Holiday Happenings

Dilworth’s Wintergarden Opens

Visit the Wintergarden on the Greenfield Lawn this season beginning November 1. Featuring festive décor, playful topiaries, twinkling lights and an open-air layout, the Wintergarden is an oasis for visitors to pause amid the festive bustle of Center City.

Dilworth Ice Skating Opens

Experience the city’s most-anticipated wintertime destination, open 7 days a week. Reservations are encouraged for timed, 90-minute skating sessions. Purchase tickets online ahead of time.

Winter in Franklin Square presented by Citizens featuring the Electrical Spectacle Light Show presented by PECO

The Electrical Spectacle Light Show, themed to Benjamin Franklin’s electric discovery with a giant kite and key, is an outdoor nighttime show with more than 200,000 lights, centered around the historic Franklin Square Fountain. Shows run every 30 minutes from 5 p.m. to closing, any day that Franklin Square is open.

Christmas Village / Holiday Market preview weekend

Christmas Village in Philadelphia is an outside Holiday market event in Center City Philadelphia, which is modeled after the traditional Christmas Markets in Germany. Vendors in wooden booths will set up shop during the Holiday season to sell a wide variety of international holiday gifts, ornaments, jewelry and high-quality arts and crafts, as well as traditional European food, sweets and drinks.

Dilworth Deck the Hall Light Show

Philadelphia’s premier holiday light experience will illuminate the west façade of historic City Hall from November 21, 2022  to January 1, 2023. The projections will play a full show premiering at the top of every hour from  5 p.m. to 9 p.m., daily.

6abc Thanksgiving Parade

The first Thanksgiving Day Parade in the nation will be back on the Ben Franklin Parkway this year with the best balloons, floats, marching bands and performances yet.