Chinese ‘Spring Night Market’
May 22 @ 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm
$5Michelin-honored Cantonese restaurant Tiger Fork and its sister bar Hi-Lawn once again come together to host their 2nd annual “Spring Night Market” — a traditional Chinese festival celebration on Thursday, May 22. They will transform the 1000-person rooftop atop Union Market, plus the building’s second-level Dock5 event space, into a lively Hong Kong night market, decked out with illuminated lanterns, food stalls from guest chefs, pop-up shops from local artisans, cultural performances, DJs, baijiu and sake bars and more. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the upcoming DC Chinatown Revitalization project helping support and restore the culture and business in DC’s Chinatown.
This is Tiger Fork & Hi-Lawn’s semiannual collaborative night market, the other being a Mid-Autumn mooncake festival in the fall, which draws more than 4,000 attendees each year. May is National AAPI Heritage Month, and Tiger Fork & Hi-Lawn are bringing more than a dozen local restaurants and vendors to one of DC’s largest rooftops.
Tiger Fork’s executive chef Simon Lam will cook savory street food-inspired fare and unique sweets alongside guest chefs/restaurants such as Love, Makoto; CHIKO; Hiraya; Baan Mae; Toi Moi; CHIBOO; Dan Dan Boy; and Yume Asian Fusion (with more to be announced soon) at food stands throughout the open-air rooftop and the covered Dock5 event space.
Guests can peruse specialty gifts and wares from pop-up market stalls throughout the two-floor celebration.
Festival drinkers will enjoy a special Baijiu + Sake Bar, pouring China’s national spirit, plus an assortment of sake, and other liquor, cocktails, beer and wine.
There will also be cultural performances such as lion and dragon dancing from Shaolin Hung Fut Kung Fu School.
And DJs will keep the spirited energy going all night long, plus a special immersive experience will take place inside Hi-Lawn’s unique Dome space.
Tickets to Tiger Fork and Hi-Lawn’s 2nd annual Spring Night Market are $5 on Eventbrite. All food, beverage and artisan crafts will be sold a la carte, first-come, first-served. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the upcoming DC Chinatown Revitalization project helping support and restore the culture and business in DC’s Chinatown. For more information, please visit https://springnightmarket.
WHO: Tiger Fork & Chef Simon Lam
Hi-Lawn
& many more guest chefs and vendors
Shaolin Hung Fut Kung Fu School
WHEN: Thursday, May 22, 2025
5:30-10:30pm
WHERE: Hi-Lawn (on the rooftop of Union Market) and Dock5
1309 5th St. NE
Washington, DC 20002