We Eat Here to relaunch Bronx Night Market as biannual festival near Yankee Stadium

Marco Sharma, CEO and founder of We Eat Here, said the organization will relaunch the Bronx Night Market as a larger, biannual festival on Grand Concourse near Yankee Stadium, with the first date set for May 9, 2026 and a second festival on Oct. 10, 2026.

Sharma told the show's host that the change replaces the smaller, multiple-summer-event format previously held in Fordham Plaza. "We're now doing it as a giant biannual festival," he said, adding that the new format will allow "bigger, better, more food, more entertainment, more fun, and really just more Bronx." The site named in the interview is Grand Concourse at E. 161st Street, near the courthouse and Yankee Stadium.

The relaunch is part of a broader rebranding: Sharma described We Eat Here as an ecosystem that combines events, a media arm and intelligence reports designed to support local restaurants and entrepreneurs. "We want to create some sort of content base ... to support small businesses, to support what New York food really means to New Yorkers and ... highlight the actual neighborhood," he said.

Sharma said the organizers want visitors to linger rather than "grab and go," encouraging four-hour visits with multiple stages, activities and local partners. He cited lessons from travel—particularly Spain—about slowing down and fostering community connection as influences on the festival’s design.

Sharma also noted a recent piece published by We Eat Here about changing family cooking traditions; he said the story drew more than 30 personal messages from readers, underscoring local interest in the project.

For tickets, schedules and vendor information, Sharma directed listeners to bronxnightmarket.com and to the Bronx Night Market and We Eat Here social channels on Instagram and TikTok. The host closed the segment by inviting listeners to attend on May 9.

The program provided promotional detail and dates but did not include vendor lists, a detailed permit or safety plan, or any municipal approvals; those items were not specified in the interview.