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Philadelphia’s 29th annual Wawa Welcome America returns in person this year with 50 free city-wide events beginning June 19 with events commemorating Juneteenth. The patriotic fun continues with Wawa Hoagie Day, a July 4th concert starring Bebe Rexha, Flo Rida, and the Philly POPS, and the Wawa Welcome America Fireworks Spectacular, which will be broadcast live on NBC10 and TeleXitos and live streamed here.

laurenmack 3 years ago

ODUNDE Festival 2022: TBD ODUNDE means “Happy New Year,” and each year, Philadelphia’s annual ODUNDE Street Festival brings a genuine taste of Africa to South Street and one of Philadelphia’s oldest, historically African-American neighborhoods. The enormous fest, which first kicked off in 1975, takes over a dozen-block radius in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, gathering hundreds of vendors from around the world.

briari 3 years ago

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  • The Best 4th of July Events for 2022

    As Americans begin to emerge from quarantine, cities from sea to shining sea are ready to celebrate the Fourth of July. Made a federal holiday in 1941, the US celebrates Independence Day on July 4th commemorating when the Declaration of Independence was adopted.  From patriotic parades and fireworks to battle reenactments and readings of the […]

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  • The Best Festivals For Black Travelers in 2023

    Community and Blackness go hand-in-hand. Simply put, it’s not easy living in a world where your culture is constantly appropriated and commodified without credit. As a response, we’ve collectively begun carving out spaces of boldness and Blackness designed by us, for us. While joining Black travel groups and following inspiring Black travel bloggers bring us together, […]

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