Canton's First Monday Trade Days

First Monday Trade Days may be a well-known event in East Texas, but that doesn't mean that it can't keep hundreds of hundreds of people traveling to this city Canton for 4 days every month. Open from Thursday through Friday, preceding the day of First Monday every month hundreds of vendors will set up shop and offer a multitude of shopping options.

What started more than a century ago as a flea-market has turned into the location for some of coolest, cutting-edge furniture, antiques and collectibles purchased anywhere. In the last 150 years, many things have changed in The Original First Monday Park; However, the genuine, down-to-earth people-to-people relationships between vendors as well as shoppers are the reason people are always returning.

In the meantime, here are the remaining 2021 First Monday Trade Days:

September 2nd - 5th

September 30th - October 3rd

October 28th-October 31st

December 2nd-5th

According to on the First Monday Trade Days website it is the largest and longest continuously operating outdoor flea market located in the United States.

According to those who are in this market, idea is that First Monday Trade Days started in the year 1850 when the circuit judge was able to be in Canton on the 1st Monday of each month. All over the county came to the city to take part in court dealings. In time, residents would bring their own possessions, whether it be produce, livestock or other original items to trade or sell. In the year 1965 First Monday outgrew the town's Town Square so it was relocated to the present ground. And the rest is history...

First Monday Trade Days is comprised of a wide range of private vendors, so the odds are, regardless of how many times you've visited there, you'll never get to see all. The flea markets are situated on hundreds of acres and over 700,00 square feet of shopping.

canton tx weather on First Monday is free, but the majority of parking facilities surrounding the trade fairs charge $5 for parking

You can check out the First Monday Trade Days website here.