This year’s edition brings a retro 80s theme, live music both nights, and more than 90 vendors to Centennial Park.
A lot of outdoor markets and festivals in Palm Beach County play it safe and default to daylight hours, betting the heat cooperates. The Night Market skips that bet entirely by waiting for sunset. The Boynton CRA calls it one of the city’s largest annual events, and the numbers back that up: the market expanded to two nights for the first time in 2025, after several years as a single-night market, and now pulls more than 15,000 people over the weekend.
This year’s edition runs July 24 and 25, 5 to 11 p.m. both nights, with vendor tents filling the park and spilling out onto the sidewalks and edge of Ocean Avenue right around it. It’s free, it’s outdoors, and it’s shaped by the same premise that’s kept it going: put the neighborhood’s best businesses, food, and live music in one place after dark and let people wander. This year runs a retro 80s theme, with a nightly costume contest, glow activations, arcade games, and a roller-skating rink added to the usual mix.
The lineup covers a lot of ground. Retailers, artisans, food trucks, and professional service providers set up across the park’s green space and the adjacent stretch of sidewalk, with vendor selection weighted toward businesses based in the Boynton Beach CRA area. The CRA is calling this year’s vendor response unprecedented, with more than 90 local businesses on tap. CRA-area businesses will run their booths from colorful tents and hand out free glow items to anyone who stops by.
Music runs both nights on the amphitheater stage. Friday brings Josh Gluck and the Family Tree from 5 to 7:30 p.m., followed by Nostaljah Band from 8 to 11, with DJ Mike Locke on all night. Saturday runs Spider Cherry from 5 to 7:30 and Making Faces from 8 to 11, with a DJ still being finalized. Both nights also get three rounds of an aerial performance from Sunshine Circus Arts (5:30, 7:30, and 9 p.m.) and roaming costumed performers from 6 to 11. Kids’ entertainment is handled with inflatables, face painting, henna, and a couple of photo booths, so the event skews family-friendly without feeling like it’s only for families. The BBCRA runs an info booth with a “Spin to Win” wheel for prizes and gift certificates. It’s also the place to ask about the current round of Boynton Beach Bucks, a program built to route spending back toward participating local businesses.
Parking is free throughout downtown. Walkable options include the City Hall lots at the SE corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and Seacrest Boulevard, First Baptist Church of Boynton Beach (301 N. Seacrest Boulevard), First Church of Boynton Beach (101 N. Seacrest Boulevard), lots at the SW corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and Federal Highway, and limited street parking along East Ocean Avenue. The CRA has also designated park-and-ride lots at the Hester Center (1901 N. Seacrest Boulevard) and the Boynton Beach Senior Center (1021 S. Federal Highway) for anyone parking further out.
Two evenings, no ticket, and less heat index to think about.
When: Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25, 5–11 p.m.
Where: Centennial Park & Amphitheater, 120 E. Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach
Cost: Free
