Pipe Events 2017
Pipe Events :: Tobacco Pipe Events & Shows
Browse our Tobacco Pipes Events calendar to find pipe events near you.
Contact Us to Add your own Event.
Upcoming Pipe & Tobacco Events for 2017
North American Society Of Pipe Collectors – 2017 Swap/Sell Pipe Show
9am to 5 pm Friday & Saturday August 25-26, 2017 – Free to the Public
Crowne Plaza Hotel
600 Metro Place North, Dublin, OH 43017
614-764-2200 or 866-372-5566
Mention the NASPC Pipe Show for a special rate of $112.
Exit 17A off 270 onto 161. Turn right onto Frantz Rd. Second light is Metro Place North.
Dealer Tables, Individuals, Smoke Shops, Pipe Makers. Browsing Encouraged! Bargains Abound! NASPC Fund-Raising raffle throughout the day. Dozens of great prizes, including many fine pipes! Tickets $1.00. Need not be present to win.
If you’re interested in any aspect of pipe smoking, or pipe collecting, don’t miss this show! Come to shop or talk pipes, tobacco and accessories with friendly, knowledgeable people! Table Fees:
$120.00. First come, first served.
For show information and table reservations: Jeff Knoll, 614-306-6239, email: naspc@graphictouch.biz
——————————————————-
The Greater Kansas City Pipe & Tobacco Show
September 22-24, 2017 (New Date – Used to be in June.)
The Greater Kansas City Pipe Club invites you to its 18th annual Pipe & Tobacco Expo to be held at the Elegant 5 Star Argosy Hotel Spa & Casino in Riverside, MO.
OUR PIPE SHOW FEATURES: A smoking tent located in a enclosed courtyard. Exhibit Hall w/covered smoking Balcony overlooking Missouri River. Friday Night Social Get-Together.
Pipe Smoking Contest (Under CIPC Rules) – Pipe Care and Refurbishing Clinic – Silent Auction
8TH Annual CARVING CONTEST 2017
SHOW FACILITIES
Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa
777 N. Argosy Parkway
Riverside, MO 64150
Room Reservations: $139
Phone : (800) 270-7711
Mention the Greater KC Pipe Club Block
SHOW RESERVATIONS – Vendors & Attendees Make on-line reservations at www.gkcpipeclub.com
——————————————————-
8th Annual 2017 West Coast Pipe Show
Nov. 4-5, 2017 – NOT CONFIRMED YET
Palace Station
Las Vegas, NV
The 9th annual West Coast Pipe Show will be held Nov. 5-6, 2017, at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino. For West Coast Pipe Show room rates, contact the Palace Station Hotel & Casino at 800.634.3101; website: www.palacestation.com. For table reservations and other information, contact Steve O’Neill at P.O. Box 2258,
Kapaa, HI 96746; phone: 435.760.2411; email: steve@westcoastpipeshow.com ; website: www.westcoastpipeshow.com
SHOWS THAT HAVE ALREADY PAST IN 2017
——————————————————-
February 18th, 2017: The St. Louis Pipe Club Annual Pipe Show and Swap!
Location: Webster Groves Masonic Lodge in suburban St. Louis County. 12 East Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO
Time: February 18th, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with set up and reception Friday evening at the Lodge.
Hotel: Best Western Kirkwood Inn, Located at 1200 S. Kirkwood Road (also know as Lindberg Rd.), Kirkwood, MO. Phone: (314) 821-3950. Non smoking (All Saint Louis Country and City Lodgings are, but rooms have balconies where smoking is apparently allowed). Show rate $92 until January 28th, limited rooms.
This show has historically been the first major show of the season and has been well attended with a lot of action in the past. The show is totally smoker friendly throughout the venue. Two rooms, a “Men’s Lounge” and “Library” are available for relaxation during the show. Special arrangements have been made for both hot and cold food and beverages during the show.
The club has 70 spaces available for vendors and others interested in displays. Sixty-four (64) of the spaces measure 4’X32″. Six of the spaces are 8’X32″. The 4’spaces are $50.00 and the 8’spaces are $100.00. Of course, two 4’spaces can be combined to make for a larger total display area. The venue is slightly smaller than in past years and we have had to make each display space slightly smaller to meet the demand. The price per space is also less than in the past.
Mailings are going out a little late this year. Hopefully around January 4th. Reservations will be confirmed when funds are received by the show coordinator: Bob Metzler, 7630 Bracken Circle, St. Louis, MO 63123. Please make checks payable to “The St. Louis Pipe Club”. He may be reached at 314-434-0920. You may also text a fellow coordinator Harry Malin during the day or call him at night at: 314-619-0822.
Door prizes will be given and a silent auction will be held. The club will be very appreciative should you decide to contribute prizes and/or auction items. They may be sent to Bob Metzler at the address above.”
——————————————————-
International Pipe Smoking Day (ISPD) – February 20, 2017
February 20th has again been designated this year as International Pipe Smoking Day. Please click on http://www.IPSD.EU for more information regarding this event.
