Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival

Date

May 1, 2010

The Experience

One of Philadelphia’s most popular spring festivals, the annual Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival attracts more than 50,000 people from across the region to Rittenhouse Square for one awesome Saturday each May.

Walnut Street is closed off to traffic (between Broad and 19th Streets) and the Festival takes over one of Center City’s coolest neighborhoods.

A festival of food, music, fashion, arts and entertainment, the Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival is one of the first signs of summer in Philadelphia.

Special features in 2010

The Festival includes fashion shows, live music and plenty of fun stuff for kids.Here’s what you can look forward to at this year’s Festival:

• Enter the festival through The Infiniti Lounge at Broad and Walnut Streets, pose for the cover of Philadelphia Magazine and preview the new Infiniti M (1400 block)
• Fitness guru Kimberly Garrison will provide nutrition tips and free samples of vitaminwater zero TM (1400 block)
• Beneficial Bank’s Kids Zone with facepainting and other fun activities (1500 block)
• Free samples of Blue Moon beer and mural painting for a Blue Moon billboard that will be hung at Broad and Locust (1500 block)
• Sample spring cocktails throughout the day Ketel One Vodka, Cuervo Platino Tequila, Zacapa Rum, Nuvo Sparkling Liqueur and Tanqueray Gin (1600 block and 1800 block)
• View Rittenhouse Row’s fashion and beauty trends on the Fashion Stage powered by XIPWIRE (1600 block)
• Taste and purchase Chairman’s Selection Wines presented by PA Wine & Spirits (1600 block)
• Games and prizes from ING Direct Café (1600 block)
• Dance to lively party bands from Norma Michaels Entertainment at the Infiniti Main Stage (1700 block)
• Cuisine from Starr Restaurants and the Starr Culinary Demonstration Stage (1800 block)
• Rittenhouse Row Kids’ Corner with the Shank’s Uptown Family Fun Stage, KYW Newsradio’s Kidcasting, Center City District’s Cultural Activity Stations (18th Street between Walnut and Sansom)
• Donate canned goods to Philabundance and have a chance to win dinner at 13 Starr restaurants (festival-wide)

Insider Tip

If you’re going for the food, you’ll want to get there early. Many of the restaurant booths are so popular, they have been know to run out of their dishes by 3 p.m.