{"id":280498,"date":"2026-09-06T21:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280498\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:12:08","slug":"panda-fest-to-bring-asian-street-food-experience-to-station-square-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280498\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Panda Fest\u2019 to bring Asian street food experience to Station Square in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Panda Fest will make its Pittsburgh debut from Sept. 18 to Sept. 20 at the Station Square Parking Lot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The three-day festival at 73 East Carson St. will feature more than 80 food vendors offering more than 200 Asian street food dishes representing cuisines from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and other regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In addition to food, the festival includes a marketplace with more than 30 vendors selling crafts, apparel, accessories and artisanal goods inspired by Asian heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Cultural programming during the festival will feature traditional art demonstrations, contemporary dance, theatrical showcases and live entertainment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Previous editions of the national festival have included lion dances, sugar painting, paper cutting, calligraphy and K-pop dance performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Panda-themed attractions will be featured throughout the festival grounds. Highlights include a 15-foot inflatable panda, a panda bounce house, themed treats, merchandise, interactive games and photo spots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The festival will run from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18; from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19; and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20. Tickets and event information are available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandafests.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pandafests.com\/\">www.pandafests.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Panda Fest will make its Pittsburgh debut from Sept. 18 to Sept. 20 at the Station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[117321,22482,117312,117313,117314,73,117317,117319,7057,117315,75,74,117318,117316,24960,117320],"class_list":["post-280498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-asian-street-food-festival","tag-east-carson-street","tag-panda-fest","tag-panda-fest-pittsburgh","tag-panda-fest-station-square","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-asian-street-food","tag-pittsburgh-asian-street-food-festival","tag-pittsburgh-festival","tag-pittsburgh-food-festival","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-street-food","tag-pittsburgh-street-food-festival","tag-station-square","tag-street-food-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}