Seatings at 11am & 1pm
$80 per person | $35 for children 10 and under
Cadence Restaurant offers brunch with a great view of the parade! This year's brunch features a full buffet and a complimentary glass of champagne. Parade viewing from the Cadence balcony is reserved for brunch patrons only. For reservations call 215-670-2388.
> New Year's Eve Menu [220 KB PDF]
> New Year's Brunch Menu [196 KB PDF]
January 1, 2010 | 10am - 3pm | Commonwealth Plaza
As the Mummers strut down Broad Street, take a break from the cold and ring in the new year with the Kimmel Center! See free festive performances, make your mark on our Resolution Wall, take advantage of $20.10 ticket offers, and enjoy a slice of cake for all those January 1st birthdays. And if your birthday is actually January 1, receive a gift bag from the Kimmel! Start 2010 with free fun for the whole family. Please note that if the parade is delayed or postponed, our activities will still happen at their originally scheduled times.
Make Me A Mummer!
10am 3pm
Its not New Year's Day without the Mummers, and now you can join in the fun. Kids can visit our craft stations to make their own Mummer hats and masks and strut into 2010 in style!
10am 2pm
Get to know Black Cat Balloon Company! Philadelphia-area balloon artist Susanne Ritchie has been entertaining children and adults for over ten years with fun animals, characters, and wearable balloon art. Watch, be amazed and take one home!
> www.blackcatballooncompany.com
Face Painting
10am 2pm
Unique designs from butterfly princess to Spiderman! Free face painting by Creative Face.
> www.creativeface.com
10:30am 11:30am
Travel around the world in song with this internationally known performer, DARIA. In this unique interactive show, kids get to become part of world music traditions by playing along on authentic instruments from various cultures including Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Native America. With Two Parent's Choice Awards, one Children's Music Web and one NAPPA Award to her credit, Daria shares music created to inspire and uplift all the world's children.
> www.dariamusic.com
2010 Birthday Cake!
Noon
Have a piece of cake as we celebrate all those January 1st birthdays!
Noon 1pm
Ring in the first day of the New Year with Philly's own multi-award-winning Steve Pullara and His Cool Beans Band! Your whole family will be engaged in their popular, spirited and interactive concert. He'll feature hit songs from his various family genre' CDs. Cool Beans songs are well known with kids and parents who listen to WXPN's Kids Corner, WHYY-FM's Crazy College, Pandora Radio and various national radio programs. Bring your dancing shoes and experience them live in Commonwealth Plaza!
> www.coolbeansmusic.com
1:30pm 2:30pm
Philly's only post-modern brass band brings you from the second line to club with stompin', swingin beats, specializing in the New Orleans brass band style, Jazz, Dixieland and pre-Rock 'n' Roll Rhythm and Blues. This 8-piece band will have you dancing into the New Year!
> www.hoppinjohn.net
Please note that if the parade is delayed or postponed, our activities will still happen at their originally scheduled times.
