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The Pex factor
SINCE IT LAUNCHED IN 2011, PEXMAS CHRISTMAS MARKET HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A FIRM FESTIVE FAVOURITE IN SE15.
With this yearâs market set to feature new makersâ workshops and a visit from Santa, co-founder Sarah Taylor says it will be the biggest one yet
WORDS: HELEN GRAVES PHOTO: LIMA CHARLIE
Itâs December, which means youâll probably have noticed the signs for Pexmas, Peckhamâs annual Christmas market full of festive food, drink and locally produced crafts. According to co-founder Sarah Taylor, itâs where youâll find âeverything you want to tick off your Christmas listâ.
The market began in 2011 and itâs now âbigger than everâ, despite one new arrival to the team causing significant disruption. âI had a baby at the very end of last year and itâs delightful and all, but also quite time consuming,â Sarah says.Â
âI also decided that this would be the year to expand Pexmas, because you know, Iâm nuts, so weâre adding in workshops. We also heard that Santa would like to visit Peckham this year. Of course we thought weâd better invite him to Pexmas, because where else could he really hang out? Weâre making him a little grotto.â
Itâs heart-warming to see the growth of a local market that began as âtwo friends wanting to do something a bit fun at Christmasâ. The first market took place at The Dye House on Nutbrook Street.
âIt was just lovely, loads of people came and we were really surprised,â Sarah says. âEveryone said, âYouâre going to do another one arenât you?â And we were like, âEr, we suppose we better had, then!â It just kind of snowballed from there.
âWe did the summer markets and Pexmas every year. We did them in the Liberal Club, we did them on Holly Grove and we finally moved to Warwick Gardens, which is just the most sensible site. Thereâs more space for people to mill about and thereâs just something special about the outside at Christmas. Plus thereâs the really fun bit where you get to have heart attacks in the week running up to it thinking, âIs it going to rain? Is it going to snow?ââ
Last year the weather was definitely not on their side. âWe had what I refer to â with a big smile on my face â as âfestiveâ weather,â Sarah says. âIt snowed, it rained, there was ice. So this year Iâm basically tenting the whole thing. Who knows how that will go â itâs a slightly different look but itâs still essentially the same market.â
The challenges donât end with the weather however, as Sarah explains: âEveryone thinks itâs the council that runs it or owns it, or that weâre making loads of money. We donât. If we break even we are doing really well.
âA lot goes into putting on an event in a park. Itâs entirely self-funded and we donât like to put the stallholder fees up and up every year, because the nice thing is that Pexmas started with a mix of established businesses and new enterprises from local people and thatâs still the mixture.
âWeâve got some traders who still trade with us who say, âOh, you were our very first market!â Itâs so nice to be a very small part of other local peopleâs stories and we donât want to lose that, because thatâs what makes it different, something thatâs part of this community rather than a cookie-cutter design that could happen anywhere.â
She also extends the market on a consultancy basis, helping create satellite markets elsewhere in London. The Pexmas brand was partly behind this summerâs Camberwell Fair.
âThe crux is about increasing social capital, so we take on community engagement projects, whether thatâs with a group of businesses or a geographical local area. Stuff that just makes life a bit nicer, where you get to meet people within that group, forge connections and maybe youâll find a new local business to support or a service you want to be part of. The more links you make within your community the happier you are.â
The market is unique then, with a clear social conscience. âUnlike other markets that specialise a little bit, our thing is everything as long as itâs independent. We work with designer-makers, food people, small companies and people who import things, so we get people who support communities in other parts of the world.
âYou can get stuff for your Christmas table, you can get pickles, chutneys, charcuterie, cheeses; you can pick up gifts for, hopefully, every member of the family, you can support community projects and charities and thereâs nice stuff for yourself, baubles, decorations â and this year you can actually come and make those as well.
âWeâre doing Christmas wreaths and things you might want to give as gifts, so London Terrariums are coming to do a workshop and the Social Circle are making pom-pom garlands. Thereâs street food. Thereâs 100 stalls a day and about half of those or just over are different each day.â
So whatâs next for Pexmas? âI need to figure out how to actually remain in business with a baby! Pexmas will stay on the books for as long as I can physically muster the energy.
âI aired the idea with my partner that maybe I shouldnât do Pexmas last year or this year, now that itâs just me who runs the company, and he said, âYou do realise that if you donât do Pexmas, weâll have to move?â
âAnd I was like, âReally?â He was like, âYouâve got to do it â everyone will be so disappointed.â So I said fine. Itâs not curing disease or anything, weâre just making a nice little market in our small corner of the world that does some nice things for other small businesses. Oh, and we have really great mulled wine!â
Pexmas returns to Warwick Gardens on December 8 and 9 from 11am-6pm. To book tickets for Santaâs grotto and/or the makersâ workshops, please visit pexmas.com
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Pexmas in the park
Pexmas returns on December 12 with a brand new location â and this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Â
The popular Christmas market, which is now in its fourth year, celebrates the start of the festive season with shopping, carolling and feasting. Itâs described as a âshowcase of local artists, street food, designer-makers, craftspeople and choirsâ.Â
This yearâs event will be held in Warwick Gardens and is expected to attract some 2,000 visitors. It will feature up to 100 stalls selling sweet treats, homeware, kidsâ stuff, Christmas cupboard items, cards, wrapping paper, textiles, ceramics, jewellery and accessories. Â
There will be pop-up food stalls from Kitchen 54, Hock ânâ Roll, The Athenian, House of Dodo and more; and an on-site bar will serve mulled wine and craft beer from local specialists including The Beer Shop London.Â
Pexmas is on December 12 from 12-6pm. Entry free. Â
Bumper weekend for Christmas markets
Three festive markets are coming to Peckham and Nunhead on one weekend in December â with street-food, shopping, creative classes and choirs.
Pexmas will feature up to 70 stalls in Holly Grove park, selling homeware, toys, cakes, Christmas wrapping, textiles, ceramics and jewellery. Traders will range from the South East Cakery & Brownie Bar to Garudio Studiage.
A selection of street-food stalls will include Banh Banh, which serves Vietnamese food, and the Salt Beef Bros, who will offer slow-cooked, salt-beef sandwiches garnished with gherkins and mustard.
The Dulwich Folk Choir and other musical groups will perform during the day, some collecting donations for their chosen charities. According to the organisers, singalongs are encouraged. December 13, 11am-7pm.
The ÂŁ3 Christmas Bazaar is taking place at the Nunhead Salvation Army building and Nunhead Green. The bazaar, which bills itself as a âChristmas fair with an arty twistâ, has an emphasis on community rather than consumption.
It will feature stocking-fillers, bric-a-brac, cakes, cards, pottery, miniature artworks and more. The Ivy House knitting club, Woolly Mondays, will attend, and there will be comedy from Nunhead-based Pull the Other One and Lewis Schaffer.
The Salvation Army brass band and Nunhead Community Choir will perform, and shops on Nunhead Lane â including fishmonger FC Soper, butcher HA Smith and Son and AG Flowers â will offer special ÂŁ3 deals in-store. December 13, 12-6pm.
The Crafty Fox market is returning to the CLF Art CafĂŠ at the Bussey Building this year, promising visitors âshopping with soulâ. It will host more than 100 unique stalls over two days, where shoppers can buy unusual gifts directly from the makers.
Items on sale will include prints and textiles from artist Zoe Burt and wooden jewellery by Anna Wiscombe. There will be live art in the courtyard, festive drinks and DJs spinning an eclectic mix of tunes.
A series of creative craft workshops will see Afroretro demonstrate how to make paper decorations and cards using traditional Ugandan materials; and there will be block-printing and jewellery-making classes. December 13 and 14, 12-6pm.
Admission to all markets is free.

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