February 7, 2013
Saturday, February 23 the second annual Bierfest takes place at The German Society of Pennsylvania in Northern Liberties. Offering a sampling of imported sips from Germany and PA’s top brewers of Weizens, Bocks and Lagers, The Foodery hosts the all day affair in the German Society’s traditional Ratskeller or underground bar. Participating suds suppliers include [...]
Read more»January 22, 2013
For anyone who is fearing the chill in the air, get ready for your relief. On Friday, January 25, Rolling Barrel Events is hosting their third annual Stout and Chowder Festival from 6-9:30 p.m. The event includes everything beer and soup related that your heart could desire. Choose from more than 20 local craft beers [...]
Read more»December 19, 2012
Join Philly’s favorite comics and fancies for the first ever Mummers Museum Soup Day Festival, complete with Golden Ladle Award Contest. Head down to the Mummers Museum on December 23 at noon for tours, face painting, balloon animals and treats for the whole family. Then at 2 p.m., mosey up the street for the Philadelphia [...]
Read more»December 11, 2012
Back for its second year in Northern Liberties is Krampuslauf, a fun-for-all winter festival. What is this Krampuslauf festival? A Krampus is a scary creature from the tales of the countries that make up the Alps. A Krampus, like the Grinch, is the opposite of Jolly Old St. Nicholas. Instead of rewarding the good children, [...]
Read more»December 5, 2012
This holiday season, Sister Cities Park is celebrating its first holiday season with a fun Winterfest celebration on Saturday, December 15, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Greet Santa Claus as he rides up the Benjamin Franklin Parkway by firetruck and then share your Christmas list with him after his arrival. Partake in festive activities like cookie decorating, [...]
Read more»March 7, 2012
Grab some green and celebrate the luck of the Irish at Fadó Irish Pub as they host their annual St. Practice Day outdoor street festival this Saturday, March 10 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. For a $10 cover (tickets available in advance) join in the traditional Irish fun as the bar gears up early for St. [...]
Read more»February 27, 2012
FiberPhiladelphia, a citywide celebration of innovative, interdisciplinary fiber and textile art, kicks off Friday, March 2 and runs through the end of April. The festival is a collaboration of artists, curators, educators, galleries and cultural institutions promoting the best in the expansive textile and fiber arts fields by combining traditional arts with cutting-edge technology and [...]
Read more»February 24, 2012
The season for beer events is upon us once again, kicking off with the 6th annual Philly Craft Beer Festival. This year’s festival will take place in a new location at the Navy Yard outdoors under heated tents on the former Naval Airstrip, March 3. There will be a free shuttle running between the event [...]
Read more»February 16, 2012
Philadelphia gets all sudsy next Saturday, February 25 for the German German Society of Pennsylvania’s first-ever Bierfest, a festival to celebrate Pennsylvania’s German brewing heritage (ever heard of that little neighborhood above Fairmount called Brewerytown?) The society has teamed up with local drinks author Marnie Old and the Philly Roller Girls for the event, which [...]
Read more»February 13, 2012
If you love dinosaurs — and really, who doesn’t? — you need to get to The Academy of Natural Sciences on February 18th or 19th for the annual Paleopalooza festival. Visitors to the museum will get to talk one-on-one with paleontologists about their work, watch as they work on the bones of a titanosaur, search [...]
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