Next Saturday kicks off Buy Fresh Buy Local week in the greater Philadelphia area and here are some highlights.

• Saturday, July 12th – Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival at the Reading Terminal Market
• Sunday, July 13th – Kickoff party at Philadelphia Brewing Company
• Wednesday July 16th – Local Beer and Local Hors d’oeuvres at Standard Tap
• Thursday July 17th -Southwark Happy Hour with Bluecoat Gin and Sly Fox beers
• Saturday July 19th – Good Food, Good Beer, and the Rest is History food and beer tastings at Headhouse Square
• Sunday July 20th – Cooking Demonstrations and Cookbook Swap at Headhouse Farmers’ Market

A complete list of events as well as tickets to the Kickoff at PBC can be found on Local Food Philly.

Buy Fresh Buy Local Week [Local Food Philly]

Buy Fresh Buy Local is having a happy hour at the Standard Tap from 6 to 7:30. Or get your quiz tip on at either O’neals or the Bards tonight. Foobooz editor Trivia Art is filling in for the ego-maniacal Johnny Goodtimes.

If the heat has you thinking I’d rather a cool treat, we second Philebrity’s suggestion (last item), go to John’s Water Ice at 7th & Christian. And if you get a brain freeze try this MSN Health tip out:

Press your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth, covering as much as you can. “Since the nerves in the roof of your mouth get extremely cold, your body thinks your brain is freezing, too,” says Abo. “In compensating, it overheats, causing an ice-cream headache.” The more pressure you apply to the roof of your mouth, the faster your headache will subside.

This week is Buy Fresh Buy Local Week, so celebrate locally grown food and sustainable agriculture. with more events than you can shake a stick at. Keep an eye on the Upcoming Events Calendar on the right for highlights like happy hour at the Standard Tap and Good Food, Good Beer, and The Rest Is History at Headhouse Square.

Buy Fresh Buy Local Week Calendar Complete Calendar

Tonight several places are celebrating Bastille day with food, drink, music and dance. The Bastille Day things spill into tomorrow as well, as we recommend everyone storm the Bastille and enjoy the after parties.
Elsewhere tonight there are two highly anticipated openings as the Water Works is finally officially opened. And up in NoLibs the next chapter in Philadelphia latinizing kicks off with the opening of Bar Ferdinand.
If you survive Spanish beer, heat and French muskets and the Blob, Sunday promises the kickoff of Buy Fresh, Buy Local at Yards Brewery.
Hopefully some of that will be enough to pry yourself away from in front of the air conditioner.

From July 15-22, celebrate locally grown food with Buy Fresh, Buy Local Week.
The Kick Off Event will be hosted at Yards Brewery on Sunday June 16th, Noon � 4:30 PM. The kickoff will get you in gear with local food, music and ales.
Other highlights of the week will include a local foods dinner featuring artisinal cheeses at Django. A Happy hour and Blue Coat Gin tasting at the Standard Tap on Tuesday July 18th. A free Tasting event at the Reading Terminal on July 20th and Good Food, Good Beer, and The Rest is History fund raiser for Slow Food.

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We all know the Reading Terminal market and the Italian Market but there are other farmers’ markets located in city neighborhoods throughout the Spring and Summer. Here’s a six pack of them for you.

• South & Passyunk
  Tuesdays, 2-7 PM
• 15th & South
  Wednesdays, 3-7 PM
• 2nd & Poplar
  Wednesdays, 3-7 PM
• 43rd & Baltimore
  Thursdays, 3-7 PM
  Saturdays, 10 AM -2 PM
• 22nd & Fairmount
  Thursdays, 3-7 PM
• 23rd & Pine
  Saturdays, 3-7 PM

For more information on Philadelphia’s numerous farmers’ markets check out the Food Trust and Buy Fresh Buy Local.
Update: Philly.com has posted another comprehensive list of Farmers’ Markets in the area.