Philly’s most successful new pop-up park and beer garden, Spruce Street Harbor Park, closes down for the season on Sunday. But before it does, it’s going out with a trippy psych-rock bang this Saturday evening with an electrifying free concert headlined by Bardo Pond. And since they’re hot off the heels of a European tour, the veteran psych rockers are prepared to have an incendiary homecoming. Tonight will be a good opportunity to catch the retro 60’s street-level boogie of Needle Points before their new album Cripple Street comes out next month. If you caught them during this year’s Kensington Picnic, then you know that Spacin’ delivers a carefree, good-times, all-the-time outdoor performance. And this show will be no exception. Spruce Street Harbor Park, Spruce St. & Columbus Blvd., 7pm, FREE, All Ages – Bill McThrill
Other places to enjoy the beginning of fall this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI The Lawsuits (Record Release), DRGN King, Tutlie
The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT Dark Blue (Record Release), Void Vision
PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12th St) FRI Gondola, Hound, Problems, Igneous Eyes
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Duffy’s Cut, Thunder and Glory, Dive In the Box/Julia Rainer/Attic Dancers, SAT The Pagan Babies, The Droogettes, SUN Sister City, Ruby Shots, Mother
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT RJD2, S.T.S., Marian Hill, SUN Dopestroke
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI The Young Werewolves, Live Not On Evil, Dave Ghoul, DJ Kiltboy, DJ Mighty Mike Saga SUN Orcus
40th Street Summer Series (Between Locust & Walnut Streets) SAT Man Man
Electric Factory FRI American Babies, SAT Hamilton Leithauser
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT (Upstairs) Cyanide Saints, SUN (Matinee) The Gang Age, The Butter Guns, Benjamin Tinsley, Curtis Jr.
The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI An Honest Year, Reward
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Leithgow Fest Night 1:S.T.S., Kid Haney, SAT Leithgow Fest Day (Afternoon) I Yahn I Orchestra, Chalk & The Beige Americans, Ill Fated Natives, Delco Pacers, Fishtown Beats, MH the Verb, iAlive, When Ships Collide/(Early) Kim Edwards, Anjuli Josephine/(Late) Reef The Lost Cauze, Mic Stewart, SUN Leithgow Fest Day 3:(Day) Nobody Yet, Bad Heat/(Night) Bok Nero, Bounceboyz, Matt Ford, Robbie Casablanca, Calogero Gnvrly
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) SAT Billy Roach & The Political Theatre, SUN The Rivals, Levee Drivers, Emmet Drueding
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Royal Shoals, Glitter, SUN Shape Breaker
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Moon Bounce, QQQ, SAT Crown of Earth, Bottom of the Lake, Disturbing Daisy
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) SAT DJ Deejay
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SUN Rusty Cadillac
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI (2nd Floor) Vital Stats, Husky Bundles, Midwestern Exposure, The Muffin Man/Mach 22, Ballroom Zombies, SAT Steve Oakley Band/ Shari DuBois, Jacqueline Constance, Vent, Tev Geez, SUN (Afternnon) Michael Lewis/(Evening) Lightning Arms, The Minutians
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Upstart Fest: The Virus, Pulling Punches, The Wayward Ones, SAT No Good Sister, The Donuts
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SUN Rastabiggz
The Grape Room (105 Grape St) Fri Buddy Roc, SELA, SAT VIV & The Revival, The Loud Company, Justin Phillippi, SUN (Day) The Model T’s Jazz Orchestra
Bourbon and Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI The Abandos, Taiwan Housing Project, Proexibitors, People Skills, SAT Mo Lowda & The Humble, Commonwealth Choir, Air is Human, Richie Digiorgio
Ardmore Music Hall FRI Steve Kimock
Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave.) FRI YDi, Mischief Brew, The Stasi, Dronez, The Depth
Eris Temple Arts (602 S. 52nd St.) SAT Gavin Riley, Static Brothers, Eli Capella
Children’s Books, Roxy Nova, Uncle/Father Oscar
The Mitten (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Gull, Bore War, Cannons
14xx N. 2nd St (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Tygaton, The Orange Drop, Tone
Chill Collins Art Space (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Cult Choir, Seismic Thrust, The Orange Drop
Beaumont Warehouse (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Krieg, Crypt Sermon
Fennairo Coffee (111 N. Church St., West Chester, Pa) SAT Mike Bell & The Movies, Scuzbot, The Sixties, Brokehead, Let it Out Matt, CAL!CO
Golden Tea House (Please Contact one of the acts or venue for more info) SAT Pocket