As you will see there, the ISPD goal is simple and straight forward: pipe smokers around the globe will unite by lighting up together that day – to celebrate the noble art of pipe smoking and the close fraternity of briar lovers across all borders. A world wide communion of pipe smokers!
——————————————————-
March 11, 2017: New York Pipe Show, 24th ANNUAL PIPE CONVENTION
SHOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC @ 10:00 AM——-
LOCATION: WYNDHAM NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HOTEL 1-973-824-4000
Parking is Free – get stamp or ticket at show or front desk
SPECIAL Hotel ROOM RATES Ask the front desk about THE PIPE SHOW DISCOUNT
Rate Per Table: RETAILERS $85.00 (a) Paypal $89.00 COLLECTORS $70.00 (b) Paypal $74.00
CHECKS ONLY PAYABLE TO: RICHARD ESSERMAN, 238 AYCRIGG AVE, UNIT D, PASSAIC, NJ 07055
EMAIL: bigpipeguy@gmail.com or resserman@unicefusa.org
——————————————————-
(TAPS) Raleigh Pipe Show – April 8, 2017
The Triangle Area Pipe Smokers (TAPS) will host the 20th annual TAPS Pipe and
Tobacco Expo on Saturday, April 8th 2017, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the North
Carolina State Fairgrounds in the Governor James G. Martin Building, Raleigh,
N.C. For more information contact TAPS at 919.848.0685; e-mail: info@tapsclub.us;
Web site: www.tapsclub.us.
——————————————————-
Chicago Pipe Show
The Chicagoland Int’l Pipe & Tobacciana Show – May 3 – 7, 2017
Admission: $15 for one or both days
Pre-Show Dates:
May 3 – 5 (Wed, Thurs & Fri)
Show Dates:
May 6 & 7 (Sat & Sun)
Post Show:
May 8 (Mon)
There will be a pipe making seminar on Wednesday May 3 & Thursday May 4 (there is a charge for this seminar). In addition to our long running 2 day intermediate pipe finishing seminar, we will offer up to 4 students an associated 2 day pipe drilling and finishing seminar with some one-on-one drilling instruction from Lee
Erck.
On Thursday May 4th we expect to have an all-day tobacco blending seminar in the tent.
On Friday May 5th, the *Swap and Smoke* (buy/sell/trade event) will start at 8am and run until 4pm. With more than 80 vendors this is one of the largest pipe shows in the USA, and it is free to both buyers and sellers.
Tobacciana seminars and a ladies’ craft program are held on Friday evening.
The free Friday evening welcome dinner for 600 of our worldwide guests will begin at 7 pm.
We have over 330 show exhibitor tables sold out for our show. There is a waiting list for those still wanting exhibitor tables. The cost of an exhibit table is $150.00.
Our Saturday evening CPCC Chicago feast will be introduced this year.
There will be a 6000 square tent for smoking, with food and drink available, from 1pm Wednesday of the show week to early Monday morning, next to the mega center.
The united pipe clubs of America (UPCA) will have its national smoking contest (in the tent) at our show, on Sunday, May 7th, at 1 pm. For more information:
www.unitedpipeclubs.org
Visit www.chicagopipeshow.com, call Craig Cobine at 630-236-6202, or email
porshcigar@aol.com for more information.
Website: http://www.chicagopipeshow.com/2017-pipe-tobacciana-show-flyer/
——————————————————-
Recent Posts
Welcome to The Pipes Magazine Radio Show Episode 640. Our featured interview on tonight’s show is with Ben Rapaport. Ben has been known internationally as an avid pipe smoker, antique pipe collector, and book author. His first book on pipes was published in 1972, and his latest book – his 10th – is out now in very limited quantities. The distribution has already sold out, but you can still get a copy of “The Wide World of Wood Tobacco Pipes. Two Centuries of Craftsmanship and Creativity” by contacting him directly at ben70gray@gmail.com. At the top of the show we’ll be turning the tables on our recurring Ask the Pipemaker segment. This time, Jeff Gracik will ask the questions, which Brian will answer as a pipe collector, and you can give your answers too.
Welcome to The Pipes Magazine Radio Show Episode 639. Our featured interview on tonight’s show is with Per Billhäll. Per is the owner of Scandinavian Pipes, which is an online retailer of high grade pipes. He started smoking pipes in the 1960s. His first high grade pipe was made by Hans “Former” Nielsen, who is one of the living legends from Denmark. That led to Per becoming a huge pipe and tobacco collector, and show attendee where he became well known. Along with pipe book author Jan Andersson, they started The Pipe Club of Sweden in 1991. Then in 1999, Per started “Scan Pipes”. He is now one of the pipe retailing legends from Sweden. At the top of the show Brian will talk about holiday blends, and other special pipe tobacco blends.
