Things to Do in Philadelphia This Week & Weekend

They can’t get no satisfaction — but they can book a stadium. One of the most legendary rock acts in the history of the genre embarks on its first tour since 2019 with only 16 stops nationwide, including this one at Lincoln Financial Field.

These aren’t your kids’ ’toons. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (known for housing treasures like, you know, the original handwritten draft of the U.S. Constitution) celebrates its 200th year with a brand-new exhibition on 18th-century print culture, partisan politics and the role of Philly in the birth of our nation. Plus, this Friday, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson gives a talk highlighting her 40-plus-year career and the history of political cartooning. Registration is required for the talk, but the exhibition is free to view and open to the public.

Rock royalty collides when New England’s Pixies and the Pacific Northwest’s Modest Mouse meet for a rock-till-you-can-rock-no-more link-up at The Mann Center this Wednesday. Both of these groups left their mark on the alt-rock indie scene in the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s, and their influence can be heard in the music of contemporaries and later groups like Nirvana and Radiohead. Always energetic (and at times unpredictable), the groups’ live shows are a blast.

Begins Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 5-9 p.m.

No cars allowed on the 7100 and 7200 blocks of Germantown Avenue when Mt. Airy kicks off this monthly series of outdoor community meals. Make new friends and chow down on the cobblestoned streets with to-go meals from local restaurants like Toska Restaurant & Brewery, Mi Puebla, Trattoria Moma and more. In addition to the brick-and-mortar offerings, plenty of food trucks make their way on-site, and the kiddos can enjoy free activities like face painting, balloon animals and a moon bounce.

Shh! Sip in secret as the Cruiser Olympia transforms into a 1920s speakeasy on the Delaware River. The world’s oldest floating steel warship hosts an evening of live music, games and drinks while exploring the life and times of Prohibition-era service members. Tickets are required and include one free drink ticket. Can’t make it? The Olympia hosts additional pop ups throughout the summer with a wide range of themes.

Things are looking up in Chester County. This sky-high celebration of hot air features colorful balloon rides, live bands, a beer and wine garden, food and craft vendors, a kids zone and more. Tickets are required for festival entry, with additional tickets available for balloon rides. Bring the fam: Kids 6 years and under can enter free.

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Like many great things, the American flag was born right here in Philadelphia. Translation: Flag Day is a pretty big deal around these parts. Here’s how Philly is celebrating the stars and stripes this week.

• Flag Fest 2024 at the Betsy Ross House: This weeklong celebration of the stars and stripes continues with daily 10 a.m. flag-raising ceremonies, flag-making workshops, meet-and-greets with costumed Once Upon a Nation History Makers and an afternoon curator’s corner highlighting rarely seen items from the museum’s collection. Flag Fest leads up to Flag Day this Friday when the courtyard hosts a concert and naturalization ceremony with music by the U.S. Army Brass Quintet. Bonus: Flag Fest events are free to attend (through Saturday).
• Philadelphia’s Stripes and Stars Festival: It’s an American-sized celebration of the stars and stripes with a day full of free special events in the Historic District. We’re talking a grand parade on the lawn of the National Constitution Center at 10:15 a.m., a 10:30 a.m. ceremony at Independence Hall full of performances and speeches, a patriotic skydiving demo (!) on Independence Mall at 11:15 a.m., and giant flag-folding demonstrations at 2 and 4 p.m. (Friday).
• Flag Day and Father’s Day Weekend at the Museum of the American Revolution: Celebrate your old man alongside Old Glory with special Flag Day programming at the Museum of the American Revolution. The weekend includes theatrical performances, pop-up history talks, special flag displays, free mini-American flags and access to the museum’s newest exhibition, Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent. Programming is included in regular museum admission (Friday through Sunday).

This annual Caribbean cultural tradition draws thousands to Philly each year for a day of music, dancing and festivities. The carnival features bands of costumed masqueraders, live music performances, and an energetic parade along Fairmount Park’s Chamounix and Belmont Mansion drives. Tickets are required, but kids 12 and under enter free.

