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Concerts, games, comedy, theater and more.
This weekend
See everythingFLATstrap Launch Party
The Rotunda · 12:00 PM
FreeGinkgo Watch
The Woodlands · Through Nov 18
FLATstrap Launch Party
The Rotunda · 12:00 PM
Play Without Boundaries
Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM
Handel at Home
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Comm University Vogue Commentating Class
The Rotunda · 6:00 PM
A conversation with Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Kelly Writers House · 12:00 PM
The Poetic Record
Kelly Writers House · 6:00 PM
EL & NYC Tribe
The Rotunda · 8:00 PM
Weekly Improvised Music Drop-in Jam Session
The Rotunda · 12:00 PM
The Re-Declaration Project: The Historical Imagination and an Iconic Document
Kelly Writers House · 6:00 PM
Experimental Music Ensemble: Fall Concert
Pearlstein Gallery · 5:00 PM
Sacred Houses
Kelly Writers House · 6:00 PM
Philly Filmmaker Works-in-Progress Showcase
The Rotunda · 6:30 PM
Game Design and Production Senior Project Playtesting
URBN Center Lobby · 12:30 PM
Delve into the Hip Hop Metaverse
URBN Lobby · 4:00 PM
Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Nov 21
Pitch Please
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Nov 21
Sweeny Todd
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Nov 21
Bowerbird presents Treatise Revisited with Arcana New Music Ensemble
The Rotunda · 8:00 PM
The Veldt with Noun and Sun Within
The Rotunda · 7:00 PM
Tellabration: Foundations, Stories That Made Us
The Rotunda · 2:00 PM
Hot Peas 'N Butter
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Louis Cato
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Vogue Practice Session
The Rotunda · 6:00 PM
Rusty Holiday Pop Up
The Rotunda · 9:00 AM
Event Horizon presents All My Friends Are Ghosts, Dimension Step and Dreamware
The Rotunda · 8:00 PM
Animal ACTivists of Philly Holiday Bizarre and Indoor Flea Market featuring KRAMPUS
The Rotunda · 11:00 AM
Vegan Potluck Open to All
The Rotunda · 5:00 PM
The Deep Dig: The Real World Behind Homer's Odyssey
Penn Museum · Through Dec 15
Fusion Band and Rock Ensemble: Fall Concert
Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:30 PM
Mind and Mood Recharge
Penn Museum · 5:00 PM
Archaeology Institute of America Lecture: New Research on the Ancient Port of Kommos
Penn Museum · 6:00 PM
Jazz Orchestra and Jazztet: Fall Concert
Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:30 PM
Queer Games, Platform Censorship, and Alternative Distribution
URBN Annex Screening Room · 6:00 PM
Drexel University Symphony Orchestra: Fall Concert
Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:30 PM
Hands on History: Caring for Culture Through Conservation
Penn Museum · 10:00 AM
Gospel Choir: Fall Concert
Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:00 PM
Christmas Celebration
Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM
Solo Performance Ensemble
Black Box Theater · 7:00 PM
Advanced Improv Ensemble: Fall Showcase
Black Box Theater · 8:30 PM
Becoming American: Philadelphia's Story Film Screening and Q&A
Arthur Ross Gallery · 7:00 PM
Hanukkah Celebration
Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM
Masterclass: Isaiah J. Thompson
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Isaiah J. Thompson: A Guaraldi Holiday
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Visionaries Preview: Egypt Galleries Life and Afterlife
Penn Museum · 5:30 PM
A Very Sw!ng Out Holiday
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Dec 12
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Dec 13
Egypt Galleries Opening Celebration
Penn Museum · 10:00 AM
Winter Wonder
Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM
Choir! Choir! Choir!: Un-Silent Night: An Epic Holiday Sing-Along
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Guided Tour: Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Penn Museum · 2:00 PM
Winter Solstice Bird Walk
The Woodlands · 3:00 PM
Kwanzaa Celebration
Penn Museum · 11:00 AM
Kwanzaa Celebration
Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM
Countdown to New Year
Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM
Up Late with the Sphinx
Penn Museum · 5:00 PM
Teacher Open House: Egypt Galleries Life and Afterlife
Penn Museum · 10:00 AM
Hands on History: Investigating Ancient Ceramic and Metalworking Techniques
Penn Museum · 10:00 AM
Cirque Éloize: ID EVOLUTION
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Delbert Anderson Quartet
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Daymé Arocena
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves: Celebrate John Coltrane
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Third Coast Percussion & Glenn Kotche
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Dallahan
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Martin Hayes Duo: Special Guest Béla Fleck
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman: Special Guest James Shipp
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Open Session with Béla Fleck & Martin Hayes
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Tall Stories Theatre Company: The Gruffalo
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Black Grace
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Feb 20
I Fagiolini
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Dan Blacksberg's Freilachs Music: FREE Concert
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Mar 8
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: The Three Little Pigs and Other Tales
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Mar 9
123 Andrés
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
TheaterWorksUSA: Rosie Revere, Ada Twist & Iggy Peck: The Questioneers
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Mar 13
Endea Owens & The Cookout
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu: The Ghosts of Hamlet
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Masterclass: Sarah Elizabeth Charles
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Gibney Company
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Apr 17
Fontaines D.C. with Westside Cowboy
Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM
Philip Glass Ensemble: Koyaanisqatsi: Live with Film
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
John Scott Dance: Ancestral Movements
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through May 1
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through May 9
Kings of Leon World Tour 2027 with special guests Band of Horses
Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM
Two Friends Big Bootie World
Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM
An Evening with Audra McDonald
Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM
Matchbox Twenty 30th Anniversary Tour with David Gray
Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM
Leon Bridges The Happiness Anytime Tour with special guest Kokoroko
Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM
On now: exhibits and runs
Coming up at Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center)
Handel at Home
Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus
Pitch Please
Sweeny Todd
Hot Peas 'N Butter
Louis Cato
Masterclass: Isaiah J. Thompson
Isaiah J. Thompson: A Guaraldi Holiday
A Very Sw!ng Out Holiday
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold
Choir! Choir! Choir!: Un-Silent Night: An Epic Holiday Sing-Along
Cirque Éloize: ID EVOLUTION
Close by, in Center City, South Philly, Rittenhouse
James Santangelo & The Late Night Jam
Chris' Jazz CafeMorning Magic Tour
Philadelphia's Magic GardensMade in Philadelphia Holiday Market
Dilworth ParkGuided Site Tour
Philadelphia's Magic GardensWhen Trees Testify: Living With and Learning From Trees
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) EventsSpecial Event: Hollywood Crime Scene
Helium Comedy Club PhiladelphiaSpecial Event: Aaron Branch
Helium Comedy Club PhiladelphiaOilers vs. Flyers
Xfinity Mobile ArenaPacers vs. 76ers
Xfinity Mobile ArenaJesse Roper
MilkBoy PhiladelphiaSleep: North America 2026
Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)Workshop: Ceramics: Raku (3 Day + Firing)
Fleisher Art MemorialPlaces in University City
- Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center)Performing arts center · 40 coming up
- The RotundaCommunity arts venue · 15 coming up
- Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater)University theater · 13 coming up
- Penn MuseumMuseum · 11 coming up
- Please Touch MuseumChildren's museum · 8 coming up
- Highmark Mann CenterOutdoor amphitheater · 5 coming up
- Kelly Writers HouseLiterary center · 4 coming up
- Arthur Ross GalleryArt gallery · 1 coming up
- The WoodlandsHistoric site and cemetery · 1 coming up
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