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87° and sunny for Saturday's annual festival (Photo by J. Smith for GPTMC)

The weekend’s weather forecast is shaping up to be amazing.

Luckily, there’s plenty to do. In addition to the first annual Spring Restaurant Weekend at the Piazza, there’s the ever-popular Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival.

WHAT: Each year more than 50,000 people converge on Walnut Street from Broad to 19th Streets, for one of Center City’s most popular festivals. The event features food, entertainment, live music, shopping and family fun. This is the only event where Walnut Street is closed to automotive traffic.

WHO: The event is planned by Rittenhouse Row, a non-profit organization responsible for promoting the Rittenhouse Square area as Philadelphia’s Five Star Location for shopping, dining, living and visiting.

WHEN: Saturday, May 1, from noon to 5:00 p.m., rain or shine.

WHERE: Held on Walnut Street from Broad to 19th Street and 18th Street between Locust and Sansom.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

* Enter the festival through The Infiniti Lounge at Broad and Walnut Streets, pose for the cover of Philadelphia Magazine and preview the new Infiniti M (1400 block)

* Fitness guru Kimberly Garrison will provide nutrition tips and free samples of vitaminwater zero TM (1400 block)

* Beneficial Bank’s Kids Zone with facepainting and other fun activities (1500 block)

* Free samples of Blue Moon beer and mural painting for a Blue Moon billboard that will be hung at Broad and Locust (1500 block)

* Sample spring cocktails throughout the day Ketel One Vodka, Cuervo Platino Tequila, Zacapa Rum, Nuvo Sparkling Liqueur and Tanqueray Gin (1600 block and 1800 block)

* View Rittenhouse Row’s fashion and beauty trends on the Fashion Stage powered by XIPWIRE (1600 block)

* Taste and purchase Chairman’s Selection Wines presented by PA Wine & Spirits (1600 block)

* Games and prizes form ING Direct Café (1600 block)

* Dance to lively party bands from Norma Michaels Entertainment at the Infiniti Main Stage (1700 block)

* Cuisine from Starr Restaurants and the Starr Culinary Demonstration Stage (1800 block)

* Rittenhouse Row Kids’ Corner with the Shank’s Uptown Family Fun Stage, KYW Newsradio’s Kidcasting, Center City District’s Cultural Activity Stations (18th Street between Walnut and Sansom)

* Donate canned goods to Philabundance and have a chance to win dinner at 13 Starr restaurants (festival-wide)

* Vote for your favorite festival dish and purchase festival treats using your mobile phone via XIPWIRE, Philadelphia’s new mobile texting technology (festival-wide)

New this year. You can pay for your food via text message. XIPWIRE Mobile Payments enables you to pay for all your Rittenhouse Row favorites with a simple text message. All you need to do is create your free XIPWIRE account by texting: “GO ROW” to 56624.

Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival [Visit Philly]