Montréal’s Chinatown Asian Night Market is back for its 8th edition, bigger than ever, with a jam-packed 8-day program set for the last two weekends of August. The vibrant sights, lively sounds, and amazing smells from food vendors make night markets a one-of-a-kind experience. It’s all about giving Montréal’s Chinatown a boost and supporting local businesses.
“In the last months, it has been very tough for residents and for business owners in Chinatown with the issues of cohabitation with the homelessness population. So I would like to extend an invitation to all Montrealers to come and encourage those business owners and to come and to see Chinatown as vibrant as it can be during the next eight days,” said Winston Chan, committee member of Montréal’s Chinatown Asian Night Market. The market features thirty vendors offering a variety of cuisines from across Asia.
For illustrator and animator Maylee Keo, the fruits were particularly inspiring, evoking memories of her childhood. “We have a big relationship with food. When it comes to fruits, that’s how our parents used to say, because they weren’t very vocal about it, but it was mostly in gestures.
So I feel like hopefully these designs will be able to speak,” said Keo. Artist Bryan Beyung will create a mural on the corner of René-Lévesque and Saint-Laurent, right where the Asian Night Market is located. “There’s also me and three other artists that are going to be painting on panels at the Su.