NOTE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OR TO PURCHASE TICKETS TO ANY OF OUR 2013 PROGRAMS, VISIT OUR EVENTS PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE EVENTS TAB AT THE LEFT, AND THEN SELECTING FROM THE DROP-DOWN MENU AT THE TOP OF THAT PAGE.

*FOURTH FRIDAY TOURS Laurel Hill's "Fourth Friday" tour series occurs on the fourth Friday of every month at 10am. Programs will highlight the marble masterpieces, stunning views and legendary stories that afford the cemetery its WOW factor. These are the ultimate tours for first-time visitors to Laurel Hill, and anyone else who likes beautiful art, stimulating history, and just enjoying life...even amongst the dead!

JANUARY Saturday, 19, 1pm
Edgar Allan Poe: A Birthday Tribute

*Friday, 25, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

FEBRUARY Saturday, 9, 1pm
Til Death Do Us Part: The Love Stories of Laurel Hill
a Valentine’s Day Tour and Reception

Thursday, 21, 6pm
Coffin Craft Night

*Friday, 22, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

MARCH Sunday, 3, 1pm
Literary Laurel Hill

Saturday, 16, 10am
Laurel Hill Cemetery Tour Guide Training Workshop

Sunday, 17, 1pm
St. Patrick's Day Tour, Toasts and Tastes

*Friday, 22, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Saturday, 23, 1pm
Familiar Philadelphia

Sunday, 24, 1pm
Classy Broads and Daring Dames: The Ladies of Laurel Hill
A Women's History Month Program

APRIL Saturday, 6, 1pm
Designing for the Dead: Art and Architecture of Laurel Hill

Sunday, 14, 1pm
Footprints of Angels at Laurel Hill

Saturday, 20, 1pm
Liberty or Death: The Revolutionary War Heroes of Laurel Hill

Sunday, 21, 10am
Nature in Necropolis: an Earth Day Exploration

*Friday, 26, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Friday, 26, 6pm
Astronomy Night: Stargazing from the Cemetery
a Philadelphia Science Festival Event

Friday, 27, 8pm
Astronomy Night: Stargazing from the Cemetery
a Philadelphia Science Festival Event

Saturday, 27, 6pm
The Morgue, The Merrier: The Science of the Living Dead
presented by Steven Schlozman, MD A Philadelphia Science Festival Event

MAY Saturday, 4, 1pm
150th Anniversary of Chancellorsville: Robert E. Lee's Greatest Triumph

Sunday, 5, 1pm
South of the Bridge: Explorations of the Cemetery's Southernmost Sod on Cinco de Mayo

Wednesday, 15, 6pm
Of Blessed Memory: Jewish Notables of Laurel Hill Cemetery
a Jewish American Heritage Month Tour and Reception

Friday, 17, 8pm
Lunar Stroll: Photographing Laurel Hill After Hours

Sunday, 19, 10am
Memorial Day Volunteer Flag Placement

Sunday, 19, 1pm
Always on Tap: A History of Philadelphia's Water System

Thursday, 29, 6pm
Taphophile Trivia: Quizzo in the Cemetery
a Young Friends Event

*Friday, 24, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Sunday, 26, 12pm
Memorial Day Parade, Service and Reception
a General Meade Society Event

JUNE Saturday, 1, 1pm
1863: Gettysburg Before and After
150th Anniversary Exhibit Opening, Tours, Lecture and Dinner

Saturday, 8, 8pm
Gothic Americana Folk and Blues Concert
Presented by The Bailey Hounds

Saturday, 15, 5pm
Back to the Beginning with John Francis Marion: The Dawn of the Friends of Laurel Hill's Archives
a Members Only Event

Thursday, 20, 6pm
All Dressed Up and Six Feet Below: The Movers and the Shakers of Old Philadelphia

Friday, 21, 8pm
Lunar Stroll: Photographing Laurel Hill After Hours

Saturday, 22, 7pm
Music for the Hearing Eye: Concert Atop the Crypts
presented by The Divine Hand Ensemble

*Friday, 28, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Saturday, 29, 8pm
Ghosts Among Our Graves: Workshop and Ghost Hunt
presented by Free Spirit Paranormal Investigators

Sunday, 30, 1pm
America's Second War of Independence: Laurel Hill's 1812 Veterans

JULY Saturday, 13, 9pm
Cinema in the Cemetery

Thursday, 18, 6pm
What’s in a Name? Famous People NOT Buried at Laurel Hill

Friday, 19, 8pm
Lunar Stroll: Photographing Laurel Hill After Hours

*Friday 26, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Sunday, 28, 1pm
“The French Connection” at Laurel Hill

AUGUST Saturday 10, 10am
5th Annual Car and Hearse Show
presented by Mohnton Professional Car Club

Thursday 15, 6pm
The Streets of Philadelphia: Philly Streets followed by Philly Treats

Sunday 18, 1pm
Age of Discovery: Explorers, Inventors and Scientists

*Friday, 23, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Friday, 23, 8pm
Lunar Stroll: Photographing Laurel Hill After Hours

Before Their Time: The Forever Young Tour and Picnic
a Young Friends Event

SEPTEMBER Saturday, 7, 6pm
Sunday, 8, 2pm
Spoon River Anthology
Presented by Manayunk Roxborough Art Center
a Philadelphia Fringe Festival Event

