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This Fourth of July, celebrate America independence with incredible fireworks in Philadelphia during the annual Wawa Welcome America! festival! THE MAIN EVENT Concert & Fireworks Display 8:30 – 11:00 p.m., July 4, 2010 CONCERT BEGINS AT 8:30 – FIREWORKS BEGIN AROUND 10:30 FIREWORKS LOCATION: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway Where to Watch the Fireworks on the 4th: There Read more…

The Experience Travel to the Islands without leaving Philadelphia for the 25th annual Caribbean Festival at Penn´s Landing Great Plaza. This free festival of Caribbean traditions, music and food is a culturally rich celebration of 14 Caribbean Islands featuring a collage of sights, sounds, aromas and tastes. With entertainment as the focal point of the event, you´ll be surrounded by Read more…

The Experience Travel to the Islands without leaving Philadelphia for the 25th annual Caribbean Festival at Penn´s Landing Great Plaza. This free festival of Caribbean traditions, music and food is a culturally rich celebration of 14 Caribbean Islands featuring a collage of sights, sounds, aromas and tastes. With entertainment as the focal point of the event, you´ll be surrounded by Read more…

Location Festival Pier at Penn´s Landing Columbus Boulevard at Spring Garden Street The Festival The Roots – the Philly natives also known as the Legendary Roots Crew – have gathered a diverse lineup of talent for this third annual music festival, including: Vampire Weekend, Mayer Hawthorne, The Very Best, Clipse, Nneka, Jay Electronica, Tune-Yards, Das Racist and more – including Read more…

The Experience What better way to raise money for children with leukemia than to eat your favorite kind of ice cream? At Wawa Welcome America!‘s annual Super Scooper All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival, you can do just that – as well as enjoy free music, live entertainment and games for the whole family! At this annual celebration of sweetness, more than Read more…

Celebrate the traditions, foods and crafts of the Pennsylvania Dutch at the 21st annual Pennsylvania Dutch Festival at the historic Reading Terminal Market. The three-day festival will take place in the Market´s center court seating area and will feature handmade crafts including quilts, woodcrafts, paintings, hand braided rugs, wooden toys and cedar chests. Traditional foods including chicken pot pie, donuts, Read more…

The Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival has been canceled for 2010. The Seventh Annual Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival (PGLTF) begins its loud and proud two-week run on June 11, 2009. Several theater productions celebrate the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience through the art of theater. The festival typically included both local and international premieres of critically Read more…

You are never far from history when in Germantown, one of Philadelphia´s most historic neighborhoods. However, it is on full display during the Revolutionary Germantown Festival, a day-long festival that celebrates the rich history of Germantown and features the annual reenactment of the Battle of Germantown, the only military battle ever fought within the borders of Philadelphia. Escorted bus and Read more…

The Experience For one weekend each May, 9th Street – in the heart of South Philadelphia – closes down traffic and a huge, multi-block festival takes over the neighborhood. It all starts with the great sights, sounds and aromas of America´s oldest continuously operating open-air market: South Philadelphia´s famous Italian Market. And the most important thing for you to bring Read more…