This weekend, August 8-9 2026, our Pays de la Loire selection ranges from the 210 dealers at Puces Ligneronnaises to Vouvant's medieval flea market.
Flea markets, antique fairs and car boot sales: the weekend of August 8-9, 2026 (08/08/2026) in Pays de la Loire delivers a genuinely varied line-up. Eleven events made our cut, from Loire-Atlantique to Vendée, mixing big-city bric-a-brac with tiny village stalls. Our pick of the weekend is Puces Ligneronnaises, gathering over 200 professional dealers on a 35,000 m² site since 1984. Where should you go if you're inland rather than on the coast?
Puces Ligneronnaises, Vendée's benchmark market since 1984
On a 35,000 m² site in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron, with an 80,000 m² car park, Puces Ligneronnaises only opens twice a year: the third Sunday of July and the second Sunday of August, which falls on August 9, 2026 this year. 210 professional antique dealers and 60 craftspeople set up for the occasion. Entry costs €1, free for under-18s.
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits closes its main street for 250 traders
On Saturday August 8, from 8am to 6pm, Avenue Georges Clemenceau is closed to traffic for the Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits flea market. Organised by the Moutiers Animation Patrimoine association, it gathers around 250 traders in the town centre, one of the biggest summer flea markets in southern Vendée.
Nantes' Place Viarme, the standing antique dealers' market
Every Saturday morning, from 8am to 1pm, the Place Viarme flea market sets up in central Nantes. August 8 is no exception: this open-air market, one of the oldest in the region, brings together selected professional dealers offering antique furniture, silverware, prints and ceramics.
Montsoreau's antique fair, 34 years at the Loire-Vienne confluence
On the second Sunday of the month, August 9, 2026, Les Puces de Montsoreau animate one of France's officially listed most beautiful villages. Now in its 34th year, the fair brings 60 to 80 professional dealers to the confluence of the Loire and Vienne rivers in Maine-et-Loire.
Vouvant swaps its usual stalls for a medieval camp
In Vouvant, another of France's most beautiful villages, a medieval festival takes over on Saturday August 8 and Sunday August 9, 2026 (provisional date, as the 2025 edition ran on August 10). Craft stalls, performances and a flea market of antique objects fill the cobbled streets above the Sèvre Nantaise river.
Triaize: 160 years of tradition before the flea market opens
The 160th Donkey and Horse Festival takes place in Triaize on Sunday August 9, 2026. The associated flea market starts at 7am, ahead of donkey races, equestrian displays and a craft market, with fireworks to close the day.
La Baule's weekly summer antique market
Every Sunday in July and August, Place de la Victoire in La Baule-Escoublac hosts a professional flea market. Fewer than 50 dealers set up, a tighter format geared towards quality antiques, collectibles and period furniture in this seaside resort. August 9, 2026 is one of the weekly dates.
Montsûrs-Saint-Céneré: 250 traders in the Mayenne countryside
The parents' association and the local festivities committee of Montsûrs-Saint-Céneré jointly run an August flea market drawing around 250 traders. This year's date is August 9, 2026, in the north-eastern Mayenne countryside.
La Roche-sur-Yon: 21 years of a community-run flea market
On Sunday August 9, from 9am to 6pm, the Kanto association celebrates the 21st edition of its flea market on Impasse Newton in La Roche-sur-Yon. 150 traders are expected, at €10 for three metres of stall space, with food and drink on site.
Javron-les-Chapelles pairs a flea market with vintage cars
The Javron flea market and enthusiasts' association combines its flea market with a vintage vehicle exhibition every August. The double event, set for August 9, 2026, draws both regular bargain hunters and classic-car enthusiasts to this north-eastern Mayenne village.
Courcival, the one flea market that's free for traders
In Sarthe, the flea market tied to the Saint-Laurent parish festival in Courcival stands out for charging traders nothing at all — a rarity that keeps turnout consistently high. Scheduled for August 9, 2026 around the village's patronal feast, this event mixes bargain hunting with local festivities.
Also worth a look
- 4th MCEN car boot sale in Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique): August 9, at the Parc Paysager pétanque grounds, run by a mölkky club, open to individual sellers for €12-14 per pitch.
- Malicorne-sur-Sarthe flea market: a classic outdoor car boot sale on August 9, 6am-6pm, on the banks of the Sarthe river.
- L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie garage sale: August 9, between Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Aizenay, €3/metre for sellers, food and drink on site.
Eleven addresses, five départements, no two alike: enough to fill the whole August 8-9 weekend in Pays de la Loire, from the Vendée coast to the Mayenne countryside. For more events happening across France this weekend, check the full weekend agenda.
