Unfortunately, the Philly POPS must suspend all performances on the Kimmel Cultural Campus while the POPS takes time to restructure its business model and raise the funding needed to pay debts and secure a financial future.
Despite multi-year efforts to assist and accommodate the Philly POPS, it failed to pay a portion of its accruing debts, now totaling over $1 million.
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc., is a non-profit organization and cannot continue to absorb the already significant debt of the Philly POPS. The Philly POPS is an independent entity that operates separately from The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc., and has sole responsibility to pay the wages of its musicians and staff as well as performance-related costs and expenses.