El Paso Downtown Art and Farmers Market will be closed for the first two weekends of October

Due to two large festivals planned, the Downtown Art and Farmers Market will be closed the first two weekends of October.

The El Paso StreetFest takes place Oct. 5 and 6 and Chalk the Block will be held Oct. 12 through 14.

The Downtown Art and Farmers Market will resume its regular hours of operations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20.