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BRONX NIGHT MARKET

The Bronx Night Market enhances the borough's food scene by producing world-class, affordable, inclusive, and fun events. It attracts thousands, every Saturday, April through November, to Fordham Plaza. The series, celebrating culture and cuisine, represents the city’s diverse offerings and supports up-and-coming food concepts, all the while encouraging visitors from the greater New York area and beyond to explore our borough. Additionally, we curate seasonal pop-up events in partnership with NYBG, CUNY, SummerStage, NY Road Runners, DOT, EDC, and more.



The Bronx Night Market’s Mission is To Enhance The Global Food-Scene In the Community and Foster Local Entrepreneurship.

MODUS OPERANDI


 * Stand for diversity, equality, locality, and originality.
 * Be a positive impact on the community.
 * Focus on customer experience
 * Produce events that are safe, affordable, and fun
 * Promote local commerce
 * Support local artists
 * Engage in the environmental conversation



ABOUT US

It is a small, diverse, majority female-owned-and-operated team that's passionate about creating fun and informed experiences for the "love-to-eat" community.

Founders Amanda Celestino and Marco Shalma are obsessed with food, media, and content. The edible Bronx publisher and the Round Seven Media owner met in 2016 and connected many (many) conversations about deliciousness.

In 2017, Bronx Night Market was a fun idea they came up with—a festival of food, craft beverages, and artisan merchants to showcase the vibrancy of the Bronx and its convergence with food, sustainability, and culture—including small businesses, young entrepreneurs, and exciting new food concepts.

The idea is simple—curate a space for a diverse group of vendors to sell freshly made, delicious food, have local artists present their craft, and create a platform for local entertainers to perform. Make it safe, affordable, approachable, and family-friendly.

Fordham Plaza proved to be the ideal location for our monthly celebrations: it is centrally located, easily accessible, and surrounded by a robust and supportive community hungry for activations. The team aligned the mission to improve commerce and aid in community initiatives with the guidance of Wilma Alonso, Director of the Fordham Road BID,

It was a success. The little market that could quickly turn into the big market that does. We set a new standard for events in the borough, creating a safe, open-air, family-friendly event with programming, live music, activities, yard games, and a craft beer garden touting an impressive line-up of New York State craft breweries.

BY THE NUMBERS


 * 150,000+ in attendance
 * 50,000,000 Monthly impression in-season
 * 110,000 monthly uniques on site
 * 70,000 Social media followers
 * 85K local email subscribers
 * 86% of our followers act on our recommendations
 * #1 ranked in Uptown, The Bronx, & Westchester.

The attention the market garnered allowed them to cultivate relationships and share the progressive way we do business with New York City organizations such as NYBG, City Parks Foundation, New York Road Runners, CUNY, and DOT.

At just four years old, Bronx Night Market has become one of the most recognized brands in the Bronx and greater NY area.