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A couple puts their arm around each other as they watch the fireworks over the Philadelphia Museum of Art on July 4, 2023.

The best things to do in Philadelphia this weekend

Michael Alfton of Philadelphia has been attending Hoagie Day for the past 10 years. He arrived around 9:30 this morning. The 2024 Wawa Welcome America Hoagie Day public distribution of 6” hoagie was held outside the National Constitution Center between 5th and 6th and Arch Street, Philadelphia. Thursday, June 27, 2024.

The best things to do in Philadelphia this week

ASR Market, a halal grocery that began in a converted Wawa, is expanding into a former Big Lots building in Northeast Philadelphia at 15501 Bustleton Ave.

This Northeast Philly halal market turned a Wawa into a hit. Now it’s taking over a Big Lots.

Derrick Walker, of Grays Ferry, and Nikki Guynn, of Upper Dublin, are out on a date at Spruce Street Harbor Park on Aug., 14, 2021.

This waterfront boardwalk is Philly’s best summer hangout. It opens this week.

Spectators watch as a group from Pace Roofing climb the greased pole during the Italian Market Festival in Philadelphia on Sunday, May 19, 2024.

Philadelphia’s Italian Market Festival 2025: Everything you need to know

Chef Dionicio Jiménez serves shrimp and chapulines (grasshopper) tacos at Cantina La Martina in Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

Grasshopper tacos, ant soup, crunchy crickets, and more edible bugs in Philly

The album art for Lucy Dacus' new album, "Forever Is a Feeling," will be on view at the Barnes Foundation this week. The oil on canvas is by Will St. John. Dacus wrote part of her new album while visiting the Barnes Foundation.

The Barnes Foundation inspired some of Lucy Dacus’ new album. Now it’ll showcase her portrait for a limited time.

The Manayunk StrEAT Food Festival is a beloved street food festival on the main strip of Manayunk. This year will feature more than 100 vendors, six live bands, and retail shopping on Sunday, April 27, 2025.

21 must-attend Philadelphia spring markets and street festivals in 2025

On the Fabric Row sidewalk in Philadelphia.

The best local alternatives to Joann Fabrics in Philadelphia and the suburbs

Visitors at the entrance garden to the 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Everything you need to know about the 2025 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show