Philadelphia Special Events
January
String bands and parade.
Broad Street
Website: www.mummers.com
Chinese New Year
February
Chinatown
Philadelphia Film Festival
March-April
Various venues
Website: www.phillyfests.com
Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival
March-May
2111 Sansom Street
Website: www.phillyshakespeare.org
Philadelphia Open House
April-June
Tour of private homes and gardens.
Various venues
Website: www.friendsofindependence.org
Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show
June
Rittenhouse Square
Website: www.rittenhousesquarefineartshow.org
Elfreth's Alley Fete Days
June
Elfreth's Alley
Website: www.elfrethsalley.org
Independence Day
July
Throughout the city
Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
July
Various locations
Website: www.phillyfests.com
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
September
Dance, theatre, visual arts, music and plays are performed at various venues.
Website: www.livearts-fringe.org
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Cambodia Luxury holidays Today Cambodia is symbolised by awesome Angkor Wat, the largest man-made religious structure in the world. However, Cambodia is also home to some of the finest boutique hotels in the world
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Laos Inspire Me When the French colonised Indochina they had a saying: "The Vietnamese grow the rice, the Cambodians watch the rice grow, and the Lao people listen to the rice grow." This is
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