All-Night Flea Market To Return To DuPage County Fairgrounds

WHEATON, IL — Rare antiques, quirky knickknacks and handmade crafts will take over the grounds of DuPage County Fairground for the Wheaton All-Night Flea Market Aug. 21.

The 12-hour flea market, named among the World's Best Flea Markets by the Travel Channel, will boast vendors from six different states offering thousands of items, a news release said. The event will also feature appearances from actors, authors, writers and musicians. Visitors are advised to bring a flashlight for easier browsing.

Presented by Zurko Productions, the Wheaton All-Night Flea Market will give visitors a chance to meet:

• Jackson Bostwick, who played Captain Marvel in the mid-1970s
• The Big Red Cheese, Bostwick's Captain Marvel-themed 1974 Chrysler Imperial
• Above and Beyond Cause Play, a cosplaying group
• James Azrael, curator of The Horror and SciFi Prop Preservation Association
• Deadgar and Storm Winter, hosts of Deadgar’s Dark Coffin Classics
• Claire Fluff Llewellyn, a writer and actor who has appeared on Showtime's "Shameless"
• Rick Goldschmidt, musician and official biographer of Rankin/Bass Productions
• John Borowski, author and filmmaker
• Becca Whitaker, pinup artist
• Philo Barnhart, Oak Park-based animator
• Charles D. Moisant, local horror author

The Wheaton All-Night Flea Market runs from 3 p.m. Aug. 21 to 3 a.m. Aug. 22. Admission is $10 per person. Children 12 years old and younger get in free. Tickets will be available at the gate.

Attendees should use the customer parking entrance at 421 N. County Farm Rd.

What: Wheaton All-Night Flea Market

When: Aug. 21 from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Where: DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Rd., Wheaton