Last month, The Park Market, an open-air food, music, and maker sooq, re-launched at Crane Cove Park, to be held on the last Saturday of the month through October. The Park Market typically hosts more than 40 vendors, featuring family-friendly activities like paddleboarding lessons from Dogpatch Paddle and health and wellness classes offered by Bayview Hunters Point YMCA.
Garage Sale Extravaganza is a new element, in which people can sell items from in a flea market-style setting.
Park Market is managed by San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), a nonprofit that partners with municipal agencies to improve public spaces. SFPA founded The Park Market in 2023. The Port of San Francisco is responsible for Crane Cove Park.
This year’s participating merchants include artists, clothing and jewelry, and pet-oriented enterprises, such as nibi + toko, a children’s clothing retailer, Amps Record Shop, a Black-owned vinyl store, The Faight Collective, from the Haight, Mahal Scent, a Filipino candle company, and Flora Grubb Gardens. Almost half the 2024 vendors are based in the 94107 or 94124 area codes.
“Our goal is to bring more folks to the park while making the experience of spending the day at the Market even better than last season. We are hosting more food and drink vendors than last season. Ultimately, The Park Market should feel bigger, better, and more community oriented,” said Jake Ramirez, SF Parks Alliance associate director.
“The Park Market is an exciting event for the community and has helped me grow a customer base in Dogpatch,” said Yuchun Cheng, founder of S for Sparkle, a gemstone and wire wrapping jewelry business and Dogpatch resident. “It is important to bring events like this to the area. Many City events are held in large parks in other parts of the City, like Golden Gate Park. This may be a smaller park, but we usually have beautiful weather.”
“I loved selling my enamel copper and fine silver jewelry at The Park Market because of the great location, high attendance, and positive energy,” said Sandy Koepf, founder of ijewelry, a Sunnyside resident who was vended in the market last year. “The Park Market was well-attended by both merchants and customers. I had customers come from as far as Foster City to enjoy the event.”
