SAN FRANCISCO — The Sunset Night Market returns to Irving Street on Friday, Sept. 25, for an Autumn Moon Festival edition built around food, lanterns, music, cultural performances and neighborhood vendors.
The market runs from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Irving Street between 20th and 25th avenues. Admission is free. The useful planning detail is the same one the organizer emphasizes: this is not an event to build around finding a parking space.
What time is the Sunset Night Market on Sept. 25?
The Sept. 25 market is scheduled for 5–10 p.m.. Sunset Mercantile describes it as the 2026 Autumn Moon edition of the neighborhood night-market series.
The exact performance schedule has not yet been posted in a form detailed enough to treat as final. This page will be updated if the organizer publishes stage times or a fuller program before Sept. 25.
Where is the Autumn Moon night market?
The event stretches along Irving Street from 20th Avenue through 25th Avenue in the Sunset District.
That footprint puts the market close to several useful Muni routes and also means drivers should expect normal neighborhood street parking to be a poor plan once the event is underway.
Is the Sunset Night Market free?
Yes. Sunset Mercantile lists the night market as a free public event. The organizer promotes food, vendors, music, lanterns and cultural programming rather than a ticketed admission model.
What is the best Muni route to the Sunset Night Market?
The organizer recommends the N Judah and the 7, 28, 29 and 91 bus routes for getting to the event area.
Which route is best depends on where you are coming from. The N is usually the most straightforward rail option for people approaching from downtown or neighborhoods along the Judah corridor. The 7 runs along the Haight/Noriega corridor, while the 28 and 29 provide north-south connections that can be useful from other parts of the west side.
Is there parking at the Sunset Night Market?
There is no dedicated event parking lot. Sunset Mercantile says street parking in the neighborhood is extremely limited and recommends arriving by transit, bike or other non-driving options.
A bike-valet option is also expected. If you do drive, the safest assumption is that you may need to park well away from the market footprint and walk rather than circle Irving Street looking for curb space.
Will Irving Street be closed?
The event occupies Irving Street from 20th to 25th avenues, but SF News Today is not yet publishing a Sept. 25 closure-time window because the final event-specific SFMTA traffic advisory has not been posted.
An earlier SFMTA planning notice confirms Sept. 25 as the Autumn Moon edition of the Sunset Night Market series. We will add exact closure and Muni-reroute hours to this same page once the September advisory is available rather than guessing from an earlier event.
Why publish this now?
The market is still more than a week away, which is useful rather than premature. People planning a Friday night in the Sunset are likely to search for the date, hours, parking, Muni and street closures as Sept. 25 approaches. Those practical details are easier to keep in one page than across organizer posts and transit advisories.
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