Tucson Asian Night Market at Kino: How a One-Off May 2025 Block Party at the Chinese Cultural Center Grew Into a 4,000-Guest Saturday Night This May 23 at Kino Sports Complex South

Saturday May 23, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Tucson Asian Night Market sets up at Kino Sports Complex South at 2343 East Tournament Way in south-central Tucson — the third edition of an event that did not exist eighteen months ago. Per Tucson Foodie's own organizer page, the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center calendar, Visit Tucson, KGUN 9, the Arizona Daily Star (tucson.com), Eventbrite, and the Pima County Stadium District, the market was created by Tucson Foodie founder Shane Reiser and a working group that includes The Drop Dance Studio's Monique Garcia, The Chinese Chorizo Project's Feng Feng Yeh, Tuk Tuk Thai owner Bud Says, Kira Kira Collectibles owner Mariam Pacheco, Circo Vino's Sariya Jarasviroj, and Tucson Chinese Cultural Center executive director Susan Chan. The inaugural night drew an overwhelming crowd to the Chinese Cultural Center grounds at 1288 West River Road on May 10, 2025, the fall edition relocated to the Heirloom Farmers Market pavilions at Rillito Park on October 4, 2025 with a doubled vendor count, and the May 23, 2026 edition moves again to the much larger Kino Sports Complex South campus. Tickets run $10 general admission, half off for Tucson Foodie Insiders, free for children 12 and under, with a 4,000-guest cap. Here is a fully sourced May 18, 2026 walk-through for Tucson residents, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, and Vail neighbors, and relocation buyers comparing the southern Arizona spring event calendar against other Sun Belt metros.