PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Crews at the Navy Yard were busy on Monday loading fireworks for the two New Year’s Eve spectacles over the Delaware River. Those shows are in addition to the display after the concert on the Parkway. And they’ll be bigger than ever for 2026.
LL Cool J will headline a free concert along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before the annual fireworks show. The show will include performances by Philly’s own DJ Jazzy Jeff, Adam Blackstone, the hard rock band Dorothy, and Technician the DJ. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m.
Then come the big displays. The 6 p.m. and midnight firework shows will have different themes, with one thing in common: They will be fired from three locations in the Delaware River, said Erika Joy Erb, vice president of marketing for the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation…