Dancers from Prestige Dance Studio make their way through downtown Cedar Rapids after their first performance at Market After Dark. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Children dance to Getaway City Band during Market After Dark. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

CEDAR RAPIDS – The weather was perfect for Market After Dark, until it wasn’t.

A brief downpour put a damper on the nighttime market and sent crowds scattering, but not before bands played, dancers performed and people filled the streets of downtown Cedar Rapids, for the third annual event.

Market After Dark, the night version of the Downtown Farmers Market, attracted an average of 30,000 people in each of its first two years.

This year’s market looked to be close to those numbers, even with the short rainfall that began about three hours into the event.

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, which organizes the downtown markets, announced today (Aug. 30) that attendance this year came in at 29,127.

Fewer dogs were at this year’s market, in keeping with the policy that prohibited pets.

If you missed out, find details on more than 50 farmers markets in Eastern Iowa on the Homegrown list and see more images from Market After Dark 2017, below:

Customers were both inside and outside Cobble Hill restaurant during Market After Dark. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Stillwater Greenhouse was one of a few stands that sold fresh produce during Market After Dark on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

A crowd makes its way through downtown Cedar Rapids during the third annual Market After Dark. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

The Brazilian 2wins perform during Market After Dark on the main stage in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Food trucks, including Corazon Artisan Creperie, were popular during the nighttime market on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Lighted ballerinas from Prestige Dance Studio perform outside the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art during Market After Dark. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

The Henna Stand was among the vendors during the 2017 Market After Dark in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Business was brisk at Insight Boutique, one of the downtown Cedar Rapids retailers that stayed open late for Market After Dark. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Customers look at jewelry during Market After Dark in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Junk Funk performs during Market After Dark on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

This year was the third annual Market After Dark in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Geneviève Salamone, the One-Woman Symphony, performs in Greene Square during Market After Dark 2017. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Radiance Fire performs during Market After Dark in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)