Was ist los in Philadelphia, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Viel los – Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Mummers Parade

  1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  String bands, feathers and sequins up Broad Street on New Year's Day, a tradition older than the city's independence and unlike anything else in America. Broad Street closes from the morning. Quelle ↗

Ruhig – einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Philadelphia Flower Show, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Philadelphia Flower Show

  1.–22. März · meistGroßes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  The oldest and largest indoor flower show in the world, ten days at the convention centre in early March. It is what the city does instead of waiting for spring. Quelle ↗

• Regel

  Independence Hall timed tickets

  1. März – 31. Dez.Früh buchen

  Entry to the hall is by timed ticket for most of the year, released a month ahead and gone within hours for spring and summer weekends. A small block is held back for same-day pickup. Quelle ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom in Fairmount Park

  28. März – 20. Apr. · meist

  A couple of thousand trees around the Shofuso house and the Horticulture Center in West Fairmount Park, peaking in the first two weeks of April with a Japanese festival built around them. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Penn Relays

• Festival

  Penn Relays

  22.–30. Apr. · meistSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  The oldest and biggest track meet in the country fills Franklin Field over three days at the end of April, with school teams and Olympians running on the same afternoon. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.), Cherry blossom in Fairmount Park (28. März – 20. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Broad Street Run

• Festival

  Broad Street Run

  1.–7. Mai · meistSporteventVollSchließungen

  Forty thousand people run ten miles straight down Broad Street on the first Sunday in May, which shuts the city's main north-south road and the subway above ground until early afternoon. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.)

Hochbetrieb – Wawa Welcome America, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Wawa Welcome America

  19. Juni – 4. JuliGroßes FestivalVollSchließungen

  Two weeks of free concerts and museum days from Juneteenth to the Fourth, ending with a parade and fireworks on the Parkway. This is the city that gets to claim the date. Quelle ↗

• Risiko

  Summer heat and humidity

  25. Juni – 5. Sep. · meistExtreme Hitze

  Rowhouse blocks hold the heat overnight and the mid-Atlantic humidity does the rest. The city runs cooling centres most summers and the walk round the historic district is a morning job. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.)

Hochbetrieb – Wawa Welcome America, Independence Day

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.), Wawa Welcome America (19. Juni – 4. Juli), Summer heat and humidity (25. Juni – 5. Sep. (meist))

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.), Summer heat and humidity (25. Juni – 5. Sep. (meist))

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Philadelphia Fringe Festival

  4.–28. Sep. · meistKunstfestival

  Three weeks of theatre and performance in warehouses, churches and car parks across the city every September, most of it independently produced and cheap enough to gamble on. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.), Summer heat and humidity (25. Juni – 5. Sep. (meist))

Viel los – einer der Monate mit dem besten Wetter

• Natur

  Fall colour

  18. Okt. – 12. Nov. · meistHerbstfärbung

  The Wissahickon gorge and Fairmount Park turn from the third week of October into early November, and the city has more park inside its limits than most places have outside them.

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.)

Hochbetrieb – Philadelphia Marathon, Christmas Village and holiday markets

• Festival

  Philadelphia Marathon

  15.–24. Nov. · meistSporteventVollSchließungen

  A flat course past the museum steps and up Kelly Drive on a Sunday before Thanksgiving. Centre City and the river drives close from dawn and the hotels fill for the weekend. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Christmas Village and holiday markets

  20. Nov. – 24. Dez. · meistWeihnachten & NeujahrVoll

  The German market takes LOVE Park and City Hall from late November, with the light show at Macy's and the Dickens Village indoors. It is the city's most reliable December evening. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. Nov.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.), Fall colour (18. Okt. – 12. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Christmas Village and holiday markets, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Independence Hall timed tickets (1. März – 31. Dez.), Christmas Village and holiday markets (20. Nov. – 24. Dez. (meist)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. Nov.)