Dear Floor
Firstly
If i got a day ticket to fly from London, could we meet on the Saturday?
secondly-
its not the first bead fair in Europe, of course.
The Bead Society of Great Britain has an important and wonderful fair every year around the first weekend in October in the greater London area, and there are now many commercial fairs around the UK through the years.

a few years ago i attended a fair in the east of france bordering belgium, a town with a glass-making history, (but i cant recall the name at this minute) which was organised for artist glass beadmakers and included handmade beads and also supplies of embroidery beads- great stuff there including original beads!
i've also attended a bead selling fair in Budapest, Hungary, quite a few years ago-
but would like to see what they sell and support the event-