A news update on the Richmond Night Market.
Short story:
- The “Summer Night Market” will begin Friday, May 30 and run until October 5 (June 23 update: the food has arrived and the market is in full swing!)
- The night market is open:
- Fridays & Saturdays: 7pm – Midnight
- Sundays & Holiday Mondays: 7pm – 11pm
- The market is located at 12631 Vulcan Way, Richmond (behind Home Depot)
Long Story:
The Richmond Night Market has been serving up Asian street food (and other festivities) every summer since 2000. It’s grown in popularity every year and, love it or hate it, is a unique event in Vancouver. We covered it last year. There were some serious question marks as to whether or not the event would return this year.
Here are the latest developments:
- Raymond Cheung (Target Events Production Ltd.), the event founder, cancelled the event for 2008. This is due to the lease running out on the current location at 12631 Vulcan Way, Richmond (behind Home Depot); apparently, the landlord wanted a lot more money
- Raymond Cheung is looking for a new venue for the night market, and hopes that it can return (in a better location) in 2009
So the summer night market is off for 2008 right? Nope, it’s ON.
- Paul Cheung (Lions Communication, organizers of other Vancouver festivities throughout the years), has acquired the necessary permits and will be hosting the night market at the same location (12631 Vulcan Way) under the new “Summer Night Market” moniker.
- The new venue (at the same location) is currently under construction. Improvements such as improved access and cheaper parking (whoo!) have been promised
Sweet! So when can we check it out?
- According to Lions Communication’s website, the event will begin Friday, May 30 and run to October 5 (June 23 update: the food has arrived and the market is in full swing!)
- The night market will be open:
- Fridays & Saturdays: 7pm – Midnight
- Sundays & Holiday Mondays: 7pm – 11pm
Cool. Same place, same time, cheaper parking. It’s all good right? Not yet…
- Raymond Cheung has filed trademark and copyright infringment lawsuits against Paul Cheung, claiming that the “Summer Night Market” infringes on the “Richmond Night Market”
- Last Sunday, there was sabotage on the construction on the new venue
So, as long these 2 complications do not delay the opening, I guess we can begin looking forward to summer nights of tasty Asian street food, cheap Chinese ripoff products, and stressful (slightly cheaper?) parking.
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Wohoo its a GO!
ESR is on the road in Beijing and Taipei to cover the Beijing Wangfujing 王府井 night market
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangfujing
as well as the Taipei 士林夜市 night market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market
Look forward to these upcoming posts….as soon as I am out of the Great Firewall of China
http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/2007/06/28/block-you-you-motherblocker/
Thanks for the update! Looking forward to your coverage of China’s night markets…how exciting!
Latest update @ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/05/20/bc-richmond-market-challenges.html
Cliff notes
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Paul Cheung (2008 organizer): “We still gonna open on May 30th! Oh yeaa!”
Raymond Cheung (original organizer): “Psssh. There’s no way you can set everything up in less than 2 weeks. Plumbing and electricity for the stalls, restrooms, parking, and the land itself… good luck sucka”
Paul Cheung: “Oh no you didn’t”
Raymond Cheung: “And here’s a lawsuit against you too for stealing my night market – enjoy”
Paul Cheung: “Oh Snap! We Cheungs gotta stick together”
So I made the last one up. But the rest is accurate enough.
Another update (who knew a frigging night market could generate so much controversy?).
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20080521_085901_6460
Last night, Richmond city council officially issued a 2-year permit to Paul Cheung, allowing him to host the night market this year at the Vulcan Way site. Apparently, 1300 parking spots have been secured.
There are still worries about the timeline however, and whether or not they will be able to get the night market up for the proposed May 30th kickoff date.
I guess we’ll find out soon!
But, keep in mind there will be NO FOOD until further notice, this was announced on Friday, May 30th on CBC radio. Hmmmm, why else would we want to go then huh?? The food is the best part right!
Looks like there will be Food, but a few weeks after opening:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/05/30/bc-richmond-night-market-opens.html
i went yesterday…the food area is not up yet!! very disappointed>.<….plz update when the food street will be open~thx thx
I checked it out this past weekend and there’s a Mr. Tube Steak there. I couldn’t resist the smell of smokies. I tried one and it was amazing.
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Merchant!
The food has arrived!
I went to the Night Market this past Saturday, and nearly all the food vendors were there.
BBQ meat skewers, shaved ice, curry fish balls, bubble tea, tokoyaki (my favorite), mini donuts, dim sum, etc. etc.
Check it out!
Our coverage is on its way :)
we will be going to Vancouver and this is definitely one in my list of things to do there. ssooo looking forward to it.