Pierre’s Weekend Calendar May 2-4
May 2, 2025 12:00 AM - May 4, 2025 11:59 PM EDT
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 Mac Sabbath at Brooklyn Bowl), movies to see (Thunderbolts* 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 Kentucky Derby), some are totally bizarre (like Warship Olympia Tattoo Festival), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Eraserhood Fest). 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:
- Live & Collective Soul @Ovation Hall; Saturday August 30th
- Bryan Adams w/ Pat Benatar @ Wells Fargo Center; Wednesday October 29th
- Colin Jost @ Ovation Hall; Saturday August 2nd
Shows This Weekend:
All Weekend
“Sing Us Home” Festival ft Tim McIlrath, Bouncing Souls, John Gallagher Jr, Speedy Ortiz, Dave Hause & More @ Venice Island Performing Arts Center
Friday
Mac Sabbath @ Brooklyn Bowl
Allison Russell @ TLA
Saint Motel @ Fillmore
BoyWithUke @ Franklin Music Hall
Brenn! @ Foundry (Fillmore)
Leonid & Friends @ Keswick Theatre
George Clanton @ Union Transfer
Bob Vylan @ Kung Fu Necktie
Grateful Shred @ Ardmore Music Hall
Wax Jaw @ Silk City
Carly Pearce @ Wind Creek Event Center (Bethlehem)
Mickey Dolenz @ Grand Opera House (Wilmington)
Friday & Saturday
Asif Ali @ Punch Line Philly
Ashley Gavin @ Helium Comedy Club
Saturday
Zach Top @ Fillmore
The Damned @ Union Transfer
Djo @ Franklin Music Hall
Jacob Banks @ TLA
Nolan Taylor @ MilkBoy
The York Street Hustle @ Ardmore Music Hall
Sasami @ Underground Arts
LOVE with Johnny Echols @ Kung Fu Necktie
Dreamer Isioma @ Johnny Brenda’s
Jensen Mcrae @ World Café Live
Lazerdisk @ Silk City
Sunday
Max Richter @ The Met
TommyInnit @ Keswick Theatre
Bob Mould @ Union Transfer
BADBADNOTGOOD @ Franklin Music Hall
The Klexmatics @ City Winery
What’s Going on in the Movies? New In Theatres:
Thunderbolts* (PG-13): Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
The Accountant 2 (R): Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal
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
Friday
- Join Pierre Robert from 4-6pm at A&T Chevy in Sellersvile (801 Bethlehem Pike) for a Pierre Presents Mammoth AVH ticket raid. Two- 4 packs of passes are given away every 15 minutes for the invite only intimate concert Monday May 12th at The Foundry.
Saturday
- Join Preston Elliot at Del Chevy in Paoli (1644 E Lancaster Ave) from 11am-1pm for an MMRBQ ticket raid. A pair of old-school paper tickets given away every 15 minutes for MMRBQ 2025 Saturday May 10th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion.
- Join Jacky Bam Bam at the Spread Eagle Tavern (316 W Kings Highway, Mt Ephraim) from 6-8pm for an MMRBQ ticket raid. A pair of old-school paper tickets given away every 15 minutes for MMRBQ 2025 Saturday May 10th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion.
Happening Around Town:
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.
Grease – $25-$45, Media Theatre, 104 East State Street, Media.
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
Warship Olympia Tattoo Festival – $20 a day-$40 3 day pass, Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S Columbus Blvd
Tyler Arboretum Plant Sale – Pay as you go, Tyler Arboretum, 515 Painter Road, Media.
Parks On Tap: Schuylkill River Park – Free to enter, Azalea Garden, between the Art Museum and the Lloyd Recreation Center.
Friday May 2
Eraserhood Fest – Pay as you go, 5-11 p.m., 10th & Wood streets.
Memory Futures: Desi Transcendence – $35, 6-9 p.m., Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
The Late(ish) Poetry Show – $15-$25, 8:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
Saturday May 3
Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival – Free till you buy something, noon-5 p.m., Walnut Street between Broad and 19th streets and around Rittenhouse Square.
Fishtown Music & Arts Festival – $25-$35, noon-11:30 p.m., LMNO, 1739-1749 North Front Street.
South Street Live – Free till you buy something, noon-8 p.m., South Street.
Children’s Day – $15, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, Lansdowne Drive & Horticultural Drive.
Artful Vino CancerCare Fundraiser – $15-25, Cedarvale Winery, 205 Repaupo Station Road.
Saturday & Sunday
Strawberry Festival – 11am-6pm, Peddlers Village, Routes 202 & 263, Lahaska PA
Boozy Tea – $125, noon-2 p.m., Aqimero, Ritz-Carlton, 10 Avenue of the Arts.
Sunday May 4
Chestnut Hill Home and Garden Festival – Free, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., along Germantown Avenue, from Rex Avenue to Willow Grove Avenue.
New Hope Star Wars Day – Free until purchase made, Noon-4pm, Multiple locations down Main Street in New Hope.
Cinco de Mayo Block Party – Pay as you go, noon-8 p.m., El Chingón, 1524 South 10th Street.
Family Festival: Curves, Blobs and Thingamabobs – Pay-what-you-wish, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Philadelphia Museum of Art
