The Live Beautifully Home Expo will be held for the first time on 10 and 11 October 2026, in the exhibition area of the Boardwalk Hotel & Conference Centre in Gqeberha. Nelson Mandela Bay has not hosted a dedicated home expo in roughly 7 years. Builders, bathroom fitters, furniture and décor suppliers, solar installers, pool companies and home finance providers have all been invited to take stands, and the organisers have planned for around 2,500 visitors over the 2 days.
The Expo Takes Place
- Saturday 10 October 2026, opening at 9am.
- Sunday 11 October 2026.
- Exhibition Area, Boardwalk Hotel & Conference Centre, Gqeberha.
Neither the closing times nor the Sunday opening hour have been published. Those details should go up on the expo’s Facebook page before the weekend, although anyone travelling in from outside the Metro would be sensible to check a few days ahead rather than on the Saturday morning.
What Visitors Will Find
Stands have been offered across these areas:
- Building, construction and paving.
- Furniture, décor and painting.
- Kitchens and bathrooms.
- Solar energy and electrical work.
- Security and home automation.
- Landscaping, gardening and swimming pools.
- Home finance.
Home Loan Advice At The Expo
Home finance appears among the invited categories. A bank or bond originator on the floor would let a visitor price a renovation and discuss borrowing for it in one trip. Whether a lender takes a stand will only be known once the final exhibitor list comes out.
Booking A Stand As An Exhibitor
Bookings are open to any business working in home, décor, lifestyle or design. Space in the Boardwalk exhibition area is limited, and because this is a first edition, there is no earlier floor plan against which demand could be judged, so exhibitors who have left it late may find the better positions already gone. Enquiries go to livebeautifully@homeexpo.co.za.