The North American International Toy Fair, an annual fixture that brought fun, games, and nearly everyone in the toy industry to Manhattan for more than 100 years, is leaving the Big Apple for the Big Easy.
The Toy Association, the trade group that hosts the fair, announced today that the fair will move to New Orleans starting in 2026.
The next, and last – at least for now – New York Toy Fair will be held in March of 2025.
The Toy Association, however, has changed its mind before, and could do so again, as trends change in the evolving toy industry.
For now, though, the association is committed to hosting the toy show at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans in mid January in 2026, 2027, and 2028.
The show will be held January 17-20 in 2026, January 9-12 in 2027, and January 15-18 in 2028, all in New Orleans.
This year the association shifted the fair to the fall, saying it wanted to accommodate the needs of manufacturers and retailers for longer lead times for toy orders. In recent decades the New York Toy Fair traditionally has been held in February, at the Javits Convention Center.
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