Mummer Monday: Featuring The Fancy Brigades
Happy Mummer Monday! Today, we take a look at The Fancy Brigades tradition in Philadelphia Mummery.
The 2024 Fancy Brigade competition is coming up, and FAST! You can get your tickets now to see the spectacular competition on January 1, 2024. There are two shows that day. You can pick one or go to both! I don’t care! I just want to see you there.
They are as much a part of New Year’s Day in Philadelphia as confetti celebrations, countdowns, and resolutions. Like clockwork on January 1st, groups of costumed members parade through the city streets, strutting through the day.
The Fancy Brigades put their own spin on a time-honored tradition by taking their revelry INSIDE the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
The Fancy Brigades are the most theatrical of the bunch. 12 clubs get into character with lavish costumes and elaborate floats and props. They then take center stage to perform Broadway-quality, choreographed performances.
Year after year, it’s a sequined-studded show no fan should miss. It’s just another layer of Mummery that makes the tradition that much more rich. January 1st has to be my favorite day of the year, and The fancy Brigades help to make it that much better.
More Mummery:
Jacky BamBam and Uptown String Band at Always Sunny Podcast LIVE!
Jacky BamBam got to strut with the Uptown String Band at The Always Sunny Podcast LIVE! show on September 23, 2023, at The Mann.
Me, the Uptown String Band, and The Preston and Steve Show were there to welcome the gang back to Philadelphia!
The Always Sunny Podcast is a look back on the past fifteen seasons of the hit show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Creators and stars Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, and Rob McElhenney go back to where it all began in 2005. They discuss their (sometimes limited) memories of writing and filming the show. They get a little help from writer Megan Ganz, too. Episode by episode, they re-watch Sunny and reminisce on their nearly twenty-year-long partnership.
They brought all of that to The Mann so Philadelphians could witness it live!
Being part of the Uptown String Band for the Always Sunny Podcast LIVE! was great! Don McCloskey rocked it and so did hosts Preston And Steve! Thanks so much for having The Uptown String Band open up the festivities at The Mann Music Center! We Came, We Saw, and …WE STRUTTED!! It’s a Lifestyle. MUMMERY FOREVER!
Now a list of thanks:
Makeup: Brittany Rotondo
Thank you to everyone who made the event so amazing!
The JACKY BAMBAM SHOW is on 93.3 WMMR Weeknights 7p-12a playing the coolest songs ever made with many features for true music lovers. Jacky is a big supporter of The Philadelphia Mummers and is a Seven Time First Prize Award Winning Hall Of Fame Mummer. Before he took over the microphone, he was a drummer who released 2 albums and toured all over the world.
