PIFA Street Fair is tomorrow!

The weather forecast for tomorrow is absolute perfection: Sunny and 70 degrees! It would be a fantastic day for a … Street Fair! Well, we are all in luck, because as the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts enters it’s final weekend, they are going out in style with a grand Parisian Street Fair being held from 11am to 8:30pm tomorrow, right along the Avenue of the Arts.

Enjoy street performers, food vendors, musical performances, children’s entertainment and even a giant Ferris Wheel placed right on Broad Street as you take in all of the Parisian ambiance. Make sure you stay into the evening to enjoy the Street Fair finale in front of the Kimmel Center at 7:30 which includes a performance by La Compagnie Transe Express at 100 feet in the air!

Be sure to check out the Street Fair page on PIFA’s website to get all of the details you need to plan your day. You can also get a map of the area as well as some great information on taking the train to the Street Fair to avoid any traffic delays since several streets will be closed to vehicular traffic!

I am hoping that my family and I can get there to enjoy this awesome experience and hopefully will see some of you there too!

* This is a sponsored post. Stay tuned as Chester County Moms explores the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts through May 1st.

~Shannon

PIFA: Enjoying Arts Outdoors in the Spring…

The Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) springs into town beginning on April 7th and there is nothing more enjoyable than being outside to experience art in the crisp April air.

In addition to the wonderful events happening at indoor locations, there are several outdoor locations to see some amazing PIFA performances and installations.

The first thing I want to check out is Fly City with the Fly School Circus on South Broad Street where both adults and children can get hands-on professional trapeze lessons. They are offering lessons 4 times daily throughout the festival.

Another really fun option is the Museum without Walls: Audio Tour being held along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Parkway was French landscape architect Jacques Greber’s magnificent 1917 vision of a tree-lined boulevard punctuated with public sculpture and fountains. This interpretive audio program focuses on the Parkway’s tie to Paris, including historic records and images about the planning and construction of the Parkway (Free, 24 hours a day). Stand in front of any sculpture on the Parkway and call 215-399-9000 or download the free iPhone/android app or click here for more details: http://museumwithoutwallsaudio.org.

You could also take a Trolley Tour of French Philadelphia. These tours leave from the Kimmel Center and will explore all of the fantastic ways French culture, trends, relationships and more have impacted our city.

To check out all of the amazing events that make up this festival, please check out PIFA’s website. You can also Like PIFA on Facebook and Follow PIFA on Twitter.

Enjoy your time at the PIFA festival. We Philadelphians (and beyond) are in for a very rare treat indeed!

* This is a sponsored post. Stay tuned as Chester County Moms explores the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts through May 1st.