Highwire Gallery ushers in their 2nd annual outdoor music festival this Saturday, and it’s set to be a widespread cultural explosion that features quite a diverse bill of music (and that’s just the way we like it :o). Rampant mega jam masters Birds Of Maya headline with their epic shredding guitars. Gallery regulars Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara will provide their ethereal 60 string (22-string upright chaturangui guitar & 38 string lever harp) compositions. Meanwhile the ladies of Bad News Bats will be bringing their distorted garage rock, and Acids Kicks will preview songs from their debut 7”, while The Sea Around Us will be showcasing their dreamy multilayered folk music. Add in Chris Forsyth, Kohoutek, Magnetic Dog, SplitRed (featuring members of Shot X Shot, Cuddle Magic, Sonic Liberation Front, Bird Fly Yellow, and Live Like A King) and more, and you have a stacked lineup for what should be some beautiful weather. And certainly don’t forget to swing by R5’s Punk Rock Flea Market this Sunday to pick up anything and everything! Highwire Gallery (Outdoors), 2040 Frankford Ave., 12pm – 8pm, FREE, All Ages
Other things that you can do indoors…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Reef the Lost Cauze
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI American Speedway and Backwoods Payback, SAT The Claw and Coffin Dust, SUN Bearings
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Man Like Machine, SAT The Great Unknown and Ron Gallo
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI St James & The Apostles, Anchor Boys, SAT Delco Nightingale, SUN (All Ages) This Way to The Egress, SUN (Late) Ron Gallo
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Southwark and Somg Dogs & The Nightjar
Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Vintage Kicks, SAT Gold Crowns and Bedroom Problems, SUN Testa Brothers
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Philadelphia Ukulele Orchestra
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Ground Up Sounds, The Wyldlyfe, Sela, SUN I Yahn I Arkestra
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Loretta Allen and John Galla
Danger Danger Gallery (5013 Baltimore Ave.) FRI Chris Kasper, SAT Clark Park Festival Benefit w/Edo, Spinning Leaves, Big Wizard, Mountjoy, Fuck Face
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI Pistolia and +Church+
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI Philly Gumbo
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Chowder and Epic Exposure, SAT Sinners Saints and Live Not On Evil, SUN Of Wrath & Ruin
Triumph Brewery (117 Chestnut St.) FRI City Music Project
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia) SAT Golden Ages, Netherfriends, Hop Along
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) FRI The Midnight Beat
The Barbary (951 N. Frankford St.) SUN Halo of Snakes
Broad Street Ministry (315 S. Broad St.) SAT Cop Problem
South Philly Tap Room (1509 Mifflin St.) SAT Wheat Beer Fest 2011 w/The Extraordinaires, Adam & Dave’s Bloodline, Arrah & The Ferns
Theatre of Living Arts (334 South St.) SAT Philly NORML Presents 2011 Philadelphia Freedom Festival Benefit w/Synth Sircus, I Yahn I Arkestra, Psychedelphia
Spruce Caboose (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT Worshipper, Ominous Black, Heavy Dirt
The Shorehouse (Please contact one of the acts for details.) FRI Choose Your Poison, Nightfall, Teen Wolves
House Show (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT The Weenies, Cousin Brian, Gaston, The Sniffles
Dads Haus (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SUN Kicking Spit, The Eeries, Trip Ruiner, Cousin Brian