What’s at the top of our list this weekend? R5’s Punk Rock Flea Market is this Saturday! We know. That’s not a show. But fuck it – a chance to win a lifetime pass to all future R5 shows deserves to be at the top of any list! Yes, we secretly want no one to show up to increase one of our chances, but you should really go and support an organization that has been positively supporting the local indie music scene for years. And we want to keep it that way! Plus there will be 250 tables of cool shit to purchase, look at and play with. And if you are still buzzing from your shopper’s high, swing on by The Blockley and get really HIGH for our real Weekend Warrior pick with The Armchairs, Illinois, Da Comrade!, Arrah and the Ferns, and The Deli. We know that college finals are wrapping up, but before you head back to living a boring life at home again with your parents (sorry, recent twenty-something graduates for reminding you), it’s time to toast the evening away with plenty of good friends and good tunes. This is The Deli’s second last sponsored event of the year. (BTW: We also hope to you this Thursday at Kung Fu Necktie for the debut of The Deli’s Pipeline Series with The Notekillers, Electric Tickle Machine and Creepoid.) The count down is on! The Blockley, 3801 Chestnut St., 8pm, $6 adv/$8 door, 21+
More local flavors…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Strand of Oaks, SAT Frog Holler and The Fallen Troubadours
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI The Tulanes and Mean Streets, SAT Blood Rhythm
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Dirty Diamond’s 4th Annual Vagina Jam w/ Handsome Petes, SAT Atomic Square and Defog, SUN New Kings and Local Dub
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Igor’s Egg and Flux Capicitor, SUN Dangerous Ponies
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Hamburger Hunt, SAT The Midnight Beat
Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Jukebox Zeros and Full Blown Cherry, SAT The Mighty Paradocs and Joe Jordan Experiment, SUN The Sound of the Kaleidoscope and Blackhawks
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Chrononaut, Dirt Worshipper, Wizard Eye
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Where’s The Band After Party w/ Pulling Punches
The Ox (you should know by now or ask a friend) SUN Agent Moosehead and Tongue Sculptors
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT Kuf Knotz and Lizanne Knott
Greenline Café (4239 Locust St.) FRI Uke Ellington and Kevin James Holland
Danger Danger Gallery (5013 Baltimore Ave.) FRI Dangerbird CD Realease Party w/Mikingmihrab
Younglove (5011 Baltimore Ave.) SAT Party Photographers and Sea Soft
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI Jukebox the Ghost