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 (Moon Hooch at Ardmore Music Hall Friday), movies to see (Priscilla, 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 Apple Festival at Peddler’s Village), some are totally bizarre (like the Weirdo: The East Kensington Arts and Oddities Festival), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Fintastic Fall Days). 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:
Preston & Steve Present Don McCloskey and The Band @ Brooklyn Bowl 12/2
Beru Revue Christmas Show @ Ardmore Music Hall 12/23
Preston & Steve’s Cardboard Classic & Mountainfest at Montage Mountain: Collective Soul 3/1 & O.A.R. and The 502s 3/2
Marc Maron @ Keswick Theatre 5/3
Chris Stapleton w/ Marcus King & Nikki Lane @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion 6/6
Creed with 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena 9/28
Iron Maiden @ Wells Fargo Center 11/1
Shows This Weekend:
*In an effort to help provide a winter coat to residents across the Philadelphia region this winter, the Brooklyn Bowl, the Fillmore, the Foundry, and Punch Line Philly are encouraging guests attending any of their upcoming November shows, to bring a new or gently used coat to the show to Spread the Warmth this winter and support Change Church and the Story Factory of Philadelphia.
The Spread the Warmth drive coincides with Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia’s second anniversary celebration shows with Lettuce on Friday, November 3 and Saturday, November 4.
Collection bins will be placed at the entrance to each venue during these events. Coats will be donated to Change Church to ensure residents across Philadelphia who need a coat are able to get one to stay warm this winter. In addition to collecting at shows, donations will be accepted during Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia’s open hours which can be found at BrooklynBowl.com *
All Weekend
Ryan Davis @ Punchline
Friday & Saturday
The Hooters @ Keswick Theatre
Lettuce @ Brooklyn Bowl (Friday is the 2nd Anniversary of the Brooklyn Bowl)
Ted Alexandro @ Helium (on P&S Today)
Friday
Amyl & The Sniffers @ Union Transfer
Mating Ritual @ Kung Fu Necktie
Ritt Momney @ The Foundry
Iliza Shlesinger @ The Met
Moon Hooch @ Ardmore Music Hall
Quicksand @ Underground Arts
Porno For Pyros @ Xcite Center- Parx Casino
Laufey @ TLA
Soraia @ MilkBoy
Susan Werner @ Sellersville Theater
The Paper Kites & The Roadhouse House Band / The Cactus Blossoms @ The Music Hall at World Cafe Live
Saturday
Stavros Halkias @ The Met
Yvie Oddly @ TLA
The Expendables / Bumpin’ Uglies @ Ardmore Music Hall
Addison Grace @ The Foundry
Carbon Leaf @ World Café Live
Brit Floyd: 50 Years of Dark Side @ Miller Theater,
Jim Brickman @ Sellersville Theater
Jeremy Zucker @ The Fillmore
The Last Dinner Party @ Johnny Brenda’s
Sunday
A.J. Croce @ Keswick Theatre
Yard Act @ Underground Arts
Dope Lemon @ Brooklyn Bowl
Nellie McKay @ Sellersville Theater
grentperez @ TLA
Grace Weber @ MilkBoy
Jordan Tice @ City Winery
Anthony Hamilton and Friends @ The Met
Lucero @ The Music Hall at World Cafe Live
Akon @ The Fillmore
Welcome Center / Two Thumbs Down @ Kung Fu Necktie
What’s Going on in the Movies? New This Week:
Priscilla ( R ): Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk, Tim Post
What Happens Later ( R ): Meg Ryan, David Duchovny
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
Killers of the Flower Moon ( R ): Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Robert De Niro, Brendan Fraser
Five Nights at Freddy’s ( PG-13 ): Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Elizabeth Lail
What’s Happening at MMR?
A.B.A.T.E. Motorcycle Toy Run For The Kids 2023: Your official parade Grand Marshal is Jacky Bam Bam this Sunday for a 10 mile parade route and an After Party at Rivers Casino featuring food, cash bar, and live music! Parade line-up: 8am at Cavanaugh’s River Deck on Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia. Parade Start: 12pm … and it will end at Rivers Casino.
