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Manchesher Motorcycle Show Jan
Alley Pally Show Feb
Scottish Motorcycle Show March
BMF Show Peterborough May
Garden Of England (GEMS) June
Exeter Motorcycle Show Aug
BMF Tail End Rally Sept
International Motorcycle Show, NEC Birmingham
Excel London Motorcycle Show
Stafford Classic Bike Show April
Stafford Jap Classic Bike Show October



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Motorcycle Show Traders Association (MSTA)

Aiming for a better deal for motorcycle show traders and visitors

Hello and a warm welcome to the MSTA website.
Essentially, the MSTA is an association of companies that exhibit at UK motorcycle retail and trade shows. Our reason for existence is simple: we want to improve things for traders, our own members, and visitors to the shows.  We are not subject to any restriction or advertising
pressure and are totally independent of any
motorcycle show in the UK.

If you have a view about any UK show you can email us at
info@msta.org.uk

While visiting our site why not vote for your favourite show in the left hand column, or write about a show you visited by clicking the review link on the left.

 Manchester Bike Show Update!

PHP-NukeAnonymous writes "Manchester Bike Show – Final talks for April show
 
Organisers of the National Motorcycle Show, Manchester, have confirmed that they are currently in final discussions with Manchester Central to hold the show on the 3 – 4 April 2010.
 
The show, which traditionally takes place on the first weekend in January, was cancelled this year due to the severe weather conditions experienced across the country.
 
Commenting, show director, Howard Cartledge, said; “We were extremely disappointed when we had to cancel the show in January. We are determined to give Manchester a Motorbike show and it looks like that is almost certainly going to happen in April, which is great news!”
 
Further information on the show line-up will be released soon.
 
For further visitor information please visit www.bikeshowseurope.com. For trade enquiries please contact Billy Homer on 07775753966 or email billybird_uk@yahoo.co.uk 
 
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Posted by calendarboy on Tuesday, January 26 @ 13:54:13 GMT (15 reads)
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 LONDON MOTORCYCLE SHOW, EXCEL

PHP-NukeIt would seem that following the recent Manchester show being postponed, there has been an upsurge in traders booking stands for the event. Among the latest to confirm stands are members Crossbow-Calendars.com and Bike Colours.
Advance ticket sales have smashed last year’s targets with the organisers announcing they are 80% up year on year.
Norton and the Piaggio group are the latest manufacturers to confirm their attendance at the show.
A few celebrities will be showing their faces too including Britain's hottest young star Bradley Smith, Chris Walker, Michael Dunlop and the legendary Terry Rymer.

Posted by calendarboy on Tuesday, January 12 @ 17:51:23 GMT (65 reads)
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 Elsie Wilkes & David Banks

PHP-NukeIt is with deep regret that we have to inform members of the passing of both Elsie Wilkes & David Banks who were friends to many of us through their tireless work for charity. Firstly for the Jumbo GB Organisation, and more recently the David Cooper Memorial Run.
Like many of us we knew Elsie and David very well, in fact for over 25 years, and you can be sure if there are pearly gates up there, then Elsie will certainly glide through them with David.

Posted by calendarboy on Tuesday, January 12 @ 17:28:24 GMT (30 reads)
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 MOTORCYCLE ROAD TAX INCREASE

PHP-NukeBiker's,  the BMF have a petition on the  Number 10 website about the proposed increase in Motorcycle Road Tax. You can add your name now by clicking on this link.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/motorcycleved/ 

Lets get behind this BMF campaign and show the goverment that bikers matter, remember they are looking for your vote this year, so get on board now.

Posted by calendarboy on Wednesday, January 06 @ 15:37:13 GMT (100 reads)
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 BMF TAILEND IS ON THE MOVE !

PHP-NukeAs part of the British Motorcyclists Federation’s 50th year celebrations, the bmf’s Tail End show is on the move! After ten years at Peterborough’s East of England Showground, Tail End will move to the stunning Lincolnshire Events Centre at the Lincolnshire Showground.
 

This is the first major initiative from the bmfs new event organisers the Mulberry Group and comes after a thorough review of the whole of the bmf’s events’ portfolio.
Signalling a complete overhaul for Tail End with a new location, fresh layout and new attractions, the Lincolnshire Events Centre (www.lincs-events.co.uk), located on the main A15 just 2 miles north of Lincoln, was readily identified as being in the right place and with the right facilities for this major initiative. Recently benefiting from a £7.8 million investment programme, the massive 205 acre site also offers over 3,000m² of indoor exhibition space in addition to the external exhibition areas.



Posted by calendarboy on Monday, December 21 @ 23:20:23 GMT (67 reads)
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 Most Popular Shows 2009 Results

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Click Read More to see the results of this survey for 2009.

You can now vote on the left for your favorite show for the 2010 survey.

