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Philadelphia Children's Festival

May 20-23, 2023

The Philadelphia Children's Festival features an exciting array of performances including a FREE outdoor concert. Plus, enjoy the outdoor PLAYground with hands-on activities, fun entertainment such as the beloved Give & Take Jugglers, and more. The Children's Festival is rain or shine.

Performances

	BKBXKids! Destination: Everywhere May 20 @ 3 PM – Sensory-friendly! May 21 @ 1 PM May 22 @ 10 AM and 12:30 PM Get Tickets
	CATAPULT Magic Shadows May 21 @ 3 PM Get Tickets
	123 Andrés FREE Outdoor Concert May 21 @ 2 PM Learn More
	Indigenous Enterprise May 22 @ 10 AM and 12:30 PM Learn More
	Literature to Life The Giver May 23 @ 9:45 AM and 12:30 PM Learn More
	Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia It’s Okay to Be Different – Stories by Todd Parr May 23 @ 10 AM and 12:30 PM Learn More

Tickets

Individual Tickets
Tickets are sold by individual performance and include all PLAYground activities.

West Philly Welcome
$15 tickets for West Philly residents, available beginning the week before. » More details

Groups
Discounts are available for schools and groups of 10+. For more information and to order group tickets, contact Anne-Marie Mulgrew at 215.462.7720 or amulgrew@upenn.edu.

Children's Festival PLAYground

Visit the Children's Festival's outdoor PLAYground for hands-on activities, fun entertainment including the beloved Give & Take Jugglers, and more.

The 2023 Philadelphia Children’s Festival is made possible in part by the support of the following: Aramark, the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Virginia C. Mulconroy Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation and the Walter J. Miller Trust.