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. 

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  • Annual Meeting 2023
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  • 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.

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  • NTTW 2023 Award Recipients

2026 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 17 & 18: Washington DC Travel & Adventure show

January 24 & 25: NY Travel & Adventure Show

February 21: Lunar New Year at Pearl S Buck

March 14: Bucks Beer Bash

March 28: 98 Winterblast 2026 Arm Wrestling Tournament

April 11: PA Family Travel Fair

May 3: Peddler's Village Strawberry Festival

May 16: New Hope Pride

May 16 & 17: Tilefest- Tileworks

May 30: Brooklyn Cyclones 

June 19: Lehigh Valley SoccerFest FIFA World Cup USA Men’s Viewing Party

September 12 & 13: Doylestown Arts Festival & Bucks County Classic 

September 19: Yardley Harvest Day

October 17: Historic Bristol Day

October 18: Dream Destinations Travel Show, Springfield, MA

November 7 & 8: Peddler's Village Apple Festival

November 14 & 15: DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival

December 4: Pennsbury Manor Holly Night - 50th Anniversary

December 13: Washington Crossing Historic Park Reenactment

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  • New Hope Pride
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  • Tinicum Arts Festival

WEDDING EXPOS:

January 3 & 4: Pennsylvania & South Jersey Bridal & Wedding Expo, Philadelphia

February 15: Delaware Wedding Expo

March 22: Rainbow Wedding Expo, Philadelphia

April 29: Old City Wedding Stroll

May 17: Pennsylvania Bridal & Wedding Expo, Oaks, PA

June 14: NJ Wedding Expo

July 28: Citizens Bank Park Wedding Expo

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  • Wedding Expo

MEETING CONFERENCES & EVENTS:

January 11 - 14: PCMA Convening Leaders Conference

March 8 - 10: MPI New Jersey Meets Conference

March 18: MPI Philadelphia Area Education Institute

March 19 & 20: PASAE Connections Conference

July 8 - 11: Small & Boutique Meetings Conference

 

GROUP TOUR TRADESHOWS:

January 10 - 13: ABA 2026 Reno, NV

March 30 & 31: PBA Marketplace, Williamsport, PA

June 22: PBA Annual Conference, Kalahari Resort & Convention Center

August 8 & 9: Virginia & North Carolina Motorcoach Association Regional Marketplace

August 21 - 21: SYTA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

September 28 & 29: MMA Marketplace, Easton, MD

September 30 & October 1: GNEMA Marketplace, Atlantic City, NJ

November 15 - 18: NTA Travel Exchange,Tulsa, OK