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This weekend is going to be absolutely non-stop, with some of the season's — even the year's — most anticipated events, from the grand opening of the Barnes to at least three major spring festivals. And it's all happening with a summer-like forecast. Break out the sunglasses. (Photo credits below)

The epic weekend we foreshadowed earlier this week is finally here.

Before you break out the day planner, let us outline and plan the fun for you. Starting with free After After 5 tonight at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to a collision of street festivals Saturday and Sunday plus, of course, the grand opening of the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, it’s literally going to be one of the most jam-packed weekends in recent memory.

And, no big deal, it’s going to be sunny and in the late 70s-low 80s all weekend. Huzzah.

Friday, May 18

Philadelphia Museum Of Art: FREE ADMISSION for International Museum Day

MOMIX at the Annenberg Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Art in the Open 2012 (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Voices of the Night hike with the Academy of Natural Sciences

A Tribute to Drumming Legends: Max Roach, Art Blakey and Philly Joe Jones at the Woodmere Art Museum

Martinis On The Portico at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Free!

All Together Now at Moore College of Art & Design (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Opening Day!

Sixers vs. Celtics at the Wells Fargo Center

CSA Gallery’s The Same As It Ever Was (Fri, Sat, Sun)

LOVE Your Park Week (Fri, Sat) — Closing Day!

Arden Theatre’s Robin Hood (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Bistrot La Minette Movie Under the Stars

Saturday, May 19

The Barnes Foundation officially opens its doors on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Our Guide To The 2012 Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival

Our Guide To The 9th Street Italian Market Festival

SPTR Seventh Annual Wheat Beer Fest

Trenton Avenue Arts Festival And Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby

Best Burgers in Philadelphia

Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Festival in Franklin Square

Penns Woods Winery’s 2nd Annual Wine & Jazz Festival

Our Guide To The 82nd Annual Radnor Hunt Races

More Weekend Picks, below.

Delaware River Day

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Philadelphia Legacy Series

Salvatore Pinto: A Retrospective Celebrating the Barnes Legacy at the Woodmere Art Museum

On My Honor: 100 Years of Girl Scouting at the National Constitution Center

12th Annual Brandywine Valley Craft Brewers Festival at Iron Hill

Philadelphia On Parade at the Mann Center

3rd Annual Clemente Fest

Saturday Morning Cartoon Brunch at The Trestle Inn

Uhuru Flea Market at Clark Park

First Person Arts’ Summer Grand Slam at the Annenberg Center

Brunch at Rittenhouse Tavern (Sat, Sun)

Mayfair May Fair

Studio Open House at Woodmere Art Museum

“Free at the Kimmel” Series

Sunday, May 20

Yoga on the Steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art: 10th Anniversary

Maya.2012: Lords of Time at the Penn Museum

Israel64 Independence Day Celebration at Penn’s Landing

Craft Spoken Here at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Inis Nua Theatre Company’s The Walworth Farce (Fri, Sat, Sun)

PAFA and Dr. Barnes (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Curio Theatre’s The Tempest (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow: Living with the Atomic Bomb, 1945-1965 at the Mercer Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Offering Of The Angels: Treasures From The Uffizi at the Michener Art Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

1812 Productions’ Boston Marriage (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Act II Playhouse’s My Fair Lady (Fri, Sat, Sun)

“Run! The Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen at the National Constitution Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Scribner’s Magazine: The Early Years In Illustration at the Brandywine River Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times at the Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Teams Up With Philadelphia Eagles To Host Camp In For Kids’ Cancer

Society Hill Open House & Garden Tour

The Walnut Street Theatre’s The Buddy Holly Story (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Salvatore Pinto: A Retrospective Celebrating the Barnes Legacy at the Woodmere Art Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

[Photo credits: top row from left; Photograph © 2012 The Barnes Foundation, R. Kennedy for GPTMC, E. Mencher for GPTMC; middle row from left; E. Mencher for GPTMC, B. Krist for GPTMC, E. Mencher for GPTMC; bottom row from left; courtesy Trenton Avenue Arts Festival, R. Kennedy for GPTMC, M. Edlow for GPTMC.]