You might not get into the Chilmark Flea Market on your first attempt.

For vendors and customers alike, the return of the Chilmark Flea Market this summer has helped bring back a vital component of their summer social life.

The Chilmark Flea Market is on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic, organizers announced.

Each Wednesday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Chilmark Flea Market fans follow the pointer finger on the yellow signs scattered around the Island.

The Chilmark Flea Market began in 1967 with five card tables at the Chilmark Community Church. Fifty years later and a lot larger, its still going strong.

A market where you can buy or barter for secondhand goods is called a swap meet in some places, trash and treasure market in others, and flea market on Martha’s Vineyard. The Chilmark Flea Market holds unlimited potential; anyone can rent a stall to set out anything — well, nearly anything — they want to sell.