Flea markets and antique fairs in Hauts-de-France, the weekend of October 24, 2026: the Automnales in Montigny-en-Ostrevent, the Blérancourt flea market, a toy fair at Pierrepont-sur-Avre and Sunday fairs in the Somme.
Sunday, from 5 am, in the streets of Montigny-en-Ostrevent. The sellers of the Automnales street sale unpack there on October 25, in the heart of the Douaisis. Flea markets and antique fairs in Hauts-de-France, the weekend of October 24, 2026: the Automnales in Montigny-en-Ostrevent, the Blérancourt flea market, a toy fair at Pierrepont-sur-Avre and Sunday fairs in the Somme.
Giants and the Automnales street sale
The Automnales of Montigny-en-Ostrevent reach their 58th edition. This popular festival mixes a street sale, folklore and crafts in a town of 5,000 inhabitants, between Douai and Marchiennes. It is one of the last open-air street sales of the season.
It takes over Sunday morning, from 8 am to 1 pm, but sellers set up from 5 am: 6 euros for three metres for private sellers, 8 euros for professionals. Entry is free.
The afternoon belongs to the giants.
The folk parade carries Floris de Montmorency and Hélène de Melun, the town's giants, through the streets, along with guest giants and music ensembles.
On Saturday, the crafts show opens at the Centre Jean Monnet with works by local makers, and a dinner dance brings the residents together in the evening. The Association Automnales runs the whole event.
From the Aisne to the Somme: toy fairs, shows and rederies
The Blérancourt flea market is held in the village hall this weekend (24-25/10). Blérancourt Tourisme runs it in the Soissonnais town. Its château houses the Musée national de la coopération franco-américaine.
In Pierrepont-sur-Avre, the toy and childcare fair sets up in the Trois-Rivières hall, a few weeks before Christmas: dolls, soft toys, miniature cars, Lego and Playmobil, board games, old consoles, children's books and comics, children's clothes and childcare equipment. Free entry.
Abbeville, where Boucher de Perthes unearthed worked flint tools as early as the 1830s, hosts the mineral, fossil and jewellery show in its village hall, open both days. Quartz, amethysts, fluorites and pyrites sit beside ammonites, sea urchins and shark teeth from the Paris Basin. Meteorites too.
Visitors can bring their own finds to the exhibitors for identification or a valuation. Accompanied children are welcome. Lapidaries and craft jewellers show necklaces, rings and pendants in silver, gold and fine stones.
On Sunday, Moreuil, between the Avre, the Luce and the Noye, opens its streets to the autumn flea market. Professionals and private sellers fill the squares and streets of the centre: furniture, lamps and faience on one side, records, books and old linen on the other. Refreshments and fast food on site, free entry. On March 30, 1918, Canadian cavalrymen of Lord Strathcona's Horse charged the German positions at the Bois de Moreuil.
The Saint-Simon fair in Molliens-Dreuil, on the Picardy plateau halfway between Amiens and Abbeville, brings together a car boot sale, a house-clearance market and travelling traders. Cheese, honey, charcuterie, sweets and tools are sold from the stalls. A few fairground rides and a candy-floss stand draw the children. Free entry.
About twenty kilometres north-east of Amiens, the rederie of Saint-Gratien fills the streets of the centre. Rederie is the Somme word for a big village-wide car boot sale, run mostly by private sellers, with a refreshment stall in aid of the school or a local association. The village café stays open and entry is free.
France moves to winter time in the night from Saturday to Sunday.
