2011-12 Philadelphia Festivals & Parades

September

• 2-7: Philadelphia Fringe Festival (throughout Philadelphia) 
• 12-16, 18-23: Center City Restaurant Week (throughout Center City) 
• 18: Feria del Barrio: Latino Arts and Culture (El Centro de Oro, North 5th Street) 
• 24: Campus Philly Day on the Parkway (Benjamin Franklin Parkway) 
• 24: Ratha Yatra: Festival of India (Benjamin Franklin Parkway)

October

• 1-31: Mural Arts Month (throughout Philadelphia)
• 1: Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival (on the Schuylkill River)
• 9: Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival (Chestnut Hill)
• 9: Outfest (Center City Philadelphia)
• 13-23: Design Philadelphia (throughout Philadelphia) 
• 20- Nov. 3: Philadelphia Film Festival (throughout Philadephia) 

November

• 1-3: Philadelphia Film Festival (throughout Philadelphia) 
• 6-19: Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (throughout Philadelphia) 
• 24: Thanksgiving Day Parade (Benjamin Franklin Parkway) 

December

• 1-24: Christmas Village at Dilworth Plaza (City Hall) 

January

• 1: Mummers Parade (Market Street)
• 28: Philadelphia International Auto Show (PA Convention Center) 

February

• 10-12: Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention (PA Convention Center)

March

• 4-11: Philadelphia International Flower Show (PA Convention Center) 
• 17: St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Benjamin Franklin Parkway) 

April

• 1-30: Philadelphia Science Festival (throughout Philadelphia) 
• 16-21: Philadelphia Book Festival (Free Library of Philadelphia) 
• 26-28: Penn Relays (Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania) 
• TBA: Dining Out for Life, restaurant benefit for AIDS research (throughout Philadelphia) 

May

• 1-12: Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta (on the Schuylkill River) 
• 13: Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure (Schuylkill Riverfront) 

June

• 1-3: Philadelphia Comic Convention (PA Convention Center) 
• 3: Philadelphia International Cycling Championship (throughout Philadelphia) 
• TBA: West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival (West Oak Lane) 

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