23 SHOWS & EVENTS This season’s most unmissable events Shows, news & events New Giving & Living dates present new opportunities The popular, coastal Giving & Living trade show will now take place from Sunday 18th to Tuesday 20th January 2026, in its usual venue, Westpoint in Exeter, just one mile off the M5, in the heart of the beautiful Southwest. The later dates mean that the show no longer clashes with Top Drawer Spring, or Harrogate Christmas Fair. Great news! Giving & Living connects the South West’s tourism driven gift and home market. Exhibitors meet buyers from independent retailers, gallery shops, tourist attractions, heritage sites, holiday parks, garden centres and department stores. The show attracts many attendees who do not visit other trade shows. It’s perfectly timed to give them the opportunity to both refresh and restock their merchandise for the year ahead. “We’re delighted to move the show slightly later in January” says Sales Manager Paul Thomas “We’ll be able to attract businesses to the Southwest that couldn’t previously attend”. For more details on visiting and exhibiting, please visit givingliving.co.uk or call 01934 733 433. Diary dates NY Now 3rd – 5th August, 2025 Javits Centre, NYC https://nynow.com Autumn Fair 7th - 10th September, 2025 Birmingham NEC www.autumnfair.com The Knit Show 7th - 8th September, 2025 The Pavilions, Harrogate https://theknitshow.co.uk Top Drawer 14th – 16th September, 2025 Olympia, London www.topdrawer.co.uk Scotland Trade Fair Autumn 21st - 22nd September, 2025 SEC, Glasgow www.scotlandstradefairs.com Gifts & Lifestyle Middle East 11th – 13th November, 2025 Dubai World Trade Centre https://gifts-lifestyle-middleeast.ae.messefrankfurt.com Harrogate Christmas & Gift 11th-14th January, 2026 Harrogate Convention Centre www.harrogatefair.com CHSI Stitches to pause in 2026 ICHF Events has announced that the craft industry trade show CHSI Stitches will pause in 2026. The show has welcomed more than 250,000 visitors through its doors since it was started in 1976. Simon Burns, ICHF Managing Director said: “CHSI Stitches will pause in 2026. This will allow us to step back and consider the evolving needs of the creative craft industry; shaped by shifting consumer behaviour, digital growth, and new retail models. CHSI Stitches has been running for 50 years and during that time we have welcomed more than 250,000 visitors through the doors. We’re proud to have delivered so many shows and would not have been able to achieve this without the ongoing support of so many brilliant craft businesses, and the talented teams that work in them. We’re very grateful to all of our exhibitors, visitors, and partners. The landscape of the craft industry and business in general has changed dramatically from when CHSI Stitches first started but the passion for creativity remains the same. Our many consumer shows continue to thrive and grow and we hope to continue to expand our reach.”
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