In spite of the overcast sky and intermittent rain sprinkles parking lots were filling up fast and the show fields became crowded with treasure hunters...
Oh what fun!
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The Brimfield Fair Antique Show began in the 1950's and has become the largest and best known outdoor antiques show in the country. Running along Rt. 20 for a distance of perhaps a half-mile and perhaps 500' or more, back from each side of the highway, the Brimfield Show is a huge, vast undertaking, filled with thousands of dealers over the course of the week, selling everything from the finest antiques to 'yard junk', requiring a day or two to see everything there is to see. Food courts and rest facilities abound, and the Shows are filled with hidden treasures!
(click on each photo to enlarge)
During
show-times, the town's population balloons to over 250,000 visitors and over
5,000 dealers for the 6 days the Show operates. The Show has a carnival-like
atmosphere, appropriate for all ages, where good vibes prevail,
(and few, if
any problems ever present themselves).
Dealers come from
all over the world as do visitors. From millionaire world-famous rock stars and
movie stars to the local resident from down the street, the Show is a Mecca for
serious and casual collectors of all kinds of antiques. A few of the Fields
require an entrance fee on the initial opening, usually $5.00-10.00, which
tends to be waived later in the day. Most fields do not have any entrance fee,
and generally, you can move freely from field to field.
There is almost always plenty of parking available, at $4.00 - $8.00 in the middle of town, a bargain in itself !
In the middle of the show, the New England Motel hosts the largest and
most popular food court with a wide variety of food booths to satisfy every
taste. Additionally, food carts and booths appear throughout various locations
and the wide variety of available foods has become a draw in it's own right.
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The largest inconvenience to the whole show is the
traffic getting into
and out of town, which can range
from none to over 8 miles of backup. Traffic
is
unpredictable, and often determined by
the weather.
Occasionally, peak show
times see bumper-to-
bumper traffic on the main access road for a few
miles -
(Rt.20 E&W), but the stream of traffic
along the show route is nearly
almost always a short
inconvenience compared to the surprises and joys of
exploration that lie ahead.
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Treasures abound !
and junk is just around the corner.
All kinds of JUNK !
And then there is more junk...
And then there is even more junk...
And then EVEN MORE junk....
So hurry on back
May 8-13
July 10-15
September 4-9
July 10-15
September 4-9
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