Why locals love it
Best monthly excuse to actually walk King Street without dodging traffic. Time it for early afternoon and end at Babas for a glass of vermouth.
What locals are saying
Known properly as 2nd Sunday on King Street, this monthly street closure — running the second Sunday of each month from noon to 5pm, Queen to Calhoun — has been a legitimate community institution since 2010, drawing anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 people on a given afternoon. Half a mile of King Street goes car-free: restaurants push tables onto the pavement, local artisans and nonprofits set up booths, and live music — jazz trios, a cappella groups, singer-songwriters — fills the corridor end to end. It skews genuinely local rather than tourist-trap, with free two-hour parking vouchers lowering the friction enough that even skeptical King Street regulars show up; over 3 million attendees since its founding is a number that earns its own credibility.
