VIDEO: Up close with 2,000 glowing sculptures at Philly’s Chinese Lantern Festival
The hand-crafted installation features 200,000 LED lights.
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Philly POPS at tonight’s opening of the Franklin Square Holiday Light Show
Franklin Square’s Electrical Spectacle Holiday Light Show is back, and the Philly POPS will help kick off the season with the Festival Brass quintet. Enjoy live music from 4:15- 5:30 p.m.
Where: Franklin Square at 6th and Race Streets, 19103
When: November 9, 2017 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The 2017 complete schedule of Philly winter holiday festivities
Light displays, tree lightings and yes, the Christmas Village.
I went to Diner en Blanc to ask people why they like it
But first I stood in a line and carried chairs.
You can mix Philly beats on this giant boombox in Franklin Square
It has everything from Sun Ra to “Summertime” to the Action News theme.