Art Is Life Festival Hitting Roxborough April 22

ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA – The third annual Art Is Life spring street festival is again returning to Roxborough this next week. This year's festival will feature a new cooking event guaranteed to get crowds excited.

The Roxborough Development Corporation (RDC) will host the third annual Art Is Life spring street festival from noon to 6 p.m. on Ridge Avenue in Roxborough between Green Lane and Leverington Avenue on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, rain or shine.

The festival will feature three main performance stages showcasing culinary, performance, and visual arts, as well as dozens of pop-up shops lining the main artery of Roxborough.

Attendees will also enjoy kids' recreational activities, local food trucks, and the Art Is Life Beer Tent and Wine Bar provided by Sly Fox Brewing Company and Penns Woods Winery.

This year's festival will feature a new attraction that will have your mouth watering.

"So You Think You Can Cook" will task cooks of various levels – from amateurs chefs to everyday cooks – entrants can show off their culinary skills on the Art Is Life Culinary Arts Stage in front of a panel of celebrity judges.

"Through a partnership with instructors at the Art Institute of Philadelphia we are glad to add this year’s culinary competition to Art Is Life,” James Harry Calamia, RDC Executive Director, said in a press release. "Four contestants will be selected from our registration rolls to compete head to head. Two winners will then be crowned the So You Think You Can Cook Champions."

Art Is Life is supported by Lyceum Physical Medicine, 101.1 More FM, East Falls Glassworks and the Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers.

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