unmistakably Philadelphia<\/a>\u201d concert on the Ben Franklin Parkway.\n<\/p>\n\u201cOne Philly: Unity Concert for America\u201d will be headlined by Christina Aguilera, along with hometown stars Jill Scott and The Roots. \u201cThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\u201d stars Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff are also set to reunite.\n<\/p>\n
The concert will feature other locals like State Property\u2019s Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge, Peedi Crakk and Young Gunz. British singer Seal and Detroit\u2019s Infinity Song will also perform.\n<\/p>\n
Comedian Wanda Sykes will host the six-hour event, with appearances by social media stars and podcasters Gillie Da King and Wallo 267.\n <\/p>\n
In addition to the live performances, the Parkway will host a daylong celebration, featuring immersive fan experiences, food vendors and more. The evening will conclude with a fireworks display over the Philadelphia Museum of Art.\n<\/p>\n
The Parkway festivities will be free and open to the public.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
Timeline<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at the timeline of Independence Day events so far:\n<\/p>\n
5 \u2013 11:45 p.m. | Concert<\/p>\n
11:45 p.m. | Fireworks over the Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/p>\n
How else is Philly celebrating the 4th of July and the country\u2019s 250th birthday?<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at some of the other semiquincentennial events that will take place between Juneteenth and the Fourth of July, all part of Wawa Welcome America\u2019s celebrations<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jill Scott, Christina Aguilera, The Roots and Will Smith to headline star-studded 4th of July concert On Saturday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,4001,71,70],"class_list":["post-206185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-250","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}