City Wide Garage Sales / Flea Markets within San Mateo County

Many cities host garage sales or flea markets for their residents to sell old items that can be reused. It is a great way to help your community and the environment. Promote the idea of reuse, conserve landfill space, and avoid wasting valuable resources by contacting your city and signing up today!

How it works for garage sales: The city supplies a common date for residents to host their garage sale and usually develops a list of addresses for those serious garage sale shoppers. To host a garage sale in your city, check below for dates, times and registration information. If you would like to shop these garage sales, look below for information on attaining a map and a list of addresses.

How it works for flea markets: The city provides a location for the event and residents pay a small fee for a booth to sell their items. To sign up for a flea market in your city, check below for dates, times and registration information. If you would like to visit these flea markets as a shopper, look below for the dates and locations of a city near you.

City of Belmont

Type of Event:

Flea Market

Date and Time:

Saturday, June 5th, 9am - 2:30pm

Location:

Barrett Community Center Field,
1870 Ralston Ave, Belmont

Cost for Sellers:

20' x 20' spaces for $35 to sellers, FREE to buyers.

Registration and Payment:

Sellers, register by May 27th.

Registration form- go to "Register Now".

Additional info:

City of Brisbane

Type of Event:

Citywide Garage Sale

Date and Time:

Saturday, July 17th, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Cost for Sellers:

$15 before July 9th

Registration and Payment:

Register at the Brisbane Library, 250 Visitacion Avenue

Additional info:

Addresses of the sales locations will be listed in a directory given out to participants on the day of the event.

Daly City

Type of Event:

Flea Market

Date and Time:

June 13 - July 11 - August 8 - September 12 - October 10 - November 14

Location:

Westlake Park Doelger Senior Center - 101 Lake Merced Blvd., Daly City

Cost for Sellers:

$30 (Prepaid fee - by Thursday prior to the flea market date)

$40 (Regular fee) - 20 x 15 ft space
Table or chair rental - $5 additional
Additional fees apply for extra booth space

Registration and Payment:

Complete registration form, contact Leslie Peay Heckman at (650) 991-8190, or stop by the Class Development & Cultural Arts Coordinator, Daly City Parks and Recreation office, at 111 Lake Merced Blvd, Rm 9. Registration may also be faxed to (650) 991-0303.

Same-day registration: Facility will be staffed no earlier than 6:00 am for vendors to set-up at the location on the day of the Flea Market. Registration and fee will be collected by a staff person starting at 8:30 am.

Additional info:

The Flea Markets are open to the public from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

City of Half Moon Bay

Type of Event:

Citywide Garage Sale

Date and Time:

Saturday, September 25 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Location:

Individual homes.

Cost:

Free

Contact:

Registration and Additional Information:

More information about the event including the registration forms and a map of sale locations will all be available at www.hmbcity.com closer to the event date. If you would like to receive email notifications regarding the event, please send an email to sustainablehmb@hmbcity.com with "subscribe" in the subject line.

City of Pacifica

Type of Event:

GIANT Indoor Rummage Sale

Date and Time:

Saturday July 17th, 2010, 9 am - 2 pm

Location:

Pacifica Community Center, 540 Crespi Drive at Highway 1

Cost for Sellers:

$12 Pacifica Seniors in Action members
$15 Seniors (60 & over)
$18 General Public

6' x 3' tables provided for the first paid 20 vendors. All other vendors must provide their own table (not to exceed 7' in length).

Registration and Payment:

Stop by the Community Center, 540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica, or call Janis Haynes for an application form: 738-7384

Contact:

Janis: (650) 738-7384

Additional Info:

Fill a bag for $2.00 in the $2.00 Room

City of Pacifica

Type of Event:

Summer Sweep Citywide Garage Sale

Date and Time:

Saturday, August 7th, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration and Payment:

Contact:

Bill Michaelis at (650) 359-0836 (9 am to 9 pm) or Kathy Gustavson at skgust@aol.com.

Additional Info:

See http://www.pacificans-care.org/events/events/summersweep2010.html Citywide sales map will be available on http://www.pacificans-care.org/events/index.html during the latter part of the week prior to the sale, along with an excel sheet with cross streets and highlights of some of the items for sale at each site. Incentives and prizes given out to both shoppers and sellers.

City of South San Francisco

Type of Event:

Citywide Garage Sale

Date and Time:

Saturday, September 11th, 9 AM - 4 PM

Location:

Individual homes

Registration and Payment:

No registration, and no cost to participate.

Contact:

Anna Brown, anna.brown@ssf.net or (650) 877-8518

The following cities do not currently host flea markets or
citywide garage sales at this time:
  • Atherton
  • Burlingame
  • Colma
  • East Palo Alto
  • El Granada
  • Foster City
  • Hillsborough
  • Menlo Park
  • Millbrae
  • Miramar
  • Montara
  • Portola Valley
  • Redwood City
  • San Bruno
  • San Carlos
  • San Mateo
  • Woodside