{"id":235775,"date":"2026-07-05T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235775\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:49:08","slug":"parkway-july-fourth-concert-on-hold-as-severe-storms-sweep-through-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235775\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkway July Fourth concert on hold as severe storms sweep through Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? <a href=\"#Section1\">Let us know!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for the One Philly: Unity Concert for America are being told to leave the area and seek shelter as a severe thunderstorm moves into the Philadelphia region.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/weather\/alerts\/localalerts\/l\/f4b5bbb26b0f601269d6c112f30d0ff0fc4d3878b51dd5016f1916dec3bb6f2a?phenomena=SV&amp;significance=W&amp;areaid=PAC101&amp;office=KPHI&amp;etn=0135\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warnings<\/a> of thunderstorms with predicted lightning, \u201ctorrential rainfall\u201d and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour are in effect from 8:45 through 9:45 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 One Philly Unity Concert update: Show is stopped until further notice due to impending severe storm.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Please safely make your way to the exit and seek shelter.\n<\/p>\n<p>Text AMERICA to 888-777 for further show and safety updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3n34x1zUJr\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/3n34x1zUJr<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City of Philadelphia (@PhiladelphiaGov) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhiladelphiaGov\/status\/2073571411944198322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The July Fourth outdoor concert was paused just before The Roots were set to take the stage. Other performers still scheduled to perform include Christina Aguilera, Meek Mill and Will Smith.\n<\/p>\n<p>Organizers hope to reopen the event space after the storm passes, but National Weather Service reports show that \u201cdamage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur foremost concern is for the safety of our guests, the crews, the artists, and all staff supporting this event. We will decide to resume when we are confident that it is safe to do so,\u201d Philadelphia managing director Adam K. Thiel said in a statement. \u201cWe are continuing to closely monitor weather conditions and developments and are in coordination with all departments and partners through our Emergency Operations Center.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/france-shines-in-phillys-world-cup-finale-for-another-sell-out-crowd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match<\/a> in South Philadelphia, the highlight of Saturday\u2019s Independence Day festivities is the free star-studded concert on the Parkway.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,4001,71,70],"class_list":["post-235775","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\/235775","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=235775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}