Hello Panda Festival waves to Citi Field this weekend
BY ALEX MITCHELL
One of the brightest and ongoing
festivals in the city will keep
you warm at Citi Field this winter
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he city’s inaugural Hello Panda
Festival touches down in the World’s
Borough this weekend, sticking around
throughout January of next year.
More than 120 massively illuminated
and handcrafted lanterns will be on display,
and guests will get to enjoy great
food provided by 30 magnifi cent vendors
at the festival organized by CPAA
North America and The World’s Fare.
The displays feature more than
300,000 brightly-colored LED lights
and several interactive elements. Visitors
can explore six different lantern
theme parks, each of which deliver distinct,
immersive experiences.
The never-before-seen exhibits will be
spread throughout the festival grounds:
Dream World, Holiday Wonderland,
Discovery Zone, Interactive Music Zoe,
Sports World and Community Interactive
Zone.
Display highlights include the world’s
tallest Christmas tree lantern, life-sized
dinosaurs and safari animals, a huge
fairytale castle and a 98-foot-long light
tunnel.
“Hello Panda’s mission is to bring
the epic scope and scale of China’s best
and brightest lantern festivals to North
The Hello Panda Festival will light up the city beginning this month.
America,” said Winston Wang, General
Manager of CPAA North America. “We
want to transport visitors into a magical
world fi lled with sights and sounds
they’ve never experienced or even imagined,”
he continued.
The World’s Fare, which has delighted
tens of thousands of visitors to Citi
Field the past two springs, is not just
providing great food vendors, but also
live performances, modern art exhibits,
a holiday market and traditional crafts
across six giant heated tent areas.
This is the fi rst time that Hello Panda
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will be coming to New York City, a feat
that brings pride to the organizers.
“We are thrilled to be a part of The
Hello Panda Festival, which is #1 winter
destination in Queens and throughout
New York City,” said Elizabeth Aloni,
President of The World’s Fare. The
World’s Fare has a fantastic lineup of
the best international food vendors from
bao to baked goods plus a full bar serving
seasonal cocktails, beer and wine.
So of course, the most delicious parts
of Hello Panda will be handled by many
of the city’s well known food vendors:
Bolivian Llama Party, Brooklyn Dumpling,
C-Bao Ca’Pisci, Cambodia Now,
Chef Jimmy Creole Vicious Cycle, Chori
& Chimi, Dilena’s Dolcini, Don Ceviche,
Dough Donuts, Down East Lobstah,
Empanada Papa, Four The Hard
Way Jianbing Company, and Joey Bats
Café.
Also, Knot Of This World, La Braza
NYC, Made From Scratch, NYC Mac
Truck, Pete’s Hot Cider & Tea, Pickle
Me Pete, Shaking Crab, Snow Show
Flushing, Spoonable Spirits, T-Swirl
Crepes, The Wasted Baker, Toastie-
Land, What’s The Dillaz, Wings Lovers,
and Zonarica Churros will be cooking
up during the festival.
Meanwhile, some of those cultural
points that the World’s Fare President
Joshua Schneps referenced will done by
the way of nightly music from local and
international acts from different genres
including dance, Latin, pop and hiphop
along with festive artwork.
Hello Panda is open seven days a week
from 5 to 10 p.m., Dec. 6 to Jan. 26,
2020. CPAA also plans to produce the
even in Vernon, New Jersey, from Oct.
18 to Feb. 2, 2020, and at the World Vacation
Hotel from Oct. 25 to March 22,
2020, according to the organizers.
Ticket prices range from $22 to $28
minus tax and service fees. For more
information, visit www.hellopandafest.
com or follow @hellopandafest on Instagram
and Twitter and Facebook.
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