig into the nitty gritty of successful cider business and support growth and success within the sector.
Earlybird Tickets for the conference are now available via the CraftCon website and upcoming announcements of speakers and sponsors can be found by following the TCCPA through Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky.
