Pierre’s Weekend Calendar: September to October

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 (Badfish w/ Redman @ TLA on Saturday for a FREE SHOW), movies to see (Saw X, 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 Fall for Ardmore Festival), some are totally bizarre (like the Otherworld Philly), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Jawnaroo ). 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).

Stevie Nicks @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena 2/10

Stevie Nicks @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena 2/10

Friday & Saturday

Ryan Hamilton @ Punchline

Jeff Arcuri @ Helium

Saturday & Sunday

The Front Bottoms @ Franklin Music Hall

Friday

Hozier @ TD Pavilion at The Mann Center

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats / Sierra Ferrell @ The Met

Brady Watt @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live

Marshall Crenshaw @ Sellersville Theater

Rylo Rodriguez @ The Fillmore

The Ocean Blue @ Ardmore Music Hall

Chris Renzema @ The Music Hall at World Cafe Live

Explosions in the Sky @ Franklin Music Hall

Bush Tetras @ Johnny Brenda's

Kid Quill @ Kung Fu Necktie

Margaret Glaspy @ Underground Arts

Slowdive @ Union Transfer

Dopapod @ Brooklyn Bowl

Corey Smith @ City Winery

The Reunion Tour: Israel Houghton, Kirk Frankin, The Clark Sisters, David & Tambla Mann, Tye Tribbett @ Wells Fargo Center

Wu-Tang Clan & Nas @ Boardwalk Hall

Saturday

David Uosikkinen’s In The Pocket @ Ardmore Music Hall

Royal Blood @ The Fillmore

Badfish w/ Redman @ TLA (FREE SHOW – Starts at 7pm Frist Come First Serve Day of)

Burning Sky (Bad Company tribute) and The Flying Circus (Zeppelin tribute) @ the Landis in Vineland, NJ

Durand Jones @ Underground Arts

Daniel Champagne @ City Winery

Whitehall @ MilkBoy

IDK @ The Foundry

The Front Bottoms @ Franklin Music Hall

Lee Fields @ The Music Hall at World Cafe Live

Crooks & Nannies @ Johnny Brenda's

boygenius @ TD Pavilion at The Mann Center

Tommy Lefroy @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live

Vanessa Collier @ Sellersville Theater

Embludgeonment @ Kung Fu Necktie

Sunday

Foxy Shazam @ Underground Arts

Darden Smith @ New Hope Winery

Joy Oladokun @ Union Transfer

Dance Gavin Dance & Friends @ Skyline Stage at The Mann

Town Mountain / The Lil Smokies @ Ardmore Music Hall

KennyHoopla @ TLA

Raye @ The Fillmore

Noah Gundersen @ The Foundry

Essenger @ MilkBoy

Black Legacy Project @ City Winery

Chantae Cann @ City Winery

Defiance @ Kung Fu Necktie

On Fire ( PG-31 ): Peter Facinelli, Asher Angel, Fiona Dourif

Saw X ( R ): Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Renata Vaca, Steven Brand

The Kill Room ( R ): Maya Hawke, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Manganiello

The Nun II ( R ): Taissa Farmiga, Bonnie Aarons, Storm Reid

Expend4bles ( R ): Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Megan Fox

A Haunting In Venice ( PG-13 ): Kenneth Branagh, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey

A must see exhibit for any music lover, is the 'Electrified: 50 Years of Electric Factory' over at Drexel University.  The exhibition includes sections on the Original and 2nd Electric Factory, Live Aid,  and stories from rock events over the years in and around Philadelphia. You have every thing from Bruce Springsteen's guitar, old concert memorabilia, exclusive photographs, and much more historic and legendary pieces.  ‘Electrified: 50 Years of Electric Factory’ is free and open to the public through December 31st, 2023. Find it at the Paul Peck Alumni Center Gallery and Bossone Research Enterprise Center on Market Street on Drexel University’s campus. Operating hours are Wednesday through Friday 1-7pm and Saturday 12-5pm. More info here.

Through October 8

Out in the Garden:  PHS Pop Up Garden at South Street, 1438 South Street.

Hay Maze: Dilworth Park, 16th and Market.

Delco Arts Week: multiple locations in Delaware County, complete Delco Arts Week schedule at delcoarts.org/

Through October 10

The Southeast Asian Market: Saturdays & Sundays. 10a.m.-6 p.m., Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, 1500 Pattison Avenue.

The Garden Railway: Morris Arboretum, 100 East Northwestern Avenue.

Through October 15

Illuminating Birds Exhibition: Drawing as a Way of Knowing: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Through October 21

CityPickle:  Dilworth Park, on the west side of City Hall.

Through October 24

Cookbooks & Convos: continues through October 24th, multiple locations.

Through October 26

Cirque Du Soleil: Bazzar: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue, Oaks.

Through October 29

Scarecrows in the Village:Peddler’s Village, 2400 Street Road, New Hope.

PA Renaissance Faire: Saturdays & Sunday. 11AM-8PM. 2775 Lebanon Road, Manheim PA.

Froehlich’s Farm Fall Festival: Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Froehlich’s Farm & Garden, 3143 York Road, Furlong.

Through October 30

Data Nation: Democracy in the Age of A.I.: National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street.

Through October 31

Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Pop-up Experience: Craftsman Row Saloon, 112 South 8th Street.

Spooky Mini Golf:  6-9 p.m., Franklin Square, 200 North 6th Street.

