Friday, June 12, 5–10pm — Irving Street, between 20th and 25th Avenues, Central Sunset. The Sunset Night Market returns for its Dragon Boat Festival edition, closing five blocks of Irving to traffic for food stalls, makers, and cultural performances. It's free and all-ages, and leashed dogs are allowed (though organizers warn the crowd and noise aren't for every dog). The date, hours, and footprint are confirmed both on the organizer's page and independently — Funcheap lists it as a free June 12 pick, and the SF Standard reported in January that organizers had secured a city permit for the June 12 Dragon Boat market.

This is part two of the market's four-stop 2026 run, themed around the Dragon Boat Festival and presented by Sunset Mercantile with Wah Mei, Into The Streets, and ASIAN Inc. The pitch is straightforward and the right one: a huge spread of food vendors cooking authentic Asian fare, plus artisan booths, live music, and cultural acts. It draws from one of the city's genuinely great eating corridors — the stretch of Irving lined with Chinese groceries, dumpling counters, and bubble tea — so the vendor list tends to punch above the usual street-fair fare. Come hungry; that's the whole assignment.

The insider move is still the train, with one catch. The N-Judah runs on Irving only up in the Inner Sunset (around Arguello to 9th Avenue); out in the avenues it runs on Judah Street, one block south of the market. So ride the N to Judah & 22nd Avenue (or the 19th or 25th Avenue stops) and walk one block north to Irving — you're right in the footprint. The 7, 28, and 29 buses also serve the area, and there's a free bike valet onsite. What there isn't: parking. Organizers flatly call street parking "extremely limited," and they're not exaggerating — circling the avenues on a Friday night while five blocks are barricaded is a losing game.

If you've only got two hours: take the N to Judah & 22nd, walk up to Irving, start at the 25th Avenue end where the lines are usually shorter, and eat your way east while the crowd thickens behind you.