Happening Around Town:
Through November 11
Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary: Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue.
Through November 12
Macbeth in Stride: Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 South Broad Street.
Wildest Dreams by Zeinab Diomande: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, 1020 South Street.
Chrysanthemum Festival: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.
Through November 26
Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia: Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South Third Street.
Wicked: Academy of Music, 240 South Broad Street.
Through November
U-2 Spy Planes & Aerial Archaeology: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street.
Native American Heritage Month: Throughout November, National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street.
Spread the Warmth Coat Drive: Any show through November at the Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia, the Fillmore Philadelphia, the Foundry, and Punch Line Philly.
Through December 30
Electrified: 50 Years Of Electric Factory: Wednesday – Friday 1pm – 7pm, Saturday 12pm – 5pm. Paul Peck Alumni Center Gallery and Bossone Research Center – southeast corner of 32nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia. drexel.edu/
Through December 31
Dinosaur Train: The Exhibit: Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic.
Through December 2023
The First Amendment: National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street.
The Future Will Follow the Past: Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 South Independence Mall East. Theweitzman.org
Through January 14
Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories: Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown.
Through January 21
Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.
Through January 28
Art Ability: Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, 414 Paoli Pike, Malvern.
Through August 2024
BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile: Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut 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
Pumpkinland: Linvilla Orchards, 137 West Knowlton Road, Media. linvilla.com
Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street.
Fintastic Fall Days: Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden.
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival: both online and in-person events. November 2-12, multiple locations.
Otherworld Philly: Fridays & Saturdays: 10AM – 10PM, Sundays: 10AM – 6PM, 2500 Grant Avenue, number 1. *Check out Brent’s time at Otherworld Here*
Philly Vegan Restaurant Week: Started last week and wraps up on Saturday November 12th, multiple locations.
FRIDAY November 3
Craft Works Symposium: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Moore College of Art & Design, 1916 Race Street.
Tipsy History: A Love Story: 5:30, 6:30 & 7:30 p.m., Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch Street.
Paint the Dance Floor: Glitz and Glam: 7-10 p.m., Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street.
First Friday at Cherry Street Pier: 4-9 p.m., Cherry Street Pier, 121 North Columbus Boulevard.
Late(ish) Poetry Show: 8:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
Friday & Saturday
Lincoln Mill Haunted House: Lincoln Mill Haunted House, 4100 Main Street.
SATURDAY November 4
Out Sounds at Weirdo Fest!: 2:30 p.m., OG Pizza front lot, 2500 Frankford Avenue.
Weirdo: The East Kensington Arts and Oddities Festival: 2-9 p.m., Philadelphia Brewing Company, 2440 Frankford Avenue.
Makers’ Market at Elfreth’s Alley: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Elfreth’s Alley Museum, 126 Elfreth’s Alley.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Apple Festival: Peddler’s Village, 2400 Street Road, New Hope. peddlersvillage.com
Illustrating Medicine: Treatment in Historical Texts: Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mütter Museum, 19 South 22nd Street.
Wondrous Space: opens November 4th, Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.
In Their Shoes: Native American Footwear and Cultural Exchange: 11 a.m., Liberty Bell Center, 526 Market Street.
SUNDAY November 5
*Day Light Saving Time – Don’t Forget to set your clocks back an hour!*
Main Line Today Restaurant Week: Participating restaurants on the Main Line and other western suburbs. November 5th-18th
Tailsgate: noon-4 p.m., Wells Fargo Center, 3601 South Broad Street.
PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Untold Stories: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Veterans Parade/ Veterans Festival: noon, parade begins at Juniper & Market streets, and ends at the festival at 5th & Market streets.
Sports Up!
Friday
FLYERS AWAY vs Buffalo Sabers @ 7pm
Saturday
FLYERS HOME vs Los Angeles Kings @ 7:30pm
SIXERS HOME vs Phoenix Suns @ 1pm
Sunday
EAGLES HOME vs Dallas Cowboys @ 4:25pm
Last Weekend for Kathy Romano’s Fall Activities 2023!
