Central Coast Vintage & Collectibles Fair
A twice-yearly-plus antiques weekend at the East Gosford Lions hall, with dealers inside on Saturday and a boot market spilling outdoors on Sunday.
About this market
The fair has been running since 2013, and the one thing about it that has changed is the name. What began as the Terrigal Antique & Vintage Fair now trades as the Central Coast Vintage & Collectibles Fair, from the same Lions Community Hall on Russell Drysdale Street in East Gosford, under the same organiser and on the same weekend pattern.
Saturday inside, Sunday outside
The two days are not the same event twice. Saturday is the antiques and collectibles day proper, with dealers set up inside the hall and spilling into the grounds. Sunday adds a boot market outdoors while the vintage dealers keep trading indoors, which changes the character of the browsing: Saturday rewards a slow lap of the tables, Sunday rewards turning up early. More than 40 stalls work the weekend across decor, clothing, jewellery, fine china, rustic relics, lamps and tools, with live music and coffee to keep people circulating.
Market at a glance
Because it runs only a handful of weekends a year rather than monthly, stock turns over properly between fairs and dealers travel in for it. That is the practical argument for putting the dates in a calendar rather than treating it as a drop-in. The dates themselves spread across the year rather than clustering: a recent program ran in March, May, September and November, which is roughly one fair a season. Stallholder enquiries go through Catherine on 0414 614 659, and the fair has kept the same organiser and the same phone number across the name change.
The old name is genuinely retired rather than running alongside the new one. The former terrigalantiquevintagefair.com address has lapsed and now resolves to an unrelated commercial site, and the operator's current listings, contact email and website all carry the Central Coast Vintage & Collectibles name. If you find a listing still calling it the Terrigal fair, it is an old directory entry, not a second event.
Good to know before you go
Dates first, everything else second: this is a several-weekends-a-year fair, not a monthly one, and the calendar shifts. Both days run 9am to 2pm with a gold coin donation at the door. Come Saturday for the dealer tables at their fullest, Sunday if the boot market is what you are after. Bring cash and something to carry fragile finds in. The Lions Community Hall sits on Russell Drysdale Street in East Gosford, a few minutes from the Gosford waterfront, with street parking nearby. This is Darkinjung country.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is this the same as the Terrigal Antique & Vintage Fair?
- Yes. The fair now trades as the Central Coast Vintage & Collectibles Fair. Same organiser, same Lions Community Hall on Russell Drysdale Street in East Gosford, same weekend format. Only the name has changed.
- When is the fair on?
- Several weekends a year rather than monthly, Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 2pm. Recent years have run roughly March, May, September and November, so check the current dates before travelling.
- What does entry cost?
- A gold coin donation.