Because of the nonstop dirge of beer themed events that Philly Beer Week brought on, you’re probably looking to spend today sleeping it off before one more last hurrah in the evening. But rather than do that get ready to save one of the best events for last since this Sunday is Dock Street Brewery’s 3rd Annual Music Festival. Since its Dock Street, it goes without saying that the fresh brewed beer will be flowing and that the wood fired ovens will be cooking plenty of tasty pizza. But the day will also feature plenty of special events in the form of Buttercream Cupcake Lady dishing out dessert, Drinkphilly.com providing special coverage, and R5 Productions/ Mariposa Food Co-Op being on hand to host a 50/50 Raffle that benefits their current fundraising partnership. But the main event will feature a diverse and energetic lineup of 4 exciting bands. The allstar cast of bluegrass musicians that can be seen rocking Fiume every Thursday night, The Citywide Specials, will be on hand to kick off the party the way “citywide specials” should. The Chernobyl Collective’s band of musical misfits, Da Comrade!, will be ready to give the festival goers a proper West Philly welcome. Toss in the liquor-drenched swinging blues of TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb and the psychedelic onslaught of the legendary Bardo Pond, you’ll be sure to feel plenty of good vibes. And since The Deli is also sponsoring the event, we’ll be hanging around indulging in our gluttonous and snapping a few shots of the afternoon debauchery. Dock Street Brewing Co., 701 S. 50th St., 2pm – 6pm, FREE, All Ages
Dock Street Set Times:
2pm – Citywide Special
3pm – TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb
4pm – Bardo Pond
5pm – Da Comrade!
Hopefully the weather forecasters will be as wrong as they’ve been lately so here are more things to do this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT East Hundred EP Release w/Turning Violet Violet, Steve Goldberg & The Arch Enemies
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) SAT The Great Unknown and The Spinning Leaves, SUN Desoto Jones, Find Vienna, StoreCats
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Bad News Bears and The Magnets, SUN Afton Rental and Blackened Blue
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Goodnight Lights and Big Fat Marker, SAT Mighty Flipside and SmashBros, SUN Swedeland
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Human Shield and Clamfight, SAT Explosive Head
Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Hounds Below (ex Von Bondies), Cowboy & Indian, The Improbables, SAT Nicky Click, Sgt. Sass, Rainbow Destroyer, CJ & the Dolls, SUN Anthony Bernhauser and Billy Kerns
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT Joe Jordan’s Experiment
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Travia, SAT Dani Maria and Golden Phi
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Wareika Hill, SUN Swanky Velvet, Cubehead
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Oso
Danger Danger Gallery (5013 Baltimore Ave.) SUN Lions Den Production Presents The No! Problem Summer Reggae Concert
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Suzie Brown CD Release Show
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Soraia, Zygomatic Flow, The Mint, SAT I Yahn I Arkestra and Wareika Hill, SUN Beyond Dishonor and Along Those Lines
Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum (3819 Hamilton St.) FRI Carnivolution
Bookspace (Please contact one of the acts for details.) FRI The Fallen Troubadours and Ben Cady
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) SAT Lurking Corpses and The Beyond
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI Dangerous Ponies, Hop Along, Ryat, SUN Kurt Vile, Pissed Jeans, Meg Baird
The Barbary (951 N. Frankford St.) FRI I Call Fives and We Are The Union, SUN Rosetta
Murphy’s Bar (202 E. Girard Ave.) SAT Experience Kef
Crane Arts Building (1400 N. American St.) SAT Taggart, Creeping Weeds, Honey Kicks, Brother From Another, Two Handed Engine, SUN North Lawrence Midnight Singers, Faux Slang, Panic Years, Adam & Dave’s Bloodline, Hamburger Hunt
Cha-Cha’razzi (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT Bandname, Univox, The Sniffles
The Banana Stand (Please contact one of the acts for details.) FRI Hunger Pains and Charogne Stone
The Dream Oven (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT Eliot Klein and Hott Tubb
The Burrito House (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT Chewing Gum Tree, Gaston, Cold Fronts, Ghost/Light, Caboder
Hong Kong Garden (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SUN U.S. Girls