Since 1973, The Early Music Shop has hosted an international exhibition of early music in London, which includes various concerts and instrumental performance competitions, and is attended by approximately 100 exhibitors from the UK and overseas. The exhibition features a vast display of early musical instruments, music publishers and societies, and is said to reflect "the constantly growing interest in performing early music". First hosted at the Royal College of Music, the event moved to the Royal Horticultural Halls, before moving back to the Royal College of Music, where it became an annual event. In 2002 the exhibition moved to Greenwich, but now takes place at Blackheath Halls, London's oldest surviving purpose-built cultural venue.