Flea markets and antique fairs on the weekend of October 24: Lourmarin gathers antique dealers and collectors in a former olive cooperative, while Carpentras, Marseille and Fos-sur-Mer set up their stalls.
In a former olive cooperative, in Lourmarin. The autumn brocante fair opens there on Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, 2026. Flea markets and antique fairs on the weekend of October 24: Lourmarin gathers antique dealers and collectors in a former olive cooperative, while Carpentras, Marseille and Fos-sur-Mer set up their stalls.
The brocante fair at La Fruitière Numérique
The Lourmarin autumn brocante fair takes over La Fruitière Numérique, on avenue du 8 Mai 1945, a cultural venue set up in that former olive cooperative. It runs two days in a row, 24-25/10.
Antique dealers, brocante traders and collection specialists hold the stalls. Furniture runs from the 18th to the 20th century, Provençal, country or design. Next come paintings and graphic works, glassware, ceramics and porcelain, antique jewellery and clocks, lamps.
Old textiles: Provençal boutis quilts, lace, printed indiennes.
Rare books, comics, postcards, old papers, film posters, vinyl records and old photographs can also be found on the stalls.
The stalls are laid out with room to breathe, and the cultural café of La Fruitière extends the visit. The Château de Lourmarin and the village lanes are close by. Avignon is an hour away by road, Aix-en-Provence forty-five minutes. Parking is close to the village.
Antique dealers, flea markets and a motorbike swap meet
On Sunday in Carpentras, the big brocante on the Parking des Platanes lines up about 180 professional and semi-professional exhibitors along the allées Jean Jaurès, in the town centre a stone's throw from the Saint-Siffrein cathedral and the synagogue, and Ego Organisation has run it since 2000. Shoppers hunt Provençal antiques, earthenware from Apt, Moustiers and Marseille, old tools and old papers. In L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the Sunday brocante market spreads its professional antique dealers along avenue des 4 Otages, beside the Sorgue and its 14 listed water wheels, from 9 am to 6 pm.
The Eygalières brocante gives rue de la République and place Marcel Bonein to more than 60 registered professionals on Sunday, from 7 am to 5 pm, with old furniture, earthenware, wickerwork and collectables, and the full proceeds going to the village's CCAS, which pays for alert bracelets for elderly residents. Menton holds its antiques and brocante market on the Mail du Bastion, facing the sea, on the second and fourth Sundays of the month: old postcards, trinkets, second-hand books.
Marseille has three events. The Puces de Marseille, at Cap Pinède, on the former Alsthom industrial site where they have stood since 1988, set up on Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 am to 2 pm, with over a hundred traders and dealers on the outdoor aisles and a gallery of about forty antique dealers open Tuesday to Sunday. On Sunday, the Motorcycle Swap Meet at the Cité des Arts de la Rue, run by the Sud Side garage, gathers spare parts, accessories, gear and pre-80s bikes from 8 am to 3 pm, with a refreshment stand on site. On Saturday, the Boule du Rond-Point car boot sale brings together about fifty private sellers in the Mazargues district.
Fos-sur-Mer, Saturday and Sunday: the Fossette flea market spreads up to 600 exhibitors over an 8-hectare private estate, with free parking, and draws nearly 13,000 visitors every weekend. In Grimaud, on Sunday, the Mas de Bagatin brocante installs up to 250 exhibitors under a pine grove of nearly 3 hectares.
