SD Night Market — October Edition

Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego. October 31st. Free. The SD Night Market on Halloween is the version of this event that puts the vendor rows and the street food and the waterfront setting underneath a city-wide costume night — the most photographed, most food-dense, most visually strange version of the Night Market all year.

Halloween at the Night Market means the crowd is in costume. The food vendors are still the same — the Filipino bowls, the Korean street food, the Japanese snacks, the handmade goods — but the context is different. Walking past a ramen stall while someone in a full monster costume debates the menu with someone in a historical gown is the specific experience of San Diego doing its own version of Halloween.

Free entry. October 31st. sdnightmarket.com for vendor lineup and layout. Arrive before 7 to find a spot at the bay-side tables before they fill. Bring cash if you have it — not every vendor takes cards. The Night Market runs until the evening, which on Halloween means the city lights and the costume energy are both at full volume by the time you leave.