Block Party

Wawa Welcome America President and CEO Michael DelBene speaks to Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle about some of the big highlights from 16 days of the free festival from a Juneteenth Block Party to a patriotic concert to a gospel concert to Wawa Hoagie Day to the main event, the Party on the Parkway and fireworks on July 4th.

The African American Museum in Philadelphia is holding a Juneteenth Block Party as party to kick off Wawa Welcome America festivities. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle spoke with Nina Ball about all of the festivities.

Wawa Welcome America’s 16 days are full of fun and festivities. Here are the details on four block parties going on in Philadelphia that you can go out and enjoy.

North Philly students can celebrate the opening of school with music, school supply giveaways and healthy food at a block party Saturday. The Back2School Block Party at Panati Playground, 3100 N 22nd Street, will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and feature a live DJ, games and giveaways of school supplies and PPE. Organizers said the goal was to…

Videos, now shared thousands of times, appear to show hundreds of people partying along a Southwest Philadelphia street over the weekend with very few wearing masks. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle talks to neighbors who watched the party from a far amid the coronavirus pandemic.

From street performances to a pie-eating contest to some great buys, there is plenty to see and do at the Philly AIDS Thrift Block Party this weekend.

A popular community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition and 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched for two shooters they believe were involved.

Day 2 of Wawa Welcome America featured a wide range of activities, including a block party, a special screening of Rocky at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and an uplifting gospel concert at Independence Hall. Take a look at the highlights.

Philadelphia’s historic block party is back at Independence Mall to highlight Day 2 of Wawa Welcome America. Those who aren’t much for block parties, though, can still enjoy other great events like free museums and a screening of “Rocky” under the stars.

Filmmaker Spike Lee hosted a block party on Sunday in Bedford-Stuyvesant to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his 1989 film “Do the Right Thing.” The party was from 12 to 7 p.m. and hosted on Stuyvesant Avenue between Lexington and Quincy — where most of the film was shot. That stretch of Stuyvesant has since been named “Do the Right…

People can enjoy the best food and drinks Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood has to offer every Thursday at Old City Eats. Gabriella Sacidor from the Old City District and chef Sylva Senat tell viewers what to expect.

Philadelphia residents can return to an easier format of submitting applications online to host a block party after a summer rule change made it more difficult.

A double shooting in Southwest Philly has left an off-duty officer injured and another person dead. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross provides an update.

Fans and supporters of Philly rapper Meek Mill gathered in Center City as he spoke at a court hearing.

Food, fun and history all in one place on July 3rd.