On 12-13 September 2026, Nouvelle-Aquitaine hunts for bargains from the Périgord to the Basque Country: cattle judging and vintage tractors at the La Latière fair, and eight more events between Charente, Gironde and Deux-Sèvres.
Saturday morning, deep in the Double forest.
Saint-Aulaye-Puymangou opens its fair there on 12 September. Cattle judging, sheep shearing and vintage tractors run through this legendary event, alongside a producers' market and a car boot sale, deep in the Double forest.
The La Latière fair, a fixture of the Double forest
The fair looks like nothing else this weekend. The La Latière Autumn Fair is held every September at the La Latière hamlet, in the town of Saint-Aulaye-Puymangou, deep in the Double forest, in the Dordogne. This legendary event gathers several rural traditions into a single day.
A producers' market, crafts, animals and flowers.
The cattle and veal-calf judging fills much of the morning, followed by a sheep-shearing display in front of a large crowd. Organisers add a vintage tractor show and a car boot sale open to every exhibitor of the day, professionals and amateurs alike, in the same rural spirit as the rest of the programme. Occitan folklore rounds out the day. Food stalls run under the covered hall until late in the afternoon.
One day only, never two. Unlike most of the weekend's events, the La Latière fair lasts only Saturday 12 September (12/09), and no other flea market in the region combines a livestock contest and a vintage machinery show on the same day.
The rest of the weekend, from the Périgord to the Basque Country
The rest of the weekend splits across two days. The Courçon Vintage Festival sets up two days of retro atmosphere in this Marais poitevin village, between professionals and amateurs keen on vintage pieces and antiques, with live music and food stalls thrown in. The same day, the Angoulême Antiques and Collectables Fair, run by the Échauguette association, gathers around fifty professional dealers on Place Saint-Martial and Champ de Mars. Rue Hergé sits just steps away. In Chamberet, in the Corrèze, the Secours Populaire's bric-a-brac sells furniture and crockery at low prices, from 2pm to 5pm.
Three historic flea markets take over on Sunday. In Limoges, the Puces de la Cité have kept their monthly date at the foot of Saint-Étienne cathedral for more than forty years, drawing between 100 and 200 dealers and browsers. In Bordeaux, Puces de Saint-Michel takes over Place Meynard, beneath the spire of the same name, with around a hundred professional and private sellers. It ranks among the oldest markets in the city. In Hendaye, Puces de la Bidassoa marks its seventeenth edition at the Fronton des Joncaux, from 9am to 3pm, on the Spanish border.
Three village car boot sales close the list. In Pierre-Buffière, in the Haute-Vienne, on the A20 motorway 25 kilometres south of Limoges, the town of 1,500 residents runs its own car boot sale on Rue Dupuytren and Place du Bas-Château. In Niort, the neighbourhood committee runs the Moulin à Vent car boot sale, with an oyster bar, pancakes and sausages for the food stalls. In Monsempron-Libos, in the Lot-et-Garonne, the Amis de la Région de Rivne association runs its car boot sale on 13 September. Proceeds help Ukrainian children, war refugees or those affected by the fallout from Chernobyl.
