Independence Dragon Boat Regatta: Saturday
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The Independence Dragon Boat Regatta kicks off at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The Philadelphia Dragon Boat Affiliation hosts 102 groups as they race in three 500-meter heats alongside the Schuylkill River. The seventeenth annual occasion begins at 8 a.m.
• Kelly Drive will probably be closed from 6 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday. Site visitors will probably be detoured by way of Fairmount Park.
• Spectators will probably be redirected to Strawberry Mansion Drive for parking.
Roots Picnic: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
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This 12 months’s Roots Picnic contains Nas, Jill Scott, Questlove and extra.
The music competition on the Mann Middle, with André 3000, Jill Scott and Lil’ Wayne, will probably be held Saturday and Sunday. However the occasion’s festivities begin Friday evening with the Roots Picnic Con, which options panels on monetary well being, music and extra. Some closures started as early as Might 20 to accommodate venue building and can go into subsequent week.
• South Concourse Drive between Belmont Avenue and 52nd Avenue is closed till 6 a.m on June 7.
• Avenue of the Republic between Belmont Avenue and 52nd Avenue is closed till 6 a.m. on June 7.
• North Georges Hill Drive between Belmont Avenue and 52nd Avenue is closed till 8 a.m. on June 7.
Philadelphia police and different public security officers could make extra closures as wanted.
Delight Competition: Sunday
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Philly’s Delight occasion includes a march and avenue competition within the Gayborhood.
This 12 months’s occasion, with the theme of “Be You,” features a avenue competition and march beginning at 11 a.m. at sixth and Walnut streets. Street closures start lengthy earlier than that although. From 5 a.m. to about 9 p.m. on Sunday, the next roads will probably be closed:
• Juniper Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Cypress Avenue.
• Cypress Avenue from Juniper Avenue to twelfth Avenue.
• thirteenth Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Pine Avenue.
• twelfth Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Pine Avenue.
• Quince Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Pine Avenue.
• Locust Avenue from Juniper Avenue to eleventh Avenue.
• Pine Avenue from Juniper Avenue to eleventh Avenue.
• Spruce Avenue from Juniper Avenue to eleventh Avenue.
• Chancellor Avenue from Juniper Avenue to twelfth Avenue.
• St. James Avenue from thirteenth Avenue to twelfth Avenue.
• South Camac Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Pine Avenue.
• Irving Avenue from Juniper Avenue to thirteenth Avenue.
• Schubert Alley from South Camac Avenue twelfth Avenue.
• Manning Avenue from South Camac Avenue to twelfth Avenue.
American Most cancers Society Bike-A-Thon: Sunday
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Riders for the American Most cancers Society’s Bike-A-Thon begin at Independence Mall and head throughout the Ben Franklin Bridge.
The American Most cancers Society’s yearly bike journey begins in Philadelphia and goes into the Pine Barrens in New Jersey. From 5:45 a.m.-8 a.m. on Sunday, the next roads will probably be closed:
• The Ben Franklin Bridge will probably be closed in each instructions, and drivers are suggested to take the Walt Whitman Bridge as an alternative. PATCO and the pedestrian bridge will nonetheless be open.
• Arch Avenue from sixth Avenue to 4th Avenue will probably be closed.
• Race Avenue from sixth Avenue to 4th Avenue will probably be closed.
• fifth Avenue will probably be closed from Market Avenue to the Ben Franklin Bridge.
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