Event Programming: Philadelphia Parks

FYI Event Programming/Permitting in Philadelphia Parks

The Friends of Julian Abele Park, in addition to bearing primary responsibility for cleaning, maintaining and improving the park, also sponsors/presents events in the park. We do these to fundraise and support those activities as well as to further our community mission to bring neighbors together in an outdoor greenspace to meet and to interact with each other, neighborhood social groups, and businesses. We do not issue event permits and are required to adhere to the same permitting requirements as any other group wishing to have an event in a Philadelphia park. This has been an issue in the past with all city-owned and -operated parks and is why the city developed a standard for all events.