This summer, blockbuster events like The PHS Flower Show at FDR Park, The Roots Picnic at The Mann Center and the Made in America Festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway return - drawing thousands of residents and visitors to enjoy massive, only-in-Philly experiences.Īt the center of it all, the Wawa Welcome America celebration features 16 days of events - from Juneteenth to the Fourth of July - celebrating freedom to liberty in the birthplace of American democracy. As the temperatures rise, streets transform into communal party spaces, parks become urban oases and the city’s cultural venues roar to life.
Something magical happens in the summer in Philadelphia.
