It’s almost time to strut your stuff, Philly.
Participants in the 2024 Mummers Parade are completing their final preparations before New Year’s Day.
Mummers plan to begin their march at 9 a.m. Monday, starting at 17th and Market streets before turning onto Broad Street at City Hall and continuing to Washington Avenue. The event is dubbed the oldest continuous folk parade in the country, with the first official edition being held in 1901.
Members of the public can watch the performances from the parade route for free. Tickets for the City Hall bleacher area can be purchased by visiting the Independence Visitor Center at 6th and Market streets or by calling 1-800-537-7676.
Twenty wheelchair-accessible seats are available on 15th Street near the performance area on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration.
Tickets for the indoor Fancy Brigade Finale – with shows at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center – are on sale through the Independence Visitor Center and Fancy Bridge Association.
The parade will be broadcast on WDPN-TV, also known as MeTV2, and can also be viewed for free at WFMZ.com and on the WFMZ+ app.
Parking restrictions along the parade route will begin Friday, with extensive street closures in and near the route Monday in Center City and South Philadelphia. Broad Street will be closed from 7 a.m. until the end of the parade, and drivers will not be permitted to cross Broad between South Penn Square and Washington Avenue.
Spectators are encouraged to use SEPTA to get to the parade route. The transportation system will be operating on a Sunday schedule for New Year’s Day.
Detours are expected for SEPTA bus routes 2, 4, 9, 12, 16, 17, 21, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 64, 124, 125, BSO and MFO as a result of the Mummers. Go to septa.org for more information.
