GroomFest South

What can you tell me about GroomFest South?

Following the success of GroomFest over the last few years, we have decided to do a smaller, more regional show to cater for all areas of the country and to cut down travel that some visitors may not wish to do.

As we are based in Kent, and we have had a lot of requests for a South show, we decided to look at the South of England first and settled on the South of England Showground, with other areas of the country potentially in the pipeline.

What can groomers expect from this year’s event?

GroomFest South does not differ too much from our usual GroomFest, apart from the fact it’s a slightly smaller scale, but just as good! It will still be a shopping and education event with seminars and demos going on throughout the show.

What are you most excited for at this year’s GroomFest South?

We are excited to see how the event works in a different venue with hopefully different faces and visitors coming to the event. The majority of events seem to be held in the in the Birmingham/ Coventry area, so this will be nice to see something different.

How does GroomFest South differ from other grooming events?

GroomFest South is different to other events as entry, seminars and demos are free of charge. You can come to the event, have a browse around and go home with hopefully learned something and also grabbed some bargains from our stands.

Most grooming shows have grooming competitions running through the show, but we decided not to go down this route and keep it to shopping and education. Usually we have over 65 stands at our normal GroomFest and, for this event, we will have over 40. Slightly smaller but hopefully just a fun!

Where can people go to get more information on GroomFest South?

There is more information on our website www.groomfest.co.uk. This has details, dates and info on the event venue, including contact details for myself if you might be interested in attending or possibly having a stand.

Any general thoughts you’d like to share?

We are looking forward to hopefully seeing as many of you at either of our shows. Please put the date in your diary16th April for GroomFest South and 17th September for the main GroomFest. We are working towards other events and, if you would like to suggest an area or would like to see something in particular, then please e-mail me at mike@tgmpublishing.co.uk. Follow @groomfestuk on Instagram, and find us on Facebook.