It’s a fact: Food tastes better when served out of a truck. Skeptical? Conduct your own research during this pay-as-you-eat food truck festival at Linvilla Orchards. Twenty local food trucks set up shop for the day at the 300-acre family farm in Delaware County, serving up sweet and savory treats like pizza, crepes, Korean tacos and bacon on a stick. Plus, the 21-plus crowd can grab a drink or two at the on-site beer garden, and the littles can ride around on a train, hitch a ride on a pony or hop aboard a hayride. The event is free to attend, but advanced tickets are recommended for the activities.

This annual summertime celebration of all things South Philly kicks off the weekend with a full afternoon of activities. On the docket: live music, dance performances, pay-as-you-go drinks from Bok Bar, food and craft vendors, a bounce house, and kids’ activities.

The world’s most spectacular pickle celebration comes to Phila-dill-phia with a pickle-packed Saturday of briny fun. Relish the day with samples of more than 100 kinds of pickles, tons of pay-as-you-go pickle-themed grub, craft vendors, live bands and DJs, the World Pickle Eating Championship, a brine chug challenge, pickle pageantry, a pickleball court (they’ve gone too far), a pickle rave (!), and so much more. Tickets are required; pickle puns are not.

At ease, soldier. This evening brew fest in Delco brings beer, chow and revelry to Chadds Ford’s picturesque Brandywine Battlefield Park. Sample unlimited pours from nine local breweries, dig into tacos and burgers at the pay-as-you-go food trucks, and jam to live music — all while learning about brewing processes and supporting future park programming. Tickets are required.

Doop! The Philadelphia Union gang rallies for a tough home game as the No. 1-seeded Inter Miami brings the heat. Plus, this Saturday the park celebrates the diverse cultural heritage of Union fans — and the local community — during Unity Night.

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Philly continues the season of freedom with a celebration of Juneteenth, the annual commemoration of the end of slavery in America in 1865. In addition to Philly’s massive Juneteenth Parade & Festival (more about that below), here’s a sampling of how the region marks this momentous holiday in 2024. For more fun and festivities, dive into our complete guide to Juneteenth celebrations in Greater Philadelphia.

• Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival at the Johnson House Historic Site: Historic Germantown celebrates Freedom Day during its Juneteenth Festival. Hosted by the Johnson House Historic Site, the annual (and free!) fest celebrates the 159th anniversary of Black emancipation from enslavement with over 100 vendors to shop, 15 food trucks, and a ton of festivities and fun to go around (Saturday).
• Juneteenth Festival at Nicetown Park: The team at City Athletics brings this free Juneteenth Festival back to Philly’s Tioga-Nicetown neighborhood for the fourth year in a row. Folks who swing by can expect free refreshments including barbecue and water ice, plus live music and entertainment, horse rides, games, vendors and more (Saturday).
• Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom at the Penn Museum: The Penn Museum celebrates community all day long during its Juneteenth festival. Admission for the day is free, and in addition to the museum’s regular exhibitions and a few special pop-up exhibits, the day’s festivities include music and dance performances; drumming, quilt-making and Adinkra art-making workshops; storytelling; and a community fair highlighting local Black-owned businesses and organizations focused on health and wellness. Food trucks are also on-site with sweet and savory treats (Saturday).
• Juneteenth Wine & Arts Festival at Cherry Street Pier: The Women’s Empowerment Coalition and Cyrenity Sips Winery LLC team up with the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation to host the second-annual Juneteenth Wine & Arts Festival. Expect art exhibits, live musical performances, craft vendors and wine tastings by Black-owned wineries. General admission is free to the public and open to all ages, but you need to buy tickets to try the wine (Saturday).

Buckle up and spend a day celebrating the world’s oldest endurance race. Literally. The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum celebrates France’s 24-hour Le Mans automotive endurance race with 24 hours of straight programming. The jam-packed event gives you a front-seat look at some of history’s greatest — and rarest — sports cars. The event also includes a simulcast of the live Le Mans race, midnight film showings, driving demonstrations, food vendors, photo ops and more.

The Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade — beginning at noon — is one of the largest in the nation with 25,000 attendees, 2,000 participants and over two-dozen floats parading down 1.5 miles of 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. The festival also features the all-day Juneteenth Marketplace & Art in the Park at historic Malcolm X Park with over 250 vendors, an afternoon Juneteenth Youth Pavilion and the family-friendly Juneteenth Music Festival from 3-7 p.m. at 52nd Street and Larchwood Avenue.

Commemorating the date that the James Joyce masterpiece Ulysses is set in, this annual celebration features a daylong reading of the novel accompanied by musical performances to bring the story to life. Also on deck: food and coffee vendors, a beer garden, and opening-day tours of the museum’s latest exhibition, Treasures from The Rosenbach’s Collection: Literature of Great Britain and Ireland. The event is free, but registration is encouraged.

Through Sunday, June 30, 2024 (dates vary by event)

Philly is loud and proud all year long, but things are taken to a whole ’nother level each June. Here are a few ways Philly is celebrating its LGBTQ+ communities this week: 

• Horse Barbie: Book Reading and Signing with Geena Rocero at The Fabric Workshop and Museum: Filipino American model, Emmy Award-nominated producer and acclaimed transgender advocate Geena Rocero hosts a reading and book signing at The Fabric Workshop and Museum’s Green Room — part of the museum’s latest exhibition, The Rose Garden. The event is free to register, with a $5 suggested donation (Monday).
• Pride Month Tasting Menu at Oloroso: This special Pride Month tasting menu features Spanish tapas, raciones and desserts — and a special Pride cocktail — with all proceeds benefiting the William Way LGBT Community Center. Reservations are highly recommended (Wednesday).
• Pride in the Park LGBTQ+ Field Day in West Fairmount Park: It’s all fun and games during this inclusive day of exciting challenges and friendly competition. Featured games include relay races, kickball, tug-of-war, cornhole a dunk tank and more. Tickets are required to participate and food trucks are on site (Saturday).
• Lower Merion and Narberth’s Pride at the Park Celebration at Narberth Park: The kids are all right. This Montco Pride celebration — created and organized by local young folks — features a family-friendly day full of live music, drag performances, food vendors and more. Proceeds benefit The Attic Youth Center, Philadelphia’s only independent youth center exclusively serving LGBTQ+ youth and allies (Saturday).

Through Sunday, June 30, 2024 (dates vary by event)

Many music legends got their start in Philly: Marian Anderson, Patti Labelle, Jill Scott, Meek Mill, Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Beanie Sigel, Tierra Whack, and the list goes on. Philly heavily celebrates the Black music scene, and with so much home-grown star power, it’s no wonder that Black Music Month was started here — in Philly, by Philadelphians. This June marks the 45th anniversary of Black Music Month, honoring Black musicians and culture with events and performances including:

• Jackiem Joyner at SOUTH Restaurant & Jazz Club: Chart-topping saxophonist and music producer Jackiem Joyner comes to Philly with rich tones and the smoothest jazz (Thursday and Friday).
• Trans Afro Express: The Global Impact of African, Caribbean and African American Music at World Cafe Live: WURD Radio celebrates Black Music Month with a night of dancing, music trivia, panel discussions and live music performances to the tune of hip-hop, R&B, reggae and afrobeats (Friday).
• Rhythms of Liberations: Jazz & Blues at The African American Museum in Philadelphia: Sultry and smooth, this installment of The African American Museum in Philadelphia’s Rhythms of Liberation series highlights the soulful melodies of jazz and blues singers and songstresses — from Nina Simone and Miles Davis to Jon Batiste and Esperanza Spalding (Saturday).
• Demola at City Winery: Genre-breaking and international award-winning violinist Demola takes the stage with music covers along with his own original hits. Not to say there’s something for everyone, but with tunes spanning pop, afrobeats, country, hip-hop, jazz and more, it’s kind of hard not to (Saturday).

