Photography Trade Show Calendar for 2020 and early 2021 [updated]

Welcome to the Trade Show Calendar, a post that tracks camera and photography related trade shows, covering 2014.Q4 to early 2021, in reverse chronological order… This is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of every photography-related trade show on the planet, only the major/influential shows… For omissions/additions and corrections, please leave a comment or use the online contact form

Latest Update: December 23 (2020): Waiting to see how things go with the vaccine situation before I attempt another update of the calendar… All trade shows are subject to change/cancellation as of the time of writing due to the COVID-19 situation… Some shows moved to the Fall of 2020, others to 2021/2022, while others have TBD dates… As a result, the calendar is more jumpy than usual… Trade shows that don’t have confirmed dates have “??-??” as their date… SPE (every March) goes to a different city every year… CES changed their website to a .tech…

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May 2022
+ 18-21: Photokina in Cologne (Germany): moves here from May 2020

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January 2021
+ 6-9: CES 2021 in Las Vegas (USA) as usual
+ 14-19: Imaging USA in Nashville, Tennessee (USA)
+ 20-23: Society of Social and Wedding Photographers in London (UK), convention and trade-show
+ ??-??: Photo LA in Santa Monica (LA area, California, USA)

February 2021
+ 25-28: CP Plus in Tokyo (Japan)
+ ??-??: B&H Photo’s Depth of Field in New York
+ ??-??: PhotoPro Expo in Northern Kentucky & Cincinnati (USA)

March 2021
+ 1-4: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona::Spain
+ 7-11: WPPI (full conference) in Las Vegas (USA)
+ 18-21: Society for Photographic Education in Denver, CO (USA)
+ ??-??: The Photography Show (Birmingham, UK): the 2020 show moved to September, unknown if 2021 will also do so

April 2021
+ ??-??: NAB in Las Vegas (USA)
+ ??-??: Photo & Imaging in Seoul (Korea)

May 2021
+ next Photokina in May 2022

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January 2020
+ 5-10: CES 2020 in Las Vegas (USA)
+ 19-21: Imaging USA in Nashville, Tennessee (USA)
+ 22-25: Society of Social and Wedding Photographers in London (UK), convention and trade-show
+ 30-2: Photo LA in Santa Monica (LA area, California, USA)

February 2020
+ 11-12: B&H Photo’s Depth of Field in New York
+ 23-27: WPPI (full conference) in Las Vegas (USA)
+ 24-27: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (CANCELED due to COVID-19)
+ 28-3: CP Plus in Tokyo (Japan)
+ 27-2: PhotoPro Expo in Northern Kentucky & Cincinnati (USA)

March 2020
+ 6-8: Society for Photographic Education in Houston, TX (USA)
+ 14-17: The Photography Show (Birmingham, UK) moves to September 2020

April 2020
+ 18-22: NAB in Las Vegas (USA): CANCELLED, will launch “NAB Express” online trade show at a TBD later date
+ 23-26: Photo & Imaging in Seoul (Korea): CANCELLED

May 2020
+ 18-21: Photokina in Cologne (Germany): CANCELLED due to COVID
+ ??-??: Photoshop World, in Orlando, Florida (USA): MOVED to TBD 2021

June 2020
+ 2-6: Computex Taipei moves to September 2020
+ 4-7: Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles (USA): MOVED to TBD date

July 2020
+ no events?

August 2020
+ no events?

September 2020
+ 4-9: IFA in Berlin (Germany)
+ 11-15: IBC in Amsterdaaam (Holland)
+ 19-22: The Photography Show (Birmingham, UK) moved here from March 2020
+ 28-20: Computex Taipei in Taipei: moved here from May
+ 27-1: GITEX in Dubai

October 2020
+ 20-23: CEATEC in Tokyo (Japan)
+ 22-24: Photo Plus Expo in New York (USA)

November 2020
+ 5-9: Le Salon de la Photo in Paris (France) – also in english

December 2020
+ Ned Stark was right, Winter is Here with the COVID Walkers!

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