The weather is awesome today — get out there and enjoy it! (Photo by R. Kennedy for GPTMC)
The last two weekends have been HOT, so we’re pretty excited for the beautiful weather Philadelphia is enjoying right now. Sunny and 84 degrees? Yes, please.
So that’s the theme for the weekend: get out there and enjoy it. There are plenty of opportunities to do just that — Shakespeare in Clark Park, the Bacon Fest and a movie screening under the stars at the awesome new Oval, the PHS Pop-Up Garden (which, if you haven’t been, you need to check out — it’s awesome), XPonential Music Fest, the East Passyunk Car Show and a lot more.
Check out all of our top picks for the weekend below, and as always be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for more tips as the weekend goes along.
Friday, July 26
Top Pick: XPoNential Music Festival (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Top Pick: Shakespeare In Clark Park presents The Tempest (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Top Pick: Footloose and Bacon Fest at The Oval
Finally Friday in Mt. Airy
Film al Fresco at Aviator Park
Films at the Fish (Fri, Sat, Sun)
The Trestle Inn’s Friday Nite Backyard BBQ
Imaginings of Nature at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (Fri, Sat, Sun)
My Dinner with Dito: A How to be Gay Cabaret at the Wilma Theater (Fri, Sat)
The Sidework Series at Metropolitan Gallery 250 (Sat, Sun)
Youth Grower’s Market and Cooking Demonstration at The Oval
Free Rock School Dance Performance
The Twelves at Morgan’s Pier
Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture on the Wall at The Barnes Foundation (Fri, Sat, Sun)
International House Philadelphia Presents Totally Terrible 80s! Electric Dreams
Jennifer Bartlett: History Of The Universe At The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Friday Night Jazz in Cedar Park
Hawthorne Park Presents a Free Screening of Lady and The Tramp
Turning Points at the Mercer Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Summer Show Off Exhibit at the Mt. Airy Art Garage (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Art Splash at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Saturday, July 27
Top Pick: University City Dining Days (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Top Pick: Philadelphia Dance Day
Top Pick: SmörgåsBeer’d at the American Swedish Historical Museum
Our Top Picks for Brunch
The Awesome Fest Presents Back to the Future at Parx Casino
Mad Decent Block Party
Mad Decent Block Party After Party at Morgan’s Pier
Free Mini-Golf at The Porch at 30th Street Station (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Rittenhouse Square Farmers’ Market
More picks, below.
Sugarhouse Casino’s Waterfront Concert Series (Fri, Sat)
Casting Call for Live at The Apollo
PHAIR Open-Air Market
Paint Nite at Ralics
Bartram’s Garden Ice Cream Tour
Tugboats: The Art of Dave Boone at the Independence Seaport Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Free Fuel and Alien Ant Farm Concert at Xfinity Live
Jazz Night at The Oval
The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center’s Contemporary Photography Competition And Exhibition (Fri, Sat)
Serpentine at the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Mighty Mike at the Adventure Aquarium (Fri, Sat, Sun)
The 1968 Exhibit at the National Constitution Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Lawn Concert at Penns Woods Winery
Wicked at the Academy of Music (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Sunday, July 28
Top Pick: East Passyunk Car Show and Street Festival
Top Pick: PHS Pop-Up Garden (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Top Pick: Epic by Cochon 555
Summer Flings at Act II Playhouse (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Hoop Dance Performance and Classes at The Oval
The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats at the National Museum of American Jewish History (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Techmobile, Presented by the Free Library of Philadelphia at The Oval
Brooklyn Flea Philly
Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Headhouse Farmers’ Market
Carillon Concerts at Longwood Gardens
Glow: Living Lights at the Academy of Natural Science (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Americanarama Festival of Music: Bob Dylan and His Band
Family Fun Day at The Oval
Through the Looking Lens and Drawing Room at the American Philosophical Society Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Yoga on Race Street Pier
Sundae with Lisa Shaw at Morgan’s Pier
CandyCoated Wonderland at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Disc Golf Classes at The Oval