Submitted by LePetitRenardRoux t3_10010dg in philadelphia
New to the city and I’m so confused. I’m starting to get that its not a typical parade like on thanksgiving… but the article I read said it goes from 9am-6pm?! 9 hours really? Coooool, so whats the best practice for seeing the parade? My partner wants to be there at 8am so we get a good view…. I’m thinking noon lol
i am soooooooooo dreading coming into work tomorrow, praying my manager will let us close early lol
My first beer tonight and also tomorrow, is dedicated to you my friend. God speed.
All that’s missing is the wing bowl.
Please bring it back :(
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Since nobody else has explained this:
It's not just a parade, it's also a performance and competition. Thus all the different brigades have to get their chance to strut their stuff and do their routines. That is why it lasts all day.
There’s also a 3 hour fancy brigade finale from 5-8PM if you want to see that. And 2 street after that. If you like public urination, you’ll love the parade.
Oh god, 2 St was way too much the only year I went. Just a disaster. Nothing wrong if you’re in to that kind of thing but I prefer hanging out on Broad for a few hours with a backpack full of drinks and then maybe hitting a nice bar and going home.
Oh, I fully disagree. I lived on 3rd for years and always went to 2 street. It was a mess, but a fun mess. Of course it helps to be able to scoot right home when you feel like it. Broad street is boring.
I tried to go to Two Street to visit friends NY day. Parked under I-95 and someone stole the sewer grate in the parking space. Never got there. Friends went to party, I got a tow truck.
2022 will mark the third year that I am so thankful I no longer live on 2 street. Fuck, what a nightmare.
A friend of mine lived on 3rd and that was entirely too close.
skip everything but the string bands. This is the secret to loving the mummers
The fancies are just "too much". The string bands fuck tho fr
You should experience it this one time since it’s going to be nice out. that’ll hold you for the rest of your days.
I went once back in the 80’s on LSD. Don’t do that.
Watching it on tv is also an option, FYI.
I’ll be going to a friends house that I go to every year, where we put it on tv and then eat and drink and talk shit all day without having to step in barf or dodge assholes or stand in the cold.
It’s going to be 55 and sunny tomorrow. Going to be beautiful, going to be vomit everywhere though
What channel??
WDPN (MeTV)
Channel 2/502 on Verizon
Used to be on PHL17
It sucks, can’t pick it up over the air like PHL17. Bad for cable cutters
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details? model, where mounted? what floor are you on (1st)? special things you have to do to get it in sync?
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its crap like this is why I justified wasting money paying for piped in TV on fios rather than internet only
I read it's gonna be on channel 2 (I think it was 2) idk why not 17 this year.
The Philadelphia Inquirer: New year, new Mummers: The parade will air on a different channel as organizers try to become more independent. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/mummers-parade-2023-philadelphia-how-to-watch-20221214.html
Is “try to become more independent” code for “nobody wants to air it in case of surprise racism?”
I think it's probably the opposite: "if we stop asking the city for money, they won't have the power to make us sit through sensitivity training."
I’ve always heard you don’t go the the parade… you experience the parade. I was not prepared for the drunken madness at 9am that was the parade!
The schedule's extremely loose, but there likely will be 9 hours between the beginning of the parade and the last display of veiled racism, yes.
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So corny
Ohhhh, racism…. Part of a 120 year tradition? Shocking. Please say more.
See for yourself. Don't worry about it; I loved the Mummer's when I moved here 10 years ago, too. You have to see the stories about the racist stuff every year for a few years to really notice that it's a pattern and definitely not an accident.
they're just doing satire! wearing black face! whatchacanttakeajokenomorse?
His friend liked wearing blackface, and his friend just died!
What do you mean, "surely his friend liked things other than that?"
After reading your comment I googled it… an article I read said its anti lgbt, racist and sexist… huh.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/01/03/mummers-parade-diversity-white-heritage/
Phillyrag race baiting article, knew it was Ernest Owens before I even clicked it
It's none of those things, but alright.
Couldn't fit more woke buzzwords in if you tried
It’s… bad
I screamed 😂
It’s just incredibly poorly organized. Because they run it in order of increasing complexity, the gaps between groups get larger and larger as the day goes on.
Go to a bar near broad. Split your time.
I wouldn’t get there at 8 am unless you really like drinking (byob) at 8 am.
Center City/City Hall in the AM - it’s a shit show. Then march down to 2nd street. It’s even more of a shit show down there.
The day will last as long as you want it too with parties everywhere, booze, puke and people running on fumes
I haven’t been in a few years so if you don’t mind I want to piggyback to ask: when do the string bands start? I recall it used to be around 11-12 and I want to arrive for them more than the others.
The string bands are the only part I like and FWIW, /u/LePetitRenardRoux, probably the most distinctive kind of group to watch if you don't want to do the whole thing. (They're allowed to have wind and string instruments but no brass, so there are big ensembles of mainly saxophone and banjo players... it's a unique sound.) I usually start checking on TV at 11 but IIRC it's always massively late so I bet it could start well after 12. Also I've almost never bothered watching in person because the bands do their main performance at City Hall so unless you're willing to brave that crowd, it makes more sense to watch on TV.
I replied to the parent comment but JIC, they should start on tv around 1:30p this year. That should be a pretty reliable start time barring any major issues.
String bands will be on TV around beginning 1:30p. They’ve massively improved the timing in the past decade, so it won’t start before then, and barring any major issues, they should be pretty on time with no more than a half hour delay.
That conflicts with the eagles game, will there be a rebroadcast? I’d record it but I don’t have cable…. Can’t pick it up over the air
I’m not sure. WFMZ (aka local Channel 69) is going to have the livestream, so you may be able to catch it through there after the fact.
You’ll also be able to find the performances on YouTube later in the evening/the next couple of days following the parade. The String Band Association has their own page and will post the performances.
I can’t wait for the posts tomorrow from all the recent transplants to the area complaining about the two street mummer activity. Always a good time.
Yeah it’s a marathon of Philly campiness and debauchery. I would recommend you plan other activities such as meals and then check out the parade in between.
As another poster noted, the fancy brigades are gonna be the closest thing you get to a real parade. A lot of the other brigades are honestly just an excuse for bro’s to dress in silly outfits and get wasted in public. I’m talking about the actual parade participants not the spectators. Although they are generally drunk too.
There's better things to do than watch a sanctioned parade of racists drunks playing music. I repeat the Mummers suck ass, and it's just trash partying. It's definitely not inclusive..and their history speaks for itself. F the Mummers. Born and raised in Philadelphia. It's a monumental drunk fest with shitty fucking music.
9 hours does not include pre and post parade activities. like two street is a party zone as groups return.
I remember being a kid over 30 years ago at the mummers parade and all the adults who took me got drunk off whatever was in their thermoses and there were drunk clown “mummers” in bad costumes staggering on the sidewalk. People were urinating and puking in corners of buildings.
You sound so excited! I hope it’s a nice experience for you.
Going down 2nd street new years night is the real celebration
Go to 2nd street in south Philly in the late afternoon for a true taste of the Mummers
Be late at 8am. Lol
It’s goes even longer…head down to two street
Yes it really is all day! I’ve seen it in person, I’ve seen the Fancy Brigades judging in person (highly recommend) and I’ve seen it on TV. Going to be a TV person this year!
It’s not on PHIL 17 this year be forewarned, metv2
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There's the weekend party info the next week after the parade
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H00die5zn t1_j2ey4dl wrote
Nice weather. Eagles home game. Mummers. 2 street. Should be the epitome of Philadelphia class tomorrow haha.