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Editors note: PHL17 will not be broadcasting the 2025 Mummers parade. The New Year is almost here and in Philadelphia, that means only one thing; it’s time to put on your golden slippers, get ...
The 119th annual Mummers Parade is in full swing, with thousands of performers strutting down Broad Street. ... Planning starts in February, music preparations begin in March or April.
The Peter A. Broomall String Band, one of the oldest Mummers groups in existence today, brought their own special music to Marlborough as they participated in the city's 54th annual Labor Day Parade.
The Mummers Parade has been a cherished Philly tradition for 124 years. The display of New Year’s Day pageantry traces its roots to the city’s 19th-century immigrant communities, including the Swedish ...
For some, the Mummers Parade — with its outlandish costumes, live music and performance skits — is a beloved and uniquely Philadelphia tradition in line with Mardi Gras that spans generations.
These are the mummers who play music while strutting down Broad St. They're not permitted to play any brass instruments and only use saxophones, banjos, accordions, violins, percussion instruments ...
The 2017 Mummers Parade boasted more than 10,000 participants on Jan. 1. ... as they strut into the South Philly night in a sea of music and alcohol. ...
The parade’s pre-Colonial roots have been traced to the New Year’s celebrations of Northern European and African-American settlers in the mid-1600s.
The Philadelphia Mummers Parade is back on Jan. 1, 2018. Mummers who play music while strutting down Broad St. They're not permitted to play any brass instruments and only use saxophones, banjos ...
The Mummers Parade, believed to be the nation’s oldest folk festival, stems from a mixture of immigrant traditions, some dating back of the 1640s, dubbed “mummer” probably from the German ...