Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/31/2025 - 01/01/2026
8:00 pm - 12:00 am
Location
2300 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Categories
To kick off Philadelphia 2026’s year-long activities celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, welcome in the new year at the New Year’s Eve Concert and Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway featuring two-time Grammy® Award-winning LL Cool J. Emmy Award-winning music director and Grammy Award-winning writer Adam Blackstone will join the hip-hop icon. History and music go together in Philly like soft pretzels and salt. Philadelphia 2026, in partnership with Mayor Cherelle Parker, will host the event. The New Year’s Eve Concert will be followed by a fireworks display over the iconic Benjamin Franklin Parkway. If you like the city’s annual Wawa Welcome America July 4th festival concerts, you will enjoy this show. Free (general admission) on a first-come, first-served basis. Concert: 8 p.m. EST (Gates open at 6 p.m. EST); fireworks: Midnight. Eakins Oval/ Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Enter at security check-in locations: Binswanger Triangle at 2300 Benjamin Franklin Parkway; Pennsylvania Avenue and Spring Garden Street. Arrive early to avoid heavy motor and pedestrian traffic delays. For free weather and event updates, text “NYEPHL” to 888-777. www.phila.gov