Sep 25 – Sep 26, 2026
Lawrenceville International Night Market 2026
Around the World in the DTL / Lawrenceville International Night Market returns September 25–26, 2026 at Lawrenceville Lawn with 80-plus vendors, stages, and a K-Pop zone.
Free admission
Atlanta International Night Market Foundation presents Lawrenceville Night Market Friday and Saturday, September 25–26, 2026 at Downtown Lawrenceville Lawn, 210 Luckie Street. Friday runs 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.; Saturday 2:00 to 10:00 p.m. Admission and parking are free.
Presented with the City of Lawrenceville, Around the World in the DTL brings the full AINM format to Gwinnett's historic square: 80-plus international food and retail vendors, live cultural performances on the main stage, an International Village with nonprofit booths from various regions, and a dedicated K-Pop zone. Organizers cite more than 1,200 free parking spots across downtown Lawrenceville.
The foundation has run night markets across metro Atlanta since 2016, with Norcross as the original home city. Lawrenceville's September edition lands one week after the Duluth Japan–Korea weekend, giving families a free follow-up if ticketed halls maxed the budget.
Who this is for: Gwinnett families who want a free global food crawl with K-pop programming, and anyone who missed summer AINM stops and needs a fall date. Skip it if you need a single-ethnicity holiday anchor; this is intentionally pan-international.
Luckie Street closes to a lawn festival grid; arrive Friday evening for lighting and skewers, Saturday afternoon if you are bringing kids before the late crowd. Cash helps at food stalls even when cards are accepted.
AINM's Lawrenceville edition is one of the larger stops on the calendar by vendor count. The K-Pop zone and International Village distinguish it from a generic food-truck rally: you get genre-specific programming plus nonprofit cultural booths alongside the skewer lines.
Downtown Lawrenceville's historic square makes this stop feel different from mall parking-lot markets. Luckie Street closes, the lawn fills with tents, and the city partnership means parking maps and stage schedules post on the foundation site before the weekend.
October brings Global Mela at Global Mall and Diwali in Dunwoody before the Norcross International Night Market homecoming in November.
Our take: Saturday 4–8 p.m. for the best vendor-and-stage combo. Friday is the date-night skewer run if you live nearby.
When: September 25–26, 2026 (Fri 5–10 p.m.; Sat 2–10 p.m.)
Where: Lawrenceville Lawn, 210 Luckie St, Lawrenceville, GA
Details on atlnightmarketfoundation.org.
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