Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres

Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events has added yet more brocantes and vintage street markets to the nine she already runs across southern England which start up again in March.

Go East Vintage Markets is co-organised by Louisa Ware and Onur Kurtdere, who run regular markets in east London at Patchworks in Leyton, a part furniture factory and part creatives business.

A jeweller’s shop in Lincoln which first opened in 1959 has closed its doors after 63 years in business.

Suggestions on centres to visit, from Cardiff and Pembrokeshire up to Denbighshire

Event will change next year to be held less frequently but with greater impact

The year ended on a sombre note: after a near unbroken 40-year run of antiques fairs at Alexandra Palace in north London, the much-loved fair will no longer be held at this most special of venues.

The popular Wanstead Vintage Fair is organised by Karen Stuckey four times annually, with the last of the year running the week before Christmas, on Saturday, December 17.

IACF calls time at north London venue and launches an event just to the north

Silver specialist delighted to count a Welsh Bible box among his sales at the Jaguar Fairs event

Some lucky youngsters were among the attendees at IACF’s Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair earlier this month.

‘Zero profit’ but event got through Covid and has 220 stands at the next event

To quote toys specialist supremo Daniel Agnew, ex-Christie’s teddy bear auctions, co-organiser of the annual 'London International Antique Doll, Teddy Bear and Toy Fair: 200 Years of Childhood': “It’s like being in a museum where everything is for sale.”

Under the banner of Phoenix VAM Fairs, Sara Hughes’ vintage, antique and militaria fairs in Petersfield, Hampshire, are going from strength to strength, she says.

London event organiser says many visitors post-pandemic restrictions are new to antiques

A dealer who launched an antiques centre in 2007 in a Suffolk town has made some alterations including changing it to a shop.

A roundup of news and events from around the fairs world

Organiser announces 2023 launch of another decorative home and salvage event

Chris Brown, co-organiser of the ever-expanding Grandma’s Attic Fairs, is on a roll.

Postcards are going to be on sale for the first time at the Ephemera Society’s fair on Sunday, December 4, at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London.

Venue clash means Malvern Flea is off but Detling is a definite B2B destination