Discover The Gathering!
The 28th Annual show is scheduled for Saturday, April 10th, 2027, at The Perham Area Community Center! Back by popular demand is the Early Bird buying during vendor setup on Friday! More info to come! To prepare for this year’s show, check out a video from the 26th Annual show below.
What is
The Gathering?
The Gathering is the best Sporting Collectibles, Art, Duck Decoy, and Fish Decoy Show in the Midwest! We are the World’s Largest Fish Decoy Show!
We are a buy-sell-trade type of show, with an average of 150 vendor tables. Admission is $10.00 per adult and all kids 16 and under are free. (Pre-buying on Friday during vendor setup, $20 admission) This is a family-style show, so bring them all as we have something for everyone. Many of our vendors can identify and appraise, and most are looking to buy if you have quality collectibles. The show is at the Perham Area Community Center in Perham, Minnesota. Take the middle exit off Highway 10, about three blocks north, on your left.
The first gymnasium is the vendor show, and the second gym is all Carving Competitions, with the best of the best carvers from across the Midwest. Past years' pics are at ​www.nfdadecoys.org. About half the show is fish decoys, so come to meet the carvers/artists.
We hope you’ll be able to attend. Please register your email address, and we will send you an update 60 days before the show.
This show is worth the trip. We have collectors coming from across America! Need to know about Perham, check the Perham Chamber website at www.perham.com
Check out the Atlas Obscura article about the show
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