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Philadelphia Mummers Parade 2024

Watch the Mummers Parade live streaming from Philadelphia on new years day. TV schedule and online stream.

The Philadelphia Mummers parade, often known locally as just the Philly Mummers, is an iconic folk festival and parade held each new years day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that has been taking place for well over 100 years.

The Mummers parade has continued to grow in size and popularity throughout that time and is now the most well known and popular of all the new year parades in the United States, among competition from the likes of the Rose Parade in Pasadena and the Cotton Bowl parade in Texas.

The Mummers parade is based on a tradition of the mummers play from back in the 17th century and is renowned for the variety of colour and the costumes of the different parade divisions that are broken down into the Comic Division, String Bands, Wench Brigades, Fancy Division and Fancy Brigades. The parade is a free event (with the exception of a couple of small paid grandstand sections located at City Hall) and draws crowds of many thousands to the Philly streets, with many more watching on television and via the free live online stream that has been available for several years.

Parade Route

The parade route has varied over the years, with Broad Street, Pennsylvania Convention Center and Market Street all featuring. The 2019 event started at City Hall and progressed down Broad Street to Washington Avenue, with the Benjamin Franklin Parkway used as a staging area.

Start Time

The parade usually steps off around 10am and is over by 5pm after the final judging. Note: The 2024 Mummers Parade is actually starting an hour earlier, at 9am at 17th and Market.

The parade lineup for 2024 to be announced, here we have the last parade line up as a guide:

9am - 9.30am - Golden Sunrise

Wench Division

9.30am - Cara Lion

9.36am - O'Malley

9.42am - Americans

9.48am - Pirates

9.54am - Riverfront

10am - Bryson

10.06am - Oregon

10.12am - JHJ Saints

10.18am - Froggy Carr

Comic Division

10.30am - 12.30pm - Murray, Goodtimers, Landi

String Band Division

12.30pm - Jersey String Band

12.40pm - Woodland String Band

12.50pm - Avalon String Band

1pm - South Philadelphia String Band

1.10pm - Fralinger String Band

1.20pm - Quaker String Band

1.30pm - Ferko String Band

1.40pm - Polish American String Band

1.50pm - Hegeman String Band

2pm - Uptown String Band

2.10pm - Aqua String Band

2.20pm - Duffy String Band

2.30pm - Greater Overbrook String Band

2.40pm - Pennsport String Band

2.50pm - Greater Kensington String Band

3pm - Durning String Band

Fancy Brigade Division

11.30am - Fancy Brigade Family Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center

5pm - Fancy Brigade Finale at the Pannsylvania Convention Center

8pm - Fancy Brigade Telecast on PHL 17

Last minute updates can be found here.

Live Streaming, Webcams

The Mummers Parade was broadcast live to the nation for many years, via WGN America and WGN-TV, although in recent years this TV coverage has been restricted to the Philadelphia area.

There is however a live online stream provided by the organisers that has been streaming each year since 2011, making this one of the earliest publiuc events to embrace the online webcast option. We'll provide the live stream link here on parade day.

Find the Mummers Parade live stream here:

Mummers parade live stream

There are also several live views around the city on a selection of cams to help take you into the city streets as the event is taking place:

Philadelphia webcams

Hotels

If you're planning on visiting Philadephia for the New Year period, and the Mummers parade in particular then early reservation is strongly recommended. You can search, check availability and book local hotels here.

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