Regional Fairs
Numerous art, antique and collectors' fairs take place across the year in the different regions of the UK. These can cover a variety of specialisms and can be held outdoors or in large indoor centres.
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The tale of a 26-mile walk to buy a bible
14 December 2020Destined for the now cancelled Towy Events Christmas antiques and fleamarket at the Carmarthen Showground were two rare Welsh plates from the Llanelly Pottery, which Towy Events organiser and dealer Robert Pugh had planned to take.
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Grandma’s Attic restarts with the popular Wimborne event
02 November 2020Grandma’s Attic Fairs is holding its first antiques and collectors’ event this weekend since lockdown in early March.
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Streets open for business
02 November 2020Under the current restrictions Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events is still able to run a number of her antiques and brocante street markets held across Hampshire, West Sussex and Surrey.
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Handle wares the old-school way in Suffolk
19 October 2020The long-running monthly Long Melford Antiques and Vintage Fair held in the village’s Old School has been organised by Laura Bonner and Pearl Gee since 2014.
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Organiser delighted to be back in Bath
21 September 2020Suspended for months, the Bath Vintage & Antiques Market at the Green Park Station in the city returns on Sunday September 27, which has delighted organiser Naomi Knight.
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Peterborough returns with over 2000 dealers
21 September 2020One of the most popular fairs on the circuit, IACF’s Peterborough Festival of Antiques is back.
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Top stories this week – including news from the first higher-end vetted fair to take place since the lockdown ended
20 September 2020The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of exhibitors reporting an “exciting” opening day at the Petworth fair.
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All eyes now on Petworth as the first higher-end physical fair to take place after lockdown gets ready
31 August 2020Nearly six months after doors closed on the last major British antiques fair, another is ready to open.
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Kempton antiques market heads return of keynote fairs
22 June 2020Sunbury Antiques Market is coming back with force next month, reopening with three, rather than the usual two, monthly events at Kempton Park Racecourse.
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York fair organiser launches another event in nearby market town
17 February 2020Born and raised in York, Richard Cawood is the organiser of the city’s triannual 'Antique Home & Vintage Fair' and has now launched a second, smaller event in the nearby East Yorkshire market town of Pocklington.
Bruton antiques event put on hold as decorative fairs’ dates clash
12 February 2020The annual Bruton Decorative Antiques Fair is cancelled this year due to a dates clash.
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Object lessons from Malvern dealers
10 February 2020Despite or perhaps because of their macabre nature, antique medical instruments have a strong following, both among practitioners and general buyers.
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Continuity for the venerable Bingley Hall fair
03 February 2020Bingley Hall Antiques Fair at the Staffordshire County Showground will be managed by Continuity Fairs which has taken over the running of it from IACF.
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At Kempton this week: six objects to tempt interior decorators from £20 to four figures
30 January 2020Kempton isn’t just the preserve of early-rising antique dealers (though some, like BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Ronnie Archer-Morgan, arrive only after 10am).
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Striking Russian Empire chairs offered at Petersfield Antiques Fair
20 January 2020A pair of Russian Empire chairs, 1810-15, featuring striking decorative brass inlay is offered for £25,000 by Ellis Fine Art at the Petersfield Antiques Fair.
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Jaguar’s day at the races: Organising duo launch fresh format to be held fives times a year
20 January 2020Jaguar Fairs is celebrating its 25th year in the business by launching a new one-day midweek outside antiques and vintage fair at Nottingham Racecourse.
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Business booms in fairs sector
13 January 2020A look back at the headlines of 2019 reveals a healthy trend of launches and expansions.
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Kent County Showground event: on the doorstep of Europe
06 January 2020B2B Events’ two-day antiques and vintage fairs at the Kent County Showground are a very accessible trade stop.
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Tree of Ages' roots now laid down in Surrey
25 November 2019Launched two years ago at a Victorian mansion at Nutley in Surrey by local antiques dealer David Steel, the 25-dealer 'Tree of Ages Antiques Fair' runs four times a year at Robert Denholm House.
Peterborough Festival dates at the end of the month
16 September 2019As previously announced in ATG, IACF has added to its fairs’ portfolio the biannual and popular Peterborough Festival of Antiques.
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