Salon Photography

I've been googling for photography salons worldwide and I can't find what I'm looking for.
Having joined a photo club I will need salon acceptances to advance my star rating.
The club informs us about the upcoming National Salons in South Africa, but I would also like to try and enter some International Salons.
Any idea where I could find a timetable on the net of upcoming Salons?

If I get another 3 golds or COM's (Certificate of merit) next month, I'll advance to 2 star rating. In my first meeting I got 1 silver,1 gold & 2 COM's out of the 4 submissions allowed per month. This month I got 1 gold and 3 COM's.
To advance to the 3 star rating I will need 15 gold or COM and 1 salon acceptance.

I would appreciate your help.

Am I the only person who thinks a salon is a place where girls get their hair done and that none of this makes sense to?

griptape wrote in post #6056699
Am I the only person who thinks a salon is a place where girls get their hair done and that none of this makes sense to?

+1.

I'm lost too. I even have relatives in SA. I'm normally lost when I'm they are talking to me though.

Salon = Exhibition

Well in that case, stop googling photo salons and start googling photo exhibitions.

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I found a lot of international sites mentioning "Salon photography" e.g http://www.tolee.com/h​tml/phot230.htm so it is definitely not a South African terminology.
I'll google some more for timetables.