Festive Gift Fair at the NEC Birmingham, 19

Shoppers across Warwickshire can get their Christmas shopping sorted on their doorstep this November, as Festive Gift Fair celebrates its 30th year at the NEC Birmingham with 325 stalls, Santa and the Grinch.

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The show runs from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 November, 9:30am to 5pm each day, and moves into the larger Hall 17 for the first time. After selling out last year, it is now advance booking only, with no tickets sold on the door.

Tickets start from £8 plus a transaction fee, and on Thursday and Friday, visitors who buy three adult tickets get a fourth free.

All the fun is included in your ticket! | FGF

For three decades, the fair has been where many Midlands families start their Christmas. Generations of shoppers return each year for a day out that, for many, marks the start of the festive season: the first Christmas jumper, the first mince pie, and getting the present list sorted.

Visitors can browse stalls of gifts, decorations, food and drink, with the chance to see, touch and taste before they buy. Many of the stallholders are small independent businesses, and many bring show-only offers and bargains, with gifts to suit every budget, making it the perfect place to tick off the whole Christmas list in one day.

Entertainment is included in the ticket price. Santa will arrive on his sleigh, the Grinch will be on the loose, and live singers and festive performers will appear across the hall. Visitors can step inside a giant snow globe, meet a stilt-walking tin soldier, and enter the daily Santa sack draw for the chance to win a giant sack of gifts.

Tickets are available now at festivegiftfair.co.uk.