Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/01/2026
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Location
Philadelphia City Hall
Categories
Check out the 2026 Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia Mummers Parade! America’s oldest folk parade is 125 years old. For those who are unfamiliar, it will be a mash-up of mardi gras, Broadway, and Rio de Janeiro – but with, fiddles, string band, and banjo instruments. Few parades equal the feathery pageantry and glittery color. The Mummers got their turn-of-the-century theme song, “Oh, Dem Golden Silppers,” from African-American minstrel James A, Bland, and their signature dance, the Mummers Strut, from Blacks in the South. Today, more than 10,000 costumed non-professional revelers march down Broad Street, the world’s longest continuous avenue. The competitive parade is judged on costuming, choreography, and music on the west side of City Hall and Dilworth Park. Entertainers will perform for the masses on the parade route, which accommodates mostly curbside standing room, but also includes designated viewing areas at 17th & Market streets and along Broad Street at Sansom, Pine, and Carpenter streets. Access to the parade is free but seats for the judging section near City Hall are ticketed and can be bought at the Philadelphia Independence Visitor Center, 6th & Market streets, or at www.phlvisitorcenter.com. Free along most of the parade route and $25 to $30 at reserved judging areas; 9 a.m. EST to 7 p.m. EST. Parade route: City Hall, Broad and Market streets, in Center City to Broad Street and Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia. https://allevents.in/philadelphia/125th-philadelphia-mummers-parade/80003522168076