Flea markets and antique fairs across Centre-Val de Loire on 12-13 September 2026: the Tarte Tatin fair in Lamotte-Beuvron marks its 28th edition, alongside the markets of Bourges and Chartres.
One hundred and eighty stalls by the water.
Lamotte-Beuvron hosts the 28th Tarte Tatin Fair on Sunday 13 September 2026, around the canal basin, deep in the Sologne countryside. Flea markets and antique fairs fill Centre-Val de Loire the same weekend, from this long-running fair to the markets of Bourges and Chartres. Six departments take part, from the Cher to the Loiret.
The 28th Tarte Tatin Fair
On Sunday 13 September 2026, the Tarte Tatin Fair takes over the canal basin in Lamotte-Beuvron for its 28th edition, in the heart of the Sologne.
A dessert, an anniversary.
Twenty-eight years running, the Sologne marks the dish the same way. One hundred and eighty flea-market and car-boot stalls line the water's edge, stallholders and browsers moving between them from early morning, alongside a market of local producers and craftspeople giving demonstrations throughout the day.
The dish's reputation reaches well beyond the Loir-et-Cher, drawing regulars back to Lamotte-Beuvron year after year.
The Tarte Tatin competition closes out the day, the best-known moment of this long-running fair, drawing many visitors who combine the outing with a morning of bargain-hunting.
The rest of the weekend
Three large urban markets also draw crowds across the region. In Bourges, the Place des Marronniers flea market gathers around 200 stallholders, professionals, private sellers and local residents, steps from Saint-Étienne cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and a back-to-school highlight for Berry bargain hunters. In Chartres, the Rendez-vous des Chineurs sets up 55 professional dealers under the 1898 Baltard-style market hall on place Billard, among vintage furniture, vinyl records, comics, books, toys and collectables. In Tours, some thirty dealers run Les Puces de Tours on place de la Victoire from 8am on Saturday morning, among antique furniture, curios, books, vinyl and collectable china.
Four large village car-boot sales round out the map, each with its own crowd of regulars. In Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, the Grande Noë car-boot sale gathers between 200 and 300 sellers at the park of the same name, with coffee and food offered on site from early morning. In Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, the Grands Vide-Greniers fill a village made famous by the 1947 filming of Jacques Tati's Jour de Fête. In Sully-sur-Loire, the Fête de la Sange lines up between 130 and 180 stalls, five metres minimum each, between the allée des Tilleuls and place Henri IV, built around hunting tradition and local heritage. In Semblançay, more than 300 sellers, private, professional and local producers alike, fill rue Foulques Nerra for one of the largest autumn flea markets in northern Indre-et-Loire, drawing bargain hunters from well outside the town.
