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The Budgerigar Society 2026 Club Show
UPDATE – 25th May 2026
BS Grand Hotel Announcement
Time is running out for you booking your BS accommodation at the Grand Hotel, Blackpool for this year’s Club show.
Everything under one roof so check the Floor plan attached so you know where everything is situated.
Royal suite, Budgerigar show.
Lancaster suite, Trade stand and Sales birds.
Queens suite, The Gala Dinner Dance.
Trafalgar suite, The lectures, Friday night, All day Saturday and Sunday morning.
The Grand Auction, The Royal suite on Sunday.
The hotel runs a card payment only policy, but don’t forget to bring some 
for the BS raffles all weekend. The BS will also have a card machine available for credit cards but a minimum spend of £10 will apply and similar to last years event.
There will be a singer on in the bar on the Friday night and after a BS Quiz with prizes for the winners. Free to enter. There might even be some Auction items for sale.
Breakfast included, free car parking but remember to book your car registration in with reception on the monitor and also free WiFi.
You can pay a deposit and set amounts till 28 days before the event accommodation must be paid in full. You are booking at the Britannia central office and not directly with the Grand Hotel.
If you want to swim book the pool when you make your booking.
Any disability rooms will be on the ground floor so if you require one of these rooms you must ask at the time of booking.
All hotel rooms will be checked before our members arrive by their duty hotel manager. Any concerns speak directly with the duty manager or contact one of the Club show management team for some assistance.
Any issues with booking the hotel etc, please contact BS Social Secretary Adrian Richards on mobile 07946529456.
The Grand Hotel Blackpool is hosting the Budgerigar Society Club Show
The Queens Suite will be used for the BS Gala Dinner on Saturday 19th September 2026.
The Trafalgar suite will be used for all the BS lectures starting on Friday night, Saturday during the day and finishing on Sunday lunchtime, so watch out for all timings and speakers. The BS Trophy stand and BS presentation will also be in this room, which will be the place to be on Sunday afternoon to show your appreciation to all those that have won BS awards.
The Lancaster suite, just down the corridor from reception, will hold our BS Trade stands and the BS Sales birds.
The Royal suite will hold our Budgerigar society Exhibition show and you will be able to see the winner on Saturday afternoon and during the day on Sunday. All timings will be out soon.
Ps, embers all rooms are on one floor and under one roof.
Restaurant and bar is on the first floor just above the hotel reception.
Promotional Events
The Budgerigar Society Stand will be at the following events and we welcome members to come and introduce themselves to us and to pay subs, order rings and purchase products.
2026
Annual General Meeting 10th May 2026 – Bugbrooke, Northampton.
Conventions
The Budgerigar Society is renowned for organising super World Conventions of which there has been ten. Looking back at the history of the society there has been Conventions organised in 1954, 1959, 1975 (all at Harrogate), 1985 (Birmingham), 1990, 1995 (both at Scarborough), the Millennium Convention (Eastbourne), 2006, 2010 (both at Southport) and the 2015 Convention (Stoke). We must also remember that the American B.S. organised the second World Convention in 1956 in Chesterfield, Indiana.
Spring Events
The Budgerigar Society Spring Event held in 2018 was organised by a joint committee of the Budgerigar Society and the Northern Budgerigar Society and held in Scotch Corner, North Yorkshire. Events prior to this were 2004 in Doncaster following the Reovirus, 2011 in Woking, Surrey and 2012 in Seaton Burn, Newcastle.