Several groups will have events in Springfield in the coming weeks, including conventions, conferences and sports.

And some of those are BIG! The largest – those generating 1,000 room nights or more at area hotels – are highlighted in bold below. Mark your calendars! If you work at an attraction, hotel, restaurant or retailer in the Springfield area, you’re likely to be busy.

The list below represents groups booked by the Convention & Visitors Bureau as well as groups booked directly through hotels and event venues. It does not represent every group coming to the city. The statistics represent anticipated attendees and room nights and are subject to change. Groups that generate less than 100 room nights are not listed.

Learn more about how to get a group to the city by calling the CVB’s Sales Department at 417-881-5300 or 800-678-8767.

May

May 10-12 - Visioncon, 4,000 attendees, 250 room nights

May 13-14 - Missouri State High School Activities Association Boys Golf Championships, 200 attendees, 270 room nights

May 14-16 - Missouri-Arkansas Key Club Leadership Conference, 700 attendees, 700 room nights

May 18-19 - USSSA Baseball, 1,000 attendees, 100 room nights

May 22-29 - NAIA Softball, 1,500 attendees, 1,080 room nights

May 24-26 - National Street Rod Association, 7,000 attendees, 3,200 room nights

June

June 3-5 - Missouri Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus, 120 attendees, 140 room nights

June 3-5 - Missouri State Free Will Baptists, 600 attendees, 135 room nights

June 5-9 - Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Missouri, 650 attendees, 515 room nights

June 7-9 - Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1,500 attendees, 2,950 room nights

June 13-16 - USSSA Baseball, 1,000 attendees, 800 room nights

June 19-28 - IFCA International, 600 attendees, 727 room nights

June 25-30 - Premier Baseball, 2,400 attendees, 1,800 room nights

June 29-30 - USSSA Baseball, 1,000 attendees, 100 room nights

June 29-July 5 - North American Limousin Foundation Junior Show & Congress, 1,800 attendees, 975 room nights

July

July 8-10 - Missouri School Boards Association Safe School & Colleges Conference, 245 attendees, 181 room nights

July 11-13 - National Trappers Association, 2,000 attendees, 2,449 room nights

July 12-14 - Franciscan University of Steubenville, 6,000 attendees, 730 room nights

July 19-21 - Franciscan University of Steubenville, 6,000 attendees, 665 room nights

July 22-25 - Missouri Association for Career & Technical Education, 1,100 attendees, 1,292 room nights

July 22-28 - Firebase Ripcord Association Reunion, 120 attendees, 295 room nights