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 “A Night of Stardust” at the TLA), movies to see (A Complete Unknown), events (small and large) to partake in, and always what is going on here at WMMR.
Some things are fairly standard (like the Philly Auto Show), some are totally bizarre (like Philly Goat Project’s Tree-Cycle Festival), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Slay and the City: A Killer Cosmo ). Plus plenty of holiday events to choose from to dive head first into the season. 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:
Japanese Breakfast @ The Met; Thursday May 15 & Friday May 16
Shows This Weekend:
All Weekend
Deon Cole @ Helium Comedy Club
Friday
Silverstein @ Fillmore
A.J Croce “Croce Plays Croce” @ Keswick Theatre
Half Waif @ MilkBoy
Cabin Fever @ Word Café Live
Young Statues @ Johnny Brenda’s
Chrisette Michele @ City Winery
Eric Jafet @ Kung Fu Necktie
Friday & Saturday
Ryan Davis @ Punch Line Philly
Saturday
“A Night of Stardust” Philly Loves Bowie Finale @ TLA
Lez Zeppelin @ Keswick Theatre
Mike Hanford @ City Winery
Eric Rachmany @ Brooklyn Bowl
The Elovaters @ Union Transfer
GorillaT @ The Foundry (Fillmore)
Speedy Ortiz @ World Café Live
Bow Wow Wow @ Landis Theater
Adam Ezra Group @ Sellersville Theater
Sunday
Socks In The Frying Pan @ 118 North
Keyon Harrold @ Ardmore Music Hall
Captain Mike & The Shipwrecked @ City Winery
Bill Haley Jr & The Comets @ Sellersville Theater
What’s Going on in the Movies? New In Theatres:
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (R)
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
A Complete Unknown (R)
Noferatu (R)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG)
Mufasa: The Lion King (PG)
Happening Around Town:
Through January 12
A Longwood Christmas at Longwood Gardens – $16-$30 admission, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square
Through January 19
Gingerbread Competition & Display – Free, Peddler’s Village, 2400 Street Road, New Hope
MJ The Musical – $39-$199, Academy of Music, 240 South Broad Street
Through January 31
Astra Lumina – $29-$38, Abington Art Center, 515 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown.
Through February 23
Electrical Spectacle Light Show at Franklin Square – Free to enter 5-9pm, Franklin Square, 200 North Sixth Street
Through February 15
Ice Skating @ Rothman Rink – $10 for skate rental, $9 for 90-minute skate sessions, Dilworth Park
Through March 2
Winterfest – Blue Cross RiverRink, 101 South Columbus Boulevard.
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
Now Through January 20
Philadelphia Auto Show – Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street
All Weekend
The Owl and the Pussy Cat and Other Nonsense – $15-$25, Sedgwick Theatre, 7137 Germantown Avenue.
Friday January 10
Black Tie Tailgate Gala – 7-10pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street
Eat the Night – $14.93, 7:30 p.m., 531 North 12th Street.
Love Notes 4: Notes to Self – $35-$50, 7:30 p.m., Society Hill Dance Academy, 1919 East Passyunk Avenue
Lunar New Year Celebration – $22-$57, 8 p.m., Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street
Friday & Saturday
Philly Loves Bowie Week – Multiple Events and Locations
Saturday January 11
Philly Goat Project’s Tree-Cycle Festival – Free ($20 suggested donation per Christmas tree), noon-3 p.m., The Farm at Awbury, 6336 Ardleigh Street
Ardmore Winter Beer Fest – $89, 12:30 p.m., 23 East Lancaster Avenue
Superhero Skate – Free to attend, $10 for skate rental, $7-$9 for 90-minute skate sessions, 1:30-3 p.m, Dilworth Park
All About Love Film Series: Shorts – $15, 2-4 p.m., Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Wolf Pack: A Nightlife Tribute to Remi Wolf – $15, 9 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.
Saturday & Sunday
Greenberg’s Train and Toy Show – $11-$12, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue, Oaks
Slay and the City: A Killer Cosmo – $35, Red Rum Theater, 601 Walnut Street.
Sunday January 12
My Gay Banjo – $12-$20, 5:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
Rome, Open City – $14, 6:30 p.m., Film Society Bourse, 400 Ranstead Street
Sports Up!
Friday
The SIXERS are HOME vs New Orleans Pelicans; 7pm
Saturday
The FLYERS are HOME vs Anaheim Ducks; 7pm
The WINGS are HOME vs Calgary Roughnecks; 1pm
Sunday
The EAGLES are HOME vs Green Bay Packers; 4:25pm
