This Week in Philly

Here’s what’s going on this week in Philly!

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Tuesday, August 14th

Wednesday, August 15th

  • “Last Summer on Earth Tour” with Barenaked Ladies & Blue Traveler at Penns Landings’ River Stage
  • Rittenhouse Square Park Concert Series with Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band with special guests TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb – FREE, the show is from 7pm – 9pm
  • Janes Addiction at the Mann Music Center
  • Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Blood Brothers Documentary Film Screening at the National Constitution Center from 5pm – 8pm.

Thursday, August 16th

  • The Fray and Kelly Clarkson at SBC in Camden, NJ
  • Robin Thicke at the Dell Music Center
  • The 1st Annual Liberty Music Fest will be held at The Legendary Dobbs from Thursday to Sunday. The goal of the festival is to celebrate, educate, and showcase original music over these four days.  See the flyer below!
  • “Duke’s Surf Bar” Pop Up at Rum Bar (part of Philly Rum Week)
  • Vintage Kicks at JR’s Bar
  • Mount Airy Night Market – More than 40 food vendors including Vendy Award winners Lil’ Pop Shop, Vernalicious, Sweet Box, and GiGi & Big R’s will set up along Germantown Avenue from Carpenter Lane to Mount Airy Avenue starting at 6pm.

Friday, August 17th

  • 17 Days of Fashion kicks off today!  Learn more here: http://www.17daysoffashion.com/ 
  • Philadelphia Folk Festival Starts and last all weekend.   Click here to see the line-up!
  • My Morning Jacket at the Mann Music Center
  • Philadelphia Geek Awards! (http://www.phillygeekawards.com/)  – The Philadelphia Geek Awards are an annual ceremony hosted by Geekadelphia and the Academy of Natural Sciences honoring geeks in the greater Philadelphia region. From local game developers to comic book artists, social media marketers to the arts & culture community, the awards highlight a bit of everything.
  • Incubus & Linkin Park at SBC!

Saturday, August 18th

  • Train and Mat Kearney at the Mann Music Center
  • Toby Keith at SBC!
  • Collingswood Art Festival – Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ (Saturday and Sunday)
  • Badfish, A Sublime Tribute Band, will be performing live at Xfinity Live – 8:30pm

Sunday, August 19th

  • Ride the Yards Bus to Philly’s Folk Fest!  Ticket includes a FREE draft beer in the Yards Beer Tent at the Festival. The Bus will depart from Philly around 10 am & will depart from Folk Festival at approximately 10:30 pm (after close of concerts).  Click here for more info!
  • TOUR de SHORE

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