Has Philly gone insane with love?

These are the events for Yannick Day, this Friday:

On Friday, February 10, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will join in the “Philly Loves Yannick Week” citywide celebration with multiple events throughout the city. The celebration commemorates his recently announced contract extension as music and artistic director of The Philadelphia Orchestra through 2030.

Yannick will begin his day with a run up the “Rocky steps” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with musicians of the Orchestra. He will later engage in a music-making event with students at the High School for Creative and Performing Arts, which will include a performance of “Fly, Eagles, Fly” in advance of the Eagles’s Super Bowl game. Next, he will visit the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he will thank healthcare workers for their support during the COVID-19 pandemic before returning to Commonwealth Plaza at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts to engage with fans and hand out special Yannick-themed donuts from the new Garces Trading Company @ Kimmel café. In addition, Mayor Kenney will present Yannick with a “Philly Loves Yannick Week” proclamation in the Plaza.

To conclude the day, Nézet-Séguin will participate in “Philadelphia Orchestra Night” at the Sixers game as they take on the New York Knicks. Musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra, along with students from the School District of Philadelphia’s All-City Orchestra, will perform the National Anthem at the start of the game, and students from the Orchestra’s partner school, KIPP West Philadelphia Preparatory School, will perform in the Wells Fargo Center Concourse during halftime.

Media coverage throughout the day is encouraged.