OK – it’s getting hot, and it’s Memorial Day Weekend so you know that summer has arrived. For all those who are smart enough to avoid the massive crowds at the shore and stay home this weekend, we applaud your intelligence, and hope that you procreate to strengthen our society’s gene pool. We’d also like to hang with you this Saturday in the daytime at The Fire for a FREE day of music that we’ll be co-presenting with Cloud Entertainment as part of the 2nd Annual Sundrop Music & Arts Fest. Providing tomorrow’s summer jams will be Tutlie, Night Panther (new sexified project from members of White Birds and formerly Drink Up Buttercup), Conversation with Enemies, The Plastic Traps, The Really Cooks, The Shakes, Fast Car, Venice Sunlight, and Sunset Recorder. But we shouldn’t have to remind you that it’s a long party weekend so the Sundrop Fest will be providing a slew of local acts like Illinois, DRGN King, Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang, On the Water, Kuf Knotz, Andrew Lipke and much, much more to keep you entertained through the weekend. You can check out the rest of the lineups HERE or in the flier (above). Philly is yours for the taking. Cheers! Sundrop Music and Arts Fest – The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave.,Free, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman
Weekend Warrior, May 25 – 28
More Memorial Day Weekend festivities…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI JJL, Belgrade, The Peace Creeps
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI The Chairman Dances CD Release Show w/The Mendles and The Quelle Source, SAT Turning Violet Violet Album Release Party
The Level Room (2102 Market St.) FRI Thee Shutdowns
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI The Idea Men, Graveyard Shift, SAT Wizard Eye
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT Ella Dars and Brian Flanagan
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT (Early) Greenjeans, Saturday (Late) Peek-A-Boo Revue
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Splintered Sunlight and First Capital Funk
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Old Man Cactus
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Flint and The Shock Trials, SAT (Downstairs) Ruder Than You
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI (Early) Burn Switch, Twin Ghost, Fisher, (Late) That Mag Showcase w/ Rev TJ McGlinchey and Glen Landing, SAT Curt Chambers, Funk Church, Sound Barrier Experience, Danie Ocean Band
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) FRI Montoj-Plymouth, SAT Chris Are and Flote
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI Bubonic Bear and Heavy Medical
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Mr. Unloved and Cthulu Martini
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) SAT Phantasm and Love Panther & the Sexual Prowess
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhil St.) FRI Far-Out Fangtooth
Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave.) SAT Toshi Makihara
Theatre of Living Arts (334 South St.) FRI Attia Taylor