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Best Spots to Watch Fourth of July Fireworks in Philadelphia As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia always goes all out for the fourth. Wawa Welcome America has countless events to choose from including free museum days, live music, and the Fourth of July Parade which will happen at East Market Street between 2nd Street and City Hall. Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert and Fireworks What: Outdoor concert and fireworks show When: Friday, July 4, 2025, at 7 p.m. Where: Benjamin Franklin Parkway, with the fireworks over the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia Cost: Free Wawa Welcome America is Philadelphia’s July 4th celebration of free, family-friendly programming across the city. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- No matter where you plan to celebrate, there are dozens of July 4th fireworks celebrations happening across the entire Delaware Valley! Check out our full list below to see Discover the best July 4th fireworks displays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware for 2025. Find dates, times, and locations for family-friendly Independence Day celebrations. As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia shines brightest on July 4. Following a live music performance, fireworks blaze over the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the finale of the city’s multiday Wawa Welcome America bash. Timed perfectly with live music, the pyrotechnical display paints the skies over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Holidays in Philly A 2025 Procrastinator’s Guide to Fourth of July events in Philly From fireworks and backyard BBQs to museum days and star-powered concerts, make your holiday plans now. Find events and things to do in July 2025 in Philadelphia. Discover parties, concerts, meets, shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance happening in July 2025 in Philadelphia. July 03, 2025 Free fireworks, concerts and museums: Your weekend guide to things to do Fourth of July festivities will dominate Friday. 'Luca' is also playing at Sunset Social at noon on Saturday. LL Cool J will perform with DJ Z-Trip on the turntables at the Wawa Welcome America concert. GRAMMY Award-winning R&B singer and songwriter, and Philadelphia native, Jazmine Sullivan will also Wawa Welcome America curates an incredible lineup of over 50 events, ranging from beloved annual traditions like Wawa Hoagie Day (two words: free hoagies) to the iconic July 4th Concert and Fireworks on the Parkway. The concert will be followed by Philadelphia’s largest annual fireworks display over the iconic Benjamin Franklin Parkway courtesy of Wawa beginning at 9:30 p.m. The City of Philadelphia has released its list of road closures and other changes you need to know about for this week's 4th of July festivities. Celebrating the Fourth of July in the Delaware Valley? We've got you covered. Here's a list of Independence Day parades and fireworks shows this year. Check out the full 2025 Wawa Welcome America Festival calendar! Philadelphia’s official Fourth of July celebration is bringing out the big stars — and the big booms — this year. Thousands are expected to gather along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the Wawa Welcome America Festival on July 4, featuring performances by hip-hop icon LL Cool J, Grammy A Guide to Wawa Welcome America, Philly's 16-Day July 4th Fest The nation’s largest Fourth of July celebration returns from June 19 to July 4, 2025, honoring Juneteenth and Independence Day with free concerts, fireworks, museum days and more. Philadelphia, home to the creation and signing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, celebrates July 4th in a big way. The Fourth of July Concert isn’t the only thing taking over the Parkway this month. (Courtesy of the Barnes Foundation) The biggest bash in July is Independence Day, but the party doesn’t stop on July 4. From movies-in-the-park to street fests to free boating, here’s how to have fun and stay refreshed this month. The 2025 Wawa Welcome America festival will feature a new Phillies block party, the return of the Philly Pops and the annual July Fourth concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
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