NARBC Chicago anyone?

Hi everybody, i have seen that a bunch of you guys are from IL or the surrounding area, are any of you planning on going to the NARBC trade show in tinley park in the beginning of october???? I am from connecticut and only been to the New York Reptile Expo once which was small at the time, but i am looking forward to going to one of these massive ones. Im excited!

wildlifewarrior

There have been a couple of threads already asking this question.. just do a search and I'm sure you'll find them!

I am going, and quite a few others from here will be there too. It's a great show.. I went there last year.. and came home with 10 snakes. :O

i'm planning on going as well. don't know too much about who's going to be there, both from here and breeders. pretty interested and i'm sure i'm going to come home with another ball. ahh i need make a rack for my little snake room i'm setting up. shelby, or anyone else that has gone before, any can't-miss breeders there? i'm definitely a newbie so i'd love a heads-up.

If you take a look at www.kingsnake.com, it has all the shows listed.If you click on the vendors list after you click on the Tinley show you can view the list.I think they have the shows listed here on the home page also at the bottom.I am unable to go yet again this year :irkd: .

thanks, helped a lot! check it out and am definitely going. tempted to surprise my gf and get the VIP passes. I think she'd get a kick out it.

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thanks, helped a lot! check it out and am definitely going. tempted to surprise my gf and get the VIP passes. I think she'd get a kick out it.

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Cool.Now another show i recommend is the Indy show at the fairgrounds its the last Sunday of each month.I do not recommend the show that used to be the Streamwood show even though it moved now.I know every show has the good vendors with the bad,this show is just to many bads:irkd: .Majority of the vendors are pushing there non eating half dead garbage wild caughts as CBB and its sad.If you want anything thats Illegal in Illinois this show is the place to buy it then lol:P .

think i was there the last time it was held in the old location. saw some caimans and some other things i've never seen in person before.

Anyone going from the Milwaukee area? I want to go and am willing to drive if someone wants a ride. Let me know!!


Peace!

On that note: Anyone coming from the Chicago area by Lincoln Park? Doubt it but yeah I'll be driving and if anyone needs a ride. BP.Net=Teamwork lol.

Well, NERD will be there. Can't beat them for ball pythons. I think Bob Clark will be there again too.. there's a lot of big name breeders there.

I went to the reptile swap (that's the streamwood show) several times.. I thought it was a lot of fun, you just have to be careful when you buy.. just like at any show.

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Well, NERD will be there. Can't beat them for ball pythons. I think Bob Clark will be there again too.. there's a lot of big name breeders there.

I went to the reptile swap (that's the streamwood show) several times.. I thought it was a lot of fun, you just have to be careful when you buy.. just like at any show.

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Yea every show has the good with the bad.It seems that the majority of the group from Streamwood were the bad ones banned from other shows :P .Shelby have you ever been to the Indy show?

No.. where is that? I don't have my own car yet, so anything that requires an overnight stay isn't feasible for me yet.

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No.. where is that? I don't have my own car yet, so anything that requires an overnight stay isn't feasible for me yet.

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Its at the fairgrounds.It takes me about 3 hrs drive and i return home right after the show after we stop at Ponderosa of course.I take I-74 all the way until i get to Indy its a nice drive and the speed limit is 70 mph once you get out of Illinois lol.I normaly go in August as its the breeders expo and its kinda like Tinley as far as seeing the ball morphs.My daughter and myself went last year and we saw a butter ball for the first time:cool: .

Very cool.. so they do it several times a year? Do they have a website or anything?

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Very cool.. so they do it several times a year? Do they have a website or anything?

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Its the last Sunday of every month.I think we have its info here is called the Midwest expo and its Brian Hahns show(cool guy to talk to).If not you can see the info on www.kingsnake.com under the same show info.Now they are also having a bigger show at the convention center in November also.I was going to try and go to it but plans have been put on hold :irkd: .

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Yea every show has the good with the bad.It seems that the majority of the group from Streamwood were the bad ones banned from other shows :P .Shelby have you ever been to the Indy show?

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The crowd at the swap shifts around a lot, but you do have to watch some of the vendors. It's far easier for a small time hobbyist to get a table at the swap as well (in terms of cost/availability).