Friday, 13, 7pm
Saturday, 14, 7pm
Friday, 20, 7pm
Saturday, 21, 7pm
Six Feet (Above and) Under: A Graveyard Cabaret
presented by REV Theater Company
a Philly Fringe Festival Event

Sunday, 15, 1pm
Buried in the Land of Strangers: The Confederates of Laurel Hill

Sunday, 22, 1pm
Promised Land: The Legacy of Laurel Hill’s Immigrants

*Friday, 27, 10am
Laurel Hill: Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Saturday, 28, 6pm
Ghosts Among Our Graves: Workshop and Ghost Hunt
presented by Free Spirit Paranormal Investigators

Sunday, 29, 1pm
The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Laurel Hill

OCTOBER Tuesday, 1, 6pm
Edgar Allan Poe: Deep Into that Darkness

Friday, 4, 7pm
9th Annual Gravediggers’ Ball

Sunday, 6, 1pm
Spirits and Spiritualists

Tuesday, 8, 6pm
What a Way to Go! Strange Exists and Freakish Ends

Saturday 12, 5pm
5th Annual RIP 5K Run

Sunday, 13, 1pm
Sinners, Scandals and Suicides

Thursday, 17, 7pm
Friday, 18, 7pm
Saturday, 19, 7pm
Spirits on Stage: Our Residents Speak
Presented by the Not Ready for Afterlife Players

Sunday, 20, 1-3pm
Fall Family Day

*Friday, 25, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Friday, 25, 7pm
Saturday 26, 7pm
Wednesday, 30, 6pm
Soul Crawl: Haunted History Halloween Tours

NOVEMBER Sunday, 3, 1pm
Crooked Cronies: Philadelphia’s Profiteering Politicians of the Past

Saturday, 9, 1pm
From Sails to Steel: Shipbuilders of Philadelphia

Sunday, 10, 11am
Marine Corps Anniversary Service and Kiva Veterans’ Day Tour

*Friday, 22, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Saturday, 23, 3pm
Laurel Hill’s Legendary Civil War Ladies

DECEMBER Thursday, 5, 6pm
An Inside Look Part II: The Secrets and Treasures of Laurel Hill's Arcives
a Members Only Event

Saturday, 7, 1pm
Language of the Dead: Victorian Funerary Symbolism

Thursday, 19, 6pm
Holly and Headstones Happy Hour
a Young Friends Event

*Friday, 27, 10am
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots

Tuesday, 31, 12pm
General Meade Birthday Celebration
presented by the General Meade Society

PRIVATE TOURS & SPEAKERS SERIES The Friends are pleased to present an array of tour topics, in addition to any public program subject listed above, for private and school group tours of the Cemetery. We also offer the option of booking one of our knowledgeable guides to lecture at regional sites through our Speakers Series. For more information on arranging your private tour or speaker, please click on the Private Tours tab at the top of this page. Please note that ALL privately organized Group and School Tours must be conducted by one of the Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery's certified Tour Guides. External organizations and individuals are forbidden from using the Cemetery for personal profit or private activities not first approved by Laurel Hill. We are not a public or city-run park, but a nonprofit, privately-owned site. Proceeds raised through our public and private tours directly support the preservation of our National Historic Landmark.

TICKETING POLICY: PUBLIC TOURS and PROGRAMS Ticket sales help to support the Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery’s missions to preserve, promote and further interpret our National Historic Landmark site. We strive for excellence in programming, and work to ensure a positive and memorable visitor experience.

ADVANCE SALES and METHODS of PAYMENT
The Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery offer the opportunity for advance ticket purchases on most tours and programs, while requiring advance purchases for several events each year. Advance purchases can be made via credit card through our online store or over the phone; via check sent by mail; or via cash in person at the cemetery office. Subject to availability, tickets can also be purchased at the door for most events, via credit card, check or cash. All major credit cards are accepted on our online store; all major credit cards, except American Express, are accepted at the door. Please refer to individual tour and program descriptions on our website Events page, searchable by month, for event-specific ticketing information.

SOLD OUT EVENTS
Attendance limits are established on most Laurel Hill Cemetery tours and programs. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. If an event sells out, it will be posted on our website immediately, and online registration will be suspended. Tickets will not be available at the door.

INDIVIDUAL CANCELLATION
The Friends do not offer refunds on tickets. If a registrant cannot attend an event for which advance tickets have been purchased, the Friends offer several options: 1) exchange your tickets for another event of equal or lesser admission value, subject to ticket availability, within one year from date of cancellation; 2) use your purchase as a credit towards an event of greater admission value, subject to availability, within one year from date of cancellation; 3) transfer your tickets to another person for the same event, or; 4) turn your ticket purchase into a tax-deductible donation to the Friends’ missions of preservation and education.

SITE CANCELLATION
The Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery reserves the right to cancel a tour or program due to inclement weather, low enrollment or any other unforeseen circumstance that will impact the viability of an event. Notice of cancellation will be posted on the homepage of our website, as well as on our Facebook page, a minimum of two hours prior to the scheduled start time. At the time of cancellation, staff will contact all advance registrants, via their provided phone numbers and/or email addresses, to personally inform them. Should the Friends reschedule a cancelled event and a registrant cannot attend on the rescheduled date, a credit in the amount of the ticket price paid will be given to the individual towards attendance at any forthcoming tour or program, expiring one year from the date of cancellation. Should the Friends choose not to reschedule a cancelled event, refunds will be issued in full, and will be credited back to the credit card used for purchase within ten business days.