Visitacion Valley Night Market

Visitacion Valley gets a neighborhood-scale night market on August 28, with local food vendors, small businesses, music and community programming filling the evening. This is the sort of event that makes more sense as a casual neighborhood wander than a major night out: come hungry, browse the stalls, grab something you have not tried before and stick around for the live entertainment. The appeal is the mix of food and local makers, with the market giving small businesses a chance to meet people from the neighborhood without the polished feel of a large commercial festival. It is also a good excuse to spend some time in Visitacion Valley after dark, a part of the city that can get overlooked when the usual weekend plans pull everyone toward the Mission, downtown or the waterfront. For locals, the low-key format is exactly the point.