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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
First Person Arts StorySlam
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8pm
$15
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Tue, Mar 28, 2023
Sophie B. Hawkins
Walker Lukens
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 8pm
$25 to $30
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Wed, Mar 29, 2023
Elise Trouw: The Losing Sleep Tour
angelica (of Lizdelise)
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8pm
$22
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Thu, Mar 30, 2023
Tubey Frank
Lauren Scott & Jill Ryan, Fairmount String Quartet
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
$15
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Fri, Mar 31, 2023
90’s Kinda Love: Tribute to Babyface
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Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$35
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Fri, Mar 31, 2023
Arcy Drive: The Stattic Tour
Madeline Knight
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
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Sat, Apr 01, 2023
There, There Radiohead Tribute
Lower Wolves (R.E.M. Tribute)
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$17 to $28
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Sat, Apr 01, 2023
Mark Erelli
Jobi Riccio
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
$18
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Tue, Apr 04, 2023
The Moth StorySLAM: Clean
Doors: 6pm | Show: 7:30pm
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Tue, Apr 04, 2023
Philly Rising Open Mic presented by REC Philly
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
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Wed, Apr 05, 2023
Steven Perry’s “Dual Identity”
Lora Sherrodd, Inslide Job
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8pm
$10
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Thu, Apr 06, 2023
Josh Rouse
Jason McCue
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 8pm
$28
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Thu, Apr 06, 2023
Aiden James
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
$20
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Fri, Apr 07, 2023
World Cafe Live & Newtown Theatre present
Countdown to Ecstasy
Show: 8pm
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Fri, Apr 07, 2023
Wilder Woods
Abraham Alexander
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$31 to $43
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Fri, Apr 07, 2023
Viernes Calientes Dance Party w/ Guachinangos
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Sat, Apr 08, 2023
Start Making Sense & The Ocean Avenue Stompers Horns Present: An Evening of Music by Talking Heads, David Byrne, and More
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$22 to $35
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Sat, Apr 08, 2023
Katie Henry
Roberta Faceplant
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
$12
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Tue, Apr 11, 2023
BOWEN * YOUNG
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 8pm
$25
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Wed, Apr 12, 2023
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Soul Frequency
Todd Morton
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8pm
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Wed, Apr 12, 2023
Candlelight: Legends of R&B ft. Whitney Houston & more *TWO SHOWS*
Doors: 5pm | Show: 6pm
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$35 to $65
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Thu, Apr 13, 2023
The Husbandry Tour with Donovan Woods & Henry Jamison
Isabel Pless
Doors: 7pm | Show: 7:30pm
$20 to $30
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Thu, Apr 13, 2023
Jazz Jam w/ Emmanuel Ohemeng III & Perpetual Motion
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Fri, Apr 14, 2023
Laura Stevenson ‘Wheel’ 10 Year Anniversary
Kayleigh Goldsworthy, Katie Malco
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$20
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Fri, Apr 14, 2023
Peter Case with special guest Ben de la Cour
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$22
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Sat, Apr 15, 2023
WXPN Welcomes
Ben Vaughn Quintet
Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$20 to $30
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Sat, Apr 15, 2023
De Tierra Caliente
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Tue, Apr 18, 2023
Voices in Power
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$20
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Tue, Apr 18, 2023
Sam MacPherson
Mikey Ferrari
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$15 to $25
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Wed, Apr 19, 2023
Astral Spring Showcase Celebration and Gala
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Wed, Apr 19, 2023
David Ramirez
Anna Rose, Maxwell Stern
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$20
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Thu, Apr 20, 2023
WXPN Welcomes
Sun Ra Arkestra
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$27 to $35
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Thu, Apr 20, 2023
Hailey Brinnel
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$15
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Fri, Apr 21, 2023
Worldtown Soundsystem
Nik Greeley & The Operators, Hennessey Bonfire
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$15 to $25
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Fri, Apr 21, 2023
Adi Oasis
Brayla
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$15
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Sat, Apr 22, 2023
Who Are These Podcasts and the Dick Show Crossover Live Event
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Sat, Apr 22, 2023
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Red Touch Black
Monsoon, Grocer
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$10
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Tue, Apr 25, 2023
First Person Arts StorySlam
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$15
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Tue, Apr 25, 2023
Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift *TWO SHOWS*
Doors: 5pm | Show: 6pm
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
$35 to $65
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Wed, Apr 26, 2023
Adam Ezra Group
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$17
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Thu, Apr 27, 2023
Davy Knowles
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 8pm
$25 to $32
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Thu, Apr 27, 2023
Lisa O’Neill
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
$15
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Fri, Apr 28, 2023
Simrit
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 8pm
$45 to $55
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Carla Gamble EP Release Show
feat. Carol Riddick & Black Canvas w/ DJ Honey
Ages 21 and up
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
$20
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Sat, Apr 29, 2023
Rock to the Future’s Annual Music for All Ball
Show: 6:30pm
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Sat, Apr 29, 2023
Three Fourteen
Vilebred
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$12
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Fri, May 05, 2023
