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It's go time. This Saturday night, August 11, Uwishunu will host a Moonlit Movie Screening in Rittenhouse Square, with snacks from Rouge, and free frozen custard from Shake Shack at the vibrant PHS Pop-Up Garden across the street, all leading up to the feature showing of Midnight in Paris. It's going to be great. (Photo credits, clockwise from top left: courtesy Philadelphia Film Society, courtesy PHS, K. Ciappa for GPTMC, courtesy Shake Shack)

It’s a summer weekend to remember, with a heavy duty Friday, Saturday and Sunday all packed with summer-perfect festivities.

Don’t forget that Uwishunu is hosting a Moonlit Movie Screening in Rittenhouse Square on Saturday night, August 11. The movie is Midnight in Paris, boasting a great soundtrack to a summer evening, with Rouge providing movie snacks, Shake Shack dishing out free frozen custard from the PHS Pop-Up Garden and plenty of options for picnicking in the park. It’s going to be great.

Let us know you’re coming, and feel free to invite, friends, on our Facebook event.

Read on for the rest of our top picks for this weekend, below:

Friday, August 10

23rd Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Festival at Reading Terminal Market (Sat, Sun)

Midtown Village Sidewalk Sale

“Smooth Jazz Summer Nights” Free Concert Series, Followed By Fireworks

“Fantastic Fridays” at Penn Treaty Park

Art After 5 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

FDR Park Summer Concert

Second Friday on Lancaster Avenue

Mauckingbird Theatre Company presents Much Ado About Nothing (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Opening Day!

DVF Trunk Show At Plage Tahiti (Fri, Sat)

Morris Arboretum’s Friday Night Outdoor Summer Concert Series

Sunset Yoga in the Vineyard at Penns Woods Winery

Nicetown CDC’s Give Back Festival (Fri, Sat)

Light Night At Longwood Gardens

Mini-Masterpieces from the Barnes Foundation exhibit at City Hall

Friday Night Fireworks in New Hope and Lambertville

Bistrot La Minette Movie Under the Stars

Moonlight Movies In Mt. Airy

Roundup: Top Picks For Late-Night Deals For Food and Drink at Philadelphia Restaurants

Saturday, August 11

**Uwishunu Presents A Moonlit Movie In Rittenhouse Square: Midnight in Paris

-Movie snacks from Rouge

-Free Shake Shack Custard at the PHS Pop-Up Garden

-Pack a picnic. Guide to picnicking in Rittenhouse Square

-Invite your friends!

The First Annual Peach Festival at Peddler’s Village (Sat, Sun)

Real Madrid vs. Celtic FC at Lincoln Financial Field

The 11th Annual Stephen Starr & Garry Maddox Barbecue Challenge

5th Annual Bug Fest at Academy of Natural Sciences (Sat, Sun)

WWII Victory Day Dance and Barbecue at the Battleship New Jersey

“Homegrown: Food Roots, Culture and Community” Second Saturday Festival at Wyck

Roundup: Top Picks For Late-Night Deals For Good Eats And Drinks At Philadelphia Restaurants

Philly Roller Girls Debut At Liacouras Center

Southeast Asian Dragon Boat Festival at Penn’s Landing

Second Saturday on East Passyunk

Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times at the Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Sun)

More Weekend Picks, below.

A Summertime Meander at the Fonthill Castle

Second Saturday Potluck at Nodding Head Brewery

“Imagining Frankford” Mural Arts Community Paint Day

The Janus Collection – Mamma Roma at International House

Mohnton Professional Car Club’s 4th Annual Car and Hearse Show at Laurel Hill Cemetery

The Grey Lodge’s Sweet (& Sour) 16

Champagne Saturdays at Arcadia’s Rittenhouse Location

Bring-Your-Own-Dog Brunch at Square 1682

Race Street Pier Summer Film Series

Paddle Penn’s Landing (Sat, Sun)

Register for RallyCat’s Tailgate Sports League; use code “uwishunu” for $15 off registration!

Free Movie Night at Norristown Farm Park Pavilions

Sunday, August 12

“Doodle 4 Google” exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Quince Productions’ 2nd Annual GayFest (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Take a daycation! Uwishunu’s Summer Daycation Series: Lake Nockamixon State Park In Bucks County

How Sweet It Is: Pairing Wine and Chocolate at Crossing Vineyards & Winery

Tidal Schuylkill Boat Parade

Peach, Princess and Pirate Party Family Festival at Camden Children’s Garden (Sat, Sun)

Act II Playhouse’s Free Range Thinking (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

“Maurice Sendak and Stephen Colbert: Interviews, Objects…and Poles!” (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Get Federal Donuts at Morgan’s Pier! (Sat, Sun)

Franklin Institute Mess Fest (Sat, Sun)

The Swedish American Line at the American Swedish Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Offering Of The Angels: Treasures From The Uffizi at the Michener Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Light Installations by Bruce Munro at Longwood Gardens (Fri, Sat, Sun)

New Rita’s exhibit and flavor at the Please Touch Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Craft Spoken Here at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Glowgolf at King of Prussia Mall (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Bike Rentals in Fairmount Park are open

Prom: Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark at the Perelman Building (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Maya.2012: Lords of Time at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

“Run! The Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen at the National Constitution Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)

On My Honor: 100 Years of Girl Scouting at the National Constitution Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Morris Arboretum’s Garden Railway (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

To Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington & Religious Freedom at the National Museum of American Jewish History (Fri, Sat, Sun)