Best Market PHOENIX FLEA phoenix-flea.myshopify.com The moment the next installment of Phoenix Flea is announced, we start squir- reling away extra money. You see, the one-day modern market typically held a couple of times a year is a veritable wonderland of things we want to buy. The April market had more than 100 vendors, including local favorites Paige Poppe Art, Keep Nature Wild, Iconic Cocktail Co., and The House of Used, plus food and drink purveyors such as Mustache Pretzels and Honey Bear’s BBQ. We love the wide range of available goods, the convenient location in downtown’s Phoenix’s Heritage Square and Science Park, and the hustle and bustle of the large crowd each market draws. The next Phoenix Flea is November 26, and you bet we’ll be purchasing our tickets in advance so we can get in and start shopping as quickly as possible. Best Monthly Market ROLLIN’ RETRO MARKET 5757 North Central Avenue @ivory__house The downtown Phoenix art walk isn’t the only cool thing that happens on the first Friday of the month. North of Roosevelt Row, Ivory House Vintage Shop hosts the Rollin’ Retro Market. Held at North Phoenix Baptist Church, Rollin’ Retro Market combines two things we love: shopping and roller-skating. Your $3 entry fee includes skate rental and access to dozens of vendors selling vintage goods plus jewelry, clothing, art, and more. The whole affair is a groovy, high-energy event we look forward to each month. And if you can’t wait until First Friday to shop vintage, you can head out to Ivory House’s west Valley storefront at 650 North Estrella Parkway, Suite A4 in Goodyear. Best Annual Sale VNSA USED BOOK SALE Arizona State Fairgrounds 1826 West McDowell Road 602-265-6805 vnsabooksale.org We’ve often said that we only get up in the middle of the night for two things: air travel and the VNSA Used Book Sale. It’s held every year in February in an exhi- bition hall at the Arizona State Fairgrounds, and the name is actually a misnomer: When the sale began in the 1950s, it was just for books, but today you can find records, DVDs, magazines, games, puzzles, maps, and more. Hundreds of thousands of items are for sale, most for absurdly low prices — all biographies and vinyl records are just $1 each, for example — which is why book dealers, resellers, bibliophiles, and the like start lining up the night before to be first in the door. A few tips for the newbies: Bring lots of bags in case you don’t get a shopping cart; if you see some- thing you think you want, grab it, because it may not be there in a couple of minutes; and you’ll get through checkout faster if h. H you bring cash. Happy hunting. 116 BEST OF PHOENIX 2022 | WWW.BESTOFPHOENIX2022.C0M | SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
