The Saturday Market, located under the Burnside Bridge between Naito Parkway and First Avenue at Burnside and Ankeny provides 274 stalls to vendors. With approximately 30,000 people wandering through the market each weekend, a lot of buying and selling takes place. More than half of the market's crafts people receive a majority of their income from the market, according to the Saturday Market website. A panel of members assure that each item the vendors sell is handcrafted and meets the market's standards of quality. A customer can browse through huge assortments of items.
Jewelry is one of the most common items for sale.
Black velvet or glass cases containing an assortment of rings, earrings, toe rings, nose rings and any other kind of ring cover tables upon tables. The market also offers many natural products such as homemade soaps, clothing made from organically grown cotton and organically grown chai tea. Live musicians play each weekend on a stage in the food court, and an eclectic mix of street performers make the Saturday Market their hang out. One Saturday, a musician sang his heart out as people stepped off the Max at the Skidmore Fountain stop. His mouth blew into a harmonica whenever he paused in his singing.