Unity Day in Philadelphia is being celebrated in Philadelphia since 29 years. The events of Unity Day celebration in Philadelphia are generally held in the Ben Franklin Parkway. This event aims in promoting family solidarity and peace among people from all walks of life. Unity Day events and activities focus on family values, which seemed to decline with the various foreign influences on the American culture. These events of the Unity Day entertain people of all ages.
Unity Day enjoys ample of sponsorships and is celebrated every year with pomp and show. The event is patronized by Philadelphia's WDAS radio station, Chrysler, Southwest Airlines, Pennsylvania Lottery, Western Union, VH1 Soul and 20 other companies of Philadelphia. Varieties of stalls are set up selling food. Other major attractions of Unity Day include art exhibitions, literary workshops, vendors, children's activities, softball games and live music performances.
This event is getting bigger and better with every passing year, recording more than a million people as visitors and participants in event location. This landmark Philadelphia event starts from 11am to 8pm. Celebrating family
values, pride, and empowerment is considered as one of the noblest themes ever carried
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out in Philadelphia, other than this Unity Day celebration. The Ben Franklin Parkway gets saturated with visitors coming to venture the stalls offering delicious food, crafts vendors, art exhibitions and displays, educational and informative workshops, video and other indoor games, entertaining activities for the children and great performances by well known artists.
The event is the largest radio sponsored event in the nation. Unity Day features live on-stage entertainment performances, pavilions and a separate children’s area. Popular forms of music ranging from Classic R&B to Gospel, Jazz and other music compositions can be heard in the live performances of Unity Day. The day concludes at the main stage, with the national recording artists as performers. The 29th annual Unity Day event was held on August 19, 2007. Celebrities and radio dignitaries, including Steve Harvey, Tony Brown, Jerry Wells, Bernard Hopkins, Jackie Reed and many other popular performers have graced the stages of Unity Day. Performances at Unity Day are stages at an array of temporary venues like main stage, R & B Stage, Gospel Stage, Multicultural Stage and Kid's Zone Area. The Unity Day in Philadelphia is one of the most visited events of the city, sprawling with people from all over the world, enjoying a great time with their close ones.
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