Flea markets and antique fairs in Centre-Val de Loire, 31 October-1 November 2026: Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet holds its 20th horse fair, Saint-Amand-Montrond fills 4,000 m² with antiques, Orléans starts on Saturday.
Sunday, from 6:30 am, on the place de Verdun. Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet, in the Indre, opens its horse fair and flea market on 1 November. Flea markets and antique fairs in Centre-Val de Loire, 31 October-1 November 2026: Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet holds its 20th horse fair, Saint-Amand-Montrond fills 4,000 m² with antiques, Orléans starts on Saturday.
A horse fair below the castle of Chabenet
The horse fair and flea market of Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet celebrates its 20th edition on Sunday 1 November, on the place de Verdun. From 6:30 am, sellers set up on the fairground with furniture, crockery, trinkets, tools, toys, clothes and books. Flea market and car boot stalls fill the square.
The horse fair keeps its place beside the stalls. It carries on a centuries-old tradition of horse trading in the Berry.
In the village hall, a craft exhibition gathers paintings, sculptures, art crafts and local creations, from 9 am to 6 pm.
The village lies in the Creuse valley, and the castle of Chabenet overlooks it from above the river. Listed as a historic monument since 1927, it was built from 1465 for Josselin du Bois, with fourteen towers at the start. A Protestant stronghold during the Wars of Religion, it was partly dismantled on Richelieu's orders in 1635, then restored in the 19th century on Viollet-le-Duc's advice.
The festival committee organises the day with the town council. Free entry, food on site.
Antique dealers indoors, Saturday markets and children's sales
The All Saints weekend opens halls to antique dealers. In Saint-Amand-Montrond, the Grande Brocante Couverte takes 4,000 m² of the Samexpo centre, from 6:30 am to 6 pm on both days, under the A.V.A.C.e association. Between 50 and 100 dealers and antique sellers offer old furniture, works of art and 1960s-70s objects, with a refreshment bar, food and free parking. In Lamotte-Beuvron, the antiques fair brings about 30 professionals to the village hall, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm: old furniture, paintings, silverware, porcelain, lamps. It is the 36th edition of the fair.
Saturday 31/10/2026, browsing starts early in Tours and Orléans. In Tours, the Puces de Tours open on place de la Victoire from 8 am to noon, with up to 35 professional dealers, books, vinyl and crockery. In Orléans, the boulevard Alexandre Martin market lines up 50 to 110 sellers on the car park, from 7:30 am to 3 pm, among household linen, trinkets and furniture, with free entry for visitors. It has run every Saturday since 1977. The City of Orléans manages the market, and the Puces de Tours also return on Wednesday.
Sunday 1 November, Châteauroux opens its first-Sunday market with the Brocante des Marins, from 7 am to 1 pm in the town centre, run by the association of the Marins de Châteauroux: furniture, trinkets, crockery, old books and collectables, dealers and private sellers alike. North-east of Orléans, the Traînou market gathers sixty to a hundred sellers every Sunday, from around 8 am.
Children's sales also run indoors on Sunday. In Dangeau, the APEED parents' association sets up about twenty sellers of toys, board games, soft toys and children's books in the village hall. Stall fees fund the school's activities and outings. In Villefranche-sur-Cher, the autumn toy and clothing sale takes over the Espace Sologne, with tables at 4 euros, in support of the school's educational projects.
In Dangeau as in Villefranche-sur-Cher, entry is free.
