event
Elfreth's Alley Day: A Neighborhood Fête
Sat, Jun 6 · 1:00pm–1:00pm
Center City East·outdoor·$25
Walk inside America's oldest residential street, with a costume corner and crafts for kids
At a glance
- Price
- $25
- Ages
- All ages
- Location
- Center City East
- Setting
- outdoor
- Effort
- Some planning
- Signup
- Just show up
$25 ticket, buy ahead · 1 to 5, rain or shine · Cobblestones, so a carrier beats a stroller
What to know
- •The street is cobblestone, so a carrier works better than a stroller for little ones.
- •Tickets are at Ticketleap, and it happens rain or shine.
Our experience
One Saturday a year, the families who live on Elfreth's Alley, the oldest continuously lived-on residential street in the country, open their 18th-century front doors and let you walk through. There is a costume corner and activities for the kids, plus reenactors, artisans, and music up and down the block. It runs 1 to 5, rain or shine, and the $25 ticket is a fundraiser that keeps the street standing.
More details
This event, which dates back to 1934 (over 90 years
), is when residents of Elfreth’s Alley open their doors to allow visitors a glimpse of 21st century life in these 18th- and 19th-century houses. Discover how generation after generation have continued to preserve, alter and add to these historic structures. This event will occur rain or shine!
