Philadelphia Festivals - Location Guide to Philadelphia
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About Philadelphia Festivals
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA, USA)
Philadelphia features an extensive year-round calendar of festivals, which are held all around the city. Popular festivals in Philadelphia include the following events.
Annual Philadelphia Festivals
January: Mummer's Parade, held each year in Philadelphia on New Year's Day, with around 15,000 participants, parade through the streets of the city, with many wearing colorful and extravagant costumes
February: South Street Mardi Gras, taking place on the first Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, featuring an enormous and particularly lively street party
March: Philadelphia Flower Show, a notable horticultural event which dates back more than 100 years and is known for its orchid displays
March: St. Patrick's Day Parade, held each year on March 17th, with large numbers of decorated floats and processions around central Philadelphia
May: Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival, held towards the end of the month in the Rittenhouse Square area of Philadelphia, with live music, dancing and a range of outdoor entertainment
June: Mayanuk Arts Festival, the biggest arts and crafts fair in the Delaware Valley area
September: Popnoise Festival, taking place during the middle of the month around the spacious campus of the University of Pennsylvania
September: Philadelphia Fringe Festival, attracting more than 1,000 artists each year
October: OutFest, a major gay pride event, known for its colorful processions and lively parties