2nd St Festival

Great time at the 2^nd St Festival. My only 2 complaints are that I wish that it was more than once a year and that I wish there were more food vendors. We wandered around and checked out a lot of the tents and vendors offering free stuff as well as selling. This trip ended up being food-​centric so we stopped by Mom-Mom’s Polish food cart, Hai St Kitchen, Poi Dog, and Little Baby’s Ice Cream. All the food was awesome, I hadn’t been to Mom-Mom’s yet but their perogies are legit and I will definitely be seeking them out in the future at Night Market and wherever else I can find them. Can’t wait till next year.

I love a good festival and the 2^nd Street Festival was 2^nd to none.
There are a lot of spring and fall festivals, but the 2^nd Street festival filled the void in my summer festival calendar. It was hot, but not too crowded, and you could easily cool down with some ice cream (little babys), a popsicle (lil pop shop), Vietnamese iced coffee or Thai iced tea (Soy Café, Same Same, Circles), a DUNK TANK ($ 5 for 3 throws and a beer-​and you can dunno your friends!), or some free drink samples (true organic juice, wine, nesquik chocolate milk, anyone?)
The free stuff offerings were strong (not as good as Rittenhouse Festival but better than South Street and Italian Market). This festival’s haul included true organic juice sunglasses, a Philly sports and social tshirt that I will probably never wear, and kind bars (do these guys give out more they sell or what? They are really too kind). Also spotted a lot of coozies, some water bottles, tote bags, the usual (spin all the wheels people!)
Food and drink offerings were good, with a variety of restaurant stands (Same Same, Circles, Standard Tap (octopus bruschetta was my favorite bite of the day), Hai Street Kitchen,) food trucks (Cow and the Curd, Poi Dog, Dump and Roll, Mom Moms Polish Food truck) and a lot of your standard bbq offerings and typical festival foods (funnel cake).
There were also a few stages with bands, some street performers, some shopping trucks like Smak Parlour lots of craft/​Philly t shirts/​hippie clothing/​jewelry stands, etc.
Easily accessible from the Spring Garden or Girard stop on the MFL and you can check out the Piazza afterward or stop in to one of the many restaurants along the festival. Highly recommend!

I had a very good time at the 2^nd St. Festival! There were a lot of people but it was never so crowded you couldn’t move, as some Philly festivals tend to be. Highlights included The Cow and the Curd and Little Baby’s ice cream.
Some of the vendors were priced a little high, but there was a good variety of business represented and some good treasures to be found. There weren’t too many food vendors, but there was jewelry, clothing, and various local businesses. The weather held as well, which was a small miracle.