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Sunday funday: First-ever Old City Fest

The inaugural Old City Fest, an event organized by Old City District and held in coordination with DesignPhiladelphia, takes over Arch Street between 2nd and 4th Streets and 3rd Street between Race and Market Streets for a day highlighting the neighborhood’s favorite shopping, art, theater and food establishments.

    by Allie Volpe
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It's time we give Old City a little festival love. The inaugural Old City Fest, an event organized by Old City District and held in coordination with DesignPhiladelphia, takes over Arch Street between 2nd and 4th Streets and 3rd Street between Race and Market Streets for a day highlighting the neighborhood's favorite shopping, art, theater and food establishments.

Running from noon until 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, around 100 vendors will line the streets (that'll be closed to traffic, by the way), here are a few you can expect:

  1. Jonathan Adler

  2. Kink Shoppe

  3. Scout Salvage & Vintage

  4. Lost + Found

  5. Smak Parlour

  6. The Ruff Life

  7. Lovely Bride

  8. Third Street Habit

  9. More Than Old

  10. Grossman Furniture

For hungry bellies, food and drink will be in no short supply:

  1. 4 Fathers Philadelphia

  2. Capofitto

  3. Continental Restaurant

  4. Red Owl Tavern

  5. Revolution House

  6. High Street on Market

  7. Zento

  8. Old City Coffee

  9. Lucha Cartel

  10. Mama's Meatballs

  11. Wedge and Fig

  12. Franklin Fountain

  13. Keating's River Grill

  14. National Mechanics

  15. Panorama

  16. Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti

  17. Smoothie King at The Bourse

  18. Bistro 7

  19. Pinot Boutique

  20. Tartes

  21. Sassafras

Elsewhere, the old "Real World" house, now Design Space at Trust (249 Arch St.), will be stylized with the interior designs from 25 Old City shops, including The Clay Studio, LGTripp Gallery, Petit Jardin en Ville, OLC and more.

See pop-up performances from The Philadelphia Dance Academy, Circus Dance Company, an all-male Madonna cover band, a fashion show, stay for kids activities, chocolate demonstrations, the list goes on and on.