THE EVENT
Fairmount CDC is partnering with the offices of State Representative Donna Bullock and Council President Darrell Clarke to present the 2023 Girard Avenue Street Festival! Join us Saturday, May 6th from 11am to 5:30pm for a free, outdoor event on West Girard Avenue, between 26th and 29th Streets, showcasing businesses across the Brewerytown, Sharswood, and Fairmount communities.
ENTERTAINMENT AND FEATURE PERFORMANCES
The festival will feature 90+ vendors and service-providers, a kids zone with bounce houses and games for families, neighborhood businesses with the best bites of Brewerytown and live music from local bands, including performances by:
SNACKTIME
TreWay & the Now Generation
Dirty Soap
Teef
Shadow Trax Drill Team
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Action Karate will host a free community class at 12:30 PM. Registration required. Sign up here.
PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES
2637brew ABC Learning Academy, LLC Action Karate Fairmount Adam Hutcheon State Farm Agency Asanti Hair Studio Baby's Kusina and Market Blessed Hands Crafts Boozy Mutt Brewerytown Food Hall Candle Odyssey Candygyrl Cultivaire E Bennett Art Earth Symphony, LLC EC Urban Gardens Ethereal Arts Studio Co Evolve Salon Faystringart Girard Veterinary Clinic Glitz Galaxy Got U Covered Harpers Ice Cream I Scream For Ice Cream/All Day Hoagies Lather Hair Studio | Le Cat Cafe Libertee Grounds Lost Time Brewing Company Mi Casita Preschool Natalia Navarra Nectar Juice Co. Noel Marie Home Goods Noelle Made This Otto's Taproom & Grille Over the Moon Ice Cream Platinum Fruit Creations Remedy Spa & Wellness Retro Rewind Vintage & Thrift Rybrew Slade Unlimited Soul Haum Yoga Sound Space Performing Arts Spot Gourmet Burgers Steelworks Strength Systems Stone's Beer & Beverage Market The Monkey & The Elephant Thompson Street Ladies UPIC Studios Ushine |
PARTNERS, ARTISTS & VENDORS
Chambliss Candles G + RIZZ Grady The Jewelry Lady Hadiyyah’s Boutique LLC Pottery by JG Humana Keystone Paints Liberti Fairmount Co-op Preschool Margocreativedesigns | Maxxy Groove Native Crafts NDulge Collection Retail Therapy Philadelphia Technician Training Institute Roots Generate The Death Designer The Kb Experience Moravia Health |
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS & NON-PROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS
29th Ward Democratic Committee 100BlackMen Chapter Of Philadelphia 32nd Ward RCO ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships BalletX BEE Project Black + Planted Brewery121 Tree Tenders + Heritage Tree Tenders Bureau Of Blindness and Visual Services Campaign for Working Families Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia City Commissioners Office City Of Philadelphia, Department of Human Resources-Office of Hiring Services Councilmember at-Large, Isaiah Thomas Office Father's Day Rally Committee, Inc. Girard College Friends Of Isa Matin Habitat For Humanity Philadelphia Helping Hands Warming Hearts Temple University Language, Literacy, and Learning Lab (L3) and Temple Infant and Child Lab Le Cat Cafe Lemon Hill Neighbors | Lower North Philadelphia CDC MANNA Mural Arts Philadelphia Office Of Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson Philadelphia Museum Of Art Philadelphia City Rowing Philadelphia Sheriff's Office Philadelphia Water Department Representative Kenyatta's 181st District Office Share Food Program Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse State Senate Sharif Street Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Action Center, Inc SEPTA Sheriff's Office St. Joes Prep The Block Church CC UCity Arts Uhuru Furniture Ukrainian National Women’s League Of America United Missionary Baptist Church Vaux Big Picture High School |
FAQs
Girard Avenue Street Festival is a rain or shine event, starting at 11am and running until 5:30pm.
On the day of the event Girard Avenue will be closed from 25th to 29th Streets and parking on the avenue will not be permitted; ticketing and towing will begin at 8am. SEPTA will reroute Route 15 to Poplar Street.
Live music starts promptly at 11am on the stage at 29th Street; we'll have 90+ vendors, businesses and service-providers tabling, and lots of activities for kids and families to enjoy.
All participating businesses are required to register - if you have not registered yet, email psherlock@fairmountcdc.org ASAP.
Learn more here, and we'll see you May 6th!
SPONSORS
The Girard Avenue Street Festival is made possible by our neighbors and partners.
