626 Night Market Pleasanton 2026 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds

626 Night Market is Friday through Sunday, October 9–11, 2026, from 3:00 to 11:00 p.m. each day at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, 2005 Valley Avenue, Pleasanton. The organizer’s Pleasanton page is the lock. This is the only 2026 Northern California weekend. The SoCal Arcadia and Costa Mesa runs are already over.

Admission is ticketed and sold online. The city page still leaves the dollar field blank, and the Eventbrite cart is the place to read the live price. Buy through the Eventbrite link on 626nightmarket.com rather than inventing a number from an old fairgrounds blurb. Kids 5 and under get in free. There is no re-entry. One ticket is one entry, so finish the parking walk before you commit.

Parking is $15 per car plus tax, cards through Gate 8 or Gate 12 off Valley Avenue. The fairgrounds parking page says gates for parking open about an hour before the market. Pre-buy the lot on the saffire night-market page if you hate the gate line. ADA is Lot H, first come. Rideshare is Gate 8 on the main parking copy. Do not plan a Pleasanton Avenue car entrance. The promoter fences that side for general traffic. Bus 8 stops at Gate 12. BART to Dublin/Pleasanton plus a short bus or ride is the usual transit stack. One FAQ transit note still mentions Cow Palace. Ignore that. You are in Pleasanton.

The floor is the 626 mix you already know from Arcadia: long food rows, merch, and live sets in the same grid. Stay as long as you want once you are inside. The lineup page is the shape of the weekend, not a promise that every name survives Sunday. Wagons and strollers are allowed. Large bags and coolers are not. Check the FAQ the week of if you are packing for kids.

The same campus hosts Dussehra Diwali Dhamaka on Saturday, October 17, noon to 11:00. That is AIA’s fireworks mela, a different ticket, a week later. You can do 626 one weekend and Dhamaka the next. Do not try to treat them as one night. FOG Diwali is October 24 in Fremont if you want a school-grounds daytime mela after both.

626 started in the San Gabriel Valley in 2012, named for the 626 area code. Foodieland LLC runs it. The summer season page already flagged this October date. This listing is the NorCal weekend you actually plan around: late start, fairgrounds parking tax, and a food-court night that does not care about Diwali calendars.

Our take: buy if you want a late Asian street-food night and you can stand a fairgrounds lot. One evening is enough. Saturday will be the crush. If you only have October 17 free, skip this and do Dhamaka.

When: October 9–11, 2026, 3:00–11:00 p.m. daily
Where: Alameda County Fairgrounds, 2005 Valley Ave (Gate 8 or 12), Pleasanton, CA 94566