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ThaDood:
Courtesy of WB8YST for this info. All subject to possible change:
This is a 2021 COVID version – most confirmed by www “?”

 

?Canceled 2021 | Breeze Shooters Hamfest and Computer Show

 

Canceled 2021 | Manassas Hamfest & Maker Technology Show

 

07/10/2021 | Mansfield InterCity ARC Trunkfest

Location: Mansfield, Ohio -
Type: 2019 ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: InterCity Amateur Radio Club

Website: : http://www.iarc.club

 

07/10/2021 | 37th Annual Firecracker Hamfest (facebook page seems iffy 2021)

Location: Salisbury, NC
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Rowan Amateur Radio Society
Website: http://www.rowanars.com/events

 

08/07/2021 | (Columbus Hamfest)

Location: Columbus, OH
Type: ARRL Hamfest - Aladdin Shrine Center
Sponsor: Voice of Aladdin ARC http://columbushamfest.com

 

???unknown 08-07-2021 Although not set yet, this should be the Huntington Hamfest

 
08/21&22/2021 | Alabama, Huntsville Hamfest
Location: Huntsville, AL      700 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801

Type: ARRL Southeastern Division Convention
Sponsor: Huntsville Hamfest

Saturday Grand Prize,  Yaesu FTdx-10 Sunday Main Prize,  MUST be present to win.

Yaesu FT-991A additional Sunday Main Prize, donated by Shack-in-a-Box
Website: http://www.hamfest.org

 

08/27,28,29/2021 | West Virginia State Convention

Location: Flatwoods, WV - Days Inn
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: WV State Radio Council
Website: http://qsl.net/wvsarc

 
08/28/2021 - Cincinnati Hamfest℠

Location: Owensville, OH
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Milford ARC
Website: http://CincinnatiHamfest.org

 

SUNDAY AUGUST 29, 2021 SKYVIEW RADIO SOCIETY SWAP N SHOP

Location: New Kensington, PA 2335 Turkey Ridge Road

Type: ARRL Convention

Sponsor: SKYVIEW RADIO SOCIETY

Website: http://www.skyviewradio.net/ham-fests/

 

09/03, 09/04 09/05, /2021 | Shelby HamFest

Location: Shelby, NC
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Shelby Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://shelbyhamfest.org

 
09/11/2021 - Greater Louisville Hamfest 2021 - 60th Anniversary

Location: Shepherdsville, KY
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Greater Louisville Hamfest Association
Website: http://LouisvilleHamfest.com
 
09/18/2021 - Richmond Hamfest

Location: Richmond, KY
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: CKARS
Website: http://www.ckars.org/hamfest

 

09/12/2021 | Butler SwapFest

Location: Butler, PA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Butler County Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://w3udx.org

 

 

Is this Canceled ?09/19/2021  | Coal Country ARC Hamfest 

Location: Madison, WV
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Coal Country Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.wv8ccc.org/?page_id=118

 

 

09/26/2021 | Cleveland Hamfest and Computer Show

Location: Berea, OH
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Hamfest Association of Cleveland
Website: http://www.hac.org

 

 

?10/09/2021  | Parkersburg - Wood County Hamfest 

Location: Wood County 4-H Campground
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Wood County Emergency Communications

Website: http://wc8ec.org

 

11/13-14/2021 | Fort Wayne Hamfest and Computer Expo

Location: Fort Wayne, IN (4000 Parnell Avenue)

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Center

Type: ARRL Convention

Sponsor: Allen County Amateur Radio Technical Society

Website: http://www.fortwaynehamfest.com/clubmain.htm

Went to this hamfest in 2019, I will highly consider going to more

 

ChrisSmolinski:
Two local hamfests I plan on attending:

Memorial Day Tailgate Hamfest
Sunday May 30, 2021
at the Howard County Fair Grounds
Rt. #144, West Friendship, Maryland
http://www.marylandfm.org/Hamfest.htm

BARC Father’s Day Hamfest and Marketplace
Sunday June 20, 2021…Hours: 8 am.-2 pm.
Location: the Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company grounds, 16020 Carnival Avenue, Upperco, MD 21155
https://w3ft.com/hamfest/

NJQA:
The Berryville, VA Hamfest, Aug 1, 2021 is on:
https://svarc.us/green-light-for-the-berryville-hamfest-on-august-1/#more-5919

While the Manassass, VA Hamfest is cancelled, a Tailgate Event will be held June 12, 2021:
https://w4ovh.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ovh-tail-gate-2021.pdf

ChrisSmolinski:
I've been to Berryville once I think?  Used to go to Manassass back in the 80s, I recall it was huge and always hot. There was usually a soft ice cream truck parked in tailgating section, I think he did the most business of anyone.

NJQA:
I’ve always found Berryville to be worth the trip.  Hot, yes (it is August after all), but the tailgate area was well shaded and the BBQ was good.  Really pleasant drive down there.   Last time I was there I saw some rare SW receiver boatanchors.  Berryville is one of my favorites.

Manassas used to be really good but fell out of favor in past years.   It was usually hot too and the tailgate area was out in the Sun - but that was at the PW County fairgrounds and the fairgrounds have been sold.  The hamfest is now at a different location in the city of Manassas.  I expected it to be poor when I attended the 2019 hamfest but was pleasantly surprised.  The new venue was not bad at all.  It even had good shade for the tailgate area.

Remember when the big hamfest in the DC area was Gaithersburg, MD?  It was huge and was two days long.  Timonium, MD was another big one.  Both are gone.  The others will disappear too if people don’t go.

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