The 2019 Southland Brick Show is set to be the biggest yet with the annual event moving to bigger premises in order to cater for the size of what's on display.

This year the show will take place at ILT Stadium Southland on April 27 and 28, with exhibitors coming from as far as Wellington to show off their love for everything Lego related.

Lego Users Group (LUG) South secretary Gavin Evans said the event was the biggest Lego show in Southland.

"It's the biggest show we've ever done in Southland and the first time at the stadium. We did three years at Ascot Park [Hotel] and we were really quite keen to stay there until late last year when we were starting to think about this year. We went to a show in Dunedin that was put on by our sister group up there and looked at where their venue was, looked at what we were constrained by [at] our venue and went 'you know, we've just got to take the leap of faith'."

He said highlights from this year's event included scale models of famous Southland trains, a topographical map of Milford Sound and a mosaic of singer 

Alice Cooper.

There would also be a special VIP package which allowed people to come in an hour earlier than the general public, with a large proportion of VIP packages being given to the local refugee community which Mr Evans said was in response to the recent events in Christchurch.

"These people are probably frightened to be in large groups in some groups. They're probably finding it difficult to assimilate because of language... we're going to get those refugee families along as VIPs in the session where there are only a few people allowed in the room. Where they can relax, where they can yell and speak and do whatever they like as loud as they like."

Funds raised from the show allows LUG South to distribute Lego sets to sick kids in the Southland community.

The group, which is a registered charity, currently has 123 members and hosts more than 50 events a year across Southland. It is one of just 300 user groups around the world to be officially recognised by the Lego company.

Mr Evans said Lego appealed to all ages as it allowed people who struggled with creativity to showcase their creative talent.

"I have no artistic skill at all, in my mind anyway, and yet I can build with Lego."