May 20, 2013
Enjoy live music on your lunch break at locations all around Center City this summer. Every Wednesday from noon to 1:30 p.m., June 5 to August 28, locations ranging from The Gallery at Market East to Sisters Cities Park host musicians for some live (and free!) music to pair with your lunchtime sandwich. The first [...]
Read more»May 14, 2013
This summer, take it down to the river. With a full calendar of outdoor events, the Delaware River waterfront is poised to be the site of serious fun in the sun and after dark. On the PA banks, the Delaware River Waterfront is home to year-round attractions like the Independence Seaport Museum and Race Street [...]
Read more»May 3, 2013
Drumroll, please. Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Center City Jazz Festival makes its return Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11. Festival founder and musician Ernest Stuart — who began the festival last year with a Kickstarter campaign and a dream — brings his music fest back in 2013, but this [...]
Read more»May 1, 2013
Take note, music fans. The Roots Picnic, the annual music extravaganza from our hometown hip-hop heroes, returns for its sixth year on June 1. With a reputation as the hardest working band in music, The Roots deliver a blockbuster day of concerts every year. This year’s show is set to hit Festival Pier at Penn’s [...]
Read more»May 1, 2013
The Curtis Institute of Music is a Philadelphia gem, training the next generation of classical musicians in a tuition-free, merit-based program. That means, every student — undergrad and graduate alike — is accepted solely on the basis of artistic talent and promise. With such a standard, virtuosity abounds. Curtis alumni have gone on to receive [...]
Read more»April 11, 2013
Kicking off tonight and running through Sunday, April 14, the XPN Music Film Festival presents 26 total screenings at a number of locations in University City, including the Mandell Theater, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and World Cafe Live. The films that make up the festival all center around musical subjects and themes. [...]
Read more»April 11, 2013
As we mentioned earlier this week, Jay-Z’s Made in America Music Festival is returning to Benjamin Franklin Parkway for Labor Day Weekend 2013. Yesterday, the festival released its musical lineup and, much like last year, it features a wide range of artists representing many different genres — from underground sensations to pop music superstars. Speaking [...]
Read more»April 9, 2013
We were hoping it would return and now it’s official — Jay Z’s Made in America Music Festival is returning to Philadelphia. The festival is coming back to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for Labor Day Weekend 2013. The two-day festival will be hitting the streets of Philadelphia on Saturday and Sunday, August 31 and September [...]
Read more»March 27, 2013
Alright, arts aficionados. The wait is almost over. The month-long citywide Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) runs this Thursday, March 28 through April 27, and now is the time to take full advantage of this city’s phenomenal performing and visual arts scene. With more than 50 PIFA events taking place during the next [...]
Read more»March 25, 2013
Attention music lovers and film buffs. As of today, tickets for the XPN Music Film Festival are officially on sale, and are available online. The full film lineup has been announced, too, and from April 11 to 14, 17 screenings will take place in University City, either at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, [...]
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