While it might not exactly be Summer Solstice, it doesn’t mean you can’t party like it is. Clark Park Music and Arts Festival will be happy to provide the soundtrack to your life this Saturday. You really can’t go wrong with free music provided by local natives Power Animal, On the Water, Break It Up, The Really Cooks, The Best Westerns, The Horrible Department, Erode & Disappear, The Downtown Club and more. Clark Park, 43rd St. and Chester Ave., 12pm – 8pm, Free, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman
More things to do to enjoy life this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Norwegian Arms, Weyes Blood
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) SAT Sugartown w/ Bedroom Problems, Liz & The Lost Boys, Attia Taylor, Betty Iron Thumbs, SUN Little Light, Romance is Born
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave) FRI Hidden Lights, Fox Colton, SAT The Circadian Rhythms, Swedeland, Voltheque, MuffinManIsABand, SUN The Left Lingo, Sillyheart
The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI The Menzingers, Restorations, Sore Saints, SUN Anchorhead
Rebel Rock Bar (100 Spring Garden St.) FRI Brother Fish
Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) SAT Algernon Cadwallader, En Garde
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Leiana, The Workhorse III, SAT Gracie, SUN Robot Hearts, Gang Age
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI The Minor Arcana, Sunset Recorder, The Quelle Source, The Gut Strings, SUN (Early) The May 4th Massacre, Contents of a Deadman’s Pocket, As Alice Sleeps,SUN (Late) Nobody Yet, The Hellstroms, Work to Win
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Sylvia Platypus, Infinite Quest, SUN Rusty Cadillac
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Kuf Knotz, Fathead, Fractals, Vitamin F, SAT Three Idea Man, The Scovilles, Lift Up
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (early) Free at Noon w/Jukebox the Ghost, FRI Night Coup Coroux, Vintage Kicks, Stab & Grabm, SAT Philly Gumbo
Electric Factory (421 N. 7th St.) FRI G. Love & Special Sauce
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Last Hour Battle, Dive, The Beta Phase, Metropolis America, SAT The Random Spike, The J.Cooper Band, Atley Moon and the Say Something Sound Machine, John Clarence Band
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) SAT Dave Steel Blues
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Delco Nightingale
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St.) FRI Daniel Ryan Belski (Feat. members of The Extraordinaires, Arrah & the Ferns) Album Release w/ Lion Versus, Adam & Daves Bloodline, SAT Lewis & Clarke, Your Children is Beautiful
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT Quiet Arcs, Human Shields, SUN Harsh Vibes, Ghost Ship
Tin Angel (20 South Second St.) FRI Geoffrey Gaines, SAT Gillian Grassie, Suzie Brown, SAT (Late) Allison Taylor, John Galla, The Sun Flights
Milkboy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Andrew Winter, SAT The Fleeting Ends, Tim Hein
The Station (1515 McKean St.) FRI Dong Johnson, St. James and The Apostles, SAT Corporate Hearts, Rob, Lately
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Ditto Demi, The Northeast, Richie Allen, Black Dirty, SAT EZ Does It, Shark Tape, The Strange Heat, Meg Wilkinson, Ashley Leone
Milk Creek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Philly Punx Picnic w/No Lessons Learned, Combat Crisis
FDR Skate Park (Broad and Pattison Ave.) SAT Philly Punx Picnic w/Spent Flesh, Napoleon Complex, Violent Society, Nothing Is Over, Top Soil, Kryovax
Philly Punx Picnic (500 Block Sigel St.) SUN Bad Doctors, Plague Dogs, The Trowels, Mischarge, Population Zero, Dopestrike