The Los Altos Farmers Market Closed for the Season. Downtown's Thursday Nights Return in December.
November 5, 2026
From late April through the end of October, the 200 block of State Street had a standing Thursday appointment. The Downtown Los Altos Farmers' Market ran there every Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m., starting April 30. Its final market of the season was October 29. Since then, Thursday evenings downtown have had nothing on the calendar.
That ends on December 10. The Los Altos Village Association's Holiday Market returns to State Street that Thursday and again on December 17, from 4 to 8 p.m. both nights. It uses the same day, the same four hours and the same street as the farmers market. The five weeks in between still have events, but they move to Fridays and one Saturday. One building on State Street is open through all of it.
Between the farmers market's last night and the first Holiday Market, five Thursdays have no market on State Street. They are November 5, 12, 19 and 26, and December 3. November 26 is Thanksgiving, so that Thursday would have been quiet regardless.
During that stretch, the holiday events land on Fridays and a Saturday. Here is how the Village Association has scheduled the season, set against the farmers market's old slot:
| Date | Day | Event | Hours | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through Oct 29 | Thursday | Downtown Los Altos Farmers' Market | 4–8 p.m. | 200 State St. |
| Nov 13 | Friday | 23rd Annual Holiday Stroll | 5–9 p.m. | Main and State streets |
| Nov 28 | Saturday | Small Business Saturday | 11 a.m.–2 p.m. | Veterans Community Plaza |
| Dec 4 | Friday | Holiday Tree Celebration | 6–8 p.m. | Veterans Community Plaza |
| Dec 10 | Thursday | Holiday Market | 4–8 p.m. | State Street |
| Dec 17 | Thursday | Holiday Market, final night | 4–8 p.m. | State Street |
Read down the Day column. Two Friday evenings, one Saturday midday, and then Thursday comes back for the season's last two events. The holiday calendar spends November and early December away from the Thursday slot, then ends on it.
The 23rd Annual Holiday Stroll runs Friday, November 13, from 5 to 9 p.m. across downtown Los Altos. The Village Association lists sparkling lights, strolling carolers, and shopping specials at downtown shops and restaurants. It also suggests starting or ending the evening with dinner downtown.
Twenty-three years in, the Stroll is the fixed point of the season, and everything else on the calendar follows it. It is also the longest evening event of the season. The Holiday Market and the Tree Celebration end at 8 p.m., while the Stroll runs until 9. That extra hour matters on a mid-November Friday, when it is dark well before the start time, so most of the event happens under the lights the Village Association is promoting.
The organizers have not yet posted the 2026 list of participating shops and musicians. Check the event page closer to Friday to see which storefronts are taking part.
Small Business Saturday falls on November 28, two days after Thanksgiving. The Village Association points visitors to Veterans Community Plaza, at the corner of Main and State, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It is the only event of the season held in the middle of the day. Every other date starts at 4 p.m. or later. The plaza at Main and State also comes back twice, because six days later it hosts the season's main evening event.
The Holiday Tree Celebration is Friday, December 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Veterans Community Plaza. The schedule includes student performances, trolley rides, and photos with Santa until 8 p.m.
This is the last Friday event on the calendar and the last event before Thursday returns. It also falls the day after December 3, the fifth and final Thursday without a market. The Holiday Market's first night is six days later.
Between those dates, one place on State Street stays open every day. State Street Market is the food hall at 170 State St. According to its site, it opens at 11 a.m. daily and closes at 8 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Set those hours next to the holiday calendar and the hall is open past the end of every event:
The site has vendor pages for Orenchi Ramen, Orenchi Sushi, Konjoe Burger, Konjoe Eatery, IKUKA and Little Blue Door. The market notes that hours vary by vendor, and IKUKA's page lists Wednesday-through-Sunday hours. Check a specific counter's page before planning a weeknight around it.
The hall also keeps its own calendar during the quiet weeks. Its events page lists a Los Altos Chess Meetup on November 15 and a Darling Doodle Art & Sensory Play Pop Up on November 21. The same page had already filled the first half of the month with Wine Down Wednesday on November 4, First Friday on November 6 and Head Games Trivia Night on November 10. Those were small, single-night events, scheduled on different nights of the week through the same period the farmers market left open.
The Holiday Market is billed as a European-style night market, with live music, visits from Santa, and local vendors selling gifts and stocking stuffers. The calendar listing gives the location as State Street Market, 170 State Street, on the same street as the farmers market's Thursday spot at 200 State St.
The December 17 listing calls that night the final Holiday Market and lists more than 50 local vendors. Both nights run from 4 to 8 p.m., the same hours the farmers market kept all season.
If you shopped the farmers market through October, you already know the routine. Both nights are Thursdays from 4 to 8 on State Street. The difference is what's for sale, with gifts and holiday stalls in place of produce.
For anyone mapping out the season from mid-November on, the dates fall in this order:
The Thursday farmers market returns in spring. Its 2026 season opened on April 30.
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