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Take a load off, Dad. Father’s Day is this Sunday, and Greater Philly lets the good times roll with fun events for all the father figures in your life:

• Father’s Day Family Birding Fun at Morris Arboretum & Gardens: Who said Father’s Day is for the birds? Enjoy a morning in nature with your old man during this peaceful birding walk. After some birding and identifying, stop by the welcome center to paint your own take-home birdhouse. The event is included with general admission — and BYO binoculars (Friday).
• Father’s Day Dinner & Jazz Set at SOUTH Restaurant & Jazz Club: Celebrate daddio with a Southern three-course dinner and jazz performance at one of Philly’s premier jazz venues. Tap your toes to the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, blending everything from Motown to hard bop. Tickets are required (Friday).
• Father’s Day Beer & Brats Pairing at Evil Genius Beer Company: If Pops is all about the brews and glizzies, this ticketed sausage-and-beer pairing is for you. On the menu: four beers and four house-made hot dog-style sausages: weisswurst, bratwurst, kielbasa and Argentine choripán (Friday).
• Father’s Day Weekend at the Vineyard at Penns Woods Winery: Celebrate Dad all weekend with three days of fun events in Chadds Ford. On Friday, kick back with wine, live music and hand-rolled cigars. Saturday, indulge in the special beer- and wine-pairing bar. And on Sunday, register for the cocktail workshop where you can create three specialty cocktails (Friday through Sunday).

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Philly puts a new spin on the dog days of summer with these Fido-approved happenings around the city:

• Yappy Hour at the Museum of Illusions: Bring your pooch to one of Philly’s most mind-bending attractions for a special evening of doggy treats, giveaways, professional photos and more. A portion of proceeds benefit Philadoptables (Thursday).
• Chonkfest ‘24 at Bark Social: Every pup’s favorite mixer gets even more social with two exciting days of fluffy fun. On the docket: pay-as-you-go food trucks (for the humans), live art installations, pet-inclusive games and activities, a DJ-led dance party, and cameos by cute-as-a-button VIP influencers/actual corgis Hammy and Maxine. Advanced registration is required and all doggo breeds welcome — heckin’, chonky or otherwise (Saturday and Sunday).

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’Tis the season for outdoor movie screenings. Bust out the popcorn and BYO blankets and chairs for these open-air film screenings in Greater Philadelphia:

• Fast X (2023) at Sunset Social: There’s always room for family. Dominic Toretto and the gang race across the silver screen during this week’s edition of the free weekly movie series atop Cira Green. Plus, snag pay-as-you-go food and brews from on-site vendors. The film (and the family) rolls at 7 p.m. (Wednesday).
• The Goonies (1985) at the Mercer Museum: Hey, you guys! This ‘80s cult classic about misfit kids on a treasure hunt to save their town makes its way to Bucks County’s Mercer Museum. Gates open at 7:45 p.m. for the 8:45 p.m. screening. Tickets are $12 (Thursday).
• King Kong (1933) on the Schuylkill Banks: Head to the Walnut Street Bridge on the east side of the Schuylkill Banks for this free riverside screening of the classic King Kong — in all its 1930s colorized glory. Showtime is 8:30 p.m. (Thursday).
• cinéSPEAK: OKTHANKSBYE (2024) at Clark Park: This free Philadelphia premiere, part of the cinéSPEAK Under the Stars series, follows the unexpected adventures of two deaf classmates on a road trip to Paris. The showing is accompanied by local DJs and the event is BYO-picnic (Friday).

