This weekend the Hester Street Fair is kicking off season 14 in classic, much-missed fashion; Curated space for fresh, eclectic small businesses, creatives, and makers who keep NYC moving forward! After re-establishing themselves at The Seaport, the team’s main goal for the 2023 season has been to reconnect with their neighbors, tourists and all NYC locals alike to grow new roots. After 2 years in their new digs at the seaport, we’ve seen that no matter where they pop up, Hester Street Fair knows how to activate the community and bring people together!
Season 14 kicks off on April 22nd and 23rd 2023, from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Join us down at The Seaport and find yourself within a diverse space that is open to everyone. We invite you, your friends, and your family to walk through the different worlds all within NYC at one place: Hester Street Fair. Through collaboration and promotion of local creatives, crews, and commerce we expand our fair’s experience past a typical marketplace.
Special Programming
Saturday’s programming has music by Fulathela! Mike goes way back with our fair to 2018 when he had his own residency and was really part of our crew. His mixes are undeniably fire and you should start stretching now for all the dancing you’ll be doing.
For our Earth Day activity we have returning vendor and favorite foragerGlam Gardener NYC. She’s stepping into full educator mode to present The Wild Edible Plants Museum & Native Plant Potting Here is where you’ll learn how to identify (and taste) common wild edibles that grow across New York! Then, you’ll be walked through planting a native wildflower that can be taken home with you for free.
Sunday’s programming has DJ No Requests starting off the day for us at 11 am. Olive is a New Jersey-based DJ and radio host from Brazil who lives by the philosophy that music is medicine. When DJ No Requests is behind the deck, she is armed with the intent to make people move their bodies and put their woes (and workweeks) behind them. No Requests isn’t just a name, it’s a message…come out and let her hit you with the prescription!
After her set, we’ll be kicking off our season-long residency with XPIZZA, our BFF neighborhood pizza shop. Once a month they'll be taking over our DJ tent and will be turning it out! DJ REAL will be curating a vinyl-only vibe while taking extra space to curate an entire shop that is dedicated to underground artists, independent publishers, record labels, and crews. The shop will feature Archivio Records, Brujas, Dirty Mag, Uncensored New York, and Cncld World. Popping in and out from behind the DJ deck from 2-6 pm will be DJ Real, Lorenzo Slider, Babyssnakes, and Robert Valerio.
What’s On The Menu?
SATURDAY
Crispin Dopamine The # 1 tequeño in the whole World, Empanada Papa Our empanada kings who always have a new recipe, plus the classics, up their sleeves, Healthy As A Motha Dominican and Trinidadian classics, but make it vegan, Jakarta Munch Classic & fresh as can-be Indonesian dishes , Palmiste, Indulgence Haitian patties and sweet lemonades made and served fresh, Tacos El Guero Authentic, Mexican tacos, burritos, and quesadillas, XPIZZA Traditional-style Roman pizza from our favorite local Seaport pizza shop SWEETS Cake Mama Signature mini-cakes alongside freshly brewed coffee, Chocolicious Satisfying the sweet tooth of adults so they feel like kids again, Loungin' Cake Various sweets from the BK-based custom cakery, Pearl Bitez Mini to XL dreamy custom cakes that focus on organic seasonal ingredients, Strudel House Savory and sweet Strudel pastries made from fresh ingredients purchased only from local Hudson Valley farms BEVS Coquito Rico Beverage Homemade Coquito (get ready to cheers), Le Moné The award-winning lighter & livelier citrus apéritif, featuring Meyer lemon Nourrir Drinks All natural Infused teas with a modern twist Peridot Pure Tart, citrusy & zesty superfruit elixirs from Italy.
