This year’s Old Court House Flea Market was such a success, organizers say they’re planning on adding another to the calendar.

“For the first time in about eight or nine years,” said Bubba Bolm, curator of the Old Court House Museum, “we’re doing a spring flea market. We’re going back to an old idea.”

The market would coincide with the annual Riverfest and Arts and Crafts Show, held in April along Walnut and Crawford streets, and vendor applications are being accepted now, Bolm said.

“A lot of people will be in town looking for something to do,” he said.

This year’s flea market saw a spike in attendance.

“We had maybe about 4,000 people,” Bolm said, about 1,000 more than last year.

Toni Dickerson of Vicksburg said she’s shopping at the flea market “for 23 out of the 28 years. I always look forward to coming.”

The market, which wrapped around four street blocks encasing the Old Court House on Cherry Street, drew more than 150 vendors — like Pamela Desadier of Castor, La., who makes personalized note and picture boards from ceiling tiles.

“This is my fourth year here,” she said. “You can use this for room art or a poster board.”

David Jackson of Jackson and his sister Margaret Jackson of Little Rock were selling antiques and knickknacks.

“The crowd is quite good — and the weather was perfect,” he said.

Browsing through the Jacksons’ collectibles was Denise Trosclaire of Metairie, La.

“We came to a hunting camp here in Vicksburg,” she said, “and while my husband is in the woods, I came out here to shop.”

The flea market drew 15 food vendors, who said “they had a better year than any other year,” Bolm said.

A few blocks west on Washington Street, the 16th annual Downtown Fall Festival also drew a crowd, Vicksburg Main Street Executive Director Kim Hopkins said.

“Everybody had a good time,” she said. “The vendors who I spoke with told me they had a good day.”

This year’s fall festival saw two new events — a Friday night concert with children’s activities along Washington Street and a Saturday morning Bricks and Spokes cycling event through the city and county.

“We wanted to bring people downtown and make it a weekend event,” Hopkins said.