Bar Convent London is set to return next year following its inaugural show last week at Tobacco Dock in the east of the city.
RX Global, the team behind BCB’s exhibitions in Berlin, Brooklyn, São Paulo and Singapore, confirmed the trade show will take place again after taking over from Imbibe Live in the UK capital. Next year’s trade show will take place between 29 and 30 June.
The opening BCB London show saw around 140 exhibitors and 3,650 visitors from 56 countries in its first iteration. Highlights, according to RX Global, included the launch of feature areas such as Local Heroes and Young Guns, as well as a ‘Pouring Contest’ with around 100 bartenders competing for prizes including GBP2,500 (US$3,435) and a trip to Bar Convent Berlin.
The German edition will take place later this year from 6 to 8 October. Last year, it drew 15,114 visitors, which was in line with 2023’s “around 15,000” quoted by the organiser that year.
