Radio Daze 2026

Northland Antique Radio Club presents:

Radio Daze 2026 is the Upper Midwest’s largest vintage radio collecting event, will be held Friday and Saturday, May 15 – 16 2026, at the Comfort Inn Plymouth-Minneapolis, located at 3000 Harbor Lane, Plymouth, MN 55447.

This is NARC’s 40th year of holding this event. The auction, radio swap meet, radio contest, program, and awards presentation are well attended by prominent vintage radio collectors from around the country. The radio contest includes equipment displayed from the early days of radio to the 1960’s. Fliers were mailed in early April to all known radio collectors in the five state area.

The meet kicks off with a large radio auction in the hotel main ballroom at 6:30 PM Friday. We make this an entertaining auction and there will be a good variety of radios available - typically over 200 lots. This year we will have a large number of E. H. Scott radios from a collector's estate. If you want to sell your radio(s) at the auction, check them in between 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM on Friday. Auction Preview is 5:30 to 6:30 PM, and the auction starts at 6:30 PM. Member Frank Rasada will be our auctioneer, with auction coordinator Don Hauff handling registration and check in. The radio swap meet begins at dawn on Saturday morning and will offer a wide variety of vintage radios and related items for sale in the hotel parking lot. Sellers generally start packing up around noon and it will be done by 2:00 PM when the indoor program begins.

The Saturday program will feature a performance by Vic Volare's Lounge Orchestra. Vic will entertain us with a variety of swing music and classic standards like we once listened to on the radio.

Saturday is also the day of the radio contest. Enter your radio in one of twelve different categories for the chance of winning a ribbon!

The Pavek Museum is open on Wednesday to Saturday, and does have a display of radios and televisions. If you intend to visit the museum, please contact them to confirm their hours of operation and ticket cost. The Pavek is located at 3517 Raleigh Avenue in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

For more information on this event please google Northland Antique Radio Club.

This is both and outdoor and indoor event.