Breyerfest 2020! Are You Ready?!

2020 is here and that means that BreyerFest tickets are now on sale! The theme for 2020 is Celtic Fling and it promises to be a very unique BreyerFest this year.

First, the tickets.  Tickets went on sale January 2nd and cost the same as they did last year.  $85 for Collector Club member adults and $87.50 for non Collector Club member adults.  Children's tickets are in the $60s. The exact prices are on our Facebook group and the link to purchase the tickets are there as well.  This year, make sure that you are logged into your Collector Club account and you will need to enter a code this year for the discount- CC2020Tickets. There is no limit to how many tickets that you can purchase.  They also added more days to the BreyerFest Lounge. For $35, you can choose a day (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) and be allowed access to the lounge above the Covered Arena and watch the equine performances in air conditioning and be served a light refreshment. Don't forget to pick up your parking pass for $13 while you are ordering your tickets as well!

Second, there are some things that are not changing this year that changed last year, if that makes sense! You are still able to pick up your Celebration Model when you are purchasing your Special Runs.  This was a great option last year and let me tell you, I loved it! It made it so much easier to get my models in mostly one place.  I have a tendency to want to get all of my models in one day so that I can enjoy the rest of my weekend so this was a great option.  The next change that remained from last year is that the Live Auction is on Saturday,  It is located in the Hall Of Champions and I believe that it starts at 5:30pm. Also, there again will be three Pop Up Stores.  This became a topic of hot debate last year as to where they would be and let me tell you, I tried to tell people exactly where they would be and I was ignored.  But no worries, this year I will let people know like I did last year and well, if they don't believe me, I will be printing out a map or five! The locations are as follows:  Across from the Covered Arena, The Celebration Park near the petting zoo, and the Altech Arena during the Evening Shows where there will be limited stock. The last change last year that I will add here is that there will be two bag checks.  I do not have confirmation that they are doing this again, but I will include it since it might happen.  Last year, there was a bag check right outside of the line for the Special Run Tent and one over by the Breyer Store.  The bag check is great when you want to go into the store and do not have someone to watch your bags.  Make sure that you keep your ticket and turn it back in when you return and know that these guys are volunteers and they might misplace a bag, but they normally find it and make it right.  Those are all of the old changes.  Onto the New Changes....

Third, there are some new changes that are coming that seem to be making people nervous.  I, for one, think that these new changes are going to be amazing.  The first is that the Celebration Model and Stablemate hand out will be in the same location, over the the Pop Up Store and the Autograph tent. There will be more help desks this year as well.  This was something that has been needed for several years now since BreyerFest has grown like crazy! There will be NO costume contest this year.  Breyer felt that it was not being implemented to the best of its ability and well, they are working on a way to make it bigger and better.  Instead of getting the Costume Contest, everyone that goes to the Evening Shows will be handed a raffle ticket and they will be eligible for a glossy Celebration Model.  Workshops will have their very own large and air conditioned tent over in the Annex Ring this year and it will have a floor and tarps to cut down on the dust.  Some of the workshops are already sold out, so make sure to grab the ones that you want early! The diorama contest will be in the Hands On Hobby booth now, which was located by the Covered Arena last year and was a large place to showcase several hobby members that customize and paint and so much more.  2020 will feature the diorama contest in the Hands On Hobby booth and that way you will be able to see just what dioramas have been entered and see who placed.  Last, but certainly not least of the new changes is the Sunday Raffle.  The Saturday Raffle will remain the same, however there has been a Special Run time added to Sunday so the raffle time has been pushed back until 3:30PM. You MUST be present to pick up the raffle model if you win so make sure to schedule your day around that since Sunday is the last day. 

I hope that this has helped you start to plan your adventure by giving you just what is changing and what is not changing.  There are MANY more posts planned and don't forget about our Facebook Group since that is where most of the information and the sharing is done.  We also have an Instagram, a TikTok, and a Youtube that you can follow.