About The Fair
Unlock your students’ passion for STEM with a school trip that’s out-of-this-world. Join in at The Big Bang Fair for hands-on activities, STEM careers inspiration and exciting live shows.
The Big Bang Fair 2026 took place between Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 June 2026 at the NEC in Birmingham. The Fair will return in 2027. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to find out dates and when tickets are available!
Why take part
Challenge your students’ perceptions of STEM, open their eyes and inspire the next generation of inventors and innovators.
The Big Bang Fair is the perfect place to ask questions, explore career routes into the sector and meet real STEM professionals. Bring the whole class to see live shows, interactive careers panels and exciting activities, completely free of charge.
Who can take part
The Big Bang Fair is open to UK state-funded school groups only in:
- year 6 to year 8 (England and Wales)
- P7 to S2 (Scotland)
- year 7 to year 9 (Northern Ireland)
We can't wait to see you in 2027! Want first access to tickets? Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know when they're available.
Hands-on STEM inspiration
Meet the team
Our engagement projects team work hard to create programmes that inspire students and bring engineering careers to life. From sourcing inspiring speakers, creating exciting activities, crowning competition winners and more - they make it happen.
We're here to help. If you've got questions about one of our programmes or fancy a chat, get in touch!
The interactive activities to get the students involved brings STEM alive. Our students were really excited about trying EVERYTHING!
— Teacher