Posted by calendarboy on Monday, December 21 @ 22:52:16 GMT (93 reads)
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 AT LAST: GOOD NEWS FOR CROSSBOW CALENDARS

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After a nightmare 7 weeks off line, Crossbow Calendars are now back on line at their normal address:
www.crossbow-calendars.com    email:  info@crossbow-calendars.com

They extend their thanks to American Domain Name Registry www.networksolutions.com  who were contacted a week ago following the problems they were having with their existing Domain Registry www.pacnames.com who offered nothing at all in the way of customer support. It was their non co-operation, and refusal to reply to either emails or telephone calls which caused Crossbow to be OFF LINE FOR 7 WEEKS.
This is apparently not an unusual problem with Domain Registry’s, so the advice is to make certain of the customer service offered before registering a domain name with any company.
As for www.pacnames.com  the advice is to avoid them like the plague unless you wish to suffer the same level of non support as Crossbow experienced.


Posted by calendarboy on Monday, December 21 @ 21:18:33 GMT (40 reads)
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 Donington True to Form

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It will come as no surprise to members that Donington Park have lost the contract for the British Formula 1 GP next year. The question is where do Donington go from here. We certainly don't know, but can suggest  that they reduce their rents drastically to try and get exhibitors to return to whatever events they have left for their 2010 schedule.


Posted by calendarboy on Thursday, October 29 @ 16:11:22 GMT (85 reads)
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 NEW STREETFIGHER EVENT FOR LONDON

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Hot on the heels of announcing their sponsorship of the Alley Pally Show in 2010, the Ace Cafe have announced the launch of the London Streetfighter show and Stunt Festival which will be held at Wembley on the 25th July. Click read more for the rest of this story

Posted by calendarboy on Wednesday, October 21 @ 11:52:51 BST (113 reads)
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 ALLEY PALLY 2010 UPDATE

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We are sure that you will be pleased to hear that following lengthy negotiations, Ace Cafe London and The Ally Pally Motorcycle Show have come to an agreement which with immediate effect means that the Show is renamed The Ace Cafe London Motorcycle and Custom Show and joins the highly successful group of Ace Cafe live events which includes the famous Brighton Burn Up and the new Streetfighter Festival which will be held in July next year.

This is excellent news given that the uniting of these two iconic brands will create a show which will be unique in character and scope. It will also bring to the party the custom element which since the demise of the London International Custom Show earlier this year has had no event representing the market in London.

The organiser are very confident that this development will deliver to the motorcycle industry a show to be proud of. Exciting, imaginative and truly reflecting the nature of the customer, the riding public. Existing bookings at the show will remain unchanged. 

New exhibitors, or exhibitors from 2009 who have not yet booked their stand, please drop a quick email to Chris Gothard chris@esnevents.co.uk


Posted by calendarboy on Monday, October 12 @ 16:29:17 BST (127 reads)
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 SCOTTISH MOTORCYCLE SHOW

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Members please note the date for the Scottish Motorcycle Show have been changed to the 20th - 21st of March 2010.

Posted by calendarboy on Tuesday, September 22 @ 13:24:59 BST (108 reads)
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 NEC RECIEVES SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM MANUFACTURERS

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Organisers of International Motorcycle and Scooter Show are delighted to announce a groundbreaking three year commitment from major manufacturers BMW, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha with confirmation for 2009 from Triumph, KTM and for the first time in over a decade, off-road specialists Husqvarna make an historic return to the Show.

To date, a total of twenty-seven companies have signed up to exhibit at the Show for three years including bike manufacturers Victory Motorcycles, Royal Enfield and Watsonian Squire to name but a few.

This announcement underpins the long-term future of the Show and is a welcome show of support from the exhibitors that will only add to the stability of this popular, well-established event.


Posted by calendarboy on Tuesday, August 11 @ 18:29:32 BST (123 reads)
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 MCN SCOTTISH SHOW

PHP-NukeMCN have announced a new licensing deal with Live Promotions, which will see Live Promotions running the MCN Scottish Show next March.
This move firms up Live Promotions stake in the Motorcycle market as they also run all the BMF shows in Peterborough, Shepton Mallett & Kelso

Posted by calendarboy on Tuesday, August 11 @ 15:07:13 BST (130 reads)
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 Donington Legal Settlement

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Motorsport fans remained at the heart of Donington Park’s plans today as the landowner, Wheatcroft and Son Limited, and circuit leaseholder, Donington Ventures Leisure Limited (DVLL), confirmed that they have reached an agreement which they hope will move a step closer to securing the future of East Midlands’ parkland circuit Donington Park.

The settlement was reached after court proceedings were issued by Browne Jacobson LLP, acting on behalf of Wheatcroft & Son Limited, seeking £2.47m in rent arrears and forfeiture of the circuit lease.


Posted by calendarboy on Friday, June 05 @ 19:46:49 BST (177 reads)
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 SHOW CANCELATIONS

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Many traders have been predicting that it was only a matter of time before the high rents being charged by many shows would result in a lack of support from traders and shows being cancelled. It would now appear that we have reached this point, with bike & other shows being canceled due to the lack of support from traders.
 
We have seen rents continue to rise over the past few years, while taking's have continued to drop. It was only a matter of time before some shows became uneconomic for traders to attend, and we would now seem to have reached that point.

We will no doubt see more shows struggle to get the necessary numbers of traders to make a show viable over the next year, and there is now an increasing number of traders who are turning their backs on the larger shows, in favour of small events with a realistic rent.

