Everyone loves a good booze and barbecue filled block party, especially when it’s one with plenty of good tunes. The Jefferson Palace Block Party is going to be LOUD & LIVE when it hosts vendors like Zsa’s Ice Cream and Spot 95 Burgers. And 8 hours worth of music! Shorty boy-boy will kick your ass and smoke your grass with his guitar-fueled rock tunes, while Sex pop band Night Panther (featuring members of White Birds) will be making the ladies purr. Countrified roots rockers The Lawsuits will be delivering some Hot Love. And when Mountjoy aren’t playing tunes from their Squam Lake Tapes, they’ll be sure to give you a preview of songs from their upcoming album. The afternoon will also feature sets from Cherokee Red, Safari Dudes, Los Ombres, New York’s Fishdoctor, and more. “Summer, summer, summertime – time to sit back and unwind!” Jefferson Palace Block Party, 200 Block of Jefferson St., 11am, Free, All Ages – Bill McThrill
Weekend Warrior, June 15 – 17
Other summertime entertainment this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Goodnight Lights CD Release Party w/The Quelle Source, The Bailey Hounds
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) SAT Ladder Devils, SUN Ratkicker
The Level Room (2102 Market St.) FRI Aranhas
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Sherman (the band)
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Willy Green & the Wishful Thinkers, KC Jones, SAT (All Ages) Talain Rayne, The GoAround, SAT (Late) Chill Moody, Verse Mega, Uptown Tone, SUN The Original Marta, Coup Coroux
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) SAT The Divided, Patches and Pins
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI The Way Home
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Leiana
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Modzilla, SUN Rusty Cadillac
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT Toy Soldiers, Thom McCarthy, SUN Man The Fire, Ammunition, The Loser Club
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI The Good Excuses, The Retinas, The Silent Reunion, Soundwavves, SAT Sierra Hurtt, SUN Herostreet
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) FRI The Ragamuffins, SUN Topsoil
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) FRI Maybe We Can Go to Hollywood Premiere (Starring the late Mikey Wild), SAT Divine Hand Ensemble, Screw Smart
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) FRI Ominous Black, Bubonic Bear, SAT Cadaveric Spasm, Dark Waters End
The Barbary (951 N. Frankford St.) SAT Blacklisted, Stick Together
Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) SAT Birdie Busch, Adam & Dave’s Bloodline
Rebel Rock Bar (100 Spring Garden St.) FRI Funkharp, The Yuzh, Doug Holton
Milkboy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Bedroom Problems, Catnaps, SAT Modern Colour, The Jackson Rider, SUN The Grand Nationals
The Station (1550 McKean St.) SAT Mr. Unloved, Distant Orange
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI The Guts Strings, The Grand Nationals, Pawnshop Roses, The Beta Phase, SAT A Cool Stick, Rowboat Casino, Cracker Rogers Gang, SUN Makhaira, On Top
Rock to the Future Block Party (Trenton Ave. between Cumberland and Firth Sts.) SAT Jampa, The Grand Nationals, Captain Scurvy and the S.S. Pancake