Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
IACF takes on Builth Wells event
14 April 2025Welsh showground fair run since its launch 25 years ago by family business Continuity is changing hands
Fairs news in brief: events in Essex and Newcastle
14 April 2025Ken Besford of Durham Promotions NE, organiser of the Great North Decorative Antique Fair, is heading down the straight for the spring edition (Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27) of the triannual event he launched last year at Newcastle Racecourse.
Exhibitors happy to travel to Enys House
14 April 2025Launched in 2019 as an annual event but biannual since 2022, such is its appeal to both dealers and visitors, the first of this year’s antiques and decorative fairs held in the Georgian interior of Enys House runs on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27.
Attractive setting awaits exhibitors
07 April 2025Sam and Gary Halford of Stags Head Events took over the antiques and collectors’ fair held at the Grade I-listed Lamport Hall in Northampton in 2023.
Two fairs in a day: ‘We must be mad’
07 April 2025Grandma’s Attic organiser duo will be running events in Hampshire and Dorset on the bank holiday weekend
Another year in Provence
07 April 2025One of France’s most beautiful small towns, L’Isle-sur-la Sorgue, near Avignon in Provence, hosts the first of this year’s biannual antiques and brocante fairs from Friday to Sunday, April 18-21.
Full line-up and waiting list for Southwold event
07 April 2025Up in the much-visited and still dreamy Suffolk town of Southwold - one of the first towns to gentrify, along with Whitstable in Kent in the 1990s - Anthony Keer of Lomax Fairs is looking forward to Easter.
Lockdown event still going strong
24 March 2025Dealer duo started online showcase during the pandemic but around 20 traders continue to feature
Derbyshire centre set to close with costs blamed
24 March 2025An antiques centre in north Derbyshire is set to close on March 31 after 15 years in business.
Classic car boot roaring ahead at regular venue
24 March 2025An event where vintage fashion-spotting and classic car-ogling is part of the weekend is the Classic Car Boot Sale, organised by Hemingway Design.
Stage is set for former actress to run Bedford event with her father
17 March 2025Organiser says bookings are healthy ahead of debut and feels there is room for more quality fairs in the area
‘It’s a perfect time to collect postcards’
17 March 2025It’s time for the annual Festival of Cards when 60-plus dealers will head to Junction 24, an events centre in North Petherton, near Bridgwater, Somerset, on Thursday and Friday, March 28-29.
In focus: Antiques shops in the historic city of Carlisle
10 March 2025The Cumbrian city of Carlisle has much going for it including a medieval cathedral and proximity to Hadrian’s Wall. The city also offers a few antiques and vintage businesses, so here are three to start you off.
Ben Cooper promises to keep up high standards of Petersfield fair
10 March 2025Dealer and organiser will take over the reins of the biannual event but still under the Penman banner
Martin makes an appearance at Torquay monthly event
03 March 2025The star attaction at Stephen Large’s third monthly antiques fair at the Livermead House Hotel in Torquay on Sunday, March 23, is TV personality Paul Martin.
IACF happy at healthy bookings
03 March 2025Organiser’s first event at the Norfolk Showground after taking over from Aztec will be held later this month
Epsom on course for Sundays
24 February 2025Organiser hopes shift to weekend for a monthly event will boost visitor and trader numbers
Be early to book at Norfolk car boot
24 February 2025It might be a bit previous to start thinking about summer events but the Norfolk Churches Trust is encouraging people to apply early for pitches at its Stately Car Boot Sale to be held on Sunday, May 4, in the grounds of the privately owned Sennowe Park, near Fakenham in north Norfolk.
White door opens to a greenhouse
24 February 2025Elise Harris, an antiques dealer in Pangbourne, runs White Door Brocante events held in country house settings in southern England.
Good furniture is ‘doing well’ says longstanding dealer
17 February 2025Huddersfield dealer who started out in the trade 35 years ago talks of current selling trends