{"id":479709,"date":"2025-12-30T09:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T09:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/479709\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T09:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T09:19:35","slug":"phillys-free-new-years-eve-concert-safety-measures-and-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/479709\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly&#8217;s free New Year&#8217;s Eve concert: Safety measures and preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fw0lr2s4winiw1jf.jpg\" alt=\"What to expect at Philly's free New Year's Eve concert\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/video\/fmc-x2v1e00l6hme66lq\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What to expect at Philly&#8217;s free New Year&#8217;s Eve concert<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Preparations are underway for Philadelphia&#8217;s free New Year&#8217;s Eve concert featuring LL Cool J and DJ Jazzy Jeff, followed by a massive fireworks display. Philly police explain the safety measures they are taking for the large event.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> &#8211; Philadelphia is gearing up for a monumental New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration to mark the beginning of America&#8217;s semiquincentennial Celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Philadelphia prepares for a grand celebration\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The city will host its first-ever New Year&#8217;s Eve Fireworks and Concert Event, starting with gates opening at 6:00 p.m. on the Parkway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The concert will feature performances by LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and others, leading up to a spectacular fireworks display.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">City officials are excited about the potential of 2026, with Mayor Cherelle Parker expressing the desire for the city to feel the excitement from the very beginning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The concert is set to run from 8:00 p.m. to just before midnight, with plans to &#8220;rock the bells&#8221; and ring in the new year Philly style, said Scott Mirkin of ESM Productions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Safety measures and preparations\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel stated that the police department is preparing extensively for the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;We will have eyes in the skies as well as our helicopter, we will have our marine unit out on the water,&#8221; said Bethel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The police are also warning against celebratory gunfire as they prepare for the New Year&#8217;s Eve event, which will be followed by the annual Mummers Parade just hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information from FOX 29 News and Philadelphia city officials.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/holidays\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holidays<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to expect at Philly&#8217;s free New Year&#8217;s Eve concert Preparations are underway for Philadelphia&#8217;s free New Year&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":479710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,6082,7709,50,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-479709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-holidays","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-pa","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115807779028345777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}