Just some info on whats on at Doncaster Carp Show next Weekend, slideshows/talks etc all listed below, if you're interested.
👀The Doncaster Carp Show is back 21-22 March 2026 👀
💥 SATURDAY TICKETS SOLD OUT
💥 SATURDAY AFTERNOON TICKETS LOW
💥 SUNDAY TICKETS LOW
💥DON'T MISS OUT
â›”ENTRY TICKET ONLY- NO ENTRY ON DOOR
💪 Now with not 1 but 2 halls of exhibitors!
🚨 The only Carp Show in the North, come and show your support!
🎉 Buckle up for the biggest Carp Show ever to hit the North!.
👀 Masses of Carp Brands, form the huge brands down to small bespoke manufacturers!
💪 See the products in the flesh, try them on- try them out. Talk to the guys who designed and make them and get a real insight into the ethos behind each and every brand.
🎣 Casting arena, casting and tuition with FreeSpirit, and Trakker, try them out and see what you like-all free.
🎉 Every visitor gets a free £15 free gift- film bundle and vouchers emailed to you after the show.
🎥 Exclusive big name quality slideshows all day both days; Frank Warwick Q&A, Elliott Gray & Tom Stokes, Korda & Ali Hamidi
👨"ðŸ‘©"ðŸ‘¦ Kids go free, new interactive area with goody bags from Korda , Ooze, Parker Baits and Crafty Catcher.
🎏 New koi area, with pond set up, talk the biggest guys in Koi
🅿️ Masses of free car parking and easy access from motorways.
📍Doncaster Racecourse, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6BB
👀 Biggest ever FreeSpirit Rod Raffle- Live now! 👀
Win a set of any of their rods upto to a value of £1500, you choose the prize any model and any build you want.
Just a £10 ticket and limited to 350 tickets each day.
Each entrant gets a £15 film bundle free gift for entering
You don't even have to visit the show to enter and win, they are couriered directly to you from FreeSpirit. Tickets are emailed to you.

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Spyder spod have a stand at the brands hatch carp show and freespirit are casting with them in the casting arena

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Cotswold aquarius have a stand at the brands hatch carp show, so you will be able to see one in the flesh and chat to the team if you're at the show

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Just a heads up
Saturday tickets are 90%, sold out, so should sell out completely shortly, there is no entry on the door.

Carl Smith, from fish with Carl, is there on the Saturday- not sure about the Sunday.

This year for the first time, you can upgrade your tackle, by selling it at the show. We are working with The Tackle Tavern, who have a big stand at the show selling pre-loved tackle and will also buy your old tackle, its going to work by you emailing them your tackle details prior to the show, they will give you the offer price and if agreeable, then you bring it along to the show for them to buy from you. Details will be up on our facebook page this week and also in a newsletter going out by email next week.

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Hi
Its not Ai, just bullet points- in this modern age of swiping, people have a very low threshold to read too much information.

Floorplan is up on website now.

👏The biggest ever UK Carp Show and the most exhibitors in our 19 year history.
👀 Tickets selling at a record rate with Saturday already 70% sold out!
🎟️ Get show information & tickets here👉https://brandshatchcarpshow.com/
👀Why come to the show👇
☑️Buckle up for the Biggest Carp Show Event, ever to hit the U.K.
✅Masses of Brands many Exclusive like - Freespirit and many many more.
☑️Casting Arena, is only at our shows, have a go with Korda, Freespirit, Trakker and South Coast Rods
🎥 Exclusive Big Name quality slideshows all day both days, with; Korda, FreeSpirit, Ali Hamidi, Elliott Gray and more.
✅See the Brand New products in the flesh, try them on- try them out. Talk to the guys who designed and make them and get a real insight into the ethos behind each and every brand. This is what makes the show great!
☑️Kids go free, new interactive area with kids goody bags from Korda, Ooze, Cornz, Parker Baits and Crafty Catcher. All kids activities are free.
✅Only show where every visitor gets a free £15 free gift- subscription film bundle.
☑️The countries biggest retailers to give you the very best deals they can.
📆Show Date, February 7-8th
🅿️ Masses of free car parking and easy access from motorways.
📍Brands Hatch Race Circuit, TN15 6FS
👀 Biggest ever FreeSpirit Rod Raffle- Live now! 👀
Win a set of any of their rods upto to a value of £1500, you choose the prize any model and any build you want.
Just a £10 ticket and limited to 350 tickets each day.
Each entrant gets a £15 film bundle free gift for entering
Get raffle tickets here👇https://brandshatchcarpshow.com/raffles/

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Apologies I replied to the wrong post, doh.

