Cleveland, Ohio – Night Market Cleveland is back. After a year hiatus, the popular Taiwanese-style monthly summer market will return to Cleveland's Old Chinatown at Rockwell Avenue and East 21st Street on one Friday a month in June, July, August and September.

For three years, Night Market was one of Cleveland’s most popular and unique events. It began with just a few hundred attendees per month in 2015, and ended up attracting more than 20,000 attendees some nights in 2017 with its unexplored location, artful mix of locally made goods and foods from more than 120 vendors, music, dance and other entertainment.

But last year, the market ran into challenges. They cut ties with sponsoring St. Clair-Superior Development Corporation and were not able to pull together funding in time.

Now, they’re back.

“We’re our own 501c3 and have our own board now” says founder Brendan Trewella. “We have raised enough funding through donations, grants and partnerships. We have the momentum to go forward this year."

The dates will be June 21, July 26, August 30 and September 27.

Rockwell will once again be the location.

“We felt that it was a really important hub that needed to be activated for the Asian community and the Arts community” says Trewella.

Home to thousands of immigrants since the 1860s, the area around Rockwell was largely abandoned by 2006, with residents and restaurants heading east to the newer Asia town area. The exception was the elegant Emperor's Palace restaurant, which opened in 2012 inside the restored On Leong Tong 1930s Chinese Art Deco building that spans much of the block.

Trewella says many of the same vendors and entertainers will be back. They will again emphasize local businesses. They are not ready to announce most vendors or entertainers, but Trewella did say they will be adding entertainers from Pittsburgh and Columbus to the mix.

“We really hope to accomplish working ourselves out of a home (by growing so much). We want our area to come back to its former glory and be an active hub and vibrant community."

For more on Night Market Cleveland: https://nightmarketcle.com/