Concerts in the Park Series w/DUB at Rittenhouse Square Park Aug. 25

Philly Weekly has been throwing concerts in Rittenhouse for 20 years now, and though the strength of the lineups have waxed and waned over the years, they have consistently provided a nice, free evening out in a place that is a lot more fun when the ratio of homeless people to not is a bit higher. Last week the folks at PW were met with some unfriendly weather that forced the loudest band in NYC, A Place to Bury Strangers, to postpone their show with Philly’s own The Homophones. Well, this week the weather looks better, though not great, but the bill is pretty stacked with A Place to Bury Strangers joining Government Cheaze and Drink Up Buttercup. The latter has just gotten off tour with Maps and Atlases and will bring their theatric, vintage pop orchestrations to the masses on a short jaunt with Jukebox the Ghost in the fall. Their sounds may be very different, but I have a feeling that A Place to Bury Strangers will be very well received by the audience though possibly the then deaf-old-rich folks, who may or may not make it through the opening acts, might not be ready. Hopefully we’ll have some decent weather tonight. Fingers crossed. Concerts in the Park Series, Rittenhouse Square Park, 7pm, FREE, All Ages (Photo by Angel Ceballos) – Adam G.