70th Annual Hero Thrill Show

Rev up for cool wheels and a hot show…There’ll be a whole lot of cool rubber burning and hot wheels churning at the 70^th Annual Hero Thrill Show, a day of fun, tribute and tradition in the parking area of the Xfinity Mobile Arena (formerly the Wells Fargo Center) in South Philadelphia on Saturday September 20, 2025. Enjoy boardwalk-style food, fire truck rides, daredevil, police motorcycle stunts, K-9 unit dogs on rescue attacks, fire-rescue exercises 40-foot in the air, and more. The event kicks off with a grand entrance featuring a motorcade of police, fire and Hero Thrill Show vehicles and formal speeches by City of Philadelphia dignitaries. The carnival-style fundraiser supports the college education of children of Philadelphia police officers and firefighters who died in the line of duty. There have been about 650 police and fire personnel who perished on duty, since the 1800s, when official city records were first kept. Featured will be the Sound of Philadelphia music by DJ legend Bob Pantano, performances and displays of K-9 and bicycle units, the elite Philadelphia Police Motorcycle Highway Patrol Drill Team, mounted police horse, fire engines, crime-fighting equipment by the Police Aviation Unit, Bomb Squad, Counter Terrorism Operations, Marine Unit, Firearms instructors, Police Academy and. Families of the fallen heroes will be on hand. Tickets are available online and at the event: $15 individuals; $35 for families up to five people; noon (kickoff ceremony) to 4:30 p.m. EST. Xfinity Mobile Arena Parking Lot, 3601 S. Broad St. (free parking). www.herothrillshow.org.