Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres

One of the big antiques love-ins that dominate Love Fairs’ portfolio is the antiques and collectors’ two-day Detling fairs .

Launched last June at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard by a saleroom based in the yard, Medway Auctions, the next regular antiques and vintage fair will run at the No 5 slip at the wharf on Sunday, June 28.

Edinburgh shop owners started with restoration

“You can’t buy happiness but you can buy vintage and that’s kind of the same thing.”

Stephanie Castell and Ben Cooper, of Two C’s Antique Fairs, are coming down the straight for their antiques fair in Shropshire on Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12.

Not many antiques fairs run for five days but the regular antiques fair held in the market town of Kingsbridge in south Devon does just that.

Cherish Vintage is staging brocante events in Kent and across two sites in Midhurst this summer

Make a note in the diary about The Brocante Barn at Forstal Farm at Lamberhurst, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent.

Key events for dealers in and collectors of antique and vintage textiles are the Textile Society’s two annual events: one in Manchester on Sunday, June 14, with 60 dealers and the other in London in October.

Two fairs have been launched with 40-50 traders at each taking advantage

If the weather’s good you can’t beat the atmosphere at an agricultural county show which will often include antiques and vintage spots.

UK Pen Shows runs pen fairs across the country and is launching a Cheltenham Pen Show at the town’s racecourse on Saturday June 27.

Expansion on way at historical premises built using timbers of famous American naval frigate

Antiques trails are proving to be a popular way of promoting the shops and centres in a particular place or region.

Black Dog Events is known for seeking out historic locations for its brocantes held across East Anglia.

An all-time favourite with dealers in East Anglia is the annual Bayfield Brocante held on parkland beside Bayfield Hall near Holt.

Gloucester centre wants to hear ideas on how to use space available now restoration has finished

Gerard Coles, a decoratives dealer based near Bath, has been in touch about one of his neighbours.

An annual street braderie held in the Kent coastal town of Deal will be organised by volunteers working with the chamber of trade.

We turn a spotlight on the bustling Suffolk town as a local antiques centre’s flea market is set to expand