Chinatown Is Getting Its Own Monthly Night Market This Summer
With warm weather comes nights spent outdoors, and Chinatown Night Market will celebrate what we love most about Chinatown.
Chinatown-based non-profit Think!Chinatown is getting ready for their second summer series—a night market showcasing the best of Chinatown.
Chinatown Night Market, formerly called Chinatown Nights, is an open-air cultural festival that will feature Chinatown-focused art and programming along with local street food vendors at Forsyth Plaza.
Their first event is taking place on Friday, May 20, and is honoring Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) with an Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Festival. Vendors will include Cambodia Now, Choy Commons, Momo Delight, Pho Master, Twisted Potato, Xiang Mini Cakes, local Chinatown favorites, Kopitiam and Alimama, and more.
Sticking to tradition the Japanese drumming ensemble Soh Daiko will open the festival with their choreographed percussion performance and artisans of traditional folk art crafts, such as braided straw figures, will demonstrate their work which will be available to purchase.
Think!Chinatown’s hopes is that Chinatown Night Market will drive more people to Chinatown to support the local businesses and provide a safe space for everyone around.
The first event, which will take place on Friday, May 20, 8p.m. – 11p.m., will be the first of five events taking place this summer.
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