On September 19-20, 2026, flea markets and antique fairs fill Grand Est: over 600 vendors in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, the historic Puces de Metz, and the Book Village of Fontenoy-la-Joûte for Heritage Days.
Six hundred vendors, one single Sunday.
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, the geographical capital of the Vosges, reopens its streets to bargain hunters on September 20, as it does every year at the same time. On September 19-20, 2026, flea markets and antique fairs fill Grand Est: over 600 vendors in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, the historic Puces de Metz, and the Book Village of Fontenoy-la-Joûte for Heritage Days.
The grand braderie of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
The Grande Braderie of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges is the autumn gathering of the geographical capital of the Vosges. More than 600 vendors take over Rue Thiers, Rue d'Alsace, Rue Stanislas and the Leclerc and Jeanne d'Arc quays. Six streets transformed in one morning.
The event returns every year at the same point on the Vosges calendar, the third Sunday of September. Clothes, dishes, furniture and trinkets change hands along the shopping streets of the town centre, from early morning until late afternoon, under the watch of shopkeepers who never move.
Free shuttles connect the E.Leclerc and Cora car parks to the historic centre, to absorb the expected crowds along the Leclerc and Jeanne d'Arc quays on September 19-20 (19-20/09). A logistics plan built for a single day each year, when the whole town changes purpose.
The gathering remains a fixture of the Vosges calendar. A contact line stays open for vendors still hunting for a last-minute spot, alongside the shuttles serving the town centre all Sunday long.
The rest of the weekend across Grand Est
In Metz, Les Puces de Metz, a fixture for bargain hunters across Lorraine, open as they have every Saturday since 1978, from March to December, inside a hangar at the Metz Métropole exhibition park, Rue de la Grange aux Bois. More than 150 professional vendors and 150,000 visitors a year make it the second largest regular flea market in France, behind Saint-Ouen. In Eckbolsheim, the Zénith market takes over the Zénith Europe car park from 4am, the first market of its kind in Bas-Rhin, an unusual mix of flea market, food and textile stalls, second-hand goods and trinkets included, run by around sixty vendors. In the Champagne vineyards, the Château de Pierry antique fair keeps its upscale market for selected professionals only, between Champagne cellars and the estate garden, for buyers after quality pieces.
In Fontenoy-la-Joûte, the Book and Heritage market, the great autumn literary gathering of the Book Village organised by the Amis du Livre association, brings together the village's eleven permanent bookshops and around ten professional vendors, held alongside European Heritage Days. Regional authors round out the programme. In Wittersdorf, the village's associations jointly run their 22nd flea market, with 150 to 200 stalls around the multipurpose hall and Rue de Walheim, grilled food and other refreshments included.
Martigny-les-Bains, a village of 450 people in the southern Vosges, not far from Lamarche, holds its yard sale over two full days, September 19 and 20, in the hills of the Lorraine plateau, a gathering built for weekend bargain hunters. In Mertzwiller, the Los Amigos country and western club opens its ranch for an autumn yard sale mixing clothes, toys, dishes, books, decor items and curiosities. Under the bridge in Baccarat, a town known worldwide for its crystal, a car boot sale sets up along the banks of the Meurthe, in a pleasant riverside setting, a refreshment stand accompanying the day.
The Zénith market returns every Sunday, from 4 a.m.
