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Autumn Moon Festival Takes Over Irving Street Tonight as Sunset Night Market Returns

Five blocks of Irving Street close to traffic this evening for the third Sunset Night Market of 2026, timed to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Irving Street between 19th and 26th Avenues will be closed to vehicles from noon through midnight tonight, Friday, September 25, as the Sunset Night Market: Autumn Moon Festival runs from 5 to 10 p.m. The SFMTA confirmed the closure in its weekly traffic advisory published September 24, noting that the intersections at 20th and 25th Avenues will remain open and that Muni service will not be affected.

St. Ignatius

Neighbors Challenge Flaws in St. Ignatius Field Lighting Environmental Report

The St. Ignatius Neighborhood Association has filed written objections to a court-ordered draft EIR for the school's 90-foot stadium lights, calling the analysis riddled with errors.

Residents living around St. Ignatius College Preparatory School on 37th Avenue in the Outer Sunset have formally responded to a Draft Environmental Impact Report published by the San Francisco Planning Department, arguing that the document contains significant factual errors and flawed analysis, according to a report published September 19 by the Sunset Beacon. The dispute dates to 2018, when St. Ignatius proposed installing four 90-foot LED light standards at J.B. Murphy Field to allow evening athletic events.

Prop G

39 Days to the Vote: Great Highway Debate Heats Up as November Ballot Nears

With Proposition G on the November 3 ballot, the fight over whether to reopen the Upper Great Highway to weekday car traffic is entering its final stretch.

San Francisco voters will decide on November 3 whether to partially reopen the Upper Great Highway — now the Sunset Dunes park — to private vehicles on weekdays. Supporters of Proposition G gathered more than 15,900 signatures to qualify the measure, which was certified by the Department of Elections on July 23. The measure would allow cars on the two-mile stretch Monday through Friday while keeping it closed on weekends and holidays, reversing the 2024 Proposition K that permanently closed the road.

Upcoming Events

Friday, September 25

Sunset Night Market: Autumn Moon Festival

📍 Irving Street between 19th and 26th Avenues, Inner Sunset · 5:00 PM–10:00 PM · Verify · Sunset Mercantile

Sunday, September 27

Bodhi Mid-Autumn Festival Community Fair

📍 San Francisco County Fair Building, 1199 9th Ave (Golden Gate Park) · 10:00 AM–5:00 PM · Verify · Eventbrite / Bodhi Meditation San Francisco

Every Sunday

Inner Sunset Farmers' Market

📍 1315 8th Ave (parking lot between 8th and 9th Ave off Irving), Inner Sunset · 9:00 AM–1:00 PM · Verify · Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association

Friday–Sunday, October 2–4

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026

📍 Hellman Hollow, Lindley & Marx Meadows, Golden Gate Park · 1:00 PM–7:00 PM Fri; 9:00 AM–7:00 PM Sat–Sun · Verify · Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Second Sundays through November 2026

Inner Sunset Flea Market (Second Sundays)

📍 Irving Street between 9th and 11th Avenues, Inner Sunset · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM · Verify · Sunset Mercantile

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Abanico Coffee Roasters Plans Irving Street Opening

Abanico Coffee Roasters announced via social media that it is preparing to open a café and roasting operation at 424 Irving St. in the Inner Sunset, according to a report published September…

Irving Street Closed Between 19th and 26th Avenues Tonight for Night Market

The SFMTA's September 24 weekly traffic advisory confirms that Irving Street between 19th and 26th Avenues will be closed to through traffic from noon to 11:59 p.m. on Friday, September 25, to…

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