New Year’s Day Parade-Goers Can Welcome in the New Year By Enjoying Traditional Mummer’s Festivities and Warming Up Inside the Kimmel Center
December 11, 2006
Kimmel Center once again opens its doors to families and Mummer’s Parade watchers on New Year’s Day. Parade goers can enjoy the warmth of the indoors, warm up with an assortment of refreshments and brunch offerings, and watch the parade from the Cadence Restaurant balcony. Families may enjoy free entertainment throughout the day, and let children out of strollers to stretch their legs. Doors open at 10am for this indoor New Year’s Day celebration on Monday, January 1, 2007, and ends at 6pm.
“We invite families and children to come and enjoy the Kimmel Center’s New Year’s Day festivities, as we join the Philadelphia tradition of the Mummer’s New Year’s Day parade on Broad Street,” said Natalye Paquin, Acting President and COO of the Kimmel Center. “We are excited to be a part of this festive celebration in Center City, and to be located in the heart of the Mummer’s parade.”
On the ground level, the Peco Café in Commonwealth Plaza will be open and providing freshly prepared sandwiches with vegetarian options, hot dogs and soft pretzels, warm soups, salads, along with hot chocolate, Philly-brewed beer, wine, and specialty martinis. Free in the Plaza events will take place from 11am to 4pm,including Bubboon’s Tunes, who will be performing hits like "The Cheese Song" and "The Blather Song." According to the School Library Journal, "[Their] songs are completely goofy and ridiculous, and children will find them vastly entertaining." Octavia will also perform a blues/jazz mix with the harmonica, along with keyboardist Marty Mellinger. PA Musician Magazine says, "Octavia’s blues harp playing is freakishly good…Her vocals are a sultry combination of velvet and gravel, capable of morphing from a hushed vulnerability into an indignant, bellowing roar."
New this year is a Family Fun Brunch on Tier One, which includes a complimentary glass of wine or champagne for adults, cookie decorating, games and crafts for kids in the Comcast room, as well as access to a view of the parade through glass panoramic windows and two 50" plasma screens broadcasting parade coverage. Family Fun Brunch fare includes frittatas, whole carved turkey, mini pastries and bagels for adults; and a children-friendly menu with fruit skewers, silver dollar pancakes, French toast sticks and scrambled eggs options. Family Fun Brunch begins at 11am and ends at 2pm. Coffee, soft drinks and juices are included, along with cash bar and non-alcoholic beverages until 4pm. Tickets for Family Fun Brunch are $60 per person for adults, and $35 per person for children 12 and under.
The Kimmel Center’s Cadence Restaurant also offers a Cadence Celebration Brunch on Tier Two. From 11am to 2pm, brunch patrons may enjoy full bar service with unlimited champagne for adults and a medley of breakfast options such as, French toast, frittata, tenderloin of beef and whole carved turkey options; along with Omelet stations, breakfast potatoes and meats, assorted pastries, sliced fruit, smoked salmon/Gravlax with bagels, and a dessert buffet. Cash bar and complimentary non-alcoholic beverages will be available during post-brunch hours of 2pm to 4pm Cadence Celebration Brunch provides both indoor and outdoor terrace seating overlooking Broad Street and the Mummer’s parade. Games and crafts for kids in the Comcast room will also be available to families. Football fans and parade-watchers may also enjoy television screen broadcasting of the football game and parade coverage. Tickets for the Cadence Celebration Brunch are $125 per person for adults, and $50 for children 12 and under.
No refunds or exchanges are available after December 22, 2006.
For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.kimmelcenter.org or call 215-790-7171.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENTS
Monday, January 1, 2007 | 11am to 4pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
Bubboon’s Tunes
According to the School Library Journal, "[Their] songs are completely goofy and ridiculous, and children will find them vastly entertaining."
Monday, January 1, 2007 | 11am to 4pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage | Free in the Plaza
Octavia
Octavia will also perform a blues/jazz mix with the harmonica, along with keyboardist Marty Mellinger. PA Musician Magazine says, "Octavia’s blues harp playing is freakishly good…Her vocals are a sultry combination of velvet and gravel, capable of morphing from a hushed vulnerability into an indignant, bellowing roar."
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