Why pay £400 + rent for two days when you can attend a smaller event for around £40, many of which offer FREE entry, so the visitors have some money to spend.

This is the other problem that many traders are concerned about, entry prices. With these continuing to rise a family visitor with wife and children has nothing left to spend after paying for entry, add to this the usual high cost of food & drink and you can see why we are suffering.

Why are food stalls charged higher rents which result in these sky high prices, it's not rocket science, reduce the rent to the food stalls, and insist that the prices are lowered, as this is without doubt top of most visitors complaints at shows.

It is now down to venue owners to rethink what they are charging for venue hire, and organisers to push for lower rents, after all if we are all feeling the pinch, surely with shows now being cancelled they must be getting the message at last.


Posted by calendarboy on Wednesday, May 06 @ 14:47:19 BST (202 reads)
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 SHOW EQUIPEMENT SALES & WANTS

PHP-NukeIf you have any show equipment etc to sell, or are looking for a bargain check out the CLASSIFIED SALES. Members can email with any show equipment they wish to sell or stock items, and we will advertise these here for you.

FREE SERVICE FOR MSTA MEMBERS

Non members can email info@msta.org.uk for advertising rates

Posted by calendarboy on Friday, April 03 @ 15:58:14 BST (308 reads)
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 2009 SHOWS DOWN IN LINE WITH THE HIGH STREET

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Sadly last year saw a drop in trade for many exhibitors at most UK Motorcycle shows. We have now received feedback from over 35 members and the general comment was that taking's were down by between 20-25%.
This is further proof that traders could be in for a difficult year in 2010, and many traders are looking to show organisers to help by negotiating better deals on venue hire to enable a reduction in rent to be passed on.
Due to the high cost of fuel, emission control zones, and increased hotel costs, an exhibitor with just two staff can now be looking at anything from £500.00 plus in costs, before the rent at a show is taken into account, and raises the question how much longer can the exhibitors continue to find motorcycle show's a viable option.


Posted by calendarboy on Sunday, March 22 @ 20:17:45 GMT (228 reads)
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 STRANGE HAPPENINGS AT EXCEL

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As trader's know organizers from other show's will often visit a show and canvas traders during the show and stop for a chat, it is normal procedure. So you can imagine the astonishment when someone associated with another show was asked to leave the Excel show, and escorted from  Excel.

Fortunately the person concerned was able to get a refund of the £18.00 ticket which had been purchased to obtain entry, but was none the less shocked at such strange behavior.



Posted by calendarboy on Thursday, March 05 @ 19:08:09 GMT (281 reads)
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 Show Electrics Top Ten

PHP-NukeFollowing the interest and number of visitors reading the cost comparison chart for exhibiting at UK shows lower down the page, we have now produced a simular Top Ten for the cost of electricity at the different shows.

The least expensive at number 1 etc

For the results click read more

Posted by calendarboy on Wednesday, October 01 @ 18:39:33 BST (335 reads)
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     2008 SHOW LISTINGS
IMPORTANT NOTE:
All show dates correct when posted on this site, to avoid disapointment, please check with the organisers by clicking on the web links.

2010 MOTORCYCLE SHOWS

FEBRUARY 2010

MCN Motorcycle Show
4th-7th Feb 2010
Excel
London

Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show
20th/ 21st Feb 
Bath and West Showground
Shepton Mallet
Website:
www.classicbikeshows.com

Ace Cafe ALLEY PALLY London Motorcycle and Custom Show
26th Feb -28th Feb
Alexandra Palace
London
Website:
www.classicshows.org


MARCH 2010


Scottish Motorcycle Show
20-21st March
Highland Center
Inglestone
Website:


APRIL 2010

Manchester Motorcycle Show
Manchester Central
(Formaly G-Max Centre)
PROVISIONAL DATES
3-4th APRIL
TO BE CONFIRMED
Website:
www.bikeshowseurope.com


Ace Cafe Southend Shakedown
Southend on Sea
5th April 2010

Classic Motorcycle Show
24th/25th April 2010
Stafford County Show Ground
Website:
www.classicbikeshows.com


MAY 2010

BMF Show
15-16th May 2010
East of England Showground
Website:
www.bmf.co.uk

Ace Cafe Margate Meltdown
Margate Seafront
31st May 2010


JUNE 2010

GEMS Show
5-6th June 2010
Kent County Showground
Detling, Kent
Website:
www.bmf.co.uk



JULY 2010
Kelso Bikefest
10-11th July
Springwood Park
Kelso, Scotland
Website:
www.bmf.co.uk


AUGUST 2010

The Motorbike Show
7th - 8th August
Royal International Pavilion
Llangollen
Nth Wales
Website:
www.themotorcycleshow.co.uk

South West Motorcycle Show
Westpoint Centre, Exeter
28/29th August
Website:
www.bikeshowseurope.com



SEPTEMBER 2010

Ace Cafe Brighton Burn Up
Brighton Sea Front
12th September 2010

BMF Tailend Show
Lincoln Showground
Lincoln
Website:
www.bmf.co.uk


OCTOBER 2010







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