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 (Hootie & The Blowfish and Collective Soul Friday at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion), movies to see (Alien Romulus, 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 return of the Philadelphia Folk Festival), some are totally bizarre (like the Oddities and Curiosity’s Expo), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like The Sweetest Side of Life: Swedish Candy & Confections). 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 Friday at 10am:
The Last Waltz Tour ’24 ft. Ryan Bigham, Jamey Johnson, Mike Campbell, Lukas Nelson etc @ Met Nov 9th
The Doobie Brothers @ Borgata Event Center Oct 4th
Dirty Heads @ Ovation Hall Nov 8th
Shows This Weekend:
All Weekend
Philadelphia Folk Festival ft John Oates, Adam Ezra Group. Ganstagrass and many more @ Old Pool Farm (Schwenksville)
Friday
Hootie & The Blowfish w/ Collective Soul and Edwin McCain @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Taking Back Sunday @ Fillmore
Sugar Sammy @ City Winery
38 Special @ Univest Performance Center
Ryan Adams @ Keswick Theatre
Black Flag @ Reverb
Amythyst Kiah @ TD Pavillion Mann Center
Joshua Bassett @ The Met
Black Pistol Fire @ The Foundry
Mesmer @ Kung Fu Necktie
Friday & Saturday
Sarah Sherman @ Helium Comedy Club
Michael Longfellow @ Punch Line Philly
Saturday
Everclear @ Cooper River Park **Free Show**
Dave Attell @ Music Box Borgata AC
Well Alright(Rolling Stones tribute) @ Flying W Airport Resort **Hosted by Jacky Bam Bam**
Dierks Bentley @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
“Our House – Music of CSNY performed by Family and Friends” @ Keswick Theatre
Dogstar @ Wind Creek Event Center
Dengue Fever @ City Winery
Rutshelle Guillaume @ TLA
Gwen Stefani @ Hard Rock Etess Arena
Sunday
P!NK @ Lincoln Financial Field
Brian McKnight @ Keswick Theatre
Forrest Isn’t Dead @ Milkboy
Sun Ra Arkestra @ Ardmore Music Hall
Big Daddy Kane @ City Winery
Joe Pug @ 118 North
What’s Going on in the Movies? New This Week:
Alien: Romulus (R)
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
Deadpool and Wolverine (R): Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman
It Ends With Us (PG-13): Blake Lively
Twisters (PG-13):Glen Powell
What’s Happening at MMR?
Join Jacky Bam Bam at Flying W Airport Resort Saturday at 7pm as he hosts “Well Alright” a Rolling Stones Tribute. 60 Foster Rd, Medford NJ.
Happening Around Town:
Through August 18
Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival: Franklin Square 200 N. 6th Street
Through August 25
The Oval: Eakins Oval, 2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Through August
BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile: ongoing, Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut Street.
Wondrous Space: Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.
Otherworld Philly: ongoing, 2500 Grant Avenue.
Through September 2
Under the Canopy: Animals of the Rainforest: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. ansp.org
The Art of the Brick: Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.
Through September 15
The Sweetest Side of Life: Swedish Candy & Confections: American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Avenue
Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination: Brandywine Museum of Art, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford.
Through September 29
Life Onto Land: The Devonian: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.
Through September 30th
Summer of Dinos: Morris Arboretum 100 East Northwestern Avenue.
Through October 14
George R. Anthonisen: Meditations on the Human Condition at James A. Michener Art Museum: James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown.
Through November 8
Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum: Andalusia Historic House & Gardens, 1237 State Road, Andalusia.
Through January 5
Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent: Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South Third Street.
Through May 2025
At the Water’s Edge: Working and living along the Delaware River: Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard.
Things Happening This Weekend
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
Philadelphia Folk Festival – Old Pool Farm, 1323 Salford Station Road Schwenksville
Parks on Tap – Pennsport’s Dickinson Square 1600 East Moyamensing Avenue.
Friday August 16th
Magical Mystery Tour – 5-10 p.m.1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square
Opera on Tap Philly Goes to the Movies – 7 p.m., Dahlak Paradise, 4708 Baltimore Avenue.
Solar Slam – 7:30-11 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
Friday & Saturday
Philadelphia Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2024 – August 17th & 18th, 10 a.m., Greater Philadelphia Expo Center Oaks
Saturday August 17th
Dog Day of Summer Manayunk– All Day multiple businesses in Manayunk
Vegandale – Marine Parade Grounds, Navy Yard
Urban Art Fest 52 – noon-7 p.m., 262 South 52nd Street.
Revolt! Freedom! Passion! – Attic Brewing Company, 137 Berkley Street.
Saturday & Sunday
2nd Annual Philadelphia Hot Sauce Festival – Neshaminy Creek Brewing 909 Ray Ave Croydon
Sunday August 18th
Philadelphia Caribbean Festival – Cherry Street Pier and Race Street Pier from 12 to 8 p.m
Sports Up!
All Weekend
The Phillies are HOME vs Washington Nationals: Fri at 6:40pm, Sat at 6:05pm, and Sun at 135pm
Saturday
The Union are HOME vs Mazatlán FC at 7:30pm