In reply to Post #8
For the defenders, would you say 1/2, a size up on your shoe size, or the same?

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To reply to the last few questions;

Traffic last year was chaos,due to being hit by 100mph wind gusts which caused us structural damage and meant delaying the show by a week, this meant the market wasn't obligated to be closed as they are for our scheduled date. Thus we had traffic for both events and lost one access point. The market is scheduled to be closed on our show date, so we don't anticipate any traffic issues, as was the case on the Sunday of last year- market is Saturday only.

FreeSpirit, Korda, Nash and Trakker will all have team members and rods from there ranges available to cast, get tuition, pick their brains, all for free. It would be worth contacting the brand in advance if you wish to try out a particular model, they will have all the popular models but maybe not the entire range.

Entry is advanced ticket only and we have sold out well in advance for the last shows.

I run the Essex Carp Show and will add just this one comment to this thread.
There seems to be a fair degree of misinformation here, so here are some facts, direct from the horses mouth, so to speak and not Chinese whispers.
Our cheapest stand is £340+vat including shell scheme and lighting.
I will give just one example of why we honour exclusivity agreements with some exhibitors. Some years ago we had a koi pond designer approach us for a stand ( having never previously had any pond people approach us ), to display their glass fronted ponds. They wanted to do it properly and needed a largish stand to hold a pond which would weigh 7 tonnes, filled with water. We had to upgrade the flooring support, liaise with a specialist company to supply 7 tonnes of clean water, suitable for very valuable large koi. It was a fantastic success and great centre piece for the show, some of you may remember it. The following year we had 4 enquiries from pond companies wanting small stands, we turned all of them down, we will always protect our exhibitors investment so they can make a return at our show and I make no apology for that. Unfortunately the original company have not been able to exhibit for a couple of years but we hope to have them back.
This is what you get for your £14 entry+ ticket handlers fee.
A free film bundle from a host of subscription Carp media companies worth Approx £15 itself, this is emailed out to all ticket purchasers after the show.
6000 sq mtrs+ of carp brands, from the biggest players down to bespoke manufacturers, from the likes of 7 huge korda stands and their whole team, right down to the smaller unique companies like; Western Developments, Forgotten Flavours, Hadlow college and many many more. We have far more smaller stands than we do larger ones.
You can cast any rod in the range and get free tuition from the likes of Korda, FreeSpirit, Nash and Trakker with guidance from their team of anglers. Darrell Peck and Terry Edmonds were outside for Korda last year.
We have a free interactive area set aside for kids, where they have a go with a whip and get free gifts courtesy of companies, such as Korda, Cornz, Crafty Catcher and more.
5 quality slideshows on a huge 7mtr screen each day, this year we have; Freespirit, Korda, Ali Hamidi, Nash and Elliott Gray.
Weather permitting a huge outside Bivvy display.
Not only can you see the products in person, try them on or try them out but you can talk to the people who designed them and get a feel for the ethos behind each company.
Each and every exhibitor put in a massive amount of effort to showcase their products to you and each of them has a vested interest in giving you the very best deal they can, whether that be just a box of gas or a brand new product being launched at the show. We have a number of big product launches at the show from rods right down to end tackle.
If your interested in anything listed above, then its great value for a great day out in February. If not then no bother at all.
We are also launching our show at Doncaster Racecourse 5-6th April, which mirrors our long standing Essex show but for the North, so if the above sounds like a great day out and its to far, come and support the only show in the north.
Peace out.