Would you like to visit the show ? Be welcome ! From 2027, our show will continue in the Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Lebbeke on the third weekend of May.

The address is:

Oktoberhallen Wieze Schrovestraat 22A 9280 Lebbeke

Are you coming by car? Then check here for the map.
Are you coming by public transport? Then look here for the route planner.

Would you like to participate as a seller/exhibitor? You can do so by sending us an email with your name, number of desired tables (1 table = 1.80 meters - with a maximum of 6 tables) and number of required badges + names of the people they are for! Please also read the guidelines for exhibitors below.

For more information about participating in the fair, you can always contact our secretary Rika Goethaels (email: bv************@***il.com; or at +32 475 70 85 01).

Exhibitor/Seller Guidelines

• Exhibitors/sellers are expected to be present during the two days, and only clean up their stand as of 15h on the Sunday.
• Subscribtions can only be done as mentioned above.
• Should you encounter problems, don't hesitate to contact our secretary: bv************@***il.com
• Price for a table (= 1,80 meter): € 70
• Exhibitor badges with names: possible to request 2 badges for the first table + 1 extra badge per additional table.
• Setup of the stands can be done on Friday between 16h and 19h or Saturday as of 8 a.m..
• Membership of the Royal BVC is mandatory for all exhibitors. This can also be arranged at the fair itself.

Since 1991, the Royal Belgian Association for Conchology has organized an annual shell fair.

In the early years, the fair was held at the Damien Institute in Aarschot – partly because one of the organizers was active there as a teacher. Soon, the school's cafeteria became too small to accommodate the ever-growing number of sellers and visitors, and the event moved towards Antwerp.

A sports hall was found in Deurne at the Schijnpoort near the Sportpaleis. We held our monthly meetings there as well as our fairs. However, plans for the Oosterweel connection meant that after about ten years, we had to look for a new location again.

A new location was found in the “Extra Time” sports hall in Hoboken (see photo on the right from 2014 during the fair setup), which would again serve as the epicenter for both the monthly meetings and the fair for about ten years. Expansion of that region and plans to transform the sports hall into a seminar center meant that in 2017 we had to say goodbye to Extra Time and look for a new location again.

While the monthly meetings have since been held at the Cultural Center of Sint-Anneke Linkeroever, the fair has been organized since 2018 in the “Kattenbroek” sports hall in Edegem. (See photo on the left from the setup in 2018).

Although the location is somewhat “out of the way,” Kattenbroek offered the best facilities to date in terms of hall space, natural light, catering, child-friendliness, and cleanliness. We therefore hoped that we would be able to organize our trade fair there for many years to come.

Unfortunately, in 2026 we were informed that Kattenbroek would be transformed into an indoor children's play area. This meant we had to look for a new location. This was certainly no easy task, as we needed a large hall, but it still had to be affordable, since we didn't want to store our tables (too much). The well-known exhibition halls (Antwerp Expo, Nekkerhall, etc.) proved too expensive, but fortunately, we found a beautiful hall in Wieze. Consequently, from 2027 onwards, the fair will move to East Flanders. We look forward to this new adventure.