Le Game Fair is the hottest ticket in town

It has been a tough couple of years for the French Game Fair. After closing due to COVID-19 in 2020, last year’s renewal was viewed as make or break. The weather forecast was awful, though, with torrential rain predicted. Right up to the night before it started, everyone was sure it would have to be cancelled.

In the end, Le Game Fair did open, as did the skies and visitors had to brave a mudbath. Brave it they did — and in sufficient numbers to encourage the organisers to go again this year, which was testament to the important place Le Game Fair has in many French hunters’ hearts. As it happened, 80,000 people turned out for the three-day show in 2021.

This year,