Taipei Flea Market Runs Until October 27 at Songshan
October 26–27, 11am–7pm: free indoor browsing across two former factories, with Japanese vintage objects, designer furniture, old paper and a planned shellac demonstration.
The 32nd Taipei Flea Market has moved to October 25–27, on the ground floor of the north and south tobacco factories at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. For the two remaining days, Monday October 26 and Tuesday October 27, opening hours are 11am–7pm. Admission is free and the market is entirely indoors with air conditioning. More than 200 domestic and international brands bring furniture, old tools, printed material and records together, revealing how objects preserve different eras of everyday life.
Use the revised dates and make time for older objects
The schedule has changed, and an earlier venue page still lists October 24–26. The organiser’s latest public announcement confirms October 25–27. Anyone planning a Monday or Tuesday visit should therefore use October 26 or 27, 11am–7pm. The setting is the ground floor of two former tobacco factories, rather than outdoor lawns. These indoor spaces allow furniture, small accessories and printed matter to fit into one visit. Following personal interests makes their differences easier to see than simply following the busiest stalls.
Japanese dealers bring tools, vessels and collectibles gathered around Japan and shipped to Taiwan by container. Modpoly, meanwhile, includes classic designer furniture from Italy, Japan and elsewhere. The first offers a way to examine traces of everyday use; the second invites attention to the proportions of chair backs, lamps and storage furniture. Together they make vintage tangible through comparable forms, beyond a colour scheme or photographic filter.
A publicity photograph uses figurines and small bags to illustrate nostalgic collecting.
Furniture and printed images offer different ways into collecting
Vintage Americana, L&R Antiques and Notre Flâneries also participate, extending the selection to American antique furniture, British and Dutch household objects and French-oriented finds. Promotional photographs supplied by the organiser show wooden drawers, old radios, globes, lighting and small metal objects. They illustrate the selection’s direction, without guaranteeing that every pictured item remains available on October 26–27. Before taking furniture or lighting home, ask each seller about dimensions, complete components and usable condition.
Furniture publicity imagery pairs tabletop objects with an armchair and lighting; it does not guarantee October 26–27 stock.The organiser’s publicity image presents metal vessels and small collectibles.
For graphic design and printing, look for WatchXO, the stall named 老紙愛好者的炸裂倉儲 and 掌中古物選. Western antiquarian books, natural-history illustrations, early Taiwanese advertisements and vintage paper offer an intimate alternative to large furniture. Typefaces, illustration, layout and marks on the paper turn age into visible clues. Printed objects also preserve how earlier generations presented products, understood nature and pictured cities.
Records and coffee give browsing its pauses
Sound forms another thread, including a Taipei-themed record exhibition. On October 26, 澤田古物 is scheduled to play original 78rpm shellac records on a century-old gramophone. Shellac and modern vinyl are different media: material, rotational speed and playback equipment jointly shape listening. The latest date announcement does not list a demonstration time, so check the organiser’s Taipei Flea Market social account before timing a visit around it.
A turntable and Taiwanese record sleeves echo the sound and collecting themes.
Food and drink participants include MU Pâtisserie, ZAKO Coffee, Toucheng’s Pal Coffee and Planté. Canelés, financiers, coffee and light food drinks offer stopping points between browsing sessions. Allow separate time for furniture, paper and sound, linking the two factories with a food break. Across the remaining October 26–27 dates, the aim can be finding objects that suit your everyday needs, rather than treating more than 200 brands as a checklist to complete.
