Tying the Nott, the East Midlands largest alternative wedding fair is BACK in 2021! We’re kicking COVID out of the window and bringing back all the unique, quirky, colourful and creative wedding inspiration to help you plan your awesome wedding day. So grab your tickets for Sunday 24th October 2021 at Nottingham High School!
We’ve got over 60 hand picked wedding suppliers who offer a range of tailored products and services to make your wedding personal to you.
Buy Tickets
Standard, group and vip options available.
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Our exhibitors
Pop and check out who will be there! More being added weekly
How to find us
Map and Directions - COMING SOON
About Tying the Nott
We’re the best wedding fair for your quirky wedding ideas…
In fact, we’ll probably just encourage you to take it further.
Come along to our wedding fair full of unique and inspiring wedding ideas and start putting together your dream wedding plans.
The East Midlands Largest Wedding Fair
From the heart of Nottingham
VIP Packages available
OVER 60 ALTERNATIVE WEDDING SUPPLIERS
Frequently Asked Questions
Who needs a ticket
You need to purchase a ticket for every person attending the show who are 16 or older. Under 16’s go free.
How much are the tickets?
Standard tickets are £5 – grab yourself a group ticket where the engaged couple go free! (ticket for 4 people) . VIP tickets are £12 each.
Whats included in the VIP ticket?
You’ll get
– Entry to the wedding fair
– A free glass of fizz
– Dedicated wedding planning Q&A session from the multi award winning ‘that black & white cat’ weddings (2 group sessions throughout the day)
– VIP Goody Bag
THE VENUE AND CAR PARKING
Nottingham High School is right in the heart of Nottingham wtih excellent link to public transport.
There is car parking on site but we’d encourage you to get public transport as we’re really close to the tram stop & bus routes. If you want to drive in, it’s really easy to reach us.
What are your opening times?
We’re open from 11am to 3pm.
The legal bits
– Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable
– VIP ticket holders need to be 18 or over to receive an alcoholic cocktail (a non-alcoholic option will be available)
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