{"id":15732,"date":"2025-02-04T11:42:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=15732"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:42:43","slug":"show-business-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/02\/show-business-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Business 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/02\/show-business-2025\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>After what felt like the longest month <em>ever<\/em>, we have at last reached February. And that means that we&#8217;ll soon be returning to the show circuit, with our first event, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twws.org.uk\/cavalier.html\">Cavalier<\/a>, coming up in just under three weeks, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammerheadshow.co.uk\/\">Hammerhead<\/a> the weekend after. We&#8217;re happy to take orders to be collected at either show, you can place these through the website using the &#8216;Collect at Show&#8217; shipping option (so you won&#8217;t get charged postage) and choose to pay in advance or on the day. Or you can just send us a message (using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/contact-us\/\">contact form<\/a>) to let us know what You&#8217;re after. We&#8217;re appreciate orders as soon as possible so we can get them ready, especially for Hammerhead &#8211; there won&#8217;t be much spare time between the shows to pack orders as we&#8217;ll have to restock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13480\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twws.org.uk\/cavalier.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13480\" data-attachment-id=\"13480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/02\/return-to-show-business\/twws\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TWWS.png\" data-orig-size=\"231,218\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TWWS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society logo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TWWS.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TWWS.png\" alt=\"Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society's club logo\" width=\"231\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society logo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_15773\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammerheadshow.co.uk\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15773\" data-attachment-id=\"15773\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/02\/show-business-2025\/hhead25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HHead25.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"602,128\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HHead25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Hammerhead Wargames show logo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HHead25.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HHead25.jpg\" alt=\"Hammerhead Wargames show logo\" width=\"602\" height=\"128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15773\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hammerhead Wargames show logo<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is our full list of shows for 2025, seven events in total. Sadly, although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hereward-wargames.co.uk\/\">Hereward<\/a> show is back this year after an enforced absence, we won&#8217;t be able to make it. Colours has changed its date (they&#8217;re dictated by the racing calendar at Newbury Racecourse) which means that the shows now fall on the same weekend, and we can&#8217;t make the logistics of two shows on consecutive days work. Hopefully the stars will align and he&#8217;ll be able to go back in future years.<\/p>\n<p>February 23rd \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twws.org.uk\/cavalier.html\">Cavalier<\/a>, Tonbridge<br \/>\nMarch 1st \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammerheadshow.co.uk\/\">Hammerhead<\/a>, Newark<br \/>\nApril 12th \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/southlondonwarlords.co.uk\/next-salute\">Salute<\/a>, London<br \/>\nJune 14th \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miltonhundred.com\/broadside\">Broadside<\/a>, Gillingham<br \/>\nJuly 13th \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joysofsix.co.uk\/\">The Joy of Six<\/a>, Sheffield<br \/>\nSeptember 6th \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/nrwc.org.uk\/colours-2025\">Colours<\/a>, Newbury<br \/>\nOctober 25th \u2013 Re-Play, RE Museum, Gillingham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After what felt like the longest month ever, we have at last reached February. And that means that we&#8217;ll soon be returning to the show circuit, with our first event, Cavalier, coming up in just under three weeks, followed by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/02\/show-business-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Our first show - Cavalier in Tonbridge - is in just under three weeks, followed the week after by Hammerhead in Newark. We're taking orders for collection at both shows which you can place through the website.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":961,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TWWS.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-45K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13479,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/02\/return-to-show-business\/","url_meta":{"origin":15732,"position":0},"title":"Return to Show Business","author":"Tony","date":"February 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Brigade stand will soon be open for business as we commence our show calendar for 2023. 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And of course Hammerhead is the following weekend, so again you don't have very long to place orders. You can do this via the website using the Pickup\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Shows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Shows","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/shows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scavengers-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scavengers-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scavengers-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scavengers-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12859,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/03\/hammered\/","url_meta":{"origin":15732,"position":2},"title":"Hammered","author":"Tony","date":"March 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Not great news this morning, unfortunately. Having packed the car yesterday ready for Hammerhead, I felt increasingly rough overnight. I've just taken a COVID test and, as I feared, it's positive :-( So obviously we won't be able to make the show tomorrow, which is absolutely gutting, given how long\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Updates and General Waffle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Updates and General Waffle","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/updates-and-general-waffle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220304_073823_008_copy_800x377.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220304_073823_008_copy_800x377.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220304_073823_008_copy_800x377.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220304_073823_008_copy_800x377.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17286,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/the-first-shows-of-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":15732,"position":3},"title":"The First Shows of 2026","author":"Tony","date":"February 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"So we're already into the second month of the year, after what may well have been the longest 31 days ever (I think we said this last year, but it's true again !). 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