May 17, 2013
Night Market Fairmount did not disappoint. How could it, really? The weather was gorgeous. The food vendors were out in droves. The beer was flowing. There were multiple stages with live music. Eastern State was open late and rocking out. And people came out in force. And sure, there were some lines at a lot [...]
Read more»May 16, 2013
As the weather clears today, it’s time to get pumped for a fantastic lineup of events this evening. The Night Market Philadelphia makes its season debut tonight in the Fairmount neighborhood with more than 50 food vendors dishing fare in the shadow of Eastern State Penitentiary. But that’s not all that is happening in the [...]
Read more»May 16, 2013
If you haven’t marked your calendars already, do so now. Starting this Saturday, May 18, PHAIR, a giant, open-air market arrives at 23rd and Arch streets and is slated to fill the space every Saturday well in to the fall. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., more than 100 vendors sell homemade goods and treats [...]
Read more»May 16, 2013
Sensational street food festival Night Market Philadelphia returns tonight with the first event of its 2013 season, transforming Fairmount Avenue into an alfresco eating and entertainment destination from 6 to 10 p.m. Tonight’s Night Market is set to take over Fairmount Avenue between 19th and 22nd streets, Corinthian Avenue between Fairmount and Brown, and 22nd [...]
Read more»May 15, 2013
Hear, hear! Clark Park hosts a merry gathering (and its first beer garden!) this Saturday, May 18. Enjoy local beer from Dock Street Brewery and food from The Cow and the Curd, MiniTrini, Taco Angeleno and Lil’ Pop Shop. Be sure to raise your Dock Street brews to the first-ever (legal) beers consumed in Clark [...]
Read more»May 15, 2013
This week, make a promise to yourself to check out (or return!) to The Porch at 30th Street Station in University City. The space that was once 34 parallel parking spaces is now a lively public space, chock-full of springtime fun. On Wednesday and Friday afternoons through September, four Philly mobile food vendors will park [...]
Read more»May 13, 2013
Fairmount’s neighbor, Brewerytown, greets spring with arts and crafts, food trucks, live music and much more during its annual Brewerytown Spring Festival on Saturday, May 18. Girard Avenue from 27th to 28th Streets shuts down to traffic and opens up for spring festival fun from noon to 5 p.m. More than twenty of Philly’s favorite [...]
Read more»May 2, 2013
This Saturday, May 4, embrace the spring sunshine at Penn Treaty Park during the Pie In The Sky And Food Truck Festival from noon to 5 p.m. Revel in childhood fun at the kite-flying extravaganza. Guests are invited to bring their favorite kite, or take part in kite crafting at the festival. May the best [...]
Read more»May 1, 2013
After more then a decade in the grind of development, Paine’s Park skatepark is set to make its public debut on May 22. Since the project was first conceptualized in 2002 by Franklin’s Paine Skatepark Fund, it has aimed to create a new dialogue between skateboarding, landscape architecture and city planning. Philadelphia’s skateboarding culture has [...]
Read more»April 24, 2013
More than 45 Fairmount businesses transform into pop-up galleries to showcase local art this Sunday, April 28 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Fairmount Arts Crawl. The businesses will host more than 70 art installations that include sculptures, prints, paintings, photography and mixed-media artwork. For the first time in the event’s history, food trucks [...]
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