Last 2026 Clinton Market Night is Saturday
The newly renovated Market Street commercial district in Historic Downtown Clinton is open for business, and will host the Clinton Market Night event from 5-8 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 8. (photo:G. Chambers Williams III )
Conducted by the merchants’ group, the Market Night events will include street vendors set up along Market Street, along with food trucks and trailers.
The brick-and-mortar stores will stay open late to accommodate the crowds, which could be rather large this year as Market Street comes back to life after a shutdown for major sidewalk reconstruction and other improvements over the past year-and-a-half.
Even though the street won’t be open to vehicular traffic during Saturday’s event, the new sidewalks and other improvements along Market Street are ready to accommodate people on foot.
Repaving of Main Street in the area around Market Street was completed last week, and Broad Street was paved on Monday, Mayor Scott Burton said.
A portion of Charles G. Seivers Boulevard from Weaver to Main Street was shut down for about three hours Monday morning, as some repaving was done where new water and sewer lines had been run across the highway, Burton said.
“Everything should be looking good [for the Saturday event,” he said. “Market Street looks great.
Merchants are hoping visitors will crowd the street during the Market Night event, which will be the first since the downtown repaving work was completed.
Free parking is available in the city’s downtown parking lots, including the large one on Commerce Street and the new one on Main Street across from Knight’s Flowers.
As for Market Street, wrought-iron handrails have been installed along the steps on the newly rebuilt sidewalks. There are several sets of the steps on both sides of Market, helping to keep the sidewalks relatively level at store entrances.
To accommodate disabled people, there are ramps along the steps to allow wheelchair users to avoid them.
