The Super Sale: Five Neighborhoods, 100-Plus Yard Sales

The sale spans East Isles, Lowry Hill, East Bde Maka Ska, Kenwood, Cedar-Isles-Dean and Lowry Hill East (the Wedge), turning the streets around Lake of the Isles into an open-air marketplace of furniture, books, toys and the occasional find. In 2025 the sale drew well over 100 participating households on Saturday, Sept. 13.

The event is run jointly by the six neighborhood associations, which publish an interactive map and sale list at eastisles.org/sale so shoppers can plan a route and park once. Residents in the participating neighborhoods can register their own sale for $20, which includes a listing on the map; in recent years registration has closed in early September, about a week before the sale.

The coordination is what sets the day apart from a lone driveway sale. A hundred-plus sales clustered across adjacent neighborhoods draws shoppers who treat the whole area as a destination and walk for hours, which benefits every seller on the route.

Beyond the bargains, the sale keeps a large volume of usable furniture, clothing and household goods out of the landfill, and gives neighbors who have lived blocks apart a reason to meet. It is also a rare collaboration among six associations that otherwise guard their distinct identities.

Details, dates and the registration link for the next sale are posted by the participating associations, including the East Isles Neighborhood Association (eastisles.org) and the Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association (lowryhillneighborhood.org).