Tonight is the Planned Parenthood fundraiser at First Unitarian Church, featuring some of the most rippin’ female-fronted bands the Northeast has to offer. Screaming Females, a band who is impossible to describe without some variation of the word “shred,” is headlining the event along with Cayetana, the indie punk trio whose sincerity will mend your soul, Amanda X, the post-something power-gaze band with a flair for fuzzy melody, Dark Thoughts, who play so fast they make pacemakers combust, and Littler, who will open the night with a healthy dosage of grunge-twee feels. If you have secured a ticket to the sold-out event, you should know that the screaming deal you got on it was in order to promote inclusivity; if you want to support PP further, then there will be an area in the venue to donate those extra bills. All money raised at the event will go to Planned Parenthood Southeastern PA and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and all the rockin’ tunes and memories are yours to keep. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 7pm, Sold Out, All Ages – Bryce Woodcock
Other places to escape March Madness this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Mock Suns, Laser Background, Sun Hat, SUN Rosu Lup, Levee Drivers, Hemming
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Teenage Bigfoot, Science Club/Rubbish, Narcos, Destruct Device / The Scovilles, SAT Thorazine, Define Redefine, The Dolts, Menace to Sobriety, SUN The Russells
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI Chris Forsyth w/Nick Millevoi, SAT Ecstatic Vision
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Matt Santry, SAT Smash Palace, Cliff Hillis and The Forward Thinkers/(Downstairs) Argonautic, OhBree, Skinny Dip, Uncle/Father Oscar, Wild Orphan, Alyssa Joseph, SUN (Upstairs) Nicky Egan
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Dirty Soap Blues Band, Looseleag, SAT DJ Ghetto, DJ Jay Ski
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI The Wayside Shakeup, SAT Hannah Taylor and the Rekardo Lee Trio, The Paper Shakers, SUN The Quixote Project, Katie Frank and The Pheromones, Patrick Donovan
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) SAT Needle Points
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI Bo Bliz, Low Budget, SAT DJ Deejay, SUN City Rominiecki, Gang Muzik Kir, Ra Matthews, Mook Nyce
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Cabin Dogs, SUN Rusty Cadillac
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI De Tierra Caliente, SAT The Fearless Fly, Cricket Joe, OS, The Plums, SUN Legion 76, Dive In The Box
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) FRI Krooked Youth, Hot Guts
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Wade in the Water, Ten Cent Days, SAT A Better Class Of Criminal
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI Philly Slick, iAlive, DJ Skipmode, SAT Revolution, I Love You, Mesa Jane, Lapses, SUN Darius Coleman, Tiani Victoria, Normal Gene, Hy Deff
Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI DJ Carl Michaels, Willyum, SAT Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret/Ed Christof
The Foundry (1000 Frankford Ave.) SUN Questlove
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SAT Tom Hamilton’s American Babies (Release Show), Cocktail Party Phenomenon, SUN Whiskeyhickon Boys, Butchy & Friends
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI Cayetana, Amanda X, Dark Thoughts, Littler
Eris Temple Arts (602 S. 52nd St.) FRI Marge, Hot Tears
Space 1026 (1026 Arch St.) SAT Hermit Thrushes, Palberta, Rachel Adler
Slime Time Live (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Minka, Rasan Allbritton, Trash Boy
Beaumont Warehouse (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Swarm, King Azaz, Kilamanzegi
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Dridge
The Waiting Room (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Life Uniform , Bore War, Grace Vonderkuhn, Eight
Beach House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) Doubles, So Totally
Lower Level (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Disinterest, Ten Ton Hammer