Introducing DayLife: Your Urban Backyard on the Lower East Side

DayLife is a FREE 3-block special event that covers Orchard Street in astroturf and pushcarts, and includes the best in LES food and fashion vendors.

The year DayLife will include

Katz’s Deli 125th Year Anniversary Pastrami Eating Contest!


DayLife will also feature activities such as free Yoga classes at the top of each hour courtesy of Yoga High, DJ lessons from Scratch DJ Academy, badminton, urban croquet, face-painting and stage full of top-tier talent curated by The Living Room at our Tammany Hall stage. Enter for a chance to win an Essex Street Market gift basket HERE and check out last year’s event video HERE.

You can check out more photos from past events on our Facebook page and meet previous DayLife vendors with this series of interviews on our YouTube channel. Pop over to our DayLife press page and see what outlets such as Daily Candy, Urban Daddy, and the New York Times had to say about DayLife in June 2012.

Check out our June 2nd 2013 DayLife vendor list:

Broadway Baker

Brooklyn Taco, Essex Market, 120 Essex Street

Cafe Dancer, 96 Orchard Street

Cheeky Sandwiches, 35 Orchard Street

Dinner on Ludlow, 95 Delancey Street

The Fat Radish, 17 Orchard Street

Georgia’s East Side BBQ, 192 Orchard Street

Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza, 144 Orchard Street

Grey Lady, 77 Delancey Street

Hair of the Dog, 168 Orchard Street

Hot Bread Kitchen, La Marqueta, 1607 Park Ave

Katz’s Deli, 205 E. Houston Street

Kettle Falafel

La Newyorkina

The Leadbelly, 14 Orchard Street

Lost Weekend NYC, 45 Orchard Street

The Meatball Shop, 84 Stanton Street

Melt Bakery, 132 Orchard Street

Mexicue, 106 Forsyth

Mi Casa es su Casa, 140 Orchard Street

MiMi & CoCo

Mission Chinese,  154 Orchard Street

Nafi’s Hot Pepper Condiments

Ni Japanese Deli, 120 Essex Street (Essex Market)

Pop Karma, 95 Orchard Street

Pushcart Coffee, 221 E. Broadway

Roasting Plant, 81 Orchard Street

Souvlaki GR, 116 Stanton Street

Spur Tree, 76 Orchard Street

Sweet Buttons Desserts, 84 Rivington Street

Tache Artisan Chocolates, 254 Broome Street

Tiengarden, 170 Allen Street

Retail by:

By Robert James, 74 Orchard Street

GritNGlory, 186 Orchard Street

The Hoodie Shop, 181 Orchard Street

Horse + Nail, 74 Orchard Street

Pull-In, 147 Orchard Street

Quinn, 181 Orchard Street

Revolution Now, 162 Allen Street

Yaf Sparkle, 158 Orchard Street

Other area businesses:

The Yard, 85 Delancey Street

Zipcard

Streit’s Matzo and The American Dream

DNA Info

The Living Room  stage at Tammany Hall talent line-up:

Bruce Tantum

This Way to Egress

Mary Bragg

Funny Songs Fest

DJ Kai

Deja

Media Partner:

Gothamist

Sponsors:

TD Bank

Brack Capital Real Estate

ConEd

Tirosh & Team of Douglas Elliman

Non-Profit Partners

Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy

Manny Cantor Center at The Educational Alliance

Good Old Lower East Side

Lower East Side Employment Network