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Well worth the drive! Start your day with a great antique show. Then visit several antique shops in the immediate area, enjoy excellent local restaurants and cafes, plus great shopping, all in one of Ontario’s prettiest small cities. Hours: 10am until 5pm both Saturday and Sunday 2008 Show Highlights:
Caroline Byfield Antiques – Caroline and Bill, from Kitchener, have also played a large role in getting this show underway. Almost all of their stock comes from estates in and around Kitchener. They have a wide range of interests, so collectors will find many categories – furniture, books, ephemera, vintage toys, advertising, linens, quilts, china, glass and much more. Always lots of fresh stock, fairly priced, and in top condition. Tim and Tracy Saunders, from Blyth, are successful pickers. Their business, Three Squirrels Antiques, reflects their eclectic and wide ranging tastes. They have a very good eye for quality. At the recent Christie Antique Show, they had a historically important advertising piece in the form of a large glass whisky dispenser, inscribed with the name of the business. They also displayed one of the finest pieces of folk art at the show, a carved horse’s head match holder entitled ‘Old Dobbin’. Check out Three Squirrels for unusual western Ontario artifacts. Gilles Dussault, Niagara on the Lake, has been in the business for almost 3 decades. He’ll have pressed glass, some Canadiana, including a 19th century ceinture flêche, English china, including an 18th century Chamberlain waste bowl, Chinese porcelain, metal ware, ivory and Inuit art.
50 Dealer experts in all, including:
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Ontario’s best dealers, plus two from Quebec, set up in the city’s
brand, new Stratford Rotary Complex. This show will become western
Ontario’s number one summer shows for both quality and variety. 
Land and Ross Antiques, from nearby Shakespeare have been big supporters of this new show. They operate two antique shops in Shakespeare and do a number of shows. Peter and Wayne sell a lot of refinished country furniture, including dining tables, chests of drawers, large and small cupboards, and all kinds of accessories. Mostly found in western Ontario, their furniture is usually of pine, cherry, maple or walnut.
O’Hara’s Antiques, St Marys – Mike O’Hara is a third generation dealer, O’Hara’s shop in St Marys having been open continuously since the 50’s. O’Hara Antiques deals in top quality western Ontario country furniture. Cherry, pine, figured maple – plus good pottery and accessories.
Mike and Mary Connolly, Kitchener – formal furnishings 
Mark Poulin, St Catharines – framed and unframed vintage posters
Make a day of it! 
Visitors to the show may also consider bringing a picnic lunch or dinner.
Several parks run along the Avon River downtown and make for ideal picnic
sites – only 3 minutes from the show.