Even if you don't love loaded hotdogs — this one, from a past year's Chuseok celebration, was topped with bulgogi — there'll be lots more to choose from at this weekend's events, and good weather in which to enjoy them. On Sunday, I might well visit the season finale at Masjid al-Hikmah, swing by the festival in Little Manila, look in on the (rescheduled) Diwali Mela in Jackson Heights, and then head out to the final day of the Korean Harvest Festival in Murray Hill. But that's just me.
New York City Wine & Food Festival
Concludes Thursday through Sunday, October 16-19, various hours
Various locations
http://www.nycwff.org/
See website for ticket details
Midtown East Food Fair
Thursday, October 16, 10:00-6:00
East 54th St. between Lexington and Third Aves., Manhattan
Free admission
Smorgasburg
Friday through Sunday, October 17-19, 11:00-6:00; repeats through the last weekend of October
Friday: WTC/Oculus Plaza, Fulton St. at Church St., Manhattan
Saturday: Marsha P. Johnson State Park, 90 Kent Ave. (at North 7th St.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday: Breeze Hill, East Dr. at Lincoln Rd., Prospect Park, Brooklyn
https://www.smorgasburg.com/vendors/
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=smorgasburg
Free admission
St. Leon Armenian Church Food Festival
Friday through Sunday, October 17-19, various hours
St. Leon Armenian Church, 12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, New Jersey
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1203870915098276&set=pcb.1203871388431562
Free admission
Korean Harvest & Multicultural Festival
Friday, October 25, 11:00-9:00; Saturday, 10:00-6:00
Jack Alter Fort Lee Community Center, 1355 Inwood Terr., Fort Lee, New Jersey
Sunday, October 27, 11:00-6:00
Murray Hill Square, 149th St. and 41st Ave., Murray Hill, Queens
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPMQV3ajlNV/
Free admission
JapanFes
Saturday, October 18, 10:00-6:00; repeats weekly, more or less, through early December
Astor Place, Manhattan
https://www.japanfes.com/new-blog/2025/oct-18-east-village
Previously: https://www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=japanfes
Free admission
Sussex County Harvest, Honey, & Garlic Festival
Saturday, October 18, 10:00-4:00
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, New Jersey
http://www.sussexfarmvisits.com/harvestfest.htm
Free admission
The Great Community Bake Sale
Saturday, October 18, 11:00-3:00
180 Maiden Ln. (at Front St.), Manhattan
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-community-bake-sale-tickets-1738986107259
Free admission; "All proceeds will be distributed across four New York City-based nonprofits providing essential services to New Yorkers in need: Heart of Dinner, Make the Road New York, One Love Community Fridge, and The Teaching Kitchen at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House"
Oyster Bay Oyster Fest
Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19, 11:00-6:00
In and near Theodore Roosevelt Park, Oyster Bay, New York
https://theoysterfest.org/
Free admission
Taste of Korea
Saturday, October 18, 11:00-5:00
Good News New Jersey Church, 1075 Queen Anne Rd., Teaneck, New Jersey
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-korea-teaneck-tickets-1763181757099
Free admission
The New Jersey Seafood & Music Festival
Saturday, October 18, 11:00-6:30
Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd., Holmdel, New Jersey
https://www.facebook.com/events/bell-works/new-jersey-seafood-music-festival/1960591411460380/
Admission: $5; children under age 5, free
Secaucus Diwali Mela
Saturday, October 18, noon-6:00 (rescheduled from October 12)
Buchmuller Park, 150 Plaza Center, Secaucus, New Jersey
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPmeN-qDijd/
Free admission
Fall Market & Halal Food Fest
Saturday, October 18, 1:00-7:00
Nansen Lodge, 3465 Victory Blvd. (Graham-Travis Aves.), Travis, Staten Island
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNyC8zz3PYe/
Admission: adults, $5; children ages 3 to 12, $3
Queens Night Market
Saturday, October 18, 4:00-midnight; continues weekly through October 25
Near the New York Hall of Science, 4701 111th St. (inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Corona, Queens
http://queensnightmarket.com/
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=%22queens+night+market%22
Free admission
Season finale: Indonesian bazaar at Masjid al-Hikmah
Sunday, October 19, 10:00-5:00
4801 31st Ave. (at 48th St.), Astoria, Queens
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPuGTfaEdoC/
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=hikmah&view_all=1
Free admission
Little Manila Festival
Sunday, October 19, 10:00-6:00; repeats October 26
Little Manila, Roosevelt Ave. between 69th and 70th Sts., Woodside, Queens
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10229056311769345&set=gm.24776203928704099&idorvanity=2999775473440258
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&text=%22little%20manila%22
Free admission
Grand Bazaar NYC
Sunday, October 19, 10:00-5:00; repeats weekly
100 West 77th St. (at Columbus Ave.), Manhattan
https://grandbazaarnyc.org
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=%22grand+bazaar%22
Free admission
JapanFes
Sunday, October 19, 10:00-6:00; repeats weekly, more or less, through early December
Amsterdam Ave. between 78th and 79th Sts. (likely one block of a longer street festival), Manhattan
https://www.japanfes.com/new-blog/2025/oct-19th-uws
Previously: https://www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=japanfes
Free admission
Plaza Cuahtémoc
Sunday, October 19, 11:00-9:00; repeats weekly
https://www.instagram.com/plaza.cuauhtemoc/
Free admission
Jackson Heights Diwali Mela
Sunday, October 19, in past years noon-6:00 (rescheduled from October 12)
74th St. between 37th Rd. and 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, Queens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/54841937785/lightbox/
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=diwali%20jackson&view_all=1
Free admission
K-Fest JC 2025
Sunday, October 19, noon-3:30
City Hall Plaza, 280 Grove St. (Mercer-Montgomery Sts.), Jersey City
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPeo9uuDfcY/
Free admission
Planted Culture Market
Tuesday, October 21, 4:00-9:00
Washington Square Park, at the corner of Waverly Pl. and MacDougal St., Manhattan
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPZJ8pgDpge/
Free admission
Bowl of 'Zole
Thursday, October 23, 6:00-9:00
Industry City's 5 2 A venue, 33 35th St. (Second-Third Aves.), Greenwood, Brooklyn
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bowl-of-zoletm-brooklyn-2025-tickets-1373325907759
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=%22bowl+of+%27zole%22&view_all=1
Tickets: $59.78, or $81.06 for hour-earlier VIP entry; ages 21 and over only; all Bowl of 'Zole chefs will prepare extra pozole for City Harvest: https://www.cityharvest.org/
by EatingInTranslation
Dining and Cooking