Welcome to The Pipes Magazine Radio Show Episode 638. Our featured interview on tonight’s show is with Fae “The Sassy Pipe Lady” Simmons. Fae is the owner of Tobacco Treasures, which sells new, vintage, & estate pipes, and smoking accessories on Etsy. She has been in business since 2017, and has been surrounded by pipes and tobacco most of her life. Her father and his brother smoked pipes, and so does Fae. Her husband is also a retired tobacconist that worked all over the industry from coast to coast for several different companies in the industry. She has a great story of how her business got started with a great inventory of unsmoked vintage pipes. At the top of the show we will have an Ask the Tobacco Blender segment with Jeremy Reeves. Jeremy is the Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl, which is one of the most popular boutique pipe tobacco companies in the USA.
Ok, so it’s that time of year, as we all know. Family feasts, houses, yards, and big trees festooned with lights and dangling ornaments, just high enough to keep the cats from reaching a paw into the greenery. It’s also the time of year when your pipe-smoking-significant other makes vast hints about a new pipe. That’s to be expected since he or she was a good boy or girl during the year. Yes, ladies smoke pipes, too. Oh, you want an example? Okay, try Actress Greta Garbo, Millicent Fenwick, Mary Frith, and my late grandmother (who died when she was 93) dipped snuff and smoked a cob occasionally. So now that we have settled that the gentler side of life will puff a pipe too, let’s move on to the upcoming biggest holiday of all. Of course, that huge event is brought to us by the hefty fellow in a red suit, puffing his pipe all the way in a sled filled with presents, being led by a reindeer with a red nose. Or some such. That’s Santa Claus, of course. Becoming a bit more serious, Christmas is such a wonderful time for families and friends. It’s also quite special for pipe puffers. For many of us, this brings up a nostalgic look back to our pipe-smoking or cigar-smoking friends who have died during the current year. A great journalist pal whom I often joined in a local brick-and-mortar pipe and cigar shop. I puffed my pipe, and occasional cigar, as he enjoyed a cigar. He died in October and will be missed. On the happier side of things, Christmas is also a time when mind workers of the world renew their collections with fresh additions. Pundit included. A French passion has overtaken Pundit, from reading more Albert Camus, a heavy cigarette smoker, as were many French intellectuals of a certain time. Instead of cigarettes many of us prefer the more relaxed enjoyment of pipes for that “calm and objective judgment” in the comings and goings of the world. This brings me to French pipes. While visiting France once in the long ago, I happened by a “Tabac” shop in Paris, Tabac Des Vosges. I purchased a beauty of a Chacom bent. I also later bought a Ropp made from ancient briar. To learn more about the dawn of briar pipes and beginnings, take a peek at a well-done piece by Davin Hylton in Pipe Line on April 12, 2023, on Saint-Claude, France, the birthplace of briar. Also in the long back when, on a cold Christmas afternoon, Pundit wandered into an Atlanta bricks and mortar pipe shop to look around. There, resting in an enclosed glass counter was an exquisite Comoy. An older gent, smoking a beautiful bent, asked me if I wanted to look at that pipe. It had a $100 price tag. A college student working for a grocery store chain to help with college tuition at the time, Pundit didn’t have one hundred cents, let alone a C note! I declined and found a $5 basket pipe. A Christmas tradition had just begun. Since that early time, Pundit has made it a holiday ritual to either reward himself, or a special friend, with pipe or tobacco. A Claudio Cavicchi would be nice. Just sayin.’ And now for a couple of December-born Pipe Smokers of the Past: Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born on Dec. 30, 1865, and died on Jan. 18, 1936. I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble—Rudyard Kipling. Martin Van Buren, born Dec. 5, 1782, and died July 24, 1862, U.S. President, 1837-1841 As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it—Martin Van Buren. And one more note to recall a deceased World War II veteran who loved William Somerset Maugham, the author. Maugham, a pipe smoker, was born in Paris, France, on Jan. 25, 1874, and died on Dec. 16, 1965. One cool afternoon as the veteran and I talked while sitting in his backyard patio, he looked off into the distance as if studying something. Nothing in particular. Just looking. He turned to me and said if I wanted to learn about life, “read Somerset Maugham.” I did. It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know’ –W. Somerset Maugham And now a Parting Shot: Any day with an old friend with pipes and tobacco is a good day.
Welcome to The Pipes Magazine Radio Show Episode 637. Our featured interview on tonight’s show is with Nate King. Most people know of Nate as an excellent pipe artisan. He also has an honorary Master of Pipes degree from the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club, and is a member of the prestigious Confrérie des Maitres Pipiers de Saint-Claude. To be inducted into the Confrérie, this past May Nate travelled to Saint-Claude, France with master tobacco blender G.L. Pease, who was also inducted. It was quite a time in France, and at the ceremony. We’ll hear all about those adventures on the show. At the top of the show we’ll continue the virtual tour of Brian’s pipe collection with six of his Satou Dublin-shape pipes.
Welcome to The Pipes Magazine Radio Show Episode 636. Our featured interview on tonight’s show is with Barry Kane. Barry started smoking a pipe in 1961 when he was 14-years old. Back then it seemed like everybody smoked, and you could buy pipes and tobacco just about anywhere. Barry is a true old-school pipe smoker, sticking to just one blend. See if you can guess which one before listening. At the top of the show Brian will give his take on Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s purchase of Mac Baren and Sutliff Tobacco and their announcement that they will be shut down.
