Today’s Mummers Parade string band competition has been suspended because of high winds and safety concerns, organizers ...

Colorful costumes, confetti and music filled Broad Street in Philadelphia on Wednesday as the Mummers Parade celebrated its ...

Weather concerns have snarled Philadelphia’s New Year’s Day plans. The String Band competition has been “suspended until further notice,” the Philadelphia Mummers Parade and Philadelphia String Band ...

Jim Brown is the Presentation Coordinator for the South Philly String Band, whose presentation of Castlevania at the 2025 ...

The whipping winds on New Year's Day forced the Mummers Parade to postpone the String Band competition for the first time in ...

One of Philadelphia’s favorite traditions is two days away and the Mummer’s are getting the details finalized. PHL17’s Tessa spent the morning at the Mummers Museum getting a ...

Greater Kensington String Band welcomes the public to attend its Mummers Parade warm-up session on Thursday, Jan. 1, from 9 ...

With New Year's Day fast approaching, the Greater Kensington String Band is putting the finishing touches on its performance for the annual Mummers Parade.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WFMZ) - The transformation begins in South Philadelphia gyms, Catholic school halls, and threadbare clubhouses. In these unassuming spaces, the city’s iconic String Bands spring to ...

Hubby jenkins, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, speaks of his path to membership in the band as “my own educational journey.” Jenkins, 27, is fairly new to the group; Carolina Chocolate Drops formed ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...