The recent upsurge in vinyl records fostered by a large number of radio and tv shows on the listening pleasure of records, should come as no surprise to Bridport, the town is becoming established as “The Hay-On-Wye” type town for Record and CD Buyers with its quarterly Vinyl Saturday Record and CD Fair and over 20 shops around town and a number of Saturday Market stalls also selling records and cds.
Vinyl Saturday Record and Cd Fair Bridport, returns on 1st March with free admission to readers of Bridport Radio, just download the advert and come along. The idea of offering local music fans the opportunity to see a large range of records and cds was started in November 2008. Bridport was in the vanguard of the renaissance of renewed interest in vinyl records. It made Bridport the first town in the UK and probably Europe to recognise the revival and to offer music fans the opportunity to find and buy vinyl records and other music related items all in one town.The event has run successful four times a year ever since, with the world’s leading authority on all things vinyl Record Collector Magazine awarding it Record Fair of the Year across Europe.
The quarterly event which runs in March, May, August and November of each year is fully supported by the Town Council, Tourist Board, Shops and Bridport Market Traders, who all recognise the benefit of increasing visitors to Bridport.
Bob Gillis the Town Clerk said “Bridport’s Historic Street Market continues to be very popular with local people and visitors to the area, with a wide variety of over 100 stalls on a Saturday. This includes a large number of music stalls, which take pride of place on Vinyl Saturday, which has become one of the key events in the town’s annual calendar”.
The Record and CD fair is on Saturday 1st March is in Bridport United Church, East St and with over 20 stalls booked will along with market stalls and the many shops selling records and cds provide a great day for music fans.
