Everything You Need to Know About the 2025 Italian Market Festival in Philadelphia

Prepare your stomachs for one of Philadelphia’s most loved springtime traditions:the South 9th Street Italian Market Festival, happening this weekend, May 17 and 18, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stretching across seven blocks of South Philly, this free, open air event celebrates over a century of culture, cuisine, and community in the nation’s oldest continuously operating outdoor market.