Pierre’s Weekend Calendar April 25-27

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 10,000 Maniacs at the Keswick Theatre), movies to see (The Accountant 2 rated R), events (small and large) to partake in, and always what is going on here at WMMR.

 

Some things are fairly standard (like the Penn Relays), some are totally bizarre (like Tommy Wiseau in Person), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like the East Coast Haunters Convention). 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:

• Daryl Hall @ Wind Creek Event Center; July 19 & Ovation Hall AC; July 25
• Staind @ Wind Creek Event Center; September 11 & Etess Arena Hard Rock AC; September 19

 

Shows This Weekend:

Friday

Myles Smith @ Fillmore

Poison The Well @ Franklin Music Hall

Maggie Antone @ Foundry (Fillmore)

EGGY @ Brooklyn Bowl

Restless Road @ Union Transfer

Jessie’s Girl @ Keswick Theatre

Orla Gartland @ Underground Arts

Matt Hansen @ World Café Live

Lucid Express @ Kung Fu Necktie

The Temptations & The Four Tops @ Wind Creek Event Center

Machine Head w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, & Unearth @ Santander Arena

 

Friday & Saturday

Get The Led Out @ Scottish Rite Auditorium

Isabel Hagen @ Punch Line Philly

Casey Rocket @ Helium Comedy Club

Zak Brown Band @ Etess Arena Hard Rock AC

 

Saturday

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Met

10,000 Maniacs @ Keswick Theatre

Gary Owen @ Parx Xcite Center

Magdalena Bay @ Union Transfer

Matthew and The Atlas @ 118 North

Beach Bunny @ Fillmore

Yam Yam @ MilkBoy

Joe Kay @ TLA

The Stylistics @ Golden Nugget AC

 

Sunday

The Cavemen @ Underground Arts

Sandra Bernhard @ Keswick Theatre

Nothing w/ Swervedriver @ Franklin Music Hall

Suuns @ Kung Fu Necktie

Bartees Strange @ Foundry (Fillmore)

Melanie Fiona @ TLA

Lake @ Johnny Brenda’s

 

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

The Accountant 2 (R): Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal

 

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

Sinners (R): Michael B Jordan

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 Steve Morrison at The Boozy Mutt (2639 Poplar Street) for an MMRBQ Ticket Raid. Physical, paper tickets given away every 15 minutes to MMRBQ 2025 on Saturday May 10^th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
• Join Markus and Team WMMR for the 11th Anniversary of Tap Into Spring, a fun 25-, 30-, or 35-mile bike ride and beef and beer, benefiting the American Cancer Society. Ride starts at 9am Beef-N-Beer at Noon at Brittingham’s, 640 E Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444

Sunday

• Join the MMaRmy at the Rita’s in Rockledge (136 Huntington Pike) for an MMRBQ Ticket Raid. Physical, paper tickets given away every 15 minutes to MMRBQ 2025 on Saturday May 10^th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

 

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.

Rothman Orthopaedics Roller Rink – $8-$10 (plus $6 for skate rental), Dilworth Park, 1 South 15th Street.

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.

Through September 7

Sesame Place Birthday Celebration – $49.99, Sesame Place, 100 Sesame Road, Langhorne.

 

Things Happening This Weekend

All Weekend

The Philadelphia Show – $35-$50, East Terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

East Coast Haunters Convention – $40-$65, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue, Oaks.

Philly Black Pride – Prices vary by event, multiple locations.

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

PHILADANCO! – $29-$49, Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.

Philadelphia Latino Art and Film Festival – Free, Cherry Street Pier, 121 North Columbus Boulevard.

 

Friday April 25

Revolutionary Peace: How Philadelphia Launched the U.S. Vegetarian and Vegan Movement –  Free, 6 p.m., American Vegan Center, 17 North 2nd Street.

Science After Hours – $35-$40, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

Spring Awakening – $25-$100, 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m., Stratus Rooftop Lounge, 433 Chestnut Street

¡BAILAR en FDR! – Free, donations appreciated, dance lesson 7 p.m., social dance 8-11 p.m., FDR Boathouse, Pattison Avenue & 20th Street.

 

Friday & Saturday

Penn Relays – $26-$259 per day, Franklin Field, 235 South 33rd Street.

Tommy Wiseau in Person – $22.50, 10 p.m., Ritz Five, 214 Walnut Street.

 

Saturday April 26

Festival of Colors – $19-$29, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 West Girard Avenue.

GayBINGO – $40, 6 p.m., Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street.

Naturepalooza – Free, 11 a.m., Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road

Marie Curie’s Radiant Ball – $60, 7-10 p.m., Mütter Museum, 19 South 22nd Street.

Monster Jam – $23-$132, 5 p.m., Lincoln Financial Field, 1 Lincoln Financial Field Way.

Northern Liberties Farmers Market Block Party – Free till you spend money, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Piazza Alta Courtyard, 1099 Germantown Avenue.

 

Saturday & Sunday

Panda Fest – $12-$15 admission, pay as you go, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Dilworth Park, 1 South 15th Street.

Flea Plush Making Workshop – $30, all materials included, 1-3 p.m., The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch Street.

 

Sunday April 27

Manayunk StrEAT Food Festival – Free till you buy something, 11 a.m-5 p.m., Main Street in Manayunk.

Flavors On the Avenue – Free till you buy something, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., East, Passyunk Avenue from Broad to Dickinson Street.

Atco Battles Alzheimer’s – Tickets are $25, 10am-6pm at Paradise Lakes in Hammonton NJ

 

Sports Up!

All Weekend

The PHILLIES are AWAY vs Chicago Cubs

Friday 2:20pm / Saturday 4:05pm / Sunday 7:10pm

 

Saturday

The UNION are HOME vs DC United; 4:30pm