Uptown Night Market
Thursday, May 9, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly through October
"Under the famous Harlem arches" (and largely sheltered from any rain), West 133rd St. at Twelfth Ave., Manhattan
www.MascHospitalityGroup.com/uptownnightmarket
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/52013600345/lightbox
Free admission
Zlatne Uste Golden Festival
Friday, May 10, 7:00-12:30; Saturday, 6:00-2:00
Astoria World Manor, 2522 Astoria Blvd., Astoria, Queens
www.GoldenFest.org
"In the Balkans … Even the most casual visitor is greeted with a sweet and a drink on arrival. It’s a centuries-old tradition. At Golden Festival … We have our own traditions. One is to communally prepare and serve a tasting of the cuisines from the Mediterranean and Balkans."
Tickets: adults, $50 Friday/$95 Saturday; students with ID, $35/$65; children ages 12 and under, free
Ayiti Nou La Toujou Haitian Culture Day
Saturday, May 11, 10:00-6:00
Accompanied by a parade, start time unknown, that proceeds down Toussaint L'ouverture Blvd. from Church Ave. to the festival site at Hillel Plaza, Flatbush Ave. at Nostrand Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn
www.Eventbrite.com/e/ayiti-nou-la-toujou-2024-haitian-culture-day-tickets-866851324647
Free admission
Viking Fest
Saturday, May 11, 10:00-5:00
Owl's Head Park, Colonial Ave. at 68th St., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/photo?fbid=823159763174226&set=a.552586263564912
Free admission
MAHAA Burmese fundraiser
Saturday, May 11, 11:00-3:30 (although food might be available as early as 10:30, and many items sell out fast)
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/mahaaspring2021/posts/pfbid02GAVZdS2gCcFEBKrYWPMuZnuZrWXddq6fLsstt1deH3fyUCm5DFmVJS1pMRpjdm8Ll
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=mahaa
Free admission; proceeds benefit the Myanmar American Humanitarian Aid Association
Japan Parade and JapanFes
Saturday, May 11, 11:00-5:00
The parade, beginning at 1:00, proceeds down Central Park West from 81st St. to 67th St. and past the festival site, on 72nd St. between Columbus Ave. and Central Park West, Manhattan
www.ILoveTheUpperWestSide.com/japan-parade-and-street-fair-returns-for-third-year
Free admission
Hawker Stories
Saturday, May 11, 11:00-noon
Urban Hawker, 135 West 50th St. (Sixth-Seventh Aves.), Manhattan
www.HawkerStoriesNYC.com
Free admission with online registration
Pell Open Streets Chinese Food Festival
Saturday, May 11, 11:00-10:00; continues on Saturdays and Sundays (but not Mother's Day) through the end of July
Pell St. between Mott St. and the Bowery, Chinatown, Manhattan
www.Instagram.com/p/C6tuAZLOS6H
Free admission
Bronx Night Market @ Bronx Week
Saturday, May 11, noon-???
161st St. at the Grand Concourse, Bronx
www.Instagram.com/p/C6gre28uMaO
Free admission
Krewe Krawfish Boil
Saturday, May 11, 2:00-7:00
Outside Krewe, 67 Gansevoort St. (Ninth Ave.-Washington St.), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/meatpacking-district-presents-krewe-krawfish-boil-tickets-879666685737
Tickets: $103.22; a portion of proceeds from ticket sales supports cancer research by Memorial Sloan Kettering
Taiwan Fest
Saturday, May 11, 2:00-8:00; repeats periodically, in various locations
Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Ave. (at 5th St.), Long Island City, Queens
www.Instagram.com/p/C6gsCe7O4Ts
Previously, from the same organizers: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=passport&view_all=1
Free admission
Who Won The Pushcart Wars? Two Centuries of Essex Market
Monday, May 13, 7:00-8:00
Essex Market, 88 Essex St. (at Delancey St.), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/who-won-the-pushcart-wars-two-centuries-of-essex-market-tickets-888344501317
Free admission with online registration
Taste of Greenwich Village
Tuesday, May 14, 7:00-9:00
The Altman Building, 135 West 18th St. (Sixth-Seventh Aves.), Manhattan
www.Mailchi.mp/greenwichhouse.org/taste
General admission tickets: $175; proceeds benefit Greenwich House
St. Demetrios Greek Festival
Thursday through Sunday, May 16-19, various hours
St. Demetrios Astoria School, 3011 30th Dr. (at 30th St.), Astoria, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo?fbid=838528644971387&set=a.549618613862393
Free admission
St. Nicholas Greek Festival
Thursday through Sunday, May 16-19, various hours
Greek Orthodox Shrine Church of St. Nicholas, 19610 Northern Blvd. (at 196th St.), Auburndale, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=757105353248519&set=pcb.757105806581807
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/6224606751
Free admission
St. Athanasios Greek Festival
Thursday through Sunday, May 16-19, various hours
St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church, 51 Paramus Rd., Paramus, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/events/838891368070983
Free admission
St. George Greek Festival
Thursday through Sunday, May 16-19, various hours
St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1101 River Rd., Piscataway, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/NJBestGreekFest
Admission, in past years: $2
Ongoing:
Flavor: The World to Your Brain, Wednesday through Sunday
Smorgasburg at WTC/Oculus Plaza, Friday
Smorgasburg at Marsha P. Johnson State Park, Saturday
Queens Night Market, Saturday
Pell St. Chinese Food Festival, Saturday and Sunday (but not Mother's Day, May 12)
Red Hook Ball Field vendors, Saturday and Sunday
Hester Street Fair at the Seaport, Saturday and Sunday
Smorgasburg at Prospect Park, Sunday
JapanFes, Saturday or Sunday (most weekends)
Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday
