{"id":744104,"date":"2026-07-05T05:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744104\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T05:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:57:11","slug":"philadelphia-july-4th-concert-resumes-after-weather-delay-fireworks-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744104\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia July 4th concert resumes after weather delay; fireworks to follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, July 5, 2026 4:59AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Philly July 4th concert resumes after weather delay\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Philadelphia&#8217;s Fourth of July celebration resumed just after midnight Sunday after severe storms delayed festivities for several hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Crowds returned to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in the early morning hours before The Roots took the stage for a celebration of America&#8217;s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The One Philly: Unity Concert for America had been underway for several hours Saturday evening when attendees were instructed to leave the area due to approaching severe weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fireworks are scheduled to follow the concert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials are encouraging residents and visitors to sign up for event updates by texting AMERICA to 888-777.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An announcement is posted that all concertgoers must leave the grounds due to an approaching thunderstorm during the One Philly: Unity Concert for America on July 4, 2026.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/19449759_070426-wpvi-philly-concert-evacuation-notice-AP-16x9-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An announcement is posted that all concertgoers must leave the grounds due to an approaching thunderstorm during the One Philly: Unity Concert for America on July 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, July 5, 2026 4:59AM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Philadelphia&#8217;s Fourth of July celebration resumed just after midnight Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[319596,23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-744104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-319596","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}