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Are you with the tour? (You should be.) Check out our picks for some of the top guided tours in Philly this week:

• City Food Tours: Flavors of Philly: This scrumptious walking tour of Center City Philadelphia gives you a first-hand taste of Philly history. Visit iconic restaurants and attractions and learn the history of soft pretzels, tomato pie, cheesesteaks and more — all while sampling the goods yourself. Tickets are required and include food samples (ongoing).
• The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walking Tour: For Philly’s next trick, experience one of the only magic walking tours in the world. Philly Magic Tours kicks off its season of fun (and funny) guided tours through Old City, stopping by several of the area’s most interesting and offbeat attractions. This special comedy tour features spellbinding magic acts throughout — all performed by award-winning magician/tour guide Robert Malissa (ongoing).
• Farmers, Merchants, and Land Speculators: The Rise of the Suburb in Northwest Philadelphia: This new neighborhood walking tour of historic Germantown presents a deeper look into how the former agricultural hub became one of America’s first urban suburbs (Thursday).
• Mural Arts 40th Anniversary: Masterpieces East Trolley Tour: This special 40th-anniversary tour explores a selection of iconic murals east of Broad Street that reflect Philly’s creativity and innovation — and helped make Philadelphia the mural capital of the world (Saturday).

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Soak up these live performances at venues across Greater Philadelphia this week and weekend. Looking for an encore? Check out our updated guide to Philly’s biggest concerts and music fests.

• Niall Horan at The Mann Center: Niall Horan has fully stepped out from the One Direction shadow with his three solo albums. On his latest release, The Show, Horan goes heavy on earworm-y pop and dreamy ballads alike (Tuesday).
• Once On This Island at Arden Theatre Company: This production tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who falls in love with a rich boy on the other side of the island, told with the sounds of the Caribbean (Wednesday through Sunday).
• EgoPo Classic Theatre: Ramayana at the Navy Yard: This free world premiere — 28 years in the making — uses puppetry, theater, music and dance to tell the ancient Hindu epic about the power of human spirit. Before each performance, you can also join in a celebration of Indonesian food and culture featuring local Southeast Asian vendors (Wednesday through Sunday).
• Opening: Off By One at Peoples’ Light: Written by Emmy Award-winning creator Joseph Dougherty, this world premiere play centers on a text from a wrong number, how curiosity can bring strangers together and the human desire to find meaning in happenstance (opens Wednesday).
• The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presents Water Music at Bartram’s Garden: Philly enters its Bridgerton era with this series of outdoor classical music concerts at gardens throughout the city. This week’s stop: Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philly. Arrive an hour early to enjoy the garden, have a picnic and sip on drinks (Thursday).
• Opening: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at Stagecrafters Theater: Set in purgatory, two lawyers go head to head in the legal battle of God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus … Judas. Expect Satan, Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and plenty of laughs (opens Friday).

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Treat yourself at one of these food-related happenings in Greater Philadelphia. Hungry for more? Check out our new guide to Philly’s must-try Chinese restaurants.

• Little Owl Pop-up at El Chingon: Carlos Aparicio — El Chingon owner and James Beard Award semifinalist — collabs with chef Tim Dearing of the upcoming concept restaurant Little Owl for a special Southwest-inspired five-course dinner menu. Items include crunchy cactus with charred aguachile and black honey, steamed catfish with Mexican broccoli and chili butter, and more. Reservations strongly encouraged (Monday).
• Summer Beer Garden Series at The Logan, Philadelphia’s Hotel: The Logan hotel takes the food and fun outdoors with a summer beer garden series, held in its lush hotel courtyard. Expect craft brews and spirits, eats from the on-site restaurant Urban Farmer, live music, and plenty of yard games. The Logan beer garden is open to the public — and it’s family- and pet-friendly (begins Sunday).

Ongoing

Springtime in Philly means good times with good friends, preferably with a breeze at your back and a cold drink in your hand. Many of Philly’s most popular outdoor venues are now open for the season, including waterfront destinations like Morgan’s Pier and Liberty Point; lush beer gardens like Walnut Garden in Rittenhouse Square, Independence Beer Garden in the Historic District, the Garden Bar at the Rodin Museum, Uptown Beer Garden in Center City, and the PHS Pop Up Gardens on South Street and in Manayunk; and ever-popular rooftop attractions like Sunset Social at Cira Green and Bok Bar in South Philly. Looking for even more outdoor options? Check out our 2024 guide to the city’s best rooftop bars and restaurants. Cheers!

