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| - We used to live in Apache Junction Arizona for several years and this place was 10 minutes from the house. We bought our hot tub here which was a great deal and looked at the above ground pools for years without ever pulling the trigger. The other flea markets in the phoenix area just don't hold up to the quality and volume that this place has to offer.
Yes, it is hot during the summer months as it is covered but not inside and air conditioned like some of the other flea markets around town. However, you get some great vendors here that don't simply offer the traditional garbage you see in an indoor market.
The live music here is free and they have had some great performers over the years. I recall an older lady that sang about 10 years ago who reminds me of the lady from the Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer, who loved to pay for his singing lessons with her meatballs. She was great, but this last trip a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure to hear a gentleman who was a literal one man band with renditions of AC/DC and Journey songs on his guitar with a bass drum and some tech help. His vocals were also very good. He took a request from the audience of some Fleetwood Mac and explained to everyone how the song was an offbeat difficult tune and gave the names and background to the singers in the band as to who wrote it and then proceeded to kill it. Dude had the kind of talent you sit back and listen to and say to yourself..."man I wish I had that kind of talent!" Wouldn't that be cool. Then you sit back and appreciate other people and what they can do.
Food area where they play was packed and it took 20 min for a table to open up so people were enjoying the music. I loved to watch the Korean and Vietnam military veterans with their hats enjoying life and dancing with their female dance partners like they didn't have a care in the world to those songs, but I digress.. Boy do I miss Arizona!
Nevertheless, the live entertainment is worth the price of admission, which is $0. The 16 oz Miller lite beer is $3 and some of the shops are excellent. Breakfast and burgers are solid and inexpensive. There is a shop that sells cactus arrangements in a nice Arizona decorated bowl for $11 for 3 cactus or cacti of your choice. Paper cactus (people will ask about that), red cactus, sharp, pointy, sticky. They also have a larger $15 bowl where you get all the cactus separate and the gravel and instructions to boot. Note the $11 bowl watering is 4 oz per week. The cactus arrangements and deals are a total steal as you can't hardly buy a bowl let alone the plants and gravel. They also sell them for the same price already put together.
These flea markets have great kitchen items from bacon presses to tongs, strainers, old fashioned peelers for super cheap so it's always worth the time to look around. I purchased and had measured a full set of Ping Golf Club knockoffs at this place. They took all the measurements like club pro's and honestly it's the best set of golf clubs i've owned. Think I paid around $175 for the whole set 10 years ago.
My mother found a great greeting looking Smokey Bear ceramic item that says welcome or hello on the front and on the backside it says goodbye. Painted well for $20 out the door.
I was very impressed with a place that sold pictures of Superstition Mountain and Canyon Lake as we had a boat and lived within a few miles of Superstition Mountain so I have grown to appreciate the beauty of the area. I spoke to the couple who does this and the gentleman takes his own pictures of the Arizona landscape and his pictures were available on canvas or aluminum. The canvas IMO was the best looking and half the price, but the gallery as a whole is stunning. I wish I took pictures to post up for others to see but I am not trying to promote businesses other than promoting the flea market as a whole since the people, the food, the entertainment and the area holds a special place in my heart.
Check it out. Is it the best flea market in the world? No, but in my opinion it's the best flea market in Arizona. It gets busy, so when it is and you want to find quick parking, stay on the right hand side of the ropes and park in the back. There are entrances on all sides of the tents so it doesn't really matter where you start the long walking journey of slaloming through the masses. At the end of the day it's a great place to chill and free to get in, which is always a win in my book, and always makes me smile.
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