Fairs and Markets

It’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.

British exhibitors are among the 273 dealers and galleries showing from 21 countries in total

To mark the new-look Harrogate Book Fair dealer Anthony Smithson of The Keel Row Bookshop in Whitley Bay will be offering for sale a 1948 first edition of the Hercule Poirot novel 'Taken At the Flood' signed by Agatha Christie.

March is traditionally the month for drawings and works on paper in Paris, a magnet that attracts enthusiasts from around the world to the French capital.

Cotswold Art Antiques Chelsea runs from March 20-23 at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London.

Dealer and organiser will take over the reins of the biannual event but still under the Penman banner

The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion venue from March 13-15.

Dealers were out in force to buy from other traders at an annual showground event praised as busy but friendly

The Ephemera Fair, the annual event from the Ephemera Society of America (ESA), runs this year with a conference on the history of invention as well as the usual huge selection of stock.

The 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.

Organiser’s first event at the Norfolk Showground after taking over from Aztec will be held later this month

Anniversary of the movement inspires exhibitors attending the next show at Birmingham's NEC

Organiser hopes shift to weekend for a monthly event will boost visitor and trader numbers

Gordon Cooke is an art consultant specialising in 19th and 20th century British art. He is also founder and chairman of the London Original Print Fair, the city’s longest-running art fair, which will take place this year from March 20-23.

It 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.

Elise Harris, an antiques dealer in Pangbourne, runs White Door Brocante events held in country house settings in southern England.

Celebrities and politicians are often spotted hunting for antiques at fairs, markets and centres including singer Taylor Swift who is a fan of Portobello Road Market and Boris and Carrie Johnson, seen recently at Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park.

The London Original Print Fair (LOPF) will be celebrating its 40th birthday when it opens at Somerset House from March 20-23.