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The Vintage Shop Hop is a two-day, self-guided road trip of vintage & boutique shopping held twice a year. We gather 300 to 400+ vintage & antique shops, along with barn sales, women’s boutiques & home decor shops in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin who roll out the red carpet for you on March 6 & 7, 2026. You just have to grab your friends, hit the road, and shop hard!

Each participating shop offers up an “in-store” promotion–fun things like discounts, demonstrations, artists on-site, prize drawings, treats, entertainment, food trucks, swag bags, punch cards, parking lot sales, and more…whatever they want to offer to customers to make your visit special. All shops will be open from at least 10am to 5pm and some earlier or later! Be sure to check our list and map over the next several weeks for each shop’s times…the list grows every day!

This could be the BEST. ROAD TRIP. EVER. Small businesses welcome you inside their doors. You can travel a wide combination of roads and highways, exploring cities and towns, learning about history, sampling at craft breweries, wineries, and distilleries, and just enjoying spring-like weather the whole time as you bop from shop to shop.