2nd Street Festival closes down six blocks of North Second

    With the third annual 2nd Street Festival comes food, beer, art, workshops and folk music.Second Street will close today between Germantown and Fairmount avenues for the giant block party today from noon to 10 p.m.
    This year’s festival is a partnership with the Philadelphia Folk Festival, which will help with the tunes you can expect to hear at any one of the seven temporary beer gardens.Uwishunu says last year’s event drew 8,000 people.

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