La Foire de Châlons (81st edition)

Dates: Friday 27 August 2027 – Sunday 6 September 2027
Venue: Le Capitole en Champagne, 68 avenue du Président Roosevelt, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne, Grand Est, France
Organizer: UCIA / Foire de Châlons
Phone: +33 3 26 68 20 44
Official website: https://www.foiredechalons.com/

About

La Foire de Châlons is the 2nd-largest agricultural trade fair in France and a major autumn commercial event in the Champagne / Grand Est region. The fair typically brings together around 800 exhibitors and hundreds of thousands of visitors over about 11 days, with themes including agriculture, gastronomy, home and interior, automotive, crafts and local produce. Evening concerts are presented under the Foire en Scène festival (2027 programme to be announced).

Official presentation figures for the prior (80th) edition cite 264,358 admissions in 2026, 765 exhibitors and about 200 conferences.

Dates (day-level, official — FUTURE)

Verified on the official Foire de Châlons website and the Châlons Tourisme 81st-edition listing (checked 2026-09-30 Asia/Shanghai):

• Start: 27 August 2027
• End: 6 September 2027
• Edition: 81 / Édition 81

Relative to today (2026-09-30 Asia/Shanghai) this edition is FUTURE, so it is published verified. The 80th edition (28 August–7 September 2026) is past and was not used. The CMS span 2025-11-13 was incomplete/past and discarded.

Daily opening hours for 2027 were not yet published in detail on the official site at verification time; do not invent hours.

Practical information

• Venue: Le Capitole en Champagne exhibition centre
• Address: 68 avenue du Président Roosevelt, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne
• Organizer office: UCIA/Foire de Châlons, Mess des entrepreneurs, 42 rue Grande Etape, BP 36, 51005 Châlons-en-Champagne Cedex
• Contact phone: +33 3 26 68 20 44
• Tourism listing notes free Saint-Thiébault parking and free shuttles (confirm closer to the event on the official site).

Sources verified (2026-09-30 Asia/Shanghai)

1. https://www.foiredechalons.com/ — Édition 81; du 27 août au 06 septembre 2027
2. https://www.foiredechalons.com/contact — UCIA contact phone and organizer address; same 2027 dates banner
3. https://foiredechalons.com/decouvrir/presentation — fair presentation and 2026 attendance/exhibitor figures
4. https://www.chalons-tourisme.com/agenda/81eme-foire-de-chalons-chalons-en-champagne-fr-3274124/ — 81ème Foire; 27 août–6 septembre 2027; Le Capitole venue address
5. https://en.chalons-tourisme.com/calendar/our-highlights/foire-de-chalons/ — tourism overview (2026 dates on that page; directed to official site for 2027)

Notes

• Title cleaned from CMS tourism suffix → La Foire de Châlons.
• Legacy slug fair-chalons-45684 left unchanged.
• Preferred sourceUrl is the official organizer site foiredechalons.com (not the tourism page).