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May 3, 2023

New Haven Night Market returns to downtown in May 

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By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo

An expanded New Haven Night Market will feature food, live entertainment, shopping and fun when it returns this month.

The free event will be in downtown’s Ninth Square Neighborhood on Friday, May 12, from 5 to 10 p.m. It will feature more than 90 vendors, including artists, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations.

Visitors can enjoy products for sale, food, drink, art, music and information.

Businesses in the neighborhood will be open, with many offering special promotions that night. Menya-Gumi and Tacos Los Gordos will be among several eateries open and serving food.

This year, the New Haven Night Market is growing beyond its past footprint on Orange Street. In addition to Orange from Center to George, there will be vendors along Orange from Court to Chapel. This larger footprint allows for additional vendor space and the participation of approximately a dozen additional brick-and-mortar businesses, according to event organizers.

Live entertainment at the Night Market Stage includes: 

  • 5 p.m., The Kreative Spectrum
  • 6 p.m., The Nu Haven Kapelye
  • 7 p.m., O.K. Company
  • 8 p.m., Model Decoy
  • 9 p.m., K-Pop dance group performance by Yale MVM, followed by DJ Shaki

Additional event highlights include: 

  • NHV and spring-themed flash tattoos on-site in Pitkin Plaza with Showoff Ink Artistry
  • Open Late Exhibit by Mark Breslin at Artspace
  • Night Market poster and tote bag merchandise created by four local artists 
  • DIY Button-Making Station with Ninth Square Apartments and Beacon Communities
  • Bookmark-Making Station with Ives Squared, New Haven Free Public Library 
  • Dunk for D.E.S.K. donation-based dunk tank by the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen
  • Moon Photo Op painted by artist @marshunart
  • The Yard at 360 preview pop-up with lawn games and vendors by 360 State Apartments

For further details, visit www.newhavennightmarket.com

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