Pierre’s Weekend Calendar April 18-20

Good Day, Good Citizens! Each Friday, after the Presidents arrive with their decaf coffee and Dave Edmunds serenades us with “Here Comes The Weekend”, the weekend can officially start. With the weekend ahead, you might need something to do. I, Pierre Robert, run down an extensive list of things happening in and around the Philadelphia area. I call it Pierre’s Weekend Calendar. Everything from concerts to go to (like Melissa Ethridge at the Etess Arena in Atlantic City), movies to see (Sinners rated R), events (small and large) to partake in, and always what is going on here at WMMR.

 

Some things are fairly standard (like South Street Easter Promenade), some are totally bizarre (like Weeding out the Stone), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Turds in Hell). Hopefully, this guide of some of what is going on in a fine village near you will help keep you busy this weekend. Who knows, maybe you’ll even catch me at one or two of these events this weekend (please stop and say hi if you do).

 

On Sale This Friday:

 

• The Struts with Dirty Honey @ Fillmore; Saturday August 23rd
• The Mars Volta @ Fillmore; Wednesday November 5th
• ZZ Top @ Wind Creek Event Center; Sunday September 21st
• Arcade Fire @ The Met; Monday May 5th

Shows This Weekend:

Friday

Marlon Wayans @ Live! Casino

Awolnation @ TLA

Denzel Curry @ Franklin Music Hall

Capstan @ Foundry (Fillmore)

Free Throw @ Union Transfer

Shadowgrass @ MilkBoy

The Rascals @ Keswick Theatre

Melissa Ethridge @ Etess Arena Hard Rock AC

 

Friday & Saturday

Nicole Byer @ Helium Comedy Club

The Dead Milkmen @ Underground Arts

Electron @ Ardmore Music Hall

Dave Hollister @ City Winery

 

Saturday

Bright Eyes @ The Met

The Color Fred @ Foundry (Fillmore)

Nightly @ TLA

Anthony Rodia @ Parx Xcite Center

Lez Zeppelin @ World Café Live

Mount Eerie @ Union Transfer

Liz Miele @ Punch Line Philly

Julia Zivic @ MilkBoy

Evening Elephants @ Silk City

Husbands @ Johnny Brenda’s

Lord Sko @ Kung Fu Necktie

Bonnie Raitt @ Borgata Event Center

Cypress Hill @ Etess Arena Hard Rock AC

Marcello Hernandez @ Ovation Hall AC

 

Saturday & Sunday

Morgan Jay @ Fillmore

 

Sunday

Circa Waves @ Union Transfer

Omar Courtz @ TLA

Hey,nothing @ Foundry (Fillmore)

Never Easy @ Silk City

REZN @ MilkBoy

Howling Giant @ Kung Fu Necktie

 

What’s Going on in the Movies? New In Theatres:

Sinners (R): Michael B Jordan

 

What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:

The Amatuer (PG-13): Rami Malek

A Minecraft Movie (PG): Jack Black, Jason Momoa

Death Of A Unicorn (R): Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega

A Working Man (R): Jason Statham

 

What’s Going On At MMR

Saturday

• Join the MMaRmy for an MMRBQ ticket raid at the Rita’s in Phoenixville (472 Nutt Road). Winners every 15 minutes get a pair of physical paper tickets to MMRBQ 2025 taking place Saturday May 10^th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion.
• Join Jacky Bam Bam at the Pic-A-Lilli in Shamong NJ for an MMRBQ ticket raid from 2-4pm. Winners every 15 minutes get a pair of physical paper tickets to MMRBQ 2025 taking place Saturday May 10^th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. Details at WMMR.com

Happening Around Town:

Through April 26

A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Antony & Cleopatra Quintessence Theater presents “The Reckless Romance” — $30-$40, Sedgwick Theatre, 7137 Germantown Avenue.

Through May 4

Dreamgirls – $49-$217, Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut Street.

Bubble Bash – $30.99-$49.99, Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden.

Spring Blooms – $22-$25, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.

Through May 17

The Stand Up and Drink Trolley Tours – $45, Fridays and Saturdays through May 17th, Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.

Through May 25

The Hobbit – $25-$46, Arden Theatre, 40 North 2nd Street.

Through May 31

At the Water’s Edge: Working and living along the Delaware River:  Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard.

A Deeply Rooted Trolley Tour – $50, 11am & 3pm, starting and ending at Harriett’s Bookshop, 258 East Girard Avenue.

Through August 31

The Ecology of Fashion – $27 museum admission, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Through September 1

Body Worlds: Vital – $20, Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

 

Things Happening This Weekend

All Weekend

Parks On Tap: The Azalea Garden – Free to enter, Azalea Garden, between the Art Museum and the Lloyd Recreation Center.

Riverdance – $49-$179, Miller Theater, 250 South Broad Street.

Turds in Hell – $38, EgoPo, Theatre Exile, 1340-48 South 13th Street.

 

Friday April 18

Claiming the Body – Free ($5 donation welcome), 6-7:30 p.m., Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch Street.

 

Friday & Saturday

Bread & Puppet – $20, Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 4 & 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street.

Easter Eggstravaganza at Shady Brook Farm – $10-$25, 10am-5pm, Shady Brook Farms, 931 Stony Hill Road, Yardley.

 

Saturday April 19

Liberty or Death: Revolutionary War Patriots – $17, 1-3 p.m., Laurel Hill East Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue.

Franklin Square Season Opening Day – Pay as you go, 11 a.m., Franklin Square, 200 North 6th Street.

World Circus Day – Noon-8pm, Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, 6452 Greene St

Spring Fest at Bartram’s Garden – Free, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Bartram’s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Boulevard.

Northeast Philly Beer Festival – 21+, $5-$225, Noon-6pm, Cannstatter Volksfest Verein ,9130 Academy Road.

Kegs and Eggs Block Party at Evil Genius Beer Company – Free to attend, Noon-6pm, Evil Genius Beer Company, 1727 Front Street

Old-Fashioned Easter Egg Hunt at Peddler’s Village – $18-$25, 10:30am & 1:30pm, Peddler’s Village Routes 202 & 263, Bucks County.

 

Saturday & Sunday

Jeremy Stolle – $55, 1:30 p.m., Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope.

 

Sunday April 20

Neil Young: Coastal – $18, 6:30 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville.

South Street Easter Promenade – Free, noon-3 p.m., Parade marches from Passyunk Avenue and South Street to Headhouse Square.

Weeding out the Stone – $22-$30, 7 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

Open Streets: West Walnut – Sundays in April, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 18th Street from Locust to Chestnut streets and Walnut Street from 15th to 19th streets.

Dr. Strangelove – $19, 12:30 p.m., Ambler Theater, 108 East Butler Avenue.

 

Sports Up!

All Weekend

Phillies are HOME vs Miami Marlins

Friday 6:45pm / Saturday 1:04pm / Sunday 1:35pm

 

Saturday

The UNION are HOME vs Atlanta United FC; 7:30pm

The WINGS are AWAY vs Vancouver Warriors; 8pm