🚨We’re NOT shutting DS Night Market down — and here’s how YOU can help in the next 4 days. 💪🔥
We’ve been fighting to keep this dream alive — for the vendors, artists, musicians, and families who’ve made this market a home. ❤️
Every smile, every bite, every song means the world to us.
If you’ve ever danced here, ate here, laughed here — this is your moment to help keep it going. 🙏
Huge love and shout-out to BID Chinatown @lachinatown , @chinatowncentralplaza , Chinatown Corp. Los Angeles,
@thegrandstarjazzclub , @generalleesla , @melodylounge , @blossomrestaurant , @flouringla , @thankyou_coffee , @paperplant.co , @eastwindliondancetroupe , @plooooooot , @chunky.things@leiminspace and
our local businesses,
❤️and everyone who has supported us through thick and thin.
You’ve shown us so much kindness — now we’re asking for one last push.
🫶Share this post.
🥰Bring a friend this weekend.
🙏Support a vendor.
❤️Apply to be a vendor this weekend, link in Bio.
👉 Or donate $1 to help us keep the lights on.
🎁Zelle: [email protected]
Let’s prove that community still wins.
💫 This isn’t the end — it’s our comeback.
📍 Chinatown Central Plaza
932 Mei Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA
⏰ Fri–Sat: 5 PM – 11 PM | Sun: 4 PM – 10 PM
#DSNightMarket #SaveDSNightMarket #LosAngeles #ChinatownLA #SupportLocal #FeedTheLoveLA #DineLA #SecretLA #TimeOutLA #YelpLA #EaterLa
Bro just respawned after 10 years! 😭
@cassioam has been one of the best friends during the beginning of my career, learning about gripping and lighting. 🎥
🤌We were on the field, strongly reading minds and getting all the sh*t done with safety. I once had a dream of being in a electrician union. 🍾He made it happen to grip union! 10 years later he showed up with his friends from Sober group, look healthy as fuck.
👌Good to see you again, and let's hang out for many more! I miss my friends and profs from college and university. If you see this, show up any weekend at DS Night Market, I’ll be here waiting to serve you.
🏃♂️🍜 DS Run Club Day 2 is waiting for you.
Run now, eat later.
See you this Sunday at 5 PM sharp.
This isn’t about burning calories.
It’s about building better habits with a beautiful community ❤️
We’re growing slowly — but steadily.
One run, one conversation, one Sunday at a time.
And yes… after we run, we sing 🎤🔥
Prizes are waiting 👀🎁
Pull up. Move with us. Eat with us.
📍 Chinatown Central Plaza
📍 932 Mei Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012
⏰ Friday & Saturday 5–11 PM | Sunday 4–10 PM
#DSNightMarket #ChinatownLA #RunClubLA
🏃♂️❤️ Day One of DS Run Club is officially real.
Every Sunday.
5 PM.
Chinatown views.
Good conversations.
No pressure — just movement.
Maybe we train for a marathon one day.
For now, we run, connect, and eat after.
RUN NOW, EAT LATER. 🍜🔥
Thank you Mind and Bo for being our first two runners.
See everyone next Sunday — prizes waiting 🎁
📍 Chinatown Central Plaza
📍 932 Mei Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012
⏰ Friday & Saturday 5–11 PM | Sunday 4–10 PM
#DSNightMarket #ChinatownLA #RunNowEatLater
half of 2026 recap because life been moving insane lately 😭
1. started loving myself again. gym. better food. more discipline.
2. ice baths back in rotation. cold water fixing my brain somehow.
3. saw our biz, DS Night Market on a billboard for the first time ever.
4. tore my hamstring a week before marathon 💀
5. still finished the marathon anyway. 6hr 30min. no quitting.
6. went to Disneyland Park after like 10 years. felt like a kid again. 🍄
7. first time owning an entire pallet of charcoal. bbq arc unlocked.
8. threw a birthday party with zero prep. somehow perfect night.
