Bronx Night Market selected for SummerStage partnership
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The best Bronx cuisine debut
is music to the borough’s
proverbial ears. Come this
BRONX TIMES R 38 EPORTER, MAY 17-23, 2019 BTR
A Bronxite enjoys a hero at the 2018 Bronx Night Market. Round 7
June, that delightful tune
will be reality as the Bronx
Night Market announced an
offi cial partnership with the
SummerStage concert series
as the offi cial food vendor
across each borough,
throughout the summer.
Each one of the events,
including the major Central
Park Stage, will showcase
three to six Night Market food
vendors, providing diverse,
delicious and affordable food
options at the shows.
“This is the fi rst time
we’ve done such an outstanding
collaboration,” said
Bronx Night market Creator
Marco Shalma, noting successful
projects with other
major Bronx partners such
as the New York Botanical
Garden.
The full schedule for SummerStage
that will offer
Bronx Night Market dishes
is: Von King Park, Brooklyn
from Thursday, June 20 to
Sunday, June 23, Betsy Head
Park, Brooklyn from Thursday,
June 27 to Saturday, June
29, Springfi eld Park, Queens
from Friday, July 5 to Sunday,
July 7, Queensbridge,
Queens from Thursday, July
11 to Sunday, July 14, Corporal
Thompson Park, Staten
Island from Thursday, July
18 to Monday, July 22, back
to the Bronx at Soundview
Park from Thursday, July 25
to Monday July, 29, then to
Crotona Park on Wednesday,
July 31 until Saturday, August
3, East River Park, Manhattan
from Thursday, August
8 to Sunday, August 11,
Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan
on Wednesday, August
14 until Sunday, August
18, and then fi nally the Charlie
Parker Jazz Festival at
Tompkins Square Park and
Marcus Garvey Park from
Friday, August 23 to Sunday,
August 25.
To become a vendor or to
learn more, visit bronxnightmarket.
com/popup
Logo for the Bronx Night Market and SummerStage partnership
Round 7