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Three night markets bring a taste of Asia to Vancouver and Richmond this summer
Eat and shop at three night markets located in Vancouver and Richmond this summer.
If warmer weather makes you long for the smell of stinky tofu and the chance to snap up inexpensive souvenirs, you may want to check out one of three night markets happening in Vancouver and Richmond this summer.
First to open is the Summer Night Market, located on a four-hectare site at 12631 Vulcan Way, which is near Ikea Richmond. This night market is run by Lions Communications and has been in existence since 2008. Like most night markets, the Summer Night Market features Asian food stands with everything from bubble tea, to barbeque, to dim sum, and noodles; market vendors selling cellphone accessories, jewellery, toys, clothes, and DVDs; as well as nightly singing, dancing, and magic performances on its main stage. The Summer Night Market opens Friday (May 11) at 7 p.m., and runs until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 p.m. on Sundays and holiday Mondays until September 16.
A second night market will open in the City of Richmond on May 18. The Richmond Night Market is run by Target Event Productions. This market will be located on a seven-hectare site at 8351 River Road—a property known as Duck Island—which is next to the River Rock Casino and Bridgeport Canada Line Station. This night market will feature 80 food stands and 250 vendor booths, as well as entertainment and carnival rides. The Richmond Night Market will be open from 7 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Sundays and holiday Mondays until October 8.
Finally, the Vancouver Chinatown Night Market, which is located between Main and Columbia Streets, will also open May 18. This is the 17th year that the Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association has organized this night market, which features street food stands and merchants selling clothes, Chinese CDs and DVDs, and artistic handicrafts. The night market also features several unique performances, including Chinese opera, a youth talent showcase, lion dances, kung-fu demonstrations, and karaoke nights. The Vancouver Chinatown Night Market opens Fridays to Sundays from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. until September 9.
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May 10, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Alright! Diarrhea and cheap tacky goods for all!
May 10, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I attended the Vancouver Night Market once and no way I will go again, utter waste of time.
May 11, 2012 at 2:45 am
The night markets are like an outdoor dollar store with carnival foods. CDs and DVDs? Seriously? Wish this weren't the case but it is. Heard they were supposed to be cool, checked them out and was grossed out. Get it together, make an effort and maybe I'll check it out again.
May 11, 2012 at 10:08 am
Yes I been many times before and will not go again, the food is ok but other than that it does offer me anything I want to buy, in normal stories I try to avoid anything "Made in China"
May 11, 2012 at 12:12 pm
great at least we have night life in dead vancouver. get out of your house and show you are alive after 9 pm.
May 11, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Well, 5-10 years ago, it was pretty good and cool with lots of nice items not found in regular retail stores. However, those products keep deteriorating ... now nothing much to buy.
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