Summer on the Banks
Summer Events Update
RIVERBOAT TOURS: Get a new perspective of the city on a one-hour, fun and fact-filled Secrets of the Schuylkill riverboat tour or cruise downriver on a Boat to Bartram’s Garden riverboat tour to discover the home of America’s first great botanist and explore the newly opened Bartram’s Mile trail segment. Both tours offer stunning views of the city from the river. SRDC has partnered with Patriot Harbor Lines to offer tours aboard the Patriot, a pristine 1920’s-style mini commuter yacht.
Upcoming tour dates:
• Thursday, June 21 at 5:30pm and 7pm
• Sunday, June 24 at 12pm and 1pm
• Saturday, July 7 at 5:30pm and 7pm
• Thursday, July 12 at 5:30pm and 7pm
• Sunday, July 15 at 12pm and 1pm
• Saturday, July 21 at 5:30pm and 7pm
• Thursday, July 26 at 5:30pm and 7pm
See the full schedule and buy tickets here.
KAYAK TOURS: For those seeking an urban adventure, Schuylkill Banks Kayak Tours, presented by Hidden River Outfitters, launch on select Thursdays and Saturdays through September 29. These tours include equipment rental, half an hour of instruction, and a one-hour professionally guided tour of the Schuylkill from the Walnut Street Dock to the Fairmount Water Works, a National Historic Landmark. Romantic moonlight paddles are also available on select Saturday evenings.
Upcoming tour dates:
• Thursday, June 21 at 6:45pm
• Saturday, July 7 at 5:45pm and 8pm
• Sunday, July 15 at 12pm and 2pm
• Saturday, July 21 at 3:45pm and 5:45pm
• Thursday, July 26 at 6:45pm
See the full schedule and buy tickets here.
MOVIE NIGHTS: The Schuylkill Banks Movie Series, presented by CSX and sponsored by Spark Therapeutics, are shown on select Thursdays through August 23. 10 viewers’ choice movies will be shown at two different locations: six by Walnut Street and four at the Grays Ferry Crescent by Wharton Street. This year we are very happy to partner with Philadelphia Runner and Shake Shack to provide extra treats for movie goers.
Upcoming movie nights:
• June 21 – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• June 28 – The Fifth Element
• July 12 – Casablanca
• July 19 – Coco
• July 26 – Moana
See the full schedule and learn more here.
PARKS ON TAP RETURNS TO THE BANKS 6/21-6/24!
Parks on Tap is Philadelphia's traveling beer garden that gives back. It is a partnership with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, Fairmount Park Conservancy and Avram Hornik of FCM Hospitality that brings a beer garden to various parks throughout the summer. Parks on Tap is an initiative with the city that kicked off in 2016, aiming to engage the Philadelphia community and give back to the neighborhood parks.
Learn more here.