SUNDAY
Coluccio Cooks Rice balls like your grandmother would make, Crispin Dopamine The # 1 tequeño in the whole World, Jakarta Munch Classically made Indonesian cuisine, Krishna's Kitchen Gourmet Indian dishes, Palmiste Indulgence Haitian patties, and sweet lemonades made and served fresh, Tacos El Guero Authentic Mexican tacos, burritos, and quesadillas, XPIZZA Traditional-style Roman pizza from our favorite local Seaport pizza shop SWEETS Brig's Sweet Shop Brazilian truffles and homemade, super-stuffed pop-tarts, Cake Mama Signature mini-cakes alongside freshly brewed coffee, Chic Treatz All sweets! Cookies, cakes, pies, various lemonades and ice cream sandwiches, cotton candy, candy apples, cheesecakes, banana pudding, Chocolicious Satisfying the sweet tooth of adults so they feel like kids again, Harlem Baking Company Classic sweets like cheesecake and tiramisu turned into dessert jars for an easy bite at any time, Iron Choco Dark or milk chocolate made into unique box sets that you won’t find anywhere else, Joyful Bubble Waffle Bubble waffles covered in fruit and chocolate, Loungin' Cake Various sweets from the BK-based custom cakery, Strudel House Savory and sweet Strudel pastries made from fresh ingredients purchased only from local Hudson Valley farms, Tahuu Chocolates CBD chocolates that are full of antioxidants and broad-spectrum hemp properties BEVS Coquito Rico Beverage Homemade Coquito (get ready to cheers) Le Moné The award-winning lighter & livelier citrus apéritif, featuring Meyer lemon, Peridot Pure - Tart, citrusy & zesty superfruit elixirs from Italy
Highlighted Vendors
Returning vendors Eden’s Harvest, Arrngmnt, Allegorie, Theobucket Vintage, Paige’s Candle Co, Yuns Hardware store, and Cantina Royal Hot Sauce all have new collections to show. Newcomers on the roster Coluccio Cooks will have his family recipe rice balls, Claire Christerson and Ben Stout will show spring-time ready home goods made from clay and porcelain, Teque NYC will have way-too-cute pet accessories, Javelin NYC brings his new designs in, Relive Threads shows us true vintage, and the decorative baked goods by Pearl Bitez will all make their sweet debut.
Full Roster
SATURDAY Aduh! Ceramics, Allegorie, Allegra Vintij, Allison's Archive, Arcane Vintage, Arrngmnt, Binata Millinery, Cake Mama, Cantina Royale, Ceramar, Chocolicious, Colby's Clothesmobile, Copper Cactus Vintage, Coquito Rico Beverage, Crispin Dopamine, Darling by JR, Dr. Pennskin, EAG Vintage, Eden's Harvest, Elodie Studios, Empanada Papa, Filigree NYC, Furkat & Robbie, Healthy As A Motha, Helen The Brand, House of Totes, Jakarta Munch, Javelin NYC, Jax Vintage, Jolie Bebe Boutique, JulySeptember, Jumz Accessories, Lavazzon Gallery, Lazy Sunday Home, Le Moné, Local Clothing, Loungin' Cake, MECCAfro, Margot and Valentina, Minipng, Modern Muses, Moena Moxham Inc, Mottive, NW Lovely Styles, Noir Brooklyn Studios, Nourrir Drinks, Ohne Studio, Paige's Candle Co., Palmiste Indulgence, Pearl Bitez, Peridot Pure, Platonic Love Vintage, Preppy Trendy, Pressure Makes Diamonds, Queer Candle Co., Rare Bodega, SASS, Sabu Brooklyn, Sideyard, Simple NYC, Strudel House, Tacos El Guero, Teque NYC, The Narrative Vintage, Theobucket NYC, Village Psychic Lisa DeMetro, XPIZZA, YUNS, Yogaromas by Quinn
SUNDAY Alessandra Pohlman Jewelry, Allison's Archive, Arcane Vintage, Arrngmnt, Azyr Specs, Blue Urbane, Boi PKG, Brig's Sweet Shop, Brinn, Cake Mama, Cantina Royale, Chic Treatz, Chocolicious, Coin Art, Coluccio Cooks, Coquito Rico Beverage, Crispin Dopamine, Darling by JR, Diana Teeter Art, Dr. Pennskin, ECDYSIS, Eclectic Inventory, Eden's Harvest, Elodie Studios, Fem World, Filigree NYC, Fortune World NYC, Furkat & Robbie, Harlem Baking Company, Helen The Brand, Herbs Fit Life, Iron Choco, Jakarta Munch, Javelin NYC, Jax Vintage, Joyful Bubble Waffle, JulySeptember, Jumz Accessories, Krishna's Kitchen, Lavazzon Gallery, Le Moné, LesColoris, Lillie Mae Aromas, Local Clothing, Loungin' Cake, Margot and Valentina, Modern Muses, Mottive, N9CRA, Noir Brooklyn Studios, Paige's Candle Co., Palmiste Indulgence, Peridot Pure, Plant It NYC, Preppy Trendy, Rare Bodega, Relive Threads, Riverside Wrapping Co., SASS, Shop Berriez, Strudel House, Tacos El Guero, Tahuu Chocolates, Taracotta Vintage, The New York Cottage Industry, Theobucket NYC, Wedge Studios, XPIZZA, Yogaromas by Quinn