THE EVENT
Fairmount CDC is partnering with the offices of State Representative Donna Bullock and Fifth District Council Member Jeffery Young Jr. to present the 5th annual Girard Avenue Street Festival!
Join us Saturday, May 18th - rain or shine - from 11am to 5:30pm for a FREE, outdoor event on West Girard Avenue, between College Avenue and 29th Streets, celebrating the neighborhood and showcasing businesses across the Brewerytown, Sharswood, and Fairmount communities.
ACTIVITIES AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
The festival will feature 100+ vendors and partners, a kids zone with bounce houses for kids, neighborhood restaurants with the best bites of Brewerytown, and live music from local bands.
29th Street stage
11am - DJ Steve Ferrell
11:20-12:20 - Sound Space, Action Karate, B'Ella Ballerina, Girard College Choir
12:20-12:40 - Shadow Trax
12:45-1:05 - Festival Welcome
1:10-2:00 - Hodgepodge
2:10-3:00 - Dirty Soap
3:10-4:10 - OOLALA
4:20-5:30 - West Philly Orchestra
27th Street stage
12:00-1:00 - DJ Uptown Radio
1:00-1:30 - Dena Miranda & John Abella
1:45-2:45 - Plush In The Box
3:00-4:00 - Perlin Noise
FOOD VENDORS
2637 Brew
Baby's Kusina & Market
Blkberry Juice Bar
Harper's Ice Cream
Holistic Jawns
I Scream for Ice Cream/All Day Hoagies
La Vaquita
Rybrew
Sean's Cakes by The Pound
Spot Gourmet Burger
The Monkey & The Elephant
Together Skateboarding
PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES
2637brew 4 The Wellness In U A'Aprons ABC Learning Academy, LLC Above and Beyond Early Learner's Academy Action Karate All Day Hoagies/I Scream For Ice Cream Asanti Hair Studio B'Ella Ballerina Dance Academy Baby’s Kusina Bèl Larenn Apparel Big City Tattoo Blkberry Juice Bar Brewerytown Pilates Candle Odyssey Center Stage Create the Look Agency Crime and Punishment Brewing Company Deborah's Kitchen Decisions Hair Studio E Bennett Art EC Urban Gardens Evolve Fulton Bank Gii’s Yonii Spot Gloria Morris Retail Got U Covered Harper’s Ice Cream Holistic Jawn Homestudio-lab Hope Rising Home Care Horticulture Incarnation Tattoo Jewelry With Me Journey 2 Healing Holistic Spa Kith + Kin | L LaRose Fashion Lather Hair Studio Le Cat Cafe Lessons Of A Labradoodle Mi Casita Preschool Mystical Charmcraft Naijallah Knows Necole Created Nine Thai Nova Flow Studio Noelle Made This North To The WORLD Over The Moon Phila Technician Training Inst. PHL VUE Remedy Spa & Wellness Retro Rewind Rybrew Ryder Liquidators Sean’s Cakes By The Pound Seduction Dance Studio Slade Unlimited Soul Haum Yoga Spot Gourmet Burgers Steelworks Strength Systems Sumaki's Unique Boutique The Boozy Mutt The House That Coral Built The Kb Experience The Monkey and The Elephant Thompson Street Ladies Together Skateboarding Ushine Jewelry and Accessories VYBEZbyChevvyB VQ Interiors |
ARTISTS & SIDEWALK VENDORS
ACRE Windows & Doors Ah House Of Creations Artisan Soaps Blueish Bakes Char and Whiskers Design Of The Future Elements Of Still Emlacreates G + RIZZ GARDEN Vintage Golden Key Prints Hadiyyah’s Boutique HanFran StudioJ.A.B. Your Face | Maxxy Groove Paint It Forward Oak Street Health Rays Of Sunshine Bus Roots Generate Rosemary Renea RSinn Ink Sarah + Felisa Scented Shadows Scott Porcelli ART Steves Urban Lumber Studio Bladel The "O" Insurance Group Unique Spirit |
CIVIC PARTNERS
ASAP Asociación Puertorriqueños En Marcha Black + Planted First Up Girl Scouts Of Eastern Pennsylvania Habitat For Humanity Philadelphia Helping Hands Warming Hearts Indego Impact Services Just For Us Girl Lemon Hill Neighbors Liberti Fairmount Lower North Philadelphia CDC Mayor's Office Of Neighborhood & Community Engagement Men and Women For Human Excellence National Center For Urban Solutions ODAAT Office Of City Commissioner Lisa Deeley Office Of City Commissioner Seth Bluestein | Office of State Senator Vincent Hughes Office of State Senator Sharif Street Office of CM Katherine Gilmore Richardson Office of CM Jim Harrity Office of CM Isaiah Thomas Office of State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta PC+ PHMC Philadelphia City Rowing Philadelphia Department Of Revenue Philadelphia Water Department SEPTA Share Food Program Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse Strawberry Mansion NAC Temple University Office Of Community Affairs and Engagement The Block Church CC Tree House Book United Missionary Baptist Church |
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 College Avenue to 29th Streets and parking on the avenue will not be permitted; ticketing and towing will begin at 6am. SEPTA will reroute Route 15 to Poplar Street.
Live music starts promptly at 11am on the stage at 29th Street; we'll have 100+ 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 on May 18th!
