Category: annual events
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Chinese Lantern Festival
Our family tradition is to visit the Chinese Lantern Festival in Philadelphia’s Franklin Square Park every year. This was the best show yet from the dazzling lantern entrance on ! The exhibits are not only spectacular, but most are interactive and fun for all ages. Since it’s the year of the Dragon, we especially enjoyed…
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PA Peony Festival
Styers Peonies in Chadds Ford, PA is a 100-year old farm that hosts an annual, 2-week Peony Festival every spring. You can pay $15 per person (or $30/car of 4) to drive or walk through acres of peony fields with 55,000 peonies blooming. It is a pleasant drive of less than an hour from Philadelphia.…
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Procession of the Saints
One of the longstanding May traditions in South Philadelphia’s Bella Vista neighborhood is the Procession of Saints during the Italian Market Festival. I was one of the hundreds who gathered at historic St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Church on Sunday morning. I joined musicians, Italian dignitaries and parishioners in a strolling parade from 8th and Montrose to 9th and Washington. Saintly Blessings Saint statue displays were…