{"id":172146,"date":"2026-02-27T23:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172146\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:08:10","slug":"panda-fest-in-orlando-what-to-expect-at-the-citys-newest-asian-food-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172146\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Fest in Orlando: What to expect at the city\u2019s newest Asian food festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/og0wl4pbv8zdyw6d.jpg\" alt=\"PandaFest, new restaurants to check out this weekend\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/video\/fmc-nkotdy95epaeqfm1\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PandaFest, new restaurants to check out this weekend<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Ashley Edwards, Content Execution Manager with UNATION joins FOX 35&#8217;s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom to break down the best events and local pop-ups in Orlando and Central Florida this weekend, highlighted by PandaFest.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; For the first time, one of the largest outdoor Asian food festivals is coming to Orlando.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Beginning as a street fair in New York City, Panda Fest celebrates Asian food, art and culture has made its way to Orlando.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">The event is now in nine major U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, San Diego and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">The event&#8217;s founder, told FOX 35&#8217;s Marley Capper, she&#8217;s been a crazy fan of pandas for many years, and after giving birth she wanted to create an event around an animal that&#8217;s brought her so much joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> When is Panda Fest?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Panda Fest is held at Festival Park (2911 E Robinson St, Orlando) from Friday, Feb. 27 to Sunday, March 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Here are the hours:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Friday, Feb. 27: Open from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.\u00a0Saturday, Feb. 28: Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.\u00a0Sunday, March 1: Open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wofl_panda-pin.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>  How to get tickets <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">To purchase tickets to enter the event, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/panda-fest-orlando-2026-tickets-1978899312113?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eventbrite<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Ticket prices range from $12.49 to $40 depending on the day, hour and type of ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">General admission includes an Orlando panda pin and panda headband.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> What&#8217;s at Panda Fest?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Panda Fest showcases a variety of Asian culture through over 80 food vendors, over 200 Asian street food vendors and over 20 merchandise vendors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Vistors can eat grilled squid, try the viral tangulu snack, eat a savory takoyaki, view live performances and take a picture with a 15-foot inflatable panda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Watch: Panda pins, plushies and more  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/81vn5d6omnwk2gzp.jpg\" alt=\"Delicious eats and treats at Orlando's 2026 Panda Fest\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   More information <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandafests.com\/events-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pandafest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story was gathered by FOX 35 reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\/orlando\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PandaFest, new restaurants to check out this weekend Ashley Edwards, Content Execution Manager with UNATION joins FOX 35&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,628],"class_list":["post-172146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}