02/09/2026
Why are there SO many wedding fairs in September and October? 🤔💍
If you’re planning a wedding, you might suddenly have noticed wedding fairs, venue showcases and open days appearing everywhere.
There’s actually a very good reason for it.
Summer holidays are coming to an end, life starts getting back to normal and September traditionally marks the start of one of the busiest periods in the wedding industry.
For lots of couples, it’s when “we’ve got ages yet” suddenly becomes…
“Right… we really should start planning this wedding!” 😂
And the wedding venues know it too.
That’s why September and October are packed with wedding fairs, open evenings and showcases. They’re a great way to see venues dressed for a wedding, pick up ideas, ask questions and get a feel for what you actually want from your day.
Interestingly, Paul Walker Photography doesn’t routinely attend wedding fairs.
Quite simply, most of our weekends are spent photographing weddings, and over the years a large proportion of our bookings have come through recommendations, previous couples and people finding us directly.
So if you’ve already found photographers whose work you love, there’s no real reason to wait for a wedding fair before checking whether they’re available.
After photographing more than 2,000 weddings since 2003, we’ve watched the same pattern happen year after year.
The venue is usually the big one.
Once you’ve found somewhere you love and secured your date, everything suddenly becomes real.
And that’s also when it’s worth starting to think about some of the suppliers who can only be in one place on your wedding day.
Your photographer being a pretty important one.
Not because you need to panic and book everything tomorrow.
But if you’ve found a photographer whose photographs you love and, just as importantly, someone you’d actually like having around for most of your wedding day, it’s always worth checking your date sooner rather than later.
So if wedding planning has spent the summer somewhere near the bottom of the to-do list, you’re definitely not alone.
September is here.
Wedding fair season is starting.
Maybe it’s time to get that planning hat back on. ❤️
And if you’re heading to a wedding fair over the next few weeks…
Try the cake. Have the prosecco. Collect 47 brochures you’ll probably never look at again.
That’s basically the rules. 😂
Already got your wedding date?
Drop it in the comments or WhatsApp it over to us and we’ll happily check our availability for you.
No forms. No obligation. Just send us the date and we’ll give you a yes or no.
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