Cersaie is the world's leading international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings, held each September at BolognaFiere. The 2026 edition runs 21-25 September 2026, moved a week earlier than usual because the venue also hosts the Davis Cup finals. Organised by BolognaFiere in partnership with Confindustria Ceramica, Cersaie gathers around 850 exhibitors and draws over 95,000 trade visitors, close to half from outside Italy, covering surfaces, tiles and bathroom design.
Cersaie is an architecture-and-design fair where the product is surface and space, so its stands are among the most substantial and materially ambitious anywhere. Ceramic manufacturers build large architectural stands that use their own tiles and slabs as the fabric of the booth, with real installed surfaces, water features and bathroom settings, which brings significant weight, plumbing and installation requirements. The finish quality is effectively a live demonstration of the product, so build precision is central.
Cersaie fills the BolognaFiere grounds across many halls organised by product type and origin, so hall placement matters both for footfall and for sitting among the right peer manufacturers. The heavy materials, installed surfaces and plumbing make these builds slower and more construction-intensive than typical stands, and BolognaFiere's technical rules apply throughout. Given this, exhibitors confirm design, materials and placement well in advance.
For companies exhibiting at Cersaie, a builder with Bologna and BolognaFiere experience is a genuine advantage: tile and slab installation, water features and heavy architectural builds demand specialist trades and load planning, and local knowledge of the venue's logistics and approved contractors reduces risk during one of the most construction-heavy fairs in the calendar.