Queens Night Market Returns For 2021 Season On June 19th
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Colombian arepas, Singaporean chai tow kueh, Afghan manta and chapli kebabs, and much more are on the menu for the Queens Night Market when it kicks off in Flushing Meadows Corona Park next month.
The food festival's first Saturday will be June 19th, and will run on Saturdays through October 30th. In a change from previous years—and in a nod to the pandemic—the Queens Night Market will offer timed and ticketed entry.
Tickets will be $5 in advance (children are free and if advance tickets remain unsold, walk-up tickets will be $8). Those ticket fees will offset the vendors' participation fees, because capacity restrictions will limit how many customers vendors will see. If capacity limits are completely removed, the event will revert to being free. The food festival had been canceled last year because of the pandemic.