Fright Factory:  7-10:30 p.m.,  Fright Factory, 2200 South Swanson Street.

Through November 1

Halloween House Philadelphia: Andorra Shopping Center, 701 Cathedral Road.

Through November 5

Pumpkinland: Linvilla Orchards, 137 West Knowlton Road, Media. linvilla.com

Through November 11

Chrysanthemum Festival:  Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.

Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary: Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue.

Through November 26

Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia:  Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South Third Street. amrevmuseum.org

U-2 Spy Planes & Aerial Archaeology: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street. penn.museum/

Through December 2023

The First Amendment:  National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street.

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.

Through December 31

Dinosaur Train: The Exhibit: Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic.

Through 2023

The Future Will Follow the Past: Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 South Independence Mall East.

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 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.

It's Philly AIDS Thrift's 18 Year Anniversary BLOCK PARTY this Saturday at 710 S 5th St, Philadelphia, PA. They have DJ's and Live music throughout the day. Don't miss the 4th annual Pie-Eating Contest and the dunk tank. Plus the main reason you will go, for the many craft and vintage vendors. It doesn't hurt that there will also be craft brews to sip on. All of that fun with proceeds going to local organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Out & About in MNYK: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. multiple locations on Main Street in Manayunk.

Arts Montco Week:  multiple locations in Montgomery County.

Parks on Tap: Strawberry Mansion Bridge:  Friday 4pm - 10pm, Saturday & Sunday 12pm - 10pm, Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Strawberry Mansion Bridge Drive.

Menopause the Musical 2:  Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope.

Otherworld Philly:  Fridays & Saturdays: 10AM - 10PM, Sundays: 10AM - 6PM, 2500 Grant Avenue, number 1.

Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O23: multiple venues.

Pixar Putt:  Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing, 101 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard.

Out in the Garden: PHS Pop Up Garden at South Street, 1438 South Street.

The Women’s Film Festival: September 21st-October 1st, multiple venues.

South Street Smorgasbord:  multiple locations in the South Street/Headhouse district.

Friday & Saturday

Pockets of Light: through September 30th, Race Street Pier, Cherry Street Pier, Washington Avenue Pier and Pier 68 (near Walmart).

20/20 Photo Festival:  Artist talk 4 p.m.; closing reception 5-7 p.m. continues through September 30th, Cherry Street Pier, 121 North Columbus Boulevard.

SATURDAY September 30

Pod Meets World: The Kids Wanna Jump! Tour: 7:30 pm. The Met - 858 N Broad St, Philadelphia.

Jawnaroo: noon-7 p.m., Broken Goblet Brewery, 2500 State Road, Bensalem.

Docktoberfest at Dock Street South:  noon-4 p.m., Dock Street South, 2118 Washington Avenue.

Fall for Ardmore Festival: 2-6 p.m., Schauffele Plaza, 99 Cricket Terrace, Ardmore.

Philly Record Freak Out Vinyl Fair:  11 a.m. PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

Collingswood Porchfest:  12pm and 7pm. The day culminates in a large after party. multiple locations in Collingswood, NJ.

Upper Darby International Festival:  noon-6 p.m., Five Points intersection, 100 unit block of Garrett Road, Upper Darby.

Philly AIDS Thrift Anniversary Block Party:  noon-6 p.m., Philly AIDS Thrift, 710 South 5th Street.

Midtown Village Fall Festival:  noon-8 p.m., Midtown Village Philadelphia, Broad to 11th, Market to Spruce streets.

Mural Arts Fest: For the Love of Hip-Hop:  noon-6 p.m., LOVE Park, 15th and Arch Streets.

West Craft Fest:11 a.m.-5 p.m., The Woodlands, 40th Street & Woodland Avenue.

YachtStock RiverJam 2023:  Saturday, 11 am – 9:00 pm. The West End Boat Club In Essington - 500 W 2nd St, Essington, PA.

Philadelphia All-Star Craft Beer, Wine, and Cocktail Music Festival: Please note that this event is 21+ only. 1-9 p.m., Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Philadelphia Marketplace:  noon-6 p.m., Dilworth Park, west side of City Hall.

Hunter Derby at The Vineyard: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Penns Woods Winery, 124 Beaver Valley Road, Chadds Ford.

SUNDAY October 1

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at Philadelphia Museum of Art:  10 a.m.-5 p.m., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. philamuseum.org

PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Community Storytellers: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. barnesfoundation.org

Oktoberfest at La Cabra Brewing:  1-6 p.m., 642 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn.

Get in Loser We’re Going to Drag Brunch: 11 a.m., Evil Genius Beer Company, 1727 North Front Street.

Mt. Airy Village Fair:  11 a.m.-4 p.m., Carpenter and Greene streets.

St. Nick’s Italian Festival:  noon, 1700 Block of South 9th Street.

Taste of the Philippines:  1-5 p.m., Cherry Street Pier, 121 North Columbus Boulevard.

Fall Harvest & Great Pumpkin Patch:  1-4 p.m., The Willows Park, 490 Darby Paoli Road, Villanova.

Chile Nogada Festival: 11 a .m.-6 p.m., Cantina La Martina, 2800 D Street.

All Weekend

The PHILLIES away vs the New York Mets on Friday at 7:10pm, Saturday at 7:10pm, and Sunday at 3:10pm.

Saturday

The UNION are away vs the Columbus Crew at 7:30pm.

Sunday

The EAGLES are home vs the Washington Commanders at 1pm.