Fairs and Markets

Antiques fairs and markets offer a great way to browse and buy.

With so many exhibitors or stallholders in one place you can view a lot of different items quickly and compare prices and quality.

Depending on the event, the first day or morning may be for reserved for trade buyers before the general public gain access.

Some antiques markets are held weekly whereas some fairs may be quarterly, biannual, once a year or have some other frequency. Check the Calendar section of this website for details or view the listings every week in the Antiques Trade Gazette newspaper.

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BADA’s big thinking in Rutland

22 May 2026

Smallest historic county in England hosts the dealer association’s first fair outside London

A display of decorative antiques

Back for the annual brocante in north Norfolk

22 May 2026

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

Gloucester Antiques Centre

We’re open to suggestions...

22 May 2026

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

Volunteers step in to save event

22 May 2026

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

De Jode map

First World War trench maps and a 16th century cordiform world map are among the highlights at the next London Map Fair

21 May 2026

Returning to Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, the London Map Fair is known as the largest antique map fair in Europe.

Egyptian stele

Egyptian stele stars at TEFAF New York

20 May 2026

David Aaron kicked off TEFAF New York with the sale of its star piece, a 3300-year-old Egyptian stele from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose IV.

Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair

International buyers boost latest Firsts book fair

20 May 2026

Buyers from overseas helped sales boom at the latest Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair this month.

Decorative Fair in Battersea Park

Battersea's Decorative Fair celebrates strong opening day sales

15 May 2026

Dealers at the latest The Decorative Fair in Battersea Park were praising the opening day as one of their best.

Earsham Hall Antiques on the outskirts of Bungay

Busy summer ahead in Bungay

15 May 2026

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

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Barye bronze trots off to new owner

15 May 2026

A bronze by Antoine Barye dating from 1860 was among the stand-out sales at the recent staging of Classic Antique Fairs.

Buyers at a car boot sale

A capital idea from car boot organisers

15 May 2026

The organisers of the popular weekly Capital Car Boot Sale at the Pimlico Academy in London are launching a twice-monthly antiques market.

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Museums on the hunt for drawings and works on paper in Paris

15 May 2026

Institutional purchases have become a major feature of the Salon du Dessin works on paper fair

Matthew Cook of The Shop in Bungay

What's in store at The Old Store

15 May 2026

Among other recent openings in the centre of Bungay is The Old Store which opened in June 2024.

Angela Whittle of Sunshine Antiques

Bring me sunshine at Ribble Valley Fairs

15 May 2026

Dealer hopes garden, home and salvage show will run twice a year in Preston to fill a gap in the area

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Buxton buzz now lasts for three days not nine

15 May 2026

This month, the Buxton Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair celebrates 60 years. Now the longest-running vetted art and antiques fair in the UK, it runs from May 29-31 at The Octagon at the Pavilion Gardens.

St Stephen’s in Hampstead

New fair sprinkles stardust to revive north London scene

08 May 2026

With the demise of Alexandra Palace Antiques & Collectors Fair and Hampstead Antique & Craft Emporium*, a TV casting director has turned her 20 years of experience organising actors and directors to try to fill the north London art and antiques gap.

Dealer Lee Williams from Cougar Antiques at his stall at an antiques fair

Quirky and eclectic is what the new Cotswolds homeowners want

08 May 2026

Cotswolds fair is "unlike any other fair – there’s a different type of person that comes to this one,” says dealer Ian Slade

Thames Traditional Boat Festival

Push the boat out in Henley

08 May 2026

Judy, Lady McAlpine is looking for more vintage traders for the antiques street market she organises at the annual Thames Traditional Boat Festival.

Antiques dealer Julia Morrison

Antiques shops: 8 + 61 = a successful business launch

08 May 2026

Two new antiques shops which opened in 2025 within 60 miles of each other are celebrating a successful first year’s collaboration.

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Bindings: Judging a book by its cover

08 May 2026

One of the wonderful things about the Firsts London fair is the range of material on offer to browse and buy from rooms full of dealers who are happy to chat and impart their knowledge about the items they are offering for sale.

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