Utah Asian and Anime Market

Previous vendors from 2025

Vendors from Phoenix, Arizona

• Duplex Boba - Hong Kong style milk tea, fruit tea, and more
• Happy Buns, an Asian bakery - Ube butter mochi and Coconut buns
• Takoyaki - Japanese crispy dumplings
• Wabeebee - Foreign snacks
• Hot Bamboo - Character bao

Local vendors (subject to change)

• Salt Suburban Kitchen - Birria potstickers, pork leek potstickers, butter chicken on brioche (gluten free option), gourmet burger, cubano bao, brisket loaded fries
• Happy Tummie - Japanese fried chicken, Japanese grill chicken, Shrimp Tempura, Japanese Fried Tofu (vegan)
• Roaming Thai Flavors - Paid Thai is Gluten Free. Pad Thai Chicken $16, Pad Thai Shrimp $18, Thai fried rice with Chicken $16 Shrimp $18, Pad Krapow (Spicy Basil Stir fry) with ground beef $16 add fried egg $2, Veggie Egg roll (6pc) $8, Pork and veggie fried dumpling (6pc) $8, Fresh coconut $8
• Dakine Grindz Island Food

Local vendors and more (subject to change)

• Abyss Piercing 
• Eevee Blue 
• Harts Bonded Permanent Jewelry
• Lickilickiatme
• Timeless by Jeanine - Permanent Jewelry in SLC

The Utah Asian and Anime Market is an Asian food festival, showcasing small businesses and their creativity! Our goal is to be a platform for small businesses and a place for people to discover new foods and shop from local artisans to anime merchandise. There will be exclusive vendors travelling from Phoenix as well as local Utah businesses. Please RSVP and this will help us have an accurate head count to share with food vendors. This is a free event though and tickets are not needed to enter the event. Tickets are for preordering merchandise and food. T-shirts and stickers may not be available to be purchased in person if preorder capacity is met. Preorder food from Happy Buns and Takoyaki to guarantee availability during the event as they often sell out early. Please see below for the items available to purchase online.  

WHERE:
Viridian Event Center (Indoor and Outdoor venue)
(8030 S 1825 W, West Jordan, UT) 

WHEN: 

• Friday, July 17th // 5:30 PM - 10 PM
• Saturday, July 18th // 5 PM - 10 PM
• Sunday, July 19th // 11:00 AM - 3 PM

Upgrade your experience

VIP Package

• • Limited edition Bao T-shirt (front will have Bao Bao and back will have Bao Bao grilling) - Image below
    • T-shirts are a mixture of cotton and polyester and sizes range from small to extra large
    • Size of shirts are:
      • Small - sleeve length 16.5 inches, body width 18 inches, body length 28.75 inches
      • Medium - sleeve length 17 inches, body width 20 inches, body length 29.75 inches
      • Large - sleeve length 18.25 inches, body width 22 inches, body length 30.75 inches
      • Extra Large - sleeve length 19.5 inches, body width 24 inches, body length 31.75 inches
  • Includes Early Entry for Saturday- Skip the lines and enter at 4:00pm
  • Coupon for free ice cream from Creamies (value $5)
  • Free exclusive 3 x 3 inch bao sticker (value $5)
  • Free parking

Exclusive sticker

• Includes Early Entry for Saturday- Skip the lines and enter at 4:00pm
• Free 3 x 3 exclusive sticker - Chef Bao holding dumplings
• Free parking

Preorder from Small Businesses travelling from Phoenix

• Ube butter mochi or Takoyaki
• Includes Early Entry for Saturday - Skip the lines and enter at 4:00pm
• Free parking

Children 17 and under are free and do not need a ticket for entry. Refunds are available up until 8 days before the event. Pets are not allowed in the indoor portion of the event. 

DETAILS:
The event is indoors with an outdoor amphitheater. We will have local food businesses and menu prices range from $5 - $17. We will also have a curated anime marketplace with local artists. Boba, desserts, and other Asian dishes will be available too. We highly encourage carpooling or rideshare. 

All food and drink is sold separately. All of the local businesses will be collecting their own sales. They do not offset the event production costs. Most vendors will accept both cash and card. We do recommend bringing cash for this event and coming with a group of your friends and families to try a little bit from everywhere! Event times will be staggered to improve flow of the event. You can stay as long as you like and ticket times are only for how early you can arrive.

Refunds are unavailable if you miss your admission time. If you need to switch tickets for a different admission time, you can email us at nomnomevents48@gmail.com and we will accommodate if tickets are not sold out online. If you come as a group, you can try from more vendors and create your own picnic.

All T-shirts come in black (Image is back of T-shirt)

Alternative T-shirt with Chef Bao in front and noodle boat in the back

Exclusive sticker below