06/12/2020
BrickFair Virginia Canceled
Friends, I am sorry to report that BF/VA 2020 is canceled.
Virginia's lockdown limits our venue to 50 people maximum whereas we typically host 1,100 exhibitors and vendors. While it's possible VA may ease their restrictions in the next 6 weeks, we really wouldn't know for certain until showtime was upon us. And people (our exhibitors and vendors) do need time to plan; BrickFair is not a show we can whip together in a week.
Moreover, I fear there is no safe way to host this show right now. Even if Virginia did loosen the rules, the Coronavirus doesn't rest.
Those who already paid, your public tickets and exhibitor registrations will be applied to BF/VA'21. Immediate refunds are available upon request. I will email these early payers directly over this weekend as I process this change.
VA 2021 is already scheduled and in our system. That expo will appear on our website, www.BrickFair.com
, next week, after BF/VA'20 has been removed - this reduces web user confusion.
At present, BrickFair New Jersey is still on. We now turn our focus to that show and the COVID status there. Alas, the U.S. upper East cost is the area hardest hit by the virus, so the fate of that show is still uncertain.
I am eager to see my LEGO friends again, my annual friends. But I don't want to kill them with my breathing. Let's all take this opportunity to thank ourselves for being safe and healthy and sensible. There will be other conventions and other exhibitions. We will meet again.
Play Well, Be Safe,
Todd and the BrickFair Team