9. so many people pulled up with love. still grateful honestly.
10. saw my birthday + DS Night Market in the newspaper. that felt crazy.
11. dropped a whole bucket of crack sauce. almost cried.
12. Wii spa day with the homies absolutely fried 420😭
13. reunited with Pigaploy after years. deep convos hit harder now.
14. met Greta Lee at DS Night Market.
15. randomly met Steven Yeun too. life weird as hell.
16. alien frequency unlocked. 👽
17. somehow got Eric André to pull up to DS Night Market 😭
18. hosted the Chang Beer Garden at Thai New Year Festival.
19. ended up co-hosting a Food Network show. airs next year apparently lol.
20. got a Guinness World Record + city recognition.
half the year felt impossible.
so… what’s next?
Nobody tells you (FREE giveaway in pinned comment below👀)
that sometimes the thing that heals you…
starts with feeding other people. 🌙🔥
Lowkey…
building this food brand healed a part of me
I never talked about.
I went to film school 🎬
dreaming about creating something meaningful.
Something beautiful.
Something people could feel.
But for years…
working in restaurants felt like survival mode.
Clock in.
Same menu.
Same walls.
Same routine.
Especially in Thai restaurants sometimes…
it felt like creativity had a ceiling.
No space to experiment.
No space to create something weird.
No space to make people feel something new.
Then somehow…
on my days off…
I started grilling meat over charcoal. 🥩🔥
Cooking for friends.
Passing out samples.
Making sauce until 3AM.
Trying things people told me wouldn’t work.
Now strangers come back asking for extra sauce. 🌶️
Friends bring friends.
People text me after they get home saying:
“Bro… I’m addicted.” 😂
And honestly?
That might be one of the proudest feelings I’ve ever had.
Because it was never just about BBQ.
It was about finally trusting
my own creativity again.
One year later…
Thai Rodeo became more than food. 🤠
It became:
late nights,
community,
memories,
and comfort meals after hard weeks.
If you still haven’t tried it…
where the heck are you? 😂🔥
📍 Chinatown Central Plaza
📍 932 Mei Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012
⏰ Friday - Saturday: 5 PM - 11 PM | Sunday: 4 PM - 10 PM
#ThaiRodeo #DSNightMarket #LosAngeles
One year ago, we started building a space where music, food, culture, and community could exist together in real life.
Since then, we’ve watched artists take the stage, strangers become collaborators, conversations turn into opportunities, and a community continue to grow around genuine love for music and culture.
This wasn’t built by algorithms. It was built by people showing up.
And that’s exactly why we created the Traklife Record, to document the artists, moments, and community helping shape the culture around us instead of letting those moments disappear.
Thank you to every artist, DJ, vendor, creative, supporter, and community member who’s been part of the first year of Traklife Music Sound Market. And special special shoutout to @just.oak and the @dsnightmarket team for taking us in like family.
Year one was just the beginning. The Record continues.
📸: @upriseimaging
Music is Art. Art Still Matters.
#Traklife #TraklifeSoundMarket #OnTheRecord #MusicCommunity #LosAngelesMusic LiveMusicLA MusicCulture CreativeCommunity ArtStillMatters CommunityThroughMusic
🥹 We didn’t wish we knew more. We just did it.
No perfect plan.
No guaranteed future.
Just people, food, music, and a dream big enough to keep us moving.
Two years later, DS Night Market is still here — and somehow, it’s been beautiful.
We don’t know how long we get to do this.
But while we’re here, we’re giving everything we can to make sure every person who walks in leaves with a story.
Something to remember.
Something to tell a friend.
Something that feels real.
Thank you for giving us a reason to keep going.
We hope we can keep making this place alive with you ❤️
📍 Chinatown Central Plaza
📍 932 Mei Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012
⏰ Friday & Saturday 5–11 PM | Sunday 4–10 PM
#DSNightMarket #ChinatownLA #NightMarketLA
