New York Toy Fair: Name change and new location for 2026 and beyond

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Visitors to New York Toy Fair had better be prepared for a change, as a shifting marketplace and ‘changing dynamics’ will see the event take place at the Javits Centre in New York just one more time on 1st – 4th March 2025 before leaving the Big Apple and heading 1342 miles south down I-85 S to the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and the first running of the North American International Toy Fair on 17th – 20th January 2026.

In response to a comprehensive evaluation of marketplace shifts and thoughtful consideration of the many constituents served, The Toy Association Board of Directors has announced that the next Toy Fair (aka: the North American International Toy Fair) will take place in the first quarter of 2025, with March 1st – 4th secured with the Javits Centre in New York City.

Following the 2025 event, Toy Fair will move to January at the award-winning New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The confirmed dates are:

January 17th-20th, 2026
January 9th-12th, 2027
January 15th-18th, 2028.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Visitors to New York Toy Fair had better be prepared for a change, as a shifting marketplace and ‘changing dynamics’ will see the event take place at the Javits Centre in New York just one more time on 1st – 4th March 2025 before leaving the Big Apple and heading 1342 miles south down I-85 S to the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and the first running of the North American International Toy Fair on 17th – 20th January 2026.

In response to a comprehensive evaluation of marketplace shifts and thoughtful consideration of the many constituents served, The Toy Association Board of Directors has announced that the next Toy Fair (aka: the North American International Toy Fair) will take place in the first quarter of 2025, with March 1st – 4th secured with the Javits Centre in New York City.

Following the 2025 event, Toy Fair will move to January at the award-winning New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The confirmed dates are:

January 17th-20th, 2026
January 9th-12th, 2027
January 15th-18th, 2028.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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