The second annual Renton International Festival and Night Market wrapped up last weekend in the Highlands with more attendees than last year but still not as many as organizers expected.

“The weather was beautiful and the people just come and go all day,” said Michael Nguyen, festival executive director, in an email.

More people attended the event Sunday than Saturday and the kids’ inflatables and the performers from different ethnic groups were popular, he said.

The festival at the Viet-Wah Plaza featured cultural performances, food, retail and arts and crafts vendors, a car show, kid’s fun center, bands and a beer garden.

If the festival takes place next year, which it may not, Nguyen said,  he hopes to involve other ethnic community leaders on the organizing committee. This year’s location was for one year only, so the location will change, too.

“Since the objective of the event is embracing diversity, it’s imperative that we have a good balance of representatives from the major population ethnic groups where we can attract more attendance and support,” he said.

Last year the festival was in the nearby parking lot of the Greater Hilands Shopping Center, visible from Sunset Boulevard.

There will be an event debriefing in a couple of weeks, but already the City of Renton is talking about tweaking some aspects of the developing festival.

Suzanne Dale Estey, Renton’s economic development director, said in an email the city will offer some safety and community impact suggestions to event organizers, but it is a private event that the city is simply supporting.

Neighbors in the area expressed discomfort throughout the weekend with what one resident described as loud music and litter in the residential area that bordered the festival property behind the Viet-Wah store

Organizers will gather feedback from neighbors, but they haven’t received any direct complaints about excessive noise during the weekend, Nguyen said.

Volunteers picked up trash throughout the weekend and when the festival ended.