Ongoing

Wanna borrow a banned book? Visit Philadelphia’s Little Free(dom) Library initiative encourages residents and visitors in Philadelphia to explore banned fiction and non-fiction texts at over a dozen locations throughout the city. The initiative features new banned titles added during heritage months and observances throughout the year, including Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Pride Month, and Hispanic Heritage Month. This June, dive into brand new additions from LGBTQ+ authors, including Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender, The Breakaways by Cathy G. Johnson, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe and This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson. Spread the love by leaving a book of your own (optional).

Through Sunday, June 30, 2024

The warm weather brings roller-skating to Dilworth Park’s Rothman Orthopaedics Roller Rink in the heart of Center City on the west side of City Hall. Grab an advanced ticket for hour-long skating sessions on the retro-inspired checkerboard rink (available afternoons and evenings seven days a week). When you’re done, enjoy eats and drinks at the adjacent Air Grille Garden and Dilworth Park Café for roller rink-inspired snacks and cocktails. Work up a sweat? Splash through the park’s dancing ground-embedded fountains. Plus, this week the rink takes it all the way back to the 2000s and spins your fave emo hits during the Rhythm & Roll Emo Night (Thursday).

Through Sunday, July 7, 2024

Film buffs and fans of Latino culture can celebrate a dozen years of cinematic grandeur from established and emerging Latino filmmakers at the annual Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival. The lineup includes feature films, shorts, animations, web series and documentaries, along with workshops, discussions and more. Happening this week:

• Films at Cherry Street Pier: Catch a series of shorts and feature-length flicks along the Delaware River waterfront, including the touching drama St. Vierja Academy and the LOLA Award-nominated comedy You, Me & Her (Friday).
• El Bembé III at Villa Africana Colobó Garden & Las Parcelas: This community-based multimedia project in North Philly places augmented and virtual reality installations in a community garden, with works celebrating African heritage and Puerto Rican culture (Saturday).
• Los Encores: Memories of a Penitent Heart at Fleisher Art Memorial: Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo explores the life, story and accomplishments of her uncle Miguel, who died 25 years prior from AIDS (Saturday).

Through Sunday, August 4, 2024

IMPRINT: Dox Thrash Black Life, and American Culture at The African American Museum in Philadelphia takes a journey through the life, legacy and groundbreaking artworks of renowned printmaker Dox Thrash. The exhibition draws from every major arc of Thrash’s life — from his experiences as a soldier, to his time as a performer on the Black vaudeville circuit, to his years as an art student in Chicago — and showcases rare works that offer new perspectives on his personal story. General admission tickets to The African American Museum are required.

Through Wednesday, August 28, 2024 (Wednesdays only)

No summertime sadness here: June marks the start of Philly’s favorite Wednesday night party. Center City District SIPS features happy hour deals at participating restaurants and bars all summer long, with $7 tequila cocktails, $6 wine, $5 beer and half-priced apps at over 75 establishments like Double Knot and the Air Grille Garden at Dilworth Park. This year, you can also look forward to 15% off dinner at select participating restaurants. Can’t figure out where to go? Our 2024 guide has you covered.

Through Monday, September 2, 2024

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University presents a new immersive exhibit spotlighting the world of rainforests and the flora and fauna that inhabit the most diverse ecosystem on the planet. The Under the Canopy exhibition, for students of all ages and presented in both English and Spanish, features plants and rainforest ecology including an encounter a live sloth, boa constrictor and other animals that call these habitats home, plus life-size climbable animal sculptures (including a gorilla, tortoise, crocodile, red-eye tree frog and Banyan tree), interactive discovery stations, dynamic displays and engaging programming.

Through Monday, September 2, 2024

Everything’s clicking into place. Returning to The Franklin Institute for the first time since 2015, The Art of the Brick displays more than 100 works all made completely of LEGO — from recreations of masterworks like Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to original works of LEGO sculpture, including a 20-foot-long T. rex dinosaur skeleton and many pieces that are just plain fun. Every sculpture in the hugely impressive display is the handiwork of contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya, the first artist ever to create an exhibition solely of LEGO art.

