Starlight Six Drive-in Theatre Flea Market

This flea market is mostly bulk ordered items like shampoo and cosmetics plus a bunch of booths with sneakers and stretchy pants of questionable origin.
There isn’t a whole lot that’s worth anything here. However, there was one booth with a bunch of «slightly irregular» Vans tennis shoes, and I got a good deal on a pair of black perforated leather ones.
The prices here are cheap, but there’s not much you’d really want to take home… unless you need a shady deal on a microwave or some off brand shampoo.

Slim pickings, honestly. Though there are several rows of vendors spread throughout the parking lot, the majority of them had the same items: toiletries, outdated video games, Latin foods/​snacks, really old phones, and old clothes/​shoes. If clothes or furniture are what you’re looking for you’re better going off going to a thrift store, there’s nothing salvageable in that hodgepodge. If you still want to check this place out bring something cold to drink and an umbrella to shield from the sun, it gets hot out there!

I came in with HGTV dreams, and left with Mexican Mercado memories. ;-)
No but seriously, I’ve been addicted to American Pickers since it’s conception, I watch Storage Wars and just about every «in search of good unique finds» show there is, but after watching a marathon of Flea Market Flip I was left with the desire to go to an actual legit outdoor flea market.
Now I’m no stranger to vintage shops and thrift stores, I’ve been doing my own version of the «high low project» since I was 16 decorating my bedroom. And after seeing my current place friends, family, and strangers often ask me to decorate their homes and apts– so long story short I looooove home décor, finding unique pieces, finding things worth hundreds$$ for mere dollars$$. I have good taste and really do believe I could be HGTV’s next Design Star, lol. Yes I’ve been to the cute outdoor vendor type markets that pop-​up in Piedmont Park or Chastain, but I had never been to an actual outdoor flea market in Georgia. So despite the slightly negative reviews I figured I’d give the Starlight Six Flea Market a try, hoping that all the cool tv shows inspired more people to sell their cool finds at a flea market.
Okay, enough ad-​lib, let’s get down to the nitty gritty:
BASIC INFO:
Cost 25 cents to get in. 7AM-​3PM every Saturday and Sunday weather permitting and as long as there are no other special events going on.
VENDORS:
Just a complete hodge podge. We trekked our way up and down the «rows» to mainly see– latin american snacks, old clothes and sneakers, new stuff you’d find at mini malls like cell phone covers/​chargers/​belts/​sunglasses/​sun dresses, and strangely enough many people selling common household items and toiletries like mouthwash/​toothpaste/​lotion/​cleaning products. Here and there you’ll see a guy selling brand new flat screens and other new boxed electronics, and there were a few clever vendors who setup shop to offer a needed service, like one guy who makes/​duplicates keys.
But amongst all the clutter of mexican snacks, dollar store toiletries, and Goodwill gotten sneakers there were a few vendors, very few, who were selling paintings, vintage mirrors and décor items, and we even spotted a very lovely mid century console that we were about to take interest in when the little lady told us that someone had JUST bought it. I hope this is okay to say, but the actual «good find» furniture/​home décor vendors were mostly black american women and there were only about 5, maybe 6 of them out of the total 75+ vendors.
There were about 8 – 10 rows, with at least 10 vendors on each side of the rows. So it’s a lot of people hawking their goods. Like another reviewer mentioned they are just setup outside their car, van, or truck with tables or blankets displaying their items.
All the rows are pretty much just repeats of the last, selling the same things for the same prices… unfortunately blah-​ze.
CROWD:
There were a lot of people and a lot of cars. It was interesting to see the drive-​in theater during the day. Overwhelmingly mostly latin-​american crowd.
SUMMARY:
All in all it was a total bust. Not at all, in the least bit worth the travel all the way down Moreland in hopes of finding an old Eames chair, or a vintage lamp that you can re-​paint. You’re better off hitting up thrift stores, vintage shops, yard sales, and craigslist. Oh and FYI, if you plan to go after 12 be sure to bring sun screen, sunglasses, and a hat because it gets hot and humid. If you just so happen to be in the area, sure, stop by just to say you have been and maybe you might get lucky, but I seriously doubt it.
I don’t plan on coming back, but might return next year to see if the vendors have gotten any better or to see if its the same old inauthenic mercado.

This is an outdoor «Flea Market» that is of the old school. No permanent buildings full of pseudo retail stores pretending to be the best deal in town.
These folks might bring an EZ-​Up style canopy to cover them from sun and/​or rain. Some might spread their wares out on blankets, or even the asphalt. Others hawk their items from vans, cars or trucks. Nothing permanent because everyone is gone so the place can perform its mainstay business as a double-​feature drive in theater.
You can find a wide variety if items — some new, some «returned to Store/​Opened, some dinged and damaged goods and some stuff that looks like it might be on the way to the dump. Like I said, an old school yard-​sale type flea market.
Some items are a great buy. some items might be knock-​offs or fakes. Unless you’re gullible enough to believe that someone is selling brand new $ 500 purses for $ 20 «today only», then you’ll be fine. If you ARE that gullible person, don’t buy anything new. Stick to old used stuff.
They are open every Saturday and Sunday. We’ve been there in all types of weather. Snowing, sweltering hot, raining, windy and usually some combination of those. Alwways people there selling.
Worth the trip if you’re a Flea Market fan!

I went to the Starlight Six Swap Meet last Saturday for the first time and it wasn’t too bad.
I ended up spending $ 60 bucks there for 2 video games and a new bicycle. The video games were in good condition but after a week I’m already bored with them and hope to trade them in at GameStop for more than I bought them for. And the new mountain bike is BADASS! It was only $ 40 and it is in brand new condition, not sure if it «fell off a truck» or was legit; but the guy selling them had about 20 bikes for sale. I’m loving my new Trek!

If you’re looking for dirty used clothing or new toiletries, come here. Oh, and if you want any Latin-​American sweets or snacks, including some delicious looking mangoes sliced to look like flowers on sticks. Unfortunately, that’s about it.
It’s 25 cents a person to get in, and about two of the parking lots are covered with vendors’ tents and tables. It’s a pretty decent size in terms of the number of sellers, but unfortunately all are selling the same thing, and there’s not much variety.
Check it out to say you’ve been, but don’t expect much.