Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres

Dealer who has run a major Irish fair for 35 years feels Georgian furniture is starting to rise in value

Behind the traditional frontage of Smithers of Stamford in the Cambridgeshire town of Etton lies a retro collector’s dream.

Debra Scadding and her partner Sue McIntosh took over the running of B2B Events’ two very popular events at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire in January, renaming the operation B2B Fairs.

Texting and Zooming have practically taken over our busy lives and taking time out to write a card, let alone a letter, seems like too much of a stretch. Yet UK Pen Shows, which runs dedicated fairs at five UK locations, is thriving.

As Hidden Treasures, Neil Payne organises monthly antique and vintage fairs in Berkhamsted and Haddenham in Hertfordshire, Benson in Oxfordshire and Marlow in Buckinghamshire.

Some of the biggest hotshot dealers in classic arms will soon be loading up their cars and vans ready for the Classic Arms Fair at Kempton Park Racecourse on Sunday, September 1.

Caroline Brown of Rose & Brown Vintage Fairs is launching a vintage event in North Yorkshire.

The next edition of the antiques vintage fair run by Love Fairs at the Kent Showground is on Saturday and Sunday, August 31 to September 1.

Event launched in the north-east becomes latest to be staged at an ever-popular racecourse venue

Alan Old of So Last Century has started a new antiques market at the Gipsy Hill Brewery’s Taproom, near Crystal Palace in south London.

Edinburgh is famous for its rich history, huge cultural scene and magnificent architecture, dominated by the castle.

Steve Cooper of Haddon Events is launching another antiques/vintage fair in the south of England which will run on Sunday, September 29, at the Hertfordshire Sports Village in Hatfield.

Election fever in the UK is behind us but collectors of political memorabilia might vote for a 19th century Spode electioneering jug for sale at the Long Melford Antiques Fair in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday, August 7.

Debut staging of event established in the Scottish Borders encourages more dealers to sign up for next one

For the first time, the London-based Classic Car Boot Sale is taking itself up to Media City in Salford, Greater Manchester on Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21.

A private estate in south Herefordshire is holding its first country house charity car boot sale on Sunday, August 4.

Fresh locations in use this year include venue based at former Kent colliery

Norfolk event will make a return to a venue last used about nine years ago as part of a busy line-up

'The Artisan Brocante' was launched last year in the gardens of Grantham House a 17th-18th century National Trust property in the Lincolnshire town of Grantham.

Long-standing committed dealers made up the bulk of the stalls at 'The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair'.