Events Calendar
Free to list. Every event is checked by a person before it appears, and drops off the calendar by itself once its last day has passed.
- — The Boxborough Antique Show, Boxborough Regency Hotel, Boxborough, MA. An indoor hotel show of around forty-five New England exhibitors selling American antiques, folk art, ceramics, early glass, primitives, dolls, textiles, sterling and jewellery. Admission $8.
- — Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association Fall Show, Jones River Trading Company, Kingston, MA. A one-day show staffed by member dealers of the Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association. Admission $8, or $7 with the printed discount card; under-eighteens and students with ID free. Proceeds fund the association's cultural enrichment grants.
- — Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. Three days of rare book dealers from the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia selling antiquarian and collectible books, modern first editions, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases and paper ephemera.
- — The Greater Worcester Coin Show, Auburn-Webster Elks Lodge, Auburn, MA. Around forty dealers from across New England and New York fill forty-six tables with coins, stamps, paper currency, ephemera and collecting supplies. General admission free; early entry $20 at 8am or $10 at 9am.
- — Analog Fest Winter — Vinyl Record & Video Game Show, Holiday Inn Boston-Dedham, Grand Ballroom, Dedham, MA. More than eighty tables of second-hand vinyl records, CDs and music media alongside retro video games. Admission $5 cash, or $10 for early entry at 9am. Free parking.
- — Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera and Book Arts Fair, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA. Two days of used and rare books, artist books, paper Americana and ephemera, alongside literary presses, fine letterpress printing and hand bookbinding. Friday 5pm to 8pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm. Admission $10, students and children free.
- — The Thanksgiving Sunday Antique Show, Royal Plaza Trade Center, Marlborough, MA. A large one-day indoor show with dealers from across New England and the mid-Atlantic selling antiques, vintage Christmas, early silver, furniture, paintings, toys, ironstone, folk art, advertising and primitives.
- — Greater Boston Antiques Show & Sale, Shriners Auditorium, Wilmington, MA. Two days of indoor antiques dealing in the Shriners exhibition hall. Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 11am to 4pm. The promoter publishes the exhibitor list and a discount admission card ahead of the show.
- — New Year Vinyl Record Show, Crowne Plaza Boston-Woburn, Grand Ballroom, Woburn, MA. The first vinyl record show of the year for the Boston area, with more than sixty dealer tables of second-hand LPs, 45s, CDs and music memorabilia. Free parking.
- — The Boxborough Antique Show, Boxborough Regency Hotel, Boxborough, MA. The winter edition of the Boxborough hotel show, with New England exhibitors in American antiques, folk art, ceramics, early glass, primitives, textiles and jewellery.
- — Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show, Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds, West Springfield, MA. Four buildings and roughly 350,000 square feet of dealers in second-hand and collectible model trains, railroad artifacts and railroadiana, plus railroad art, photography and books. Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm. Admission $20 a day, under-sixteens free with an adult; parking $5.
- — The Boxborough Antique Show, Boxborough Regency Hotel, Boxborough, MA. The spring edition of the Boxborough hotel show, with New England exhibitors in American antiques, folk art, ceramics, early glass, primitives, textiles and jewellery.
- — Analog Fest Spring — Vinyl Record & Video Game Show, Crowne Plaza Boston-Woburn, Grand Ballroom, Woburn, MA. More than sixty tables of second-hand vinyl, CDs, music media and retro video games. Free parking.
Standing markets
These run to a rule rather than a date. We list the rule and the organiser rather than guessing at a date.
- Todd Farm Antiques & Flea Market, 275 Main Street, Rowley, MA 01969 — Every Sunday, April through November, weather permitting. Dealers set up from 5am; most trading is done by early afternoon.
- Rietta Flea Market, 183 Gardner Road, Hubbardston, MA 01452 — Every Sunday, April through November, weather permitting. Buyers may enter the field from 6.30am.
- Grafton Flea Market, 296 Upton Street, Grafton, MA 01519 — Every Sunday, 6am to 4pm, April through December. Indoor and outdoor, running since 1970.
- Raynham Flea Market, 480 South Street West, Raynham, MA 02767 — Every Sunday, year round, until 5pm.
- Wellfleet Drive-In Flea Market, 51 State Highway, Wellfleet, MA 02667 — Weekends from 8am through the summer season, thinning to a smaller market through October. Closed November to March.
- SoWa Vintage Market, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118 — Every Sunday, and the first Friday evening of the month, in the lower level at 450 Harrison Avenue.