Night Market festival returns to Fields Corner on Saturday

The third installment of the Night Market/Cho Dem street festival will take place this Saturday (July 13) from 4 p.m to 9 p.m. along Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner with the avenue closed from Adams to Gibson streets.

The event, organized by the Boston Little Saigon Cultural District, has attracted large crowds each year and expanded into Town Field for entertainment last year.

Boston Little Saigon director Annie Le expects it to be even bigger this year. “We’re trying to do more kids activities within the event,” she said. “The first and second year we focused on logistics and vendors and this year we’re focusing more on kids and family activities.”

This year there will also be three performance stages, including a main stage in Town Field and two smaller stages on Dorchester Avenue – one at Charles Street with DJ Rey Sol and one at Park Street with Lords at War, The Femmes, and Vuong Nguyen.

The list of entertainment on the Main Stage includes MC Flora Phương Thảo, MC Theresa Tran, MC Victoria Nguyen, Ái My, Duy Ai, Hey Granny!, KoldKwan, LoveV, M2 Live, Ngọc Diễm, STAR Group, V, Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts - Bình Định Academy, Vikballroom Sound & Karaoke, Vĩnh Khang, Whisper, and Yiqin.

More than 50 vendors are expected to be selling food, desserts, clothing, and fun knick-knacks right along the avenue. A beer garden and a hard seltzer garden will be located there as well. For those who wish to avoid the lines, Boston Little Saigon is selling $40 express bracelets that will allow customers to skip the line at up to 10 vendors.

Le said the city did allow them to close the street farther up to Gibson Street to help promote safety for those coming out of Town Field. Park Street will still be open with a police detail for drivers to cross over Dorchester Avenue. Parking restrictions go into effect at 11 a.m., with streets closing at noon.


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