2024 Must Visit Wedding Fairs
If you are following us on social media you would have seen we are currently sharing 31 days of wedding planning tips. Day 2's tip was to attend as many wedding fairs as possible early on in your wedding planning journey.
Attending wedding fairs is a great use of your time. It gives you the opportunity to speak to every different kind of supplier possible, see bridal fashion shows, gather SO much inspiration for your own big day and of course enjoy a glass of bubbly!
Whether you choose to visit a wedding fair with your partner or some of your friends/bridal party, you will have an amazing day out. Make a full day of it! Some of the larger wedding fairs will take you all day to get around. Many of them have catering suppliers too so you won't even need to leave for lunch!
Some Wedding Fair Top Tips
- Arrive early
- Make a day of it
- Collect as many relevant leaflets as you can
- Sign up for exclusive offers
- Soak it all in
- Take lots of pictures
- Make notes on your phone of your 'ideal suppliers'
- Take advantage of the freebies
- Don't make any rash decisions
- Speak to suppliers & ask lots of questions
- Don't feel pushed into buying anything on the day
Whilst there are wedding fairs, shows and venue showcase events all over the UK we have limited the choice and picked our MUST VISIT wedding fairs of 2024
We have tried to include a variety of locations so we are sure there will be one near you!
The National Wedding Show
Dates & Location
NEC Birmingham 1-3 March 2024
ExCel London 23-24 March 2024
Tickets
Tickets are £18.50 for general admission or £35 for VIP, where you will have access to the VIP lounge, reserved catwalk tickets, a VIP goody bag and a complimentary drink.
You can book tickets here!
The Unwedding Show
Dates & Location
Trafalgar Warehouse - Sheffield - 11th February 2024
Shoreditch Studios - London - 24th February 2024
Armada House - Bristol - 10th March 2024
Fabric - Liverpool - 14th April 2024
Platform - Glasgow - 21st April
Victoria Warehouse - Manchester - 19th May 2024
Tickets
General admission tickets are £9.60 and VIP Tickets are £18.00. You can buy tickets here.
WedX Live
Dates
3rd April 2024
Location
Wilton's, London
Tickets
Prices vary between £25 & £30 depending on choice of seats. Book your tickets here.
Quirky Wedding Fair
Dates & Location
The Faversham - Leeds - 14th January 2024
Yoghurt Rooms - Sussex - 24th March 2024
New Craven Hall - Leeds - 7th April 2024
Blackton Grange Estate - County Durham - 14th April 2024
Hubbards Farm - Norfolk - 28th April 2024
Upthorne Wood - Suffolk - 19th May 2024
Tickets
Standard entry is free, but you can also get a range of different VIP tickets between £5 and £16.99. Get your tickets here!
The Big Welsh Wedding Show
Dates
24th April 2024
Location
Depot, Cardiff
Tickets
Standard Tickets are £5.00 & VIP Tickets are £10. Get yours here!
National Asian Wedding Show
Dates & Location
Cedar Court Hotel - Bradford - 21st January 2024
The Eastside Rooms - Birmingham - 11th February 2024
Radisson Blu Edwardian - London Heathrow - 3rd March 2024
Novotel Hammersmith - London - 17th November 2024
Tickets
Tickets are completely free. Get them here.
The Scottish Wedding Show
Dates
17th & 18th February 2024
Location
SEC - Glasgow
Tickets
General tickets are £17.00 & VIP tickets are £30. Get yours here!
Are you heading to any 2024 wedding fairs? Have we not listed them? Let us and other engaged couples know of any others you know of in the comments below!