Yikes! With temperatures expected to reach the high 90s this weekend, it makes sense to want to stay near an air conditioner or dip your body parts in the ocean. However, for those music-obsessed folks who are a glutton for punishment and good tunes, WXPN’s XPoNential Music Fest is back once again, across the way at the Camden Waterfront. The festival opens this afternoon with two local Philly acts, the ethereal harmonies of Queen of Jeans and songbird Rosemary Fiki, before giving way to national touring favorites like Father John Misty and White Denim. Kurt Vile & the Violators and Ryan Adams and The Shining will be closing out the inaugural day of the event at BB&T Pavilion. Though we are really not digging the scheduling of their noon set slot on Saturday, Kississippi is a good reason to get an early start on a day packed with music, before hiding in the shade in wait for what are sure to be electrifying sets by Gary Clark Jr. and Alabama Shakes. And while Sunday may teeter off from the excitement of the first two days, Eliza Hardy Jones and The Districts will provide you with plenty of beautiful melodies and memories to get you through the upcoming school/workweek. XPonential Music Festival (FRI – SUN), Camden Waterfront/BB&T Pavilion, Various Times (Schedule), Adults $35(w/membership) – $296/Kids $5, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman
Other places to be hot this weekend…
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT The End of America, SUN Family Volleyball
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Cheap Dinosaurs, Mage Hand, Glob Jolly/Dweller/Gordon Bombay, Shizz Lo, SAT Major Van Winkle, Suirad Franklin, Simba Amir, Ashoka, Shon Goner/Wassup Gina, SUN No Nothing/Surgeon, Black Urn
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) FRI The Obsessives, The Superweeks
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SUN Only Glory, Please Die
Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden St.) FRI Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI The Upticks, Paper Comets, SAT Jason Magin & Craig James, SUN Secret Nudist Friends, Coping Skills
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Stella and The Voodoo Fish, Matt Cermanski, Wildflower, Winchester Treaty
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Upstairs) Melissa Menago (Album Release)/(Downstairs) Echoes – A Pink Floyd Tribute Band, SAT (Downstairs) Candy Volcano
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Chalk and the Beige Americans, SAT Wasted Theory, Seagrave, SUN Planning For Burial
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Wild Rompit, Sat Nicky P
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI Mr. Sonny James. Francisco Collazo, SAT DJ Deejay, SUN Seoul Delhi
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Katie Barbato, Daniel Collins, Rev. TJ McGlinchey, The Discount Heroes, Glorious Typing, Dani Mari, SAT Pigment, Sheena & Thee Nosebleeds, Brain Candle, Prone to Violence
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) FRI Skyline the City
Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) FRI DJ Beatstreet, SAT Mr. Sonny James
The Foundry (1000 Frankford Ave.) SAT The Weekend Riot
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Spicy Meatball, Steve Oakley Band, Gavilan, The Skis
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Broken Arrow (Neil Young Tribute), Cabin Dogs
Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Littler, Palm, Ursula
Random Tea Room (713 N 4th St.) SUN The Goodbye Party, Tim Woulfe
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI Magic Pictures Presents: Actual Pearls, Evil Sword, Gavin Riley Smoke Machine, Pushin’ it 2 the Limit
Double H Ranch (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Shelf Life, Sarah M, Hello Shark
The Fryer (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT The Burgeoning, Second Marriage, A Day Without Love