190 events today on the BIG City Calendar!
Now & Soon
Coming Up
Heads up at Magic Gardens — “Living Through Death: Works by Ivette Chaires” thru Nov 8 — Día de Muertos papier-mâché and Mexican folk art, included with admission. Visit Philly
HANDMADE PASTA II - HANDS ON
Heads up at the Art Museum — Pay what you wish Friday nights extended thru June 25, 2027. Attendance up 87% since program's return. source
Sunday Best Lunch Learn
1. Walk in + Weave
MTG Commander
Sketching In The Galleries
Handle with Care
Impressionism And Beyond
Exhibition Tour Rodins Hands
Baby Whale and the Plastic Ocean
The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walk
Nation Of Artists Tour
3 In 30 Tour
Shoutout to Craft Nation, a community craft studio!
Going Out on a Limb: Physicality and Risk
Walk in + Weave with 2 shuttles
Art Latin America Tour
Let Freedom Ring
Heads up at Craft Nation — New Port Richmond craft studio — one-off workshops (chainmail, mosaics, candlemaking) and at least two free events monthly. source
Highlights Museum Tour
RNB Rocks
Motown Happy Hour
Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle
Heads up at Schuylkill Banks — Schuylkill River Park Farmers Market runs Sundays 9am–1pm thru Oct 25 at 25th & Spruce. source
Parks on Tap at Spring Gardens
FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR
Philly Phriday Happy Hour
Drink and Tuft: Beginner Tufting Workshop
Bingo Loco: Hip Hop + R&B
Shoutout to Black Hound Clay Studio West, a community pottery studio!
Angelo Outlaw Trio
Heads up at Morgan's Pier — Fall Fest starts Sep 24 — daily pumpkin carving until 8pm, Yappy Hour Mondays. Season closes Oct 31. source
Wild Wanderers Open House
PITBULL NIGHT
Heads up at Fleisher — Fall term runs thru Nov 20 — tuition assistance available to anyone who needs it, no documentation required. source
JumpstART: Step Into Watercolor
A Dream Within A Dream
Heads up on Philly stages — 30+ shows on Philly stages this fall in Visit Philly's guide. TKTS: 30–50% off select shows within 72 hours, in person at the Independence Visitor Center. Visit Philly
Kegs For Cats
Heads up at Taller Puertorriqueño — Feria del Barrio Sun Sep 13, noon–5 on N. 5th — the 42nd year, free. La Guagua47 bilingual concert follows Sep 26, 7:30pm. Visit Philly
Heads up at Philadelphia Brewing — Free brewery tours every Saturday at 12 and 2 — an hour through the 1885 Weisbrod & Hess building, no RSVP needed. Keep an eye out for Duke the Brewery Cat. Tour info
Dickie Dickie Dicky Donnie
Phillies Specials
Memento Flipbook Workshop
Faculty Fellowship Exhibition Reception
Shoutout to Thrillerdelphia: Philly's Horror Bookstore
BECK Listening Party 9/18
Build Your Own Magnet or Pin Workshop
“Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud”
Jane Eyre Wasn’t a Whore
DECLARATION
Heart2Art
Seen & Unseen: A Pylon Experience
Love Abide With You, The Birthplace Quilts
CANCELED: The Women’s Film Festival 2026
Fictional Names
Highlights Museum Tour
My Dog is Dead and You’re the Father
Show Pony
Murder at the Netherfield Ball: An Interactive Mystery
Friday Night Magic (draft or sealed)
LIVE 3 COURSE CHEF COMPETITION: CHEF BRITNI VS. CHEF JARED
Spirits of Independence - Grumblethorpe - Colonial Wine Trade
Lunar Retreat
The Philadelphia Tom Petty Appreciation Band
Philadelphia Comedy Club
Friday Night Rat Catchers
Slowly, Slowly, We Begin Again
Karen Tenderness in DOPPEL BÄNGER
Lunar Retreat
The Garden of Alla
JENder BENDER
VOYNICH
Friday Night Rat Catchers
Heads up at Thrillerdelphia — Horror bookstore on Main Street, Manayunk — readings, signings, workshops. On Visit Philly's 2026 Halloween list. Visit Philly
Book Club: Plot Twist Pending
Heads up at Spruce Street Harbor Park — Last weeks of the season — free Friday Night Jazz thru Sep 25, free STEM Sundays 1–4pm thru Sep 27, swan boats now dog-friendly. Visit Philly
Heads up at Frankie's — Last day of the season is Sunday Sep 27. Free live music Saturdays 5–8pm until then. source
Heads up at Claude's — New basement comedy club at 1123 S. Broad — 100-seat showroom, comedy seven nights a week, Tastykake flights at the bar. source
Opera on Tap Philadelphia Presents: Pagliacci
Twelve Steps Back
If ever
All The World Wondered
My Dog is Dead and You’re the Father
Elements
With Love from Ella
Egg and How I Learned to Save Myself
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
Special Event: Rick Glassman
Manayunk - Kricket Comedy
Weave Structure Study Group
Heads up at Society Hill Dance — Drop in for $25, no partner or experience needed — or $170/month unlimited, every style. Four-week courses $90. Class info
Just added
Evan Kappelman Quartet
Joe Fenti
Tell Me Your Name
Lunar Retreat
Joe Kaplow ~ A Meadow ~ James Clark
Joe Kaplow ~ A Meadow ~ James Clark
Harmonie Hall: 49 Burning Condors, Maria Mirenzi, Amélie Swann
CANCELED: THE HUMAN COMPUTER
Cheekface
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