Arts & Entertainment

Thursday Night Market is coming back April 10

The 27th season of Chico’s Thursday night farmers market returns this week

Brynna Garcia, Reporter // April 9, 2025

The Thursday Night Market brings together the community for food, entertainment and shopping.

Thursday night farmer’s market sprouts back up again on Thursday. This year’s season lasts from this Thursday to Sept. 25. Each night market begins at 6 p.m and ends at 9 p.m.

The market takes place on Broadway Street in downtown, between Second and Fourth streets, and twists through the side streets and City Plaza.

With over 100 vendors, the market has something for everyone. From the certified farmers, to the art block and the locals lane, visitors can go home with handcrafted jewelry, fresh fruit and more.

Not only is the market located in the heart of food downtown, with options such as Burgers and Brew, The Banshee, Raw Bar, Naked Lounge and more, there are also tons of food trucks and vendors set up every week that only make the dreaded “Where should I eat?” question harder.

If shopping isn’t your favorite activity, there is also live music and entertainment. Local comedians, artists and singer-songwriters are invited to perform weekly, at each market.

This event is for all ages with activities such as balloon twisting clowns and face painting. The entire family can enjoy something and get out of the house for a few hours.

This event is rain or shine, according to the Downtown Chico website. The only time the event is cancelled is if temperatures reach 110 degrees or higher.

This will be the market’s 27th season in business, so don’t forget to mark your calendar for Thursday, April 10th.

Brynna Garcia can be reached at orionmanagingeditor@gmail.com.

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Brynna Garcia, Reporter

Brynna Garcia is a third year student at Chico State studying communications with a minor in journalism and public relations. This is her first semester with The Orion and she is very excited to push herself out of her comfort zone as a writer. In her free time she is probably hanging out with friends and family or baking and you will almost never see her not listening to music.

Sophia Pearson, A&E Editor

This is Sophia’s third semester at The Orion. After two years of reporting for the A&E section she returns this semester as the section’s editor. As a journalism major who is minoring in cinema studies, A&E allows Sophia to write about the things she is passionate about. When she isn’t writing about movies she is surely watching one. Although it changes often her favorite film is “Whiplash” (2014).