Ice Cream Festival on Filbert
Sat, Aug 15 · 12:00pm–4:00pm
The outdoor block is under cover, which makes it the easiest hot-day option on the list.
At a glance
- Price
- Free
- Ages
- All ages
- Location
- Center City
- Setting
- mixed
- Time
- ~1h 30m
- Effort
- Easy
- Signup
- Drop-in
Just show up · Covered and rain or shine · Bring cash and a wet wipe
What to know
- •Noon to 4 on the 1100 block of Filbert plus inside the market.
- •Regional Rail and the Market-Frankford line put you a block away, which beats parking in Center City on a Saturday.
Our experience
More details
Reading Terminal Market closes the 1100 block of Filbert Street on Saturday, August 15 for its annual Ice Cream Festival, and the whole thing is free to walk into. Seven outside vendors scoop along Filbert (Bassetts, Milk Jawn, Cloud Cups Gelato, Hangry Bear Creamery, Irv's, The Mango Hut and Tubby Robot), while market stalls run ice cream sandwiches and other festival specials, marked with balloons. For kids there is face painting, balloon twisting, coloring pages, sand art necklaces, an ice cream truck photo-op and a chance to meet Philbert, the market mascot. Adults get eating contests and a Mystery Sundae Building Championship. Best of all on an August afternoon: the outdoor block is under cover, and it runs rain or shine.
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