Fairgrounds offers Hwy 127 sale space

Van Wert County Fair Board news

The annual Highway 127 Yard Sale is coming to Van Wert County Thursday, August 1, through Sunday, August 4.

Every year, individuals clean out their closets and stake out their front yards along the U.S. 127 corridor, stretching over 690 miles from Addison, Mich., to Gadsden, Ala. They band together as communities, in groups or as individuals and, over a four-day weekend, they welcome the onslaught of visitors from all over the United States.

The Van Wert County Fairgrounds is ready this year to help the public enjoy the event more than ever.  The fairgrounds will get a head start by opening the day before, Wednesday, July 31, with a large group of “yard sale” vendors inside the fairgrounds. This will allow local residents to shop early before the crowds show up! Those folks who open their own yard sales only during the Highway 127 Yard Sale will get a chance to shop early too — before they are swamped with shoppers.

In addition to many on-site yard sale vendors (100 or more), there will be food vendors offering a variety of food to all shoppers. The restroom facilities on the fairgrounds will also be open. There is easy, free parking at the fairgrounds to shop the vendors on-site or head north into Van Wert to shop along Washington Street.

The fairgrounds will then close its on-site vendor yard sales one day early so vendors may pack up and have Sunday to shop the Highway 127 Yard Sale. The fairgrounds will be open Wednesday through Saturday, 8 a.m.- 6 p.m.

There is always plenty of room at the fairgrounds, so yard sale rental space is available. This is a great opportunity for many locals in Van Wert County to turn “extra stuff” into cash. Those who do not live along Washington Street or U.S. 127, can grab a spot at the fairgrounds and get access to the large crowds that pass through Van Wert during the weekend.
For information or to rent a 10-foot-by-10-foot space for only $20, contact Fair Board Director Ann Marshall at 419.238.4551.