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 “The Last Waltz” at The Met on Saturday), movies to see (Venom: The Last Dance, 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 Veterans Parade), some are totally bizarre (like Monster Mania-Con ), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Sly Fox Cyclocross ). 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:
Jim Gaffigan @ The Met; December 14th
Shows This Weekend:
Friday
Pop Evil & Bad Wolves @ Keswick Theatre
Tyler Hubbard @ Fillmore
GWAR w/ Cancer Bats & Squid Pisser @ Franklin Music Hall
Cory Wong @ The Met
Melt @ Brooklyn Bowl
Orion Sun @ Union Transfer
03 Greedo @ The Foundry (Fillmore)
Lamp @ Ardmore Music Hall
Dwele @ City Winery
Michael McDermott @ World Café Live
Nick Carter @ Levoy Theatre
Average White Band @ Scottish Rite Auditorium
Cool Company @ Kung Fu Necktie
Friday & Saturday
Greg Fitzsimmons @ Helium Comedy Club
Trae Crowder @ Punch Line Philly
Saturday
“Life Is A Carnival – Last Waltz 2024” ft. Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Don Was & More @ Met
Luke Grimes @ Franklin Music Hall
Air Supply @ Xcite Center
Thee Sacred Souls @ Fillmore
Stryper @ Keswick Theatre
Alleycvt @ The Foundry (Fillmore)
Spirit of the Beehive @ Union Transfer
Bruce Cockburn @ Scottish Rite Auditorium
Caiola @ Underground Arts
Puddles Pity Party @ Colonial Theatre
David Spade @ Ovation Hall Ocean AC
Dionne Warwick @ Grand Opera House Wilmington
Gooch and the Motion @ The Queen Wilmington
Sunday
Chelsea Handler @ The Met
Theory of a Deadman @ Santander Performing Arts Center
Tycho @ Union Transfer
Craig Finn @ World Café Live
Mega Mango @ Milkboy
Echosmith @ The Foundry (Fillmore)
Oxlade @ Underground Arts
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
Venom: The Last Dance (PG-13): Tom Hardy
Joker: Folie A Deux (R): Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga
Happening Around Town:
Through November 8
Hamilton – Academy of Music, 240 South Broad Street.
Through November 17
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival – Multiple Locations
Through November 23
Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum: Andalusia Historic House & Gardens, 1237 State Road, Andalusia.
Through November 30
Ghost Tours of Philadelphia – 7:30pm Signers’ Garden at 5th and Chestnut streets.
Through December 1
Hellerick’s Adventure Farm Fall Festival – 10am-7pm 5500 North Easton Road, Doylestown.
Through December 15
Philly Comics Now: The Art of Graphic Storytelling– Pearlstein Gallery 3401 Filbert Street.
Through December 22
Fellowship! The Musical – SideQuest Theatre Sundays at 2pm
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
Love Your Park Fall Weekend – Multiple locations
Monster-Mania Con – Greater Philadelphia Expo Center Oaks
Historic Yellow Springs Fine Arts and Craft Show – 1685 Art School Road, Chester Springs
Friday November 8
The Philadelphia Tom Petty Appreciation Band – $20, 9pm, Johnny Brenda’s
Dan and Phil – 8pm, Miller Theater, 250 South Broad Street.
Friday & Saturday
Delco Film Festival 2024 – The Foundry Church, 28 Walnut Road, Nether Providence Township.
Saturday November 9
Rocky Run – Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Post Halloween Tribute of Terror – 8pm, The Water Tower at Arnold’s Fun Center in Oaks
Fishtown Chili Cook Off – Noon-3pm, Star|Bolt, 1936 N Front St
Exhumed Films Super 16mm Monster-Thon – 1pm, Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St, Phoenixville
Bacchanal Wine Gala – 6-11:30pm, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 North Broad Street
Alexis Rose Miller – 2pm, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane
Saturday & Sunday
The Everly Brothers Experience – 1:30 p.m., Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope
Occupied Philadelphia – Museum of American Revolution, 101 S Third St
Sunday November 10
Veterans Parade/ Veterans Festival – Free, noon, parade begins at 21st and the Parkway and ends at just at Eakins Oval near the Art Museum
Sly Fox Cyclocross – Free to watch, $55 to participate, 8am-3:30pm, Sly Fox Brewing Company, 331 Circle of Progress Drive, Pottstown
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra – 3pm, Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street
Sports Up!
Friday
The SIXERS are AWAY vs LA Lakers; 10pm
Saturday
The FLYERS are AWAY vs Florida Panthers; 6pm
Sunday
The EAGLES are AWAY vs Dallas Cowboys; 4:25pm
The SIXERS are HOME vs Charlotte Hornets; 7pm
