Black Music & Movies Walking Tour (Downtown Philly)
Sun, Oct 26
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Time & Location
Oct 26, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location is TBD
About the event
✊🏾 Philly Black Music & Movies Walking Tour
🎶 Where the soundtrack of Black culture meets the streets that made history.
Philly didn’t just contribute to music and film — it shaped it. This two hour walking tour through Center City is a celebration of Philly’s Black movie and music legacy that spans over 75 years.
From comedy to jazz to neo-soul to hip hop, we’ll walk the very blocks where culture was born and Black icons left their mark across generations and genres, movie locations where our fav Black Hollywood tasted stardom and where the legends of TSOP Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff changed music forever. Roll solo. Leave connected.
✨ Tour Highlights:
Visit the stomping grounds where The Roots and Boyz II Men started their iconic careers
🎥 Stand at movie locations from classics starring Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Kevin Hart, and Eddie Murphy
🎤 Explore the streets renamed in honor of legends like Gamble & Huff, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle and more
🖼️ Quick visit to the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts — where records of the historic jazz legends like John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie are preserved
🫶🏾 Hear stories about the multifaceted Dyana Williams, the Mother of Black Music Month
📸 Snap pics of murals and plaques dedicated to multi-generational icons who continue to contribute to the soundtrack of the city, our culture and an era
💵 $33 Adults | $15 Kids 📍 Center City | 2 Hours
✨ Solo traveler friendly. Music lover approved. Philly made.
This isn’t a history tour — it’s a love letter to Philly’s contributions to Black American culture and beyond.
FREE TICKET GIVEAWAY! We are testing this new tour with you! In exchange for an in person completed survey and video review directly after the walking tour, we are gifting Philly locals ONE free ticket per person. This giveaway is valid for the first 10 slots on 10/25/25 & 10/26/25 only. Additional tickets can be purchased at Pay What You Wish rates.