A Useful List of Trade Shows for the Card & Gift Industry

Are you excited to start visiting trade shows? Or a seasoned exhibitor wanting to spread your show game to another country? Then this page is for you… Here you’ll find a list of the greetings card & giftware industries best trade shows and exhibitions. The list comprises fairs in the UK & Ireland, America and then the Rest of the World. So take a look & start planning your next trade show trip!

Trade Shows in the UK & Ireland

Show	Dates	City or State	Country
Christmas Cosmetic & Gift Trade Fair Dublin	17th-19th May 2020	Dublin	Ireland
Autumn Gift & Home Fair Ireland	23rd-26th August 2020	Dublin	Ireland
Autumn Fair International	6th-9th September 2020	Birmingham	UK
PG Live	2nd-3rd September 2020	London	UK
London Stationery Show	11th September 2020	London	UK
Top Drawer	13th-15th September 2020	London	UK
100% Design	16th-19th September 2020	London	UK
Scotland’s Trade Fair Autumn	20th-21st September 2020	Glasgow	UK
Brand Licensing Europe	6th-8th October 2020	London	UK
Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair	10th-13th January 2021	Harrogate	UK
Giving & Living Exeter	17th-19th January 2021	Exeter	UK
London Toy Fair	19th-21st January 2021	London	UK
Spring Fair	7th-11th February 2021	Birmingham	UK
BCTF, Harrogate	11th-13th April 2021	Harrogate	UK
Harrogate Home & Gift	18th-21st July 2021	Harrogate	UK
New Designers	TBC	London	UK
Design Junction	TBC	London	UK

TBC indicates that the date of the next show is to be confirmed. Due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, a lot of trade shows have been cancelled or rearranged so check out the websites for further info. I update this page once a month and will try to keep it up to date with all the changes.

What’s On Listings

In addition to the UK trade shows listed above, there are a number of speciality shows throughout the year. A useful way to dicsover the niche shows, which may benefit your business is to check the ‘What’s On’ listings of venues and exhibition spaces. A few of the top ones used by the card & gift industry are listed below for ease.

NEC – https://www.thenec.co.uk/whats-on/

Business Design Centre – https://www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk/events

Harrogate Convention Centre – https://www.harrogateconventioncentre.co.uk/whats-on

Olympia London – https://olympia.london/whatson

Yorkshire Event Centre – https://eventcentre.co.uk/whats-on/

SEE THE LIST OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE SHOWS