Downtown Makerspace and Pop-Up Market

Fremont will turn its Downtown Event Center into a one-day arts hub on Sunday, April 26, with a pop-up market, makerspace activities and workshops. (tricityvoice.com) The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Downtown Event Center and Plaza, 3500 Capitol Ave., as part of Fremont Creates’ April arts programming. The City of Fremont calendar lists the market at the same time and address. (fremont.gov) Organizers said more than 20 local artists will sell work directly to the public at the Artists’ Pop-Up Market. The same April 26 event will also include a makerspace for children and families. (tricityvoice.com) Two adult art workshops are new this year, with participation set for ages 15 and older. Fremont Creates’ event page says the pop-up market is also new for 2026. (tricityvoice.com) (fremontcreates.com) The April 26 program is scheduled to close out Fremont’s April is Arts, Culture & Creativity Month, a city-backed slate of arts events spread across the month. Fremont Creates has promoted the market as the month’s wrap-up event. (fremontcreates.com) (fremont.gov) Entertainment is part of the plan too: organizers said live jazz will play during the market, and Wadaiko Newark taiko drummers will perform outdoors. Tri-City Voice also reported the city’s free “Downtown Dance” event is set for the same venue the day before, on Saturday, April 25. (tricityvoice.com) The venue sits in central Fremont near dining, shopping and Bay Area Rapid Transit, according to the city’s facility page. The city describes the Downtown Event Center and Plaza as an event space with indoor rooms and an outdoor plaza. (fremont.gov) A city newsletter described the April 26 program as a free event with local artists, workshops and a makerspace. For Fremont, the last weekend of April is shaping up as a concentrated downtown arts push rather than a single standalone fair. (content.govdelivery.com) For visitors, the practical details are simple: Sunday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 3500 Capitol Ave. For Fremont Creates, it is the closing public event in this year’s monthlong arts celebration. (fremont.gov) (fremontcreates.com)