Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Philadelphia, Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Mummers Parade

  1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Philadelphia Flower Show, Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Philadelphia Flower Show

  1–22 mrt · meestalGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Regel

  Independence Hall timed tickets

  1 mrt – 31 decBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Cherry blossom in Fairmount Park

  28 mrt – 20 apr · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Penn Relays

• Festival

  Penn Relays

  22–30 apr · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec), Cherry blossom in Fairmount Park (28 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Druk — Broad Street Run

• Festival

  Broad Street Run

  1–7 mei · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Wawa Welcome America, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Wawa Welcome America

  19 jun – 4 julGroot festivalDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Summer heat and humidity

  25 jun – 5 sep · meestalExtreme hitte

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Wawa Welcome America, Independence Day

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec), Wawa Welcome America (19 jun – 4 jul), Summer heat and humidity (25 jun – 5 sep (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec), Summer heat and humidity (25 jun – 5 sep (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Philadelphia Fringe Festival

  4–28 sep · meestalKunstenfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec), Summer heat and humidity (25 jun – 5 sep (meestal))

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Natuur

  Fall colour

  18 okt – 12 nov · meestalHerfstkleuren

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Philadelphia Marathon, Christmas Village and holiday markets

• Festival

  Philadelphia Marathon

  15–24 nov · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Christmas Village and holiday markets

  20 nov – 24 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec), Fall colour (18 okt – 12 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas Village and holiday markets, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Hall timed tickets (1 mrt – 31 dec), Christmas Village and holiday markets (20 nov – 24 dec (meestal)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)