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 Better Than Ezra & Tonic @ Montage Mountain for Mountainfest), movies to see (Last Breath rated PG-13), events (small and large) to partake in, and always what is going on here at WMMR.
Some things are fairly standard (like the Philly Flower Show), some are totally bizarre (like Ice Piano), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like AzukaFest). 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:
“Summer of Loud” ft Parkway Drive, I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth & more @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion; Wednesday July 23
Pantera w/ Amon Amarth @ Hersheypark Stadium; Friday July 25
Dierks Bentley @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion; Thursday August 7
Wu-Tang Clan “The Final Chamber” w/ Run The Jewels @ Wells Fargo Center; Friday July 18
Shows This Weekend:
Friday
Father John Misty @ Fillmore
DWLLRS @ Foundry (Fillmore)
Tauk @ Ardmore Music Hall
Bob Sumner @ MilkBoy
Lime Cordiale @ World Café Live
Trupa Trupa @ Silk City
Neriah @ Kung Fu Necktie
A Great Big World @ City Winery
Queen Jesus @ Johnny Brenda’s
Friday & Saturday
moe. @ Brooklyn Bowl
Yannis Pappas @ Punch Line Philly
Joe Dombrowski @ Helium Comedy Club
Friday & Sunday
Howard Jones & ABC @ Keswick Theatre
Saturday
“Mountainfest” ft. Better Than Ezra & Tonic @ Montage Mountain
A Conversation with John Cusack @ Keswick Theatre
Stephen Day @ MilkBoy
Arts Fishing Club @ Kung Fu Necktie
Charlie Phillips @ World Café Live
Joe Louis Walker @ Sellersville Theater
Tony Hinchcliffee @ Ovation Hall
Afrojack @ Harrah’s AC
Sunday
KRS-One @ Santander Arena
Nish Kumar @ Underground Arts
Make Them Suffer @ Foundry (Fillmore)
Adrian Younge @ Johnny Brenda’s
What’s Going on in the Movies? New In Theatres:
Last Breath (PG-13): Woody Harrelson
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
Captain America: Brave New World (PG-13): Anthony Mackey, Harrison Ford
Love Hurts (R): Ke Huy Quan
Dog Man (PG): Pete Davidson
The Monkey (R)
What’s Happening at MMR
Friday & Saturday
Preston & Steve’s Cardboard Classic & Mountainfest – Join us at Montage Mountain for the annual sledding of our listeners incredible cardboard creations. After the cardboard chaos takes place we crank up the volume with The World’s Largest 80’s Party featuring M80’s. Stick around Saturday as the part continues with Mountainfest with performances from Better Than Ezra & Tonic plus pond skimming, fireworks and more
Sunday
Join Jacky Bam Bam at the 10th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade in Gloucester City, NJ. He’ll be strutting his stuff in full Mummer regalia joining the Uptown String Band. Parade starts at 1pm at Martin’s Lake and proceeds down Monmouth Street.
Happening Around Town:
Through March 2
Winterfest – Blue Cross RiverRink, 101 South Columbus Boulevard.
Through March 8
The Winter unWINEd – Every Friday and Saturday, 6:30-9:30pm, Shady Brook Farm, 931 Stony Hill Road, Yardley
Through March 16
Mermaids at Adventure Aquarium – $40, Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden.
Through March 9
Philadelphia Flower Show – $20-$43.50, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street.
Through March 23
Winter Wonder – Included in $25 admission, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.
Through March 31
Goat Hiking – $25, Saturdays and Sundays through March, Andorra Natural Area, 300 Western Northwestern Avenue
Through May 31
At the Water’s Edge: Working and living along the Delaware River: Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard.
Through September 1
Body Worlds: Vital – $20, Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.
Things Happening This Weekend
All Weekend
AC Boat Show – $18-20, Friday & Saturday10am-8pm, Sunday 10am-6pm, Atlantic City Convention Center,
West Chester Restaurant Week – $40 & $60 menus, multiple locations
Riverdance – $49-$69, American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – $29-$90, Academy of Music, 240 South Broad Street.
AzukaFest – Pay what you decide, Proscenium Theatre at The Drake, 302 South Hicks Street.
Philadelphia Orchestra – $25-$195, Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.
Friday February 28
Secret Cinema – $10, 8 p.m., Old Pine Community Center, 401 Lombard Street.
Dinos After Dark – Pay what you wish ($10 recommended donation), 5-8 p.m., Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
I Have to Do This – $20, 8 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
Friday & Saturday
Gay Mis – $25-$200, FringeArts, 140 North Columbus Boulevard.
Saturday March 1
Philly Beer Fest – $35-$49, noon-4 p.m. & 5-9 p.m., 23rd Street Armory, 22 South 23rd Street.
GayBINGO – $40, 6 p.m., Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street.
Up Late with the Sphinx – $25-$30, 5-10 p.m., Penn Museum, 3260 South Street.
Womynsfest #25 – Free, 3-9 p.m., The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.
Trigger – Free, 12:30 p.m., Neighborhood Ministries, 1939 West Venango Street.
A Nice Indian Boy/Roshan Sethi – $65, 1-5 p.m., Fitler Club, 24 South 24th Street.
Ice Piano – Free, 4-6 p.m., Dilworth Park, on the sunset side of City Hall.
Saturday & Sunday
The Paul Green Rock Academy – $18.66; Saturday at 7 p.m. & Sunday at 2:30 p.m.; PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
Sunday March 2
Mardi Gras Parade on South Street – Free, noon, Fat Tuesday, 431 South Street.
Harlem Globetrotters – Noon & 5pm, Wells Fargo Center
Marian Anderson Museum Reopening Celebration – $150, 4 p.m., Crystal Tea Ballroom Historic Wanamaker Building, 100 East Penn Square #9B.
Sports Up!
The SIXERS are HOME vs Golden State Warriors; 8:30pm
The FLYERS are AWAY vs Winnipeg Jets; 7pm
The Union are HOME vs Cincinnati FC; 7:30pm
