Santa Rosalia Society Festival (a.k.a. the 18th Avenue Feast)
Concludes Thursday through Sunday, August 22-25, various hours
18th Ave. between 67th and 75th Sts., Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
www.Instagram.com/feastofsantarosalia.official
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=rosalia%20bensonhurst&view_all=1
Free admission
Season finale: Smorgasburg at The Shed
Thursday, August 22, 11:00-6:00
11 Hudson Boulevard East (at Eleventh Ave.), Manhattan
www.Instagram.com/Smorgasburg
Free admission
Night Markets NYC: West Harlem
Thursday, August 22, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly through October
"Under the famous Harlem arches," Twelfth Ave. at West 135th St., Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/night-markets-nyc-west-harlem-tickets-990601113597
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/52013600345/lightbox
Free admission
Talk and Taste: Bright Cooking with Camille Becerra
Thursday, August 22, 6:00-8:00
Essex Market, 88 Essex St. (at Delancey St.), Manhattan
www.KitchenArtsAndLetters.com/products/talk-taste-bright-cooking-with-camille-becerra
Tickets: $10, or $42.50 including a copy of the book
Panaghia of Island Park Greek Orthodox Church Festival
Thursday through Sunday, August 22-25, various hours
Panaghia of Island Park Greek Orthodox Church, 83 Newport Rd., Island Park, New York
www.PanaghiaIP.org/announcements
Free admission
Season finale: Chinatown Night Market
Friday, August 23, 8:00-11:45
Forsyth Plaza, Forsyth St. at Canal St., Manhattan
www.ThinkChinatown.org/nightmarket
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/52290597851/lightbox
Free admission
Indonesian Street Festival
Saturday, August 24, 11:00-6:00
East 68th St. between Fifth and Madison Aves., Manhattan
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122144999384261142
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=%22indonesian%22%20%22east%2068th%22
Free admission
A Taste of Africa Pop-Up Market
Saturday, August 24, noon-10:00; repeats periodically at various locations
Lefrak Center at Lakeside, 171 East Dr., Prospect Park, Brooklyn
www.Eventbrite.com/e/a-taste-of-africa-popup-market-day-and-night-celebrate-shop-eat-tickets-971283554257
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=African%20Restaurant%20Week&view_all=1
Free admission
Long Island Feast Fest
Saturday, August 24, noon-8:00
Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City, New York
www.Eventbrite.com/e/long-island-feast-fest-tickets-935935968677
Tickets: adults, $13.62 advance/$20 onsite; children ages 12 and under, free
Queens Carnival in Far Rockaway
Saturday, August 24, afternoon
Accompanied by a parade, in past years scheduled for 11:00, from Bayswater Park to the festival site near the boardwalk at Beach 17th St., Far Rockaway, Queens
www.Facebook.com/RockawayCaribbeanCarnival
Free admission
Dragon Fest
Saturday and Sunday, August 24-25, 10:00-6:00; repeats periodically at various locations through October
Broadway between 12th and 13th Sts., Manhattan (part of a longer street fair)
www.DragonFests.com
Free admission
JapanFes
Saturday, August 24, 10:00-6:00; repeats weekly, more or less, at various locations through October
Broadway between 8th and 9th Sts., Manhattan (part of a longer street fair)
www.JapanFes.com/new-blog/2024/824-east-village
Sunday, August 25, 10:00-6:00
Fourth Ave. between 9th and 11th Sts., Manhattan (part of a longer street fair)
www.JapanFes.com/new-blog/2024/825-parkslope
Free admission
Philippines Fest
Sunday, August 25, 10:00-6:00; repeats periodically, at various locations, through October
Fourth Ave. between 13th and 14th Sts. (part of a longer street fair), Manhattan
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=466596156161909&set=pb.100084345844108.-2207520000
Free admission
Long Island Maritime Museum Seafood Festival
Saturday and Sunday, August 24-25, 11:00-6:00
Long Island Maritime Museum, 88 West Ave., West Sayville, New York
www.LIMMSeafoodFestival.org
Admission: adults, $12.51; children under age 12, free
Thai Fair at Vajiradhammapadip Buddhist Temple
Sunday, August 25, 9:00-6:00
Vajiradhammapadip Buddhist Temple, 110 Rustic Rd., Centerreach, New York
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=925917109566563&set=a.627277452763865
Admission: adults, $5; children ages 12 and under, free
Brighton Beach Jubilee Festival
Sunday, August 25, 10:00-6:00
Brighton Beach Ave. between Coney Island Ave. and Corbin Pl., Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
www.BrightonBeach.com/jubilee-festival.html
On past visits, the festival chow was humdrum, but many restaurants, bakeries, and markets, serving food from across the former Soviet Union, are nearby; so are the boardwalk and beach
Free admission
Pakistan Day Parade and Festival
Sunday, August 25, 10:00-6:00
The parade, which in past years began about noon, proceeds from 38th St. down Madison Ave. to the festival site near Madison Square Park, Manhattan
www.FlatironNomad.nyc/event/district-event-pakistan-day-parade
Once upon a time: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2011/08/pakistan-day-fe.html
Free admission
Little Manila Summer Festival
Sunday, August 25, 11:00-7:00; repeats periodically in warmer weather
Little Manila, Roosevelt Ave. between 69th and 70th Sts., Woodside, Queens
www.Instagram.com/p/C-VqBPKOfYe
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&text=%22little%20manila%22
Free admission
Muslim Heritage Festival
Sunday, August 25, noon-6:00
Kensico Dam Plaza, 1 Bronx River Pkwy., Valhalla, New York
https://Parks.Westchestergov.com/heritage-festivals
Free admission
Dia de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
Sunday, August 25, 3:00-8:00
Barnhart Park, 25 Andrews Ln., Sleepy Hollow, New York
www.ArtsWestchester.org/events/westchester-roots-dia-de-la-cultura-ecuatoriana
Free admission
Night Markets NYC: Industry City (previously known as the Brooklyn Night Market)
Monday, August 26, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly through October
Industry City, 220 36th St. (Second-Third Aves.), Greenwood, Brooklyn
www.Eventbrite.com/e/night-markets-nyc-industry-city-tickets-808084682037
Free admission
Ongoing:
Flavor: The World to Your Brain, Wednesday through Sunday
Night Markets NYC: Quisqueya Plaza, Wednesday
Union Square Night Market, Thursday
Smorgasburg at WTC/Oculus Plaza, Friday
Smorgasburg at Marsha P. Johnson State Park, Saturday
Queens Night Market, Saturday
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
