{"id":330908,"date":"2026-07-06T17:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330908\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:33:34","slug":"mega-night-market-throws-a-summer-asian-food-music-festival-in-tampa-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330908\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega Night Market throws a Summer Asian Food &#038; Music Festival in Tampa this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"504\" data-attachment-id=\"363638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/mega-night-market-throws-a-summer-asian-food-music-festival-in-tampa-this-month\/attachment\/723641863_2042466566644633_2201209530710599223_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/723641863_2042466566644633_2201209530710599223_n.jpeg?fit=1440%2C931&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,931\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mega Night Market\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/723641863_2042466566644633_2201209530710599223_n.jpeg?fit=780%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783359211_194_723641863_2042466566644633_2201209530710599223_n.jpeg\" alt=\"A crowd at an outdoor food festival\" class=\"wp-image-363638\"  \/>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=852942631206153&amp;set=pb.100094712720436.-2207520000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FridayNightStreetMarket\/Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mega Night Market brings another taste of Asia\u2019s cultural dishes and dances to <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/seminole-hard-rock-tampa-event-center-12390461\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hard Rock Tampa Event Center<\/a> on July 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival features \u201cauthentic Asian street food, specialty drinks and desserts, cultural arts and crafts, live performances and much more,\u201d according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/casino.hardrock.com\/tampa\/events\/summer-asian-food-and-music-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live performances are advertised to include a variety of cultural dances, DJ\u2019s, Kung Fu, entertainers including Phuc Map and Vincent Luong, as well as LED Robots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/summer-asian-food-and-music-festival-21484276\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets are $13.40 for the Summer  Asian Food &amp; Music Festival on Sunday, July 12 in Tampa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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