Ron Pope
Lydia Luce
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$35 to $760
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Fri, May 05, 2023
Viernes Calientes Dance Party w/ Guachinangos
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Sat, May 06, 2023
Charlie Winston: As I Am
Gabrielle Shonk
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$20
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Tue, May 09, 2023
Philly Rising Open Mic presented by REC Philly
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Wed, May 10, 2023
Miko Marks & Rissi Palmer
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$15
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Wed, May 10, 2023
Alice Phoebe Lou
Sam Burton
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$20 to $32
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Thu, May 11, 2023
Jazz Jam w/ Emmanuel Ohemeng III & Perpetual Motion
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Fri, May 12, 2023
Jesse Ruben
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$17
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Sat, May 13, 2023
Janel
Leeyuh Neptune, Chioke
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$10
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Tue, May 16, 2023
Voices in Power
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$20
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Wed, May 17, 2023
joan
Harriette, AVIV
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$22
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Wed, May 17, 2023
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Antibalas
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$22 to $35
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Thu, May 18, 2023
The Alternate Routes / Red Wanting Blue
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$22 to $35
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Thu, May 18, 2023
Koyal / Chanteclaire
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$12
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Fri, May 19, 2023
World Cafe Live & PLA Present
Julianna Barwick
Show: 8pm
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Fri, May 19, 2023
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The Ring Music Showcase
feat. Code Grey, Dom & Jesse, Noel Scales, QWN City, Sunnie
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$15
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Fri, May 19, 2023
Dom Flemons
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$20
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Sat, May 20, 2023
Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz
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$20
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Tue, May 23, 2023
First Person Arts StorySlam
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Tue, May 23, 2023
Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift *TWO SHOWS*
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Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
$35 to $65
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Thu, May 25, 2023
The Moth StorySLAM: Gossip
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Fri, May 26, 2023
“THE VOICES” Tribute to Motown
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$35
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Sat, May 27, 2023
Rising Appalachia
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$25 to $40
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Thu, June 01, 2023
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The Right Fiction (Release Show)
Emily Drinker
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8:30pm
$12
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Fri, June 02, 2023
Viernes Calientes Dance Party w/ Guachinangos
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Sat, June 03, 2023
Lauren Weintraub
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$15
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Tue, June 06, 2023
The Moth StorySLAM: Pride
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Tue, June 06, 2023
Philly Rising Open Mic presented by REC Philly
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Thu, June 08, 2023
Jazz Jam w/ Emmanuel Ohemeng III & Perpetual Motion
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Fri, June 09, 2023
Mary Fahl, formerly of October Project
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$30 to $35
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Sat, June 10, 2023
Dancing Bears: Grateful Dead Tribute / Solar Circuit
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$15 to $27
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Tue, June 13, 2023
Kassa Overall
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$20
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Tue, June 13, 2023
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Catie Turner
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$20 to $32
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Tue, June 20, 2023
Voices in Power
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$20
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Tue, June 20, 2023
Souls of Mischief: 30 Years of 93 ‘Til Infinity
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$25 to $40
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Wed, June 21, 2023
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The Human Rights / Jah People
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$15
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Wed, June 21, 2023
Candlelight: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Al Green *TWO SHOWS*
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$35 to $65
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Fri, June 23, 2023
JOSEPH
Sawyer
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$35 to $135
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Sat, June 24, 2023
John Byrne Band
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$20
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Tue, June 27, 2023
November Ultra – bedroom walls tour
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8pm
$18
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Wed, June 28, 2023
Candlelight Pride: Celebrating Queer Musical Icons *TWO SHOWS*
Doors: 5pm | Show: 6pm
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
$35 to $65
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Fri, June 30, 2023
First Person Arts Grand Slam
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 8pm
$0 to $25
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Thu, July 06, 2023
Eilen Jewell
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$25 to $30
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Tue, July 25, 2023
First Person Arts StorySlam
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$15
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Tue, Aug 22, 2023
First Person Arts StorySlam
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$15
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Thu, Sept 07, 2023
The Bright Light Social Hour
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$18
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Tue, Oct 24, 2023
Gone Gone Beyond
Laura Elliott, Happie
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$20 to $33
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Fri, Nov 17, 2023
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Ocie Elliott
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$20
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