If you’re figuring out how to get to Philadelphia events from New York this weekend, the trip is really two problems. There’s the intercity leg between New York and Philadelphia, and there’s the local leg once you’re in the city, getting from the stop to the venue and back again.
Get either leg wrong on timing and the part you’ll regret isn’t missing the event itself. It’s standing outside the venue after it lets out, watching the bus you planned on already gone.
That’s the real risk on this route: not the trip down, but the trip back. A game runs long, a show gets an encore, and a few thousand people try to leave the same block at once. This page is built around that timing problem.
Below is the part that stays true every week, which is how the New York to Philadelphia bus works and how to plan a return with margin. After that comes a section on the events of the next two weekends, refreshed every week.
If you’re reading this for how to get to Philadelphia events from New York this weekend and your game or show isn’t listed, the planning steps still apply. Line up the departure time against your event’s actual start time and you have the same plan.
How to Get to Philadelphia Events From New York This Weekend: The Trip, Step by Step
Philly Bus runs the New York-Philadelphia route more than 70 times a week, with five standard departure times: 9AM, 12PM, 3PM, 5PM, and 7PM. The 7PM run only operates on some days, so check the booking page for the exact day before you build a plan around it.
For any event, pick the departure that gets you to Philadelphia with a comfortable buffer before the start time. The arrival-buffer logic is the one in our guide on how early to arrive for the New York to Philadelphia bus.
A noon kickoff or a 7:00 PM show start both leave room for an earlier run, plus time to get from the bus stop to the venue on top of that.
The New York pickup point is 2 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002, by the Citi Bike lane. On the Philadelphia side, pickup is 1001 Filbert St, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Enter the address into your maps app before you leave rather than relying on memory.
Arrive 20 minutes before your scheduled departure. Seating is first come, first served, there is no assigned seat, and no saving seats for people who show up later.
The trip takes about 2 hours, which is the company’s own estimate rather than a guaranteed time. Build a little slack around that number, especially if you’re timing a connection to a specific kickoff or curtain time on the other end.
The bus covers the intercity leg only, between those two pickup addresses. Getting from 1001 Filbert St to a stadium or arena is a separate local leg. We don’t publish local transit routes or times here, so check the venue’s own visitor page for that part.
Event weekends mean more people making the same trip on the same handful of departures. Since seats aren’t assigned, booking ahead and arriving on schedule matters more on a big event weekend than on a quiet Tuesday.
The return trip is where most event-day planning breaks down. Games run into overtime, encores run long, and a stadium emptying out means the walk from your seat to the pickup point takes longer than you’d guess.
Plan your return for after the crowd clears, not for the earliest bus that technically lines up with the scheduled end time. Our guide on catching the last bus back after a night game goes through that in detail.
That’s also what the ticket terms are built for. Tickets are unrestricted: if you miss your bus, you can reschedule your trip for any time within one year of the ticket purchase date.
It’s a reschedule, not a refund. The ticket itself is not refundable, and refunds only apply if the company cancels a trip. For the full rundown, see our guide on what happens if you miss your bus from NYC to Philadelphia.
This Week’s Philadelphia Events From New York: Oct 25-Nov 1, 2026
This section is refreshed weekly and covers October 25 through November 1, 2026. We don’t list ticket prices or availability, because Philly Bus doesn’t sell event tickets. Confirm times on each venue’s official page.
The timing rule for every evening game and show below: the latest standard departure is 7PM, and that run only operates on some days. An event that starts at 7:00 PM ends after that bus has left, so a same-night return may not exist. Check the booking page for your date.
Sunday, October 25, today, is the last day of the Philadelphia Film Festival, which runs at several theaters across the city with different showtimes for each film. Check the festival’s schedule, then plan around your screening. The 7PM bus does not run every day.
The 76ers host the Detroit Pistons tonight at 7:30 PM at Xfinity Mobile Arena. A 7:30 PM tip-off ends well after the 7PM departure, so a same-night bus back to New York is unlikely. Look at the booking page for Monday morning instead of assuming a late run.
Going the other direction, the Knicks host the Orlando Magic at 7:00 PM at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, a time listed only on ESPN, so confirm it with the team. The Jets host the Miami Dolphins at 1:00 PM at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
MetLife is outside both pickup addresses, so treat that trip as a separate local leg. Journey also plays Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, at 7:30 PM, which is likewise not in New York City.
Monday, October 26 is the big one. The Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys at 8:15 PM at Lincoln Financial Field, a Monday night game that usually lets out around 11:30 PM or later. The Rangers also host the Kings in Manhattan that night, a start listed only on ESPN.
For the Eagles game, the question is the way back, not the way there. A late finish is past the last standard departure, so check the booking page for what runs that day, and don’t plan around a bus that may not exist.
For the full plan, see our guide to the Eagles vs Cowboys bus ride from New York to Philadelphia. It covers the outbound bus, the ride home, and the ticket rules for that Monday night.
Tuesday, October 27. The Flyers host the Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM at Xfinity Mobile Arena, and the Knicks host the Pistons at 8:00 PM at Madison Square Garden. Both times are listed only on ESPN, so confirm them before you plan around either.
On Friday, October 30, the 76ers host the New York Knicks at 7:30 PM at Xfinity Mobile Arena, which brings Knicks fans south. That date comes from ESPN’s schedule pages, so confirm it with the team.
Saturday, October 31, Columbia hosts Yale at noon at Wien Stadium in Manhattan, a time listed only on ESPN.
Sunday, November 1. The Flyers host Utah at 4:00 PM at Xfinity Mobile Arena, and the Rangers host the Edmonton Oilers at 6:00 PM in Manhattan. Both times are listed only on ESPN, so confirm before you plan around them.
The Jets host the Las Vegas Raiders at 1:00 PM at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, again outside both pickup addresses. The Eagles play that day away from home, so there is no Lincoln Financial Field game on November 1.
For any of these, pick a run that gets you in early enough, and don’t plan your return around the final whistle or the last encore. Give the venue and the crowd time to clear, and keep the one-year reschedule option in mind if the evening runs late.
Build In a Margin, Every Time
Whatever event brings you from New York to Philadelphia, whether it’s a Sunday football game, a weeknight arena date, or whatever is on this page next week, the plan for how to get to Philadelphia events from New York this weekend doesn’t change.
Pick a departure with margin on the way in, and give the venue and the crowd time to clear before you plan the way back.
And if the timing still doesn’t work out, because the game runs long, plans shift, or you miss your bus, the one-year reschedule window on Philly Bus tickets means a bad night doesn’t also mean a wasted ticket.
One more check before you lock in a plan: the 7PM run isn’t available every day. The booking page shows the actual schedule for the day you pick.
Bookmark this page. It’s the permanent answer for how to get to Philadelphia events from New York this weekend, and the events section changes with each weekend you land on it.
Ready to book your trip? Check current departure times and reserve your New York to Philadelphia bus before you lock in your event plans.