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Philadelphia Events
January
New Year's Day
Held: January 1st
Location: Downtown Philadelphia
215-336 3050
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Climaxing months of drill in a ritual dating to pagan times, some 15,000 Mummers parade along Philadelphia streets, codified into four divisions: Comic Clubs, Fancy Clubs, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades.
Chinese New Year
Held: Chinatown
215-922-2156
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In Philadelphia's Chinatown, the year starts with New Moon on the first day and ends on the full moon 15 days later with the Lantern Festival.
February
Philadelphia International Auto Show
Held: early February
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center
800-999-6810 or 610-758-9691
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Sometimes starting in January, the Philadelphia International Auto Show cruises each year into the Pennsylvania Convention Center, produced by the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia with more than 700 classic, luxury, and exotic vehicles.
South Street Mardi Gras for Fat Tuesday
Held: February
Location: South Street
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South Street, Philadelphia's hip strip is where Mardi Gras is celebrated on Fat Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
African American History Month
Held: February
Location: Various venues
215-289-6484
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Events throughout the city celebrate Africa American history.
Manayunk in Bloom
Location: Cotton and Cresson Streets
Held: Easter holidays
215-482-9565
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Spring brings Manayunk in Bloom, an annual event with fun at Pretzel Park, at Cotton and Cresson streets for the annual Easter Egg Scramble. Merchants stock up with Easter finery and accessories.
Philadelphia Flower Show
Location: Philadelphia Convention Center
12th & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Held: early March
215-988-8899
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One of North America's largest collection of specimen orchids radiates color at the Philadelphia Flower Show, going strong for more than a century. Festivities surrounding the show start in January.
St. Patrick's Day Parade
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Philadelphia's Irish community goes green with more than 100 floats and 10,000 marchers.
The Book and the Cook Festival
215-545-4543
Cooks share their books and recipes at different restaurants and at the convention center during Kitchen Aid's "The Book and the Cook Festival".
April
Spring Splash on South Street
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Celebrants parade down South Street in Easter bonnets.
Baseball Season Opens
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When the Phillies were formed in 1883, the team was on its way to becoming the oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of the professional sports.
May
Broad Street Run
215-235-7481
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The venerable Broad Street Run's 10-mile course starts at Broad Street and Somerville Avenue, ending in the Philadelphia Naval Business Center. (Not for Runners Only Health & Fitness Expo is at the Cruise Terminal, Pier 1, near the finish line.)
Annual Canal Day
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Attracting crowds along Main Street, this long-standing neighborhood event celebrates the 1823 opening of the Schuylkill Navigation System, part of the Manayunk Canal.
Dad Vail Regatta
215-886-1123 or 215-483-2909
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The second week of May brings crew teams from schools across the U.S. to compete on the Schuylkill River in the nation's largest collegiate regatta.
Jam on the River
Held late May
Location: Penns Landing
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Enjoy music on the banks of the Delaware River on Memorial Day weekend.
Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival
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The Rittenhouse area celebrates spring with music, dance, outdoor and indoor sales and displays by area retailers, gallery exhibits, and more on Walnut Street from Broad to 19th, and within Rittenhouse Square.
June
Manayunk Arts Festival
Held: end of June
Location: Main Street, Manayunk
215-482-9565
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Philadelphia Magazine Manayunk Arts Festival is possibly the largest outdoor arts and crafts show in the Delaware Valley. This juried show features over 250 artists from across the entire country. The festival typically attracts over 250,000 people to see one-of-a-kind work displayed.
First Union U.S. Pro Cycling Championship
215-482-9565
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The First Union men's pro cycling championship claims to be the nation's longest running, richest single-day race on the Pro Cycling Tour. The Amateur Wall Climb has cyclists pedaling up the Manayunk Wall, a stretch of road at a 45-degree angle. The race starts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
First Union Liberty Classic
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International women cyclists compete in the First Union Liberty Classic, the only World Cup Cycling race event for women in the U.S.
Sunoco Welcome America
215-576-7125
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Events start a week before July 4th, with fireworks on the Delaware the Friday preceding the 4th of July fireworks celebration.
July
Fourth of July
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The birthplace of the nation hosts more than 50 free events culminating in a 14-hour July 4th extravaganza.
Dragon Boat Races
610-642-2333
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Benefiting the Fox Chase Cancer Center, the International Dragon Boat Races feature eight lanes of action with up to 100 teams.
August
Eagles Football Opener
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Named the Eagles to symbolize the New Deal's National Recovery Act, Philadelphia's team first played the Chicago Bears in a 3-3 tie.
September
Labor Day Events
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Concerts and more mark Labor Day weekend festivities.
Museum of Art Rodin Garden Party
Held early September
215-235-7469
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Early in September, Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art gather for the Rodin Garden Party at the Rodin Museum, with opportunity to win prizes in a raffle that funds museum initiatives.
Puerto Rican Week Festival Parade
Held late September
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Running since 1964, Philadelphia's annual Puerto Rican Week Festival (Festival Puertorriqueño Fildelfia) includes Puerto Rican Day (the last Sunday of September), a grand parade (Desfile Puertorriqueño) and the Miss Puerto Rico-Philadelphia pageant.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
215-413-9007
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Each September, the Philadelphia Fringe takes over with an extended festival of new art attracting thousands of onlookers to admire works of more than 1,300 artists in theater, dance, performance art, music, poetry, puppetry and visual arts.
Annual Sippin' by the River
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Sippin' By The River at Penn's Landing, hosted by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America serves samples from more than a dozen vineyards and some two dozen breweries, along with tutored tastings.
Annual German-American Steuben Parade
Held late September
215-332-3400
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The event is held over a three day weekend; beginning with a gala banquet followed by an ecumenical service, a parade, a Strassenfest and Octoberfest.
October
Columbus Day Parade
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Philadelphia celebrates Columbus Day with a parade on the second Sunday in October along Broad Street.
Philadelphia College Festival
Held mid November for one week
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Events include College Day on the Parkway, a concert and expo. The College Day event is organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It features eleven of the City's top arts & cultural centers including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Franklin Institute Science Museum, Free Library of Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences, Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Rodin Museum, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania and The Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Manayunk Annual Antiques & Collectibles Festival
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The festival showcases goods of more than 250 professional dealers from across the nation.
November
Philadelphia Marathon
Held mid November
215-685-0054
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The annual Philadelphia Marathon starts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 26.2 mile race through Philadelphia and companion 8K race.
Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Dating to 1920 as the nation's first Thanksgiving Day parade, Philadelphia's spectacle now lasts three hours and features more than a dozen marching bands, floats, a youth choir and more. Santa shows up at the end, launching the Philadelphia Holiday Festival.
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