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.
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