By Abby Turner
Vintage Market Days, an upscale vintage-inspired market where vendors and vintage
lovers thrive, is coming to the Hoover Finley Center September 26-28.
At this event, vendors will sell art, antiques, jewelry, handmade items, home decor,
treats, plants, and of course, clothing! Vintage Market Days is held several times a year
in various communities, and Birmingham is lucky enough to hold this event annually –
all thanks to Kimberly Denard.
Denard, raised in Birmingham, has always loved small businesses and objects
with a story. Her most prized possession is a red porch swing she inherited from her
grandmother, one that reminds her of her grandmother’s legacy.
When Denard attended her first Vintage Market Days event in Tennessee and kept
Attending similar events anywhere she could find in the Southeast, she realized the vendors
themselves had stories, too – stories that inspired her to make a change in her own life.
At the time, she was a mother working in the corporate world with a passion for a
different kind of life. She and her husband became vendors at Vintage Market Days, and
eventually, she was able to quit her job and buy into the Birmingham, North Alabama,
and Chattanooga markets. Her daughter became her business partner.
She never looked back and never regretted a thing.
Denard encourages everyone to attend the event in Birmingham this year, and to ask the
vendors the stories of the things they are selling and the stories of their lives, too. You
never know what you might find.
Vintage Market Days will be held over the course of three days in September. The Early
Buying Event will take place on Thursday, September 26 from 3–8 pm. You can also
visit the market from 9am–5pm on Saturday the 27 and 9am–4pm on Sunday the 28.
Ticket prices currently range from $10-15, depending on the ticket package you
purchase. Children 12 and under are free! Once purchased, your ticket is good for
re-entry into the event all weekend.
For more information, go to vintagemarketdays.com/market/birmingham.