Perth’s iconic SEXPO event will not be held this year, organisers have confirmed.

Organisers yesterday announced the bi-annual event, marketed as a “health, sexuality and lifestyle exhibition” had been put on ice until 2020 due to scheduling issues.

“Due to scheduling factors and international commitments, unfortunately SEXPO will not be visiting Perth, Western Australia in 2019,” the organisers said.

“Western Australians have always been great supporters of SEXPO and so it’s with sadness that this decision had to be made.”

Camera Icon Perth’s SEXPO showgirls. Credit: WA News

Event director Bentleigh Gibson said the Perth event had previously been scheduled for June but had to be cancelled because it was too close to a SEXPO event in the UK in July.

Mr Gibson said stalls and acts had yet to be locked-in for Perth and those keen to be involved were told of the event’s cancellation by email this week.

“As much as we would love to visit every city, every year, this isn’t possible with the recent international expansion,” he said.

The quirky exhibition, known for its bizarre combination of strippers, adult movie stars, sex toy stalls and sexual health displays, has become a regular in Perth’s event calendar since 1997.

Some of the highlights included performances by Perth regular Pricasso - an Australian artist who paints portraits using his penis and the event’s famous X-rated sideshow alley.

Social media users expressed their disappointment at the cancellation of the Perth event this year, which was set to be the first SEXPO since 2017.

“I know, at least, 10 people who would have brought VIP tickets that are now devastated,” wrote one social media user.

Mr Gibson said a date for the 2020 SEXPO had been tentatively booked with the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.