Nashville Flea Market 2022 Dates And Information

Nashville Flea Market 2022 dates and times for the market.

The Nashville Flea Market is open one weekend a month. The market is a great place to find just about anything and should top your list of things to do in Nashville! All the information including shopping trip photos from the new location, vendor information, dates and times, and cool things found at the market is right here.

Shopping The Nashville Flea Market

I’ve been going to the Nashville Flea Market for longer than I can remember. It is a junker's paradise and a great place to find new things too like, purses, jewelry, plants, etc. The shopping is endless and you can find just about anything your heart desires at the market. The vendors are friendly and helpful. Heck, some of them are like family now. I usually shop the same vendors every month because I've learned over the years which vendors have the good junk. And that's what I shop for, things to upcycle. A few of the vendors I met years ago have left the market for one reason or another and I miss them so I make it a point to stop and talk to as many vendors as I can on my shopping trips.

The Vendors

Debbie paints furniture and she rocks it. Jimbo creates metal yard art. The big guy in the middle was promoting haunted houses in the Nashville area in October.

Eric and Caleb live in Clarksville where I'm from and they have a shop called Oddly Amazing Antiques....and they do have some odd stuff. You can find them at the flea market every month.

The Butler's pictured above sometimes set up at the market. Lately they are more focused on their shop in Hopkinsville, Ky, my favorite junk shop.

Jimbo of Bradley Metal Works is always fun to talk to. He has a great attitude and is lawn/garden ornaments are works of art.

Nashville Flea Market Location 1969-September 2019

The Nashville Flea Market is located at The Fairgrounds Nashville, 625 Smith Ave. The flea market area consists of several large buildings, a bunch of open sheds, and a lot of paved outdoor space. Vendors are set up in all of these areas. There are food and drink vendors too. We don’t want to forget them.

Outdoor Booth Spaces at The Fairgrounds Nashville

Some vendors set up tents and other are just out in the open. If the weather is bad, shopping outside is not good. I have only known the market to close for the weekend one time….and that was January of this year. Nashville had a blanket of snow and ice. For the safety of the vendors and customers the market closed for the month of January 2016.

Several vendors are talented painters. The furniture piece above is one of my favorites. A lot of work went into this piece. You can also find vintage furniture in perfect condition or furniture that needs refinishing or painting.

If you like fresh canned jam and jellies, fried pork skins, fresh baked bread......this is the place for you. There are vendors who will frame a print, vendors who monogram just about anything, and vendors who sell herbal supplements. Most of the fine antiques are inside the buildings. You can also find fine jewelry vendors and dealers selling gold and silver coins.

Unique Vendor Trailers

How about that for a business name. The name does say it all. I usually shop the vendors set up in the open areas outside and under the sheds. I find furniture to paint and junky, rusty stuff.

Check out the post my friend Sarah wrote on Antique And Thrift Stores in Nashville And Franklin Tn here!

Since I've shopped the market for many years, I know which vendors are most likely to have what I'm looking for and also who has the best prices. Most of the vendors will negotiate prices but please don't embarrass yourself or them by making a low ball offer. They are trying to make a living just like we are. The prices are reasonable enough that I can buy things, remake or reinvent them, and sell them at my booth for a profit.

The crowds come every day of the market, shopping inside and out. If it rains some of the vendors leave early or cover everything up and wait out the rain. You might get a better deal on Sunday because the vendors won't have as much stuff to pack up and haul home.

Things found at The Nashville Flea Market:

antiques, vintage furniture, new furniture, rusty junk, architectural findings, vintage advertising signs, reclaimed doors and windows, new clothes, new shoes, sunglasses, plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables, handcrafted items of all kinds......

.....food, vitamin supplements, handbags, new and vintage jewelry, gold and silver coins, custom embroidery, custom lawn games, metal yard art….etc., etc., etc..

Just look at all those goodies. From this single vendor there is everything from vintage screen doors to metal olive buckets to new metal items from Mexico.

New Fairgrounds Location

The flea market opened in its new location in September 2019 at The Fairgrounds Nashville. The new location is down the hill from the old exhibit buildings, entry is from Wedgewood Avenue and from the Bransford/Benton Avenue side of the property.

The new space has three brick-and-metal air-conditioned buildings and a total of 130,000 square feet. There are two large sheds, space for vendors in the show arena and outdoor booth spaces under canopies. There are additional areas on the perimeter of the property for vendors to set up their own tents.