Independence Day Regatta | July 24, 25 and 26, 2026

This year’s Independence Day Regatta will be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 24, 25 & 26. This move from our traditional 4th of July weekend is a one-time move due to the FIFA World Cup and the Philly 250 celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The World Cup will be held from mid-June through mid-July, and many hotels are already sold out. What remains will be very expensive. More about the date change at Independence Day Regatta.

We’ll have a Zoom Coaches and Coxswains meeting on Wednesday, July 22. Here is last year’s Coaches and Coxswains meeting recording and PowerPoint slide deck.

IDR Racing Guidelines – review this with your crews.

The 2026 Independence Day Regatta is now open for entries on Regatta Central. Please review our regatta bulletin before making your entries. Some other helpful pages:

• Event Index – a handy cross-reference to find your event number
• Schedule – a general overview of the schedule
• Preliminary schedule – based on 2025 schedule

The IDR College Expo will be held on Friday, July 24, from 3 to 6:00 pm. Registration required for coaches and athletes.

Independence Day Regatta Traffic Patterns

We can always use volunteers: timing support, hospitality, dockmasters, trailer parking and more. Check out our volunteer page for more info and to sign up.

The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia is dedicated to expanding racial diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Philadelphia rowing community. We stand against racist speech and behaviors and will take action against any occurrence in any Schuylkill Navy-conducted event or any organization affiliated with the Navy. We strive to make Boathouse Row and the eighteen clubs and organizations that comprise the Schuylkill Navy a welcoming space for all. We acknowledge that rowing changes lives and that we must all do more to extend the opportunity to experience the transformational power of our sport to the wider community, especially to populations that have been historically under-represented in their access to rowing.