Raccoon Media Group has been shortlisted in four categories of this year’s Exhibition News Awards (EN Awards). Widely known as “The Oscars” of the global exhibition industry, the EN Awards have been running for almost 30 years, with the first event taking place in 2008.
Selected as a nominee for Show Rising Star is The National Equine Show and the National Running Show is shortlisted in three categories: Content Programme of the Year, Best Consumer Show and Best Consumer Marketing Campaign.
The National Equine Show is a premium shopping experience for equestrians. The event this year, held in March and hosted at the NEC Birmingham, attracted over 15,000 visitors over two days and included popular speakers such as Bob Champion CBE, Rosie Turner, Megan Elphick and Carl Hester MBE, with over 135 top brands exhibiting.
The seventh edition of National Running Show, hosted at the NEC Birmingham in January 2025, attained a record turnout of over 30,000 people. The stages and dedicated spaces featured a wide range of speakers from celebrities to athletes, and community leaders to industry experts. These included Dame Denise Lewis, Jasmin Paris MBE, Sir Mo Farah, Scott Jurek, Russ Cook ‘The Hardest Geezer’, Deo Kato, Spencer Matthews, Nicky Spinks, Bryony Gordon and Damian Hall. Crowds at the National Running Show were also drawn to the real-time World Record attempt by ultrarunner and activist Sophie Power. At the event, Sophie set a new Guinness World Record for the furthest distance achieved by a female on a treadmill in a time of 48 hours, covering over 370km and featuring on BBC News and multiple other national and international media channels.
Mike Seaman, CEO at Raccoon Media Group commented:” It is humbling to be shortlisted in multiple categories at the EN Awards. Our amazing team continue to develop, learn, adapt and strive for continuous improvement and this recognition means a lot, particularly when you see the high calibre of the other shortlisted events. I wish the other nominees luck and look forward to the EN Awards event at the end of March.”
The National Running Show will be back at the NEC Birmingham on 31 January – 1 February 2026 and the National Equine Show will return to NEC Birmingham from 28 February – 1 March 2026. For further information about other Raccoon Media Group events visit: https://raccoonmediagroup.com/ .
