Showground Fairs
The term 'showground fairs' refers to the large outdoor art, antique and collectors' events that take place across the UK. The locations range from airfields to racecourses.

Plenty of finds at Shepton Flea
06 February 2023ATG takes a visit to one of the largest fairs in the south of England where buyers come out in force

Arthur Swallow Fairs has 'high hopes' for 2023
09 January 2023“All things considered, it’s been a pretty good year and we have high hopes of 2023 being a cracker”, enthused Richard Burgoin, director of Arthur Swallow Fairs as he looked back at its fairs and markets in 2022.

Weird and wonderful buys at Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair
28 November 2022Some lucky youngsters were among the attendees at IACF’s Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair earlier this month.

Shepton all set for summer
04 July 2022“After a very busy Easter event which was spectacular, our Shepton Flea is back in full force with our next flea on Sunday, July 17”, says Sue Ede.

At a showground fair: Getting it all out in the open
11 April 2022The largest showground fairs are so extensive that it would be impossible to browse items on all the stands in one day. IACF’s Newark Antiques Fair, for example, is held on an 84-acre site with up to 2500 stands.

Rain fails to stop play at busy Ardingly
14 March 2022Stall-holders report brisk trade during the latest staging of the huge West Sussex event

Calling in to busy Kempton Park
21 February 2022Snapshot of the successful Sunbury event that has been around for over 40 years

Dealer Nicholls rates Ardingly as a smash hit
31 January 2022IACF Ardingly in January had a very enthusiastic thumbsup Tweet from Worthing dealer Henry Nicholls.

Help on hand to jump Brexit hurdles
27 October 2021Decorative art dealer duo started their own advisory service to cope with new Brexit rules

Two ‘biggies’ coming up
27 September 2021Dealers will be heading to Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire this month with three days of buying beckoning from the two ‘biggies’.

Kempton back with a bang – and entrance fees
19 April 2021Sunbury Antiques Market, better known simply as Kempton due to its Surrey racecourse location, last week became the first open-air fair to return after the most recent lockdown.

Trade delight as markets and dealers reopen
30 November 2020The art and antiques sector breathed a sigh of relief with the news that shops and centres, auction houses, markets and some fairs can reopen in England from December 2.

A West Sussex invasion: the Brits came and spent
14 September 2020The buying crowd at IACF Ardingly was more local than usual but no less enthusiastic

Things we learned at IACF Ardingly
14 September 2020Top tips from IACF’s Ardingly International Antiques & Collectors Fair.

Kempton owner tests Sunday ‘interiors’ format fair at new Wimbledon venue
30 July 2020Sunbury Antiques Market, organiser of the bi-weekly Kempton Park Racecourse fair, is moving into London with a trial Sunday event in Wimbledon next month.

IACF hails success at Newark as fairs go back to business
06 July 2020International Antiques and Collectors Fairs (IACF) kicked off its return to business with its first event after lockdown.

Business brisk as Swallow flies back
06 July 2020The appetite people have for the return of fairs and markets is summed up by Alice Roberton from Arthur Swallow Fairs talking about the specially adapted, fully outdoor Covid-19 antiques and salvage market on Saturday, June 27.

The dealers’ view at Arthur Swallow Fairs' Lincoln event
15 April 2019“I’ve sold Jesus Christ… could I interest you in St Patrick?” So asked Martyn Watson of Penrith, Cumbria, stalling out in the Epic Centre and keen to shift his statue of Ireland’s patron saint.

Two into one fair will go for Arthur Swallow
15 April 2019Condensing a two-day event into one and moving to a new weekday slot are no mean feats – just ask Arthur Swallow Fairs, which has just launched a new streamlined format. ATG went along to the first edition to view the results.

The overseas buyers at Lincoln fair: ‘We can’t get this range and prices in our own market’
15 April 2019Arthur Swallow Fairs’ Antiques & Home show may not have the moniker ‘international’ attached but the event attracts a strong overseas group of buyers who comb the fair, clutching sheets of shipping firm stickers to identify purchases for collection.

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