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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Beccles Antiques Market is back
17 April 2023It’s coming up to open season for open-air markets and the popular Beccles Antiques Market is back this month on Sunday, April 30.
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Festival of Vintage returns to York Racecourse
03 April 2023People watching as well as stall perusing is one of the big attractions of the Festival of Vintage held biannually at York Racecourse.
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Top stories this week including news of dealers seeking refunds after York fair cancellation
02 April 2023The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of dealers attempting to receive a refund for deposits after an event was cancelled.
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Dealers seek refunds after York fair cancellation
27 March 2023Dealers who had planned to stand at the Antique Home & Vintage Fair in York have been attempting to receive a refund for deposits paid to organiser Richard Cawood after the event was cancelled.
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Easter Weekend options for a fair visit
27 March 2023The long Easter Weekend this April is packed with art and antiques fairs taking place around the country. Here we pick out a few highlights from the calendar.
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Wise to be an early bird at the Bath Decorative
27 March 2023Trade day at the decorative fair is particularly welcomed by dealers when times are more challenging
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Fond memories of the Peterborough festival
27 March 2023Dealers look back at the huge Peterborough event now holding its last showground venue staging
Call out to vintage traders for Henley events
20 March 2023Judy, Lady McAlpine is looking for more vintage traders to take space at two events in Henley this summer.
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Go down by the riverside for a packed event
20 March 2023Described by organiser Gary Wallis as the “Glasto of the antiques calendar”, the Henley Décor Fair is back at the Henley Showground by the Thames with a four-day packed schedule.
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18th century sieve among highlights at Cotswolds fair
20 March 2023A Georgian treen searce is among the highlights available at The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair.
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Organisers promise a wow factor
13 March 2023Thirty dealers will be spreading out on the ground floor and in the grounds of Enys House, Penryn, near Falmouth in west Cornwall at the first of this year’s antiques and decorative fairs on Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2.
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‘Business is good’
13 March 2023Alex Robins of AFC Fairs is a busy woman. She kicks off her showground scene on Easter Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, with the first of the biannual antiques and collectors’ fairs which she has run at the Wadebridge Showground in north Cornwall for 15 years.
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Worth popping in to see grandma
06 March 2023Revived Woking event proves a hit with dealers who say the organisation is still a strength
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Festival of Cards moves up the Junction
27 February 2023Held at the Bath & West Showground in Somerset for many years, the annual Festival of Cards has moved to a smaller location nearby.
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On a space exploration mission: new salvage fair in Tiverton
27 February 2023Organiser of Devon event that has run out of room for dealers launches second fair in Tiverton
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More like a full English on the menu
20 February 2023Not only does Paula Duggan run Little English House, a business selling antiques and items created from antique fabrics, she organises an interiors fair in Howden, near York. And she is also opening a shop in the market town.
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How to be happily tied up in Notts
20 February 2023Young fair organiser keeps very busy by running three events near Newark under Red Fox banner
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Antiques on High: Business adds a fair to its roster of centres
13 February 2023Couple already running four branches take on Dunster event to boot
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Boon time in Wiltshire town
13 February 2023Mikaela and Roger Boon are all set again for their upcoming Wilton Vintage Fair on Saturday, February 25, at the Michael Herbert Hall in the Wiltshire town of Wilton.
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Stan Green launches fair at York Racecourse
06 February 2023Racecourse event launched by a veteran fair organiser after demise of one of the fairs at the same venue
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