OUR PHILLY-WIDE ARTS FESTIVAL
ON NOW THROUGH JULY 2
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PHILADANCO and Martha Graham Dance Company
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ArtPhilly is made up of trailblazing creators and cultural movers of all artistic disciplines. Follow us to the art and soul of Philadelphia.

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Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia
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KAMPAR at SKETCH 2025
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In 2026, all eyes will be on Philadelphia as the nation recognizes its 250th anniversary. Our arts festival What Now: 2026 saw artists confronting our history and future through a single central question: What Now?

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A lot has changed since 1776
From May 27th to July 2nd, ArtPhilly presented What Now: 2026, a major city-wide multi-disciplinary arts festival for the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Our festival spotlighted Philadelphia—its communities, institutions, and creators—as an important cultural and artistic epicenter.

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PHILADANCO! at SKETCH 2024
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EXPLORE WHAT NOW: 2026
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Twelve Gates Arts
A Traveler Weeps, A River Laughs
June 5, 2026
Twelve Gates Arts
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The Bearded Ladies Cabaret
AAAHH!!! WTF NOW?!
June 13, 2026
The Wilma Theater
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Theatre in the X
Acknowledge Me: A Community Play
June 4, 2026
Community Education Center
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King Britt
BLACKTRONIKA: Philadelphia Now and Then
June 23, 2026
Margolis and other venues
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Yolanda Wisher
Bicentennial Baby
May 28, 2026
Online
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Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Civic Theater Project—To: The Powers of Today, From: The Voices of the Future
June 5, 2026
The Louis Bluver Theatre at The Drake
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Trapeta B. Mayson and Yolanda Wisher
Dinner with Dinah
June 6, 2026
Stenton Museum
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Walé Oyéjidé and Immanuel Wilkins
Displaced Flowers; Still in Bloom
June 11, 2026
Perelman Theater at Ensemble Arts
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Odili Donald Odita
Freedom is...
May 30, 2026
Broad Street Love
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Aislinn Pentecost-Farren
From our Forefathers: Climate Crisis through Museum Tours
May 30, 2026
Philadelphia Museum of Art and other venues
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Chef Laquanda Dobson
Giving Thanks
June 28, 2026
Bartram's Garden
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Martha Graham Dance Company and PHILADANCO!
in case of fire, speak
May 29, 2026
Annenberg Center
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Colette Fu
Iron and Paper: Unfolding Philadelphia's Chinatown
May 28, 2026
Crane Community Center
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BLACKSTAR
John Coltrane En Motion: Live Rescoring Diasporic Stories of Migration
June 10, 2026
FringeArts
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Mendelssohn Chorus
Joyful Abundance: Emerging Artists
June 6, 2026
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
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White Box Theatre and Sebastienne Mundheim
Kea and the Ark
June 25, 2026
The Sedgwick Theater
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White Box Theatre and Sebastienne Mundheim
Twist the Grid
June 4, 2026
The Sedgwick Theater
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Andrea Clearfield and Cookie Diorio
Long Live the Queen: A Her-Story of Drag
June 18, 2026
The Wilma Theater
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Ruth Naomi Floyd
Marian Anderson: A Voice of Beauty, Hope, and Change
June 16, 2026
Marian Anderson Hall at Ensemble Arts
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Glenn Holsten
Patina/Promise
June 3, 2026
John Welsh Memorial Fountain
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V. Shayne Frederick
Pepperpot
June 13, 2026
Race Street Pier
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Rashid Zakat
Revival!
June 28, 2026
Institute of Contemporary Art
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Pete Angevine
Rewilding Philadelphia
May 31, 2026
2717 Jasper Street
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Root Song: Listening to the Wisdom of Trees
May 29, 2026
Bartram's Garden
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Sail Through This to That
May 28, 2026
President's House and other locations
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Urban Movement Arts
Say Yes, Philly!
June 2, 2026
Sedgwick Theater, The Wilma Theater, and The Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake (see ticket links for more details)
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VotethatJawn
Salonish: Fresh Ink, New Voices
June 2, 2026
Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake
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Chef Valerie Erwin
Salonish: The Dinnersation
June 9, 2026
The Culinary Literacy Center at the Parkway Central Library
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Pete Angevine
Salonish: Rewilding Philadelphia
June 23, 2026
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
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Anthony Tidd
Salonish: BYOI (Bring Your Own Instrument)
June 30, 2026
Germantown Location for Settlement
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Black Music City
Sound of History
June 19, 2026
Museum of the American Revolution
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Anna Deavere Smith
Basil Biggs
June 26, 2026
The Wilma Theater
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Shavon Norris
The Becoming
June 4, 2026
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BalletX
The Four Seasons Reimagined
June 4, 2026
Highmark Mann Center
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The Crossing
The Month of Moderns: Building a Contemporary Canon
June 6, 2026
Broad Street Love and the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
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Raúl Romero and Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival
Transmissions: Roberto Clemente
June 24, 2026
Roberto Clemente Park
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VotethatJawn
Vote that Jawn
June 3, 2026
Performance Garage
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Emily Schreiner and Liz Yohlin Baill
What Can You Do While You’re Waiting
Multiple bus shelters along Broad Street
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Love Now Media
What Now? Love Now!
May 28, 2026
Meantime on Market
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Our Funders
William Penn Foundation
Philedelphia Funder Collaborative
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Hearthland Foundation
CLAWS Foundation
The Sachs Family Foundation
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and the City of Philadelphia
Comcast NBCUniversal
Philadelphia City Fund’s 2026 Milestone Grant Fund, supported by PECO
Otto Haas Charitable Trusts
Visit PA
Marrazzo Family Foundation
PNC
The Victory Foundation
J2
Katie Adams Schaeffer and Tony Schaeffer
25th Century Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
The Presser Foundation
Forman Family Foundation
Zoë S. Pappas
The Alice and Herb Sachs Charitable Fund
Constance and Sankey Williams
The Waterman II Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
The Honickman Foundation
The Marta and Robert Adelson Family Foundation
The McLean Contributionship
Stephanie W. Naidoff, Esq.
National Philanthropic Trust, through The Forman Family Foundation Fund, at the recommendation of Michael Forman and Jennifer Rice.
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Jasper and Angela Liem
America250PA
Amy A. Fox & Daniel H. Wheeler
Independence Foundation
PA Creative Industries
Marnie Burke de Guzman
Braemer/Finkel Family Fund
Theodore R. and Barbara B. Aronson
Ballard Spahr LLP
Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation
Lesley and Richard Seitchik
John McInerney
Bill Adair
Linda Kronfeld
Jane and Charles Forman
Janet Kronfeld
Kerry and Judi Lebensburger
Lenni Steiner and Perry Lerner
& Other Anonymous Funders