Through Sunday, September 8, 2024

The Mary Cassatt at Work exhibition celebrates the Philadelphia-raised impressionist artist who explored gender, labor and feminine agency via more than 130 prints, paintings and pastels. Also included: new findings about the advanced processes and materials the painter — who began studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at age 15 — used in the early 20th century. This is the first major showing of Cassatt’s life’s work in over 25 years.

Through Sunday, September 29, 2024 (Wednesdays though Sundays)

Philly’s beloved roving beer garden Parks On Tap is back for 2024 with brews and bites at urban parks and green spaces across Philadelphia, with a new neighborhood featured each week. Expect drafts from Mainstay Independent Brewing, Conshohocken Brewing, 2SP Brewing and more, as well as cocktails, burgers, cheesesteaks and snacks. This week’s stop: Belmont Plateau in West Fairmount Park, from June 12 through June 16, 2024.

Through Sunday, September 29, 2024

Enthusiasts of riverside chilling, rejoice: Spruce Street Harbor Park reopens this season with the same floating hammocks, technicolor lights, tasty grub and live music you know and love — but this year introduces some fancy new additions. Brand-new for 2024:

• The Lazy Hammock covered bar and performance stage, featuring a 20-foot stage and 16-foot video wall ripe for movie nights and watch parties
• The Blue Anchor, showcasing local beer, handcrafted cocktails and new food offerings, and
• The Trading Post, a bodega on the water with locally made ice cream pints, snacks, and merch from Philly artists and vendors

Through Sunday, October 27, 2024 (Saturdays & Sundays)

Attention foodies: The nationally renowned seasonal Southeast Asian Market pops up on the weekends at FDR Park. At this massive culinary treasure, visitors can discover over 70 vendors offering traditional dishes, street food and produce native to Asia, plus plants, jewelry and clothing. For the best experience, pack a picnic blanket and don’t forget to bring cash — some vendors are cash-only and there’s no ATM on site. Pro tip: You can find the market near the Broad Street exit of FDR Park from the beginning of May through June.

Through Sunday, January 5, 2025

In the fascinating new Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent exhibition, visitors discover rare documents, inspired works of art and historical objects that paint a fuller picture of the shelter used as George Washington’s headquarters throughout the War for Independence. The tent — the Museum of the American Revolution’s signature artifact — served as the battlefield home, strategic meeting place and office quarters for General Washington, and the exhibition tells the stories of the many individuals who worked to preserve and pass down this vital symbol of the American republic.

It’s true: Philly is an award-winning, headline-grabbing kinda town. Need help keeping up with all the buzz? Get the scoop with this weekly roundup of our favorite Philly stories. Hot off the presses:

• Loud and Proud: Philly scores a first-ever Guinness World Records™ title, and it’s fab!
• So Fresh, So Clean: The best pictures from The Roots Picnic in Fairmount Park, as captured by Rolling Stone.
• Oi!: Here’s everything you need to know about the Phillies games in London last weekend.
• Raise a Glass: Esquire names these two Philly cocktail bars among the best in the country.
• Meet “Baby Girl”: Here’s the adorable athlete representing the Flyers in the inaugural Stanley Pup.

The warm weather brings lots to look forward to in Philly. Catch up on the latest with this fresh batch of content on visitphilly.com:

• Each year, America commemorates the end of slavery in 1865 with Juneteenth. And each year, Greater Philly celebrates Juneteenth with a bevy of festivals, performances, art showcases and more. Our 2024 guide highlights what to look forward to during America’s newest federally recognized holiday.
• Every month is Pride Month in Philadelphia. Updated for 2024, our itinerary for Philly’s essential LGBTQ+ sites, murals, restaurants and more gives a crash course on the city’s LGBTQ+ history — and how you can celebrate all year long.
• As the birthplace of America, it’s no surprise that Philly goes all out for the Fourth. Our newly updated guide captures all the top festivities in Philadelphia between Juneteenth and July Fourth this year — from fireworks to festivals and everything in between.