Tradeshows, Festivals & Events

Visit Bucks County (VBC) attends and hosts a variety of tradeshows, festivals & events throughout the year to promote visitation to Bucks County and bring together the industry to network and collaborate.

Here’s how to get involved:

  • Come to an event and sip Bucks County wine, enjoy a Bucks County craft brew or cocktail made from a Bucks County distilled spirit.
  • Attend a Visit Bucks County webinar, roundtable, meeting or event.
  • Reach out to receive meetings, weddings, sports and group tour leads.
  • Be our buddy and share a booth at an upcoming tradeshow.
  • Showcase your location by hosting an event.
  • Nominate a member of your team for a National Travel & Tourism Week Award.

Annual Events

What’s Ahead

Each January, industry and community leaders hear from Visit Bucks County President & COO and Board Chair about hospitality trends and developments in Bucks County for the coming year.

 

Annual Event

Visit Bucks County’s Annual Meeting takes place every October for Bucks County’s largest hospitality industry gathering of the year. Industry and community leaders can network, hear the latest data on travel trends to Bucks County, and learn how VBC is marketing and supporting its partners.

  • Annual Meeting 2023
  • Annual Meeting 2023

National Travel & Tourism Week

The U.S. Travel community celebrates National Travel & Tourism Week each May to recognize the economic impact of travel.  During this week, Visit Bucks County recognizes the incredible achievements of the travel workforce in Bucks County by presenting awards to employees and organizations in the tourism and hospitality field.

The five awards categories are Tourism Innovation, Guest Service Excellence, Leadership, Rising Star and The Visit Bucks County Award. View winners from previous years.

  • NTTW 2023 Award Recipients

2025 Tradeshows, Festivals And Events

Visit Bucks County will be promoting Bucks County to visitors at the following tradeshows, festivals and events this year. Please note that this list is not comprehensive, and additional events will be added throughout the year. For more information email industryrelations@visitbuckscounty.com.

 

FESTIVALS & EVENTS:

January 25 & 26: New York Travel & Adventure Show

February 8: Lunar New Year | Pearl S. Buck International

February 23: AAA Lehigh Valley Vacation Expo 

March 8: Bucks Beer Bash

March 29 & 30: Washington DC Travel & Adventure show

April 25 & 26: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Baseball Games

May 3: PA Family Travel Fair

May 3 & 4: Peddler’s Village- Strawberry Festival 

  • New Hope Pride
  • Tinicum Arts Festival

WEDDING EXPOS:

January 4 & 5: Pennsylvania & South Jersey Bridal & Wedding Expo

February 16: Delaware Bridal & Wedding Expo

May 4: Pennsylvania Bridal & Wedding Expo (Oaks, PA)

June 8: New Jersey Bridal and Wedding Expo

July 29: Citizens Bank Park Wedding Expo

November 2: Pennsylvania Bridal & Wedding Expo

  • Wedding Expo

MEETING CONFERENCES & EVENTS:

February 24 & 25: MPI New Jersey Meets Conference

March 6 - 8: 2025 Conference of County Bar Leaders

March 19: MPI Philadelphia Educational Institute

March 27 & 28: PASAE Connections Conference

July: MPI GNY Golf Outing

September 7 - 9: Destination East

September 10: PCMA Education Day & Trade Show

 

GROUP TOUR TRADESHOWS:

February 1 - 4: Marketplace 2025 from the American Bus Association

March 24 & 25: Pennsylvania Bus Association Group Leader Marketplace

April 7 & 8: Greater Northeast Motorcoach Association 2025 Spring Meeting

August 22 - 26: 2025 SYTA Annual Conference

September 23 - 25: GNEMA Group Leader Marketplace

September 29 & 30: 2025 MMA  Annual Group Leader Travel Showcase

November 9 - 12: NTA Travel Exchange 2025