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The Olger Band and The Shadow Puppets at Dawson
2026-01-31 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Dawson Street Pub, Philadelphia, PA, 19127, United States

The Planets and Emmet Drueding at the Fallser
2026-01-31 20:00 - 23:30 | The Fallser Club, 3721 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19129, United States

Dual Discovery (Women and Girls only) at Venice Island Performing Arts Center
2026-01-31 20:30 - 23:00 | Venice Island Performing Arts Center

Human Dog Sled Races on the Ivy Ridge Trail - details TBD
2026-02-01 12:00 - 17:00 | Manayunk Bridge Garden, 100 Dupont St, Philadelphia, 19127
Keep an eye on the main page for annoucements.

Against The Grain All Day Vinyl at Umbria Arts
2026-02-01 14:00 - 22:00 | Umbria Arts, 5100 Umbria Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Roxborough Symphony Orchestra at VIPARC
2026-02-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Venice Island Performing Arts Center
Presents Brahms’ Symphony #3 and Brahm’s Violin Concerto
The Roxborough Orchestra is your community orchestra!
We are a symphony orchestra comprised of a diverse group of musicians living in Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs. Our talented musicians and esteemed musical director Michael Ludwig bring classical works to life and serve as an integral part of the region’s cultural fabric.
As a non-profit organization, we rely on donations to fund our ongoing operations and to help keep our music accessible to all!

Groundhog Day, RoxYunk Style...
2026-02-02 08:00 - 09:00

Trivia Night at Twisted Ginger with Brewtanant Dan
2026-02-02 18:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-09 18:30 - 21:00 | Twisted Gingers, 4317 Fleming, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Open Mic at Wissahickon Brewing
2026-02-02 18:30 - 22:00, 2026-02-09 18:30 - 22:00 | Wissahickon Brewing Company, 3705 W. Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia, PA, United States
What’s not to love about this?
1 – Open Mics are amazing. Like an epic journey into the human psyche. The community that gathers around a good open mic (like this one) is manna to the soul.
2 – The brewery is terrific. Top Notch Beer and a great selection of food trucks. Breakfast!
3 – You get to hear trains!

3D Printing for Kids
2026-02-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Roxborough Library, 6245 Ridge Avenue
Tuesdays in February at 6:00pm Join Nivita from Girls Who Code and learn to use a MakerBot 3D printer to make art and create prototypes. This program is aimed at middle schoolers (in grades 5 – 8). Materials will be provided.

Open Mic Comedy Night at the Grape Room
2026-02-03 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Grape Room, 105 Grape Street
IT’S OPEN AGAIN!

Stone Cold Grace EP Release Show
2026-02-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Harmonie Hall, 4372 Fleming, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Harmonie Hall Spelling Bee
2026-02-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Harmonie Hall, 4372 Fleming, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

Open Mic at the Dawson
2026-02-04 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Dawson Street Pub, Philadelphia, PA, 19127, United States
Sign Up at 7, music starts at 8

The Grape Open Jam
2026-02-04 20:00 - 22:30, 2026-02-11 20:00 - 22:30 | Grape Room, 105 Grape Street
Wednesday is a Grape signature – @thegrapeopenjam. A sorely missed staple and it’s cool to watch, and you can participate! Let’s get weird. BYO instrument unless you can’t! Drummers BYO sticks! It’s Free!

Canceled - Quidnunk and Friends Free Live Music at the Foodery
2026-02-06 19:00 - 21:00 | The Foodery on Ridge
Not tonight. Next week.

The Fallser Pressnts - African Friends: Bakithi Kumalo, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, and Youba Cissokho
2026-02-06 20:00 - 22:00
African Friends: A chance meeting developed into a deep friendship and a beautiful musical partnership.
This five-piece band will warm your heart and get your feet moving.

Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa

Tanyaradzwa is a visionary leader committed to African liberation. She is a scholar, healer, composer, singer, and Zimbabwean gwenyambira (mbira player)
She holds a Doctorate of Music in Voice Performance, a Master of Music in Voice Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition (cum laude) with minors in Voice Performance and French.
Tanyaradzwa did her undergraduate studies at Princeton University and her graduate studies at the University of Kentucky. At both institutions, she was the first Zimbabwean in history to graduate with degrees in music.
She recently returned to Princeton University where she was awarded the prestigious Hodder Fellowship by the Lewis Center for the Arts. This is a creative fellowship that was previously awarded to Danai Gurira and Nora Chipaumire – two immensely gifted ZImbabwean artists who inspired her. It is such an honour to be following in their artistic footsteps.
She is now an inaugural START Fellow at Princeton University.
Growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe as the granddaughter of entrepreneur George Chirume Tawengwa – founder of the Mushandirapamwe Hotel, the first Black-owned hotel in Highfield, Harare (formerly Salisbury) – Tanyaradzwa was inspired by a spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration from a young age. She was also surrounded by music; her maternal great-grandfather had been a choral conductor, and both sides of her family enjoyed music-making.
“I perform for audiences all over the world, but my songs are for my people. When I call on the ancestral melodies that are held in our soil, our trees, our hearts, and our blood, I know that we are all healing – one note at a time. ”
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Bakithi Kumalo

Bassist Bakithi presents a joyful musical journey from the Roots and Rhythms of South Africa. Bakithi Kumalo always brings the most talented artists together for the ultimate musical experience that promises to move you in multiple ways. He has just completed a US tour with his lifelong friend, Paul Simon.
Found at the heart and soul of modern-day anthems that have shaped our sense of music and culture as we know it, award-winning, multi-instrumentalist Bakithi Kumalo (Bah-Gee-Tee Koo-Ma-Low) is ranked among the top 50 bass players in the world by Bass Player Magazine.
Born in the Soweto township of Johannesburg, South Africa, and surrounded by relatives who loved music and actively performed, with traditional African rhythms and acappella vocal groups all around him. Kumalo learned to follow the groove of the bass lines and developed licks based on the left-hand work of accordion players in the township bands. Landing his first job at the age of seven filling in for his uncle’s bass player, he continued to work as a session musician in South Africa during the 1970s and early 1980s and was soon recognized as a top session bassist, accompanying international performers during their South African tours.
Introduced to Paul Simon through producer Hendrick Lebone during recording sessions for the Graceland album in 1985, Kumalo traveled with Simon to New York to finish the record. Following accompaniment on the premier tour, he spent several years commuting between Soweto and New York City before permanently settling in the United States.
With a career spent touring alongside artists including Hugh Masekela, the Grateful Dead, Sting, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Derek Trucks, Miriam Makeba, and many others, his abilities extend to his solo work as a singer, percussionist, pianist, and songwriter—in addition to his bass playing—presenting a culmination of diverse influences from throughout his life. Touring regularly with Simon throughout his career, Kumalo has recorded with and performed alongside artists including Joan Baez, Cyndi Lauper, Hugh Masekela, Herbie Hancock, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Randy Brecker, Grover Washington Jr., Mickey Hart, and Disney’s The Lion King.
Best known for his groundbreaking bass line in “You Can Call Me Al,” pocket grooves from “Boy In The Bubble” and “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes,” and his overall big bass sound, Kumalo has also released several solo albums. His most recent project had him working alongside producer Maxfeld Gast and Militia Hill to create What You Hear Is What You See.

Youba Cissokho

YOUBA CISSOKHO plays the kora, a type of harp made from a calabash gourd. West African kings commissioned the kora to recount songs of folklore and love.
Youba fluently plays traditional Mandinka and Wolof music as well as a modern style made up of jazz, reggae, and Afro beats. His lilting sound and expansive range come from a lifelong exposure to rich musical diversity. His father is Issa Cissokho, the saxophone player for the legendary world music group Orchestra Baobab, which blended Latin and Caribbean music with West African styles.
Youba has performed solo all over Africa, Europe, and the United States including Paris, New York, and Dakar. He also joined Artist-In-Residence and LINES Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko on Center Stage at the Vail Dance Festival and frequently accompanies the Temple University ballet classes and orchestras. Youba has played at venues such as The Philadelphia Art Museum and World Cafe Live as well as on the main stages at Harmonic Earth Festival, Cisko Centre, and Odunde Festival, the largest African American street festival in the U.S. with over 500,000 attendees.
Youba currently resides in Philadelphia.

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Abou Lion Diarra

Abou “Lion” Diarra is a Malian musician known as a master of the n’goni, a traditional Malian harp-guitar, who blends traditional sounds with modern influences like blues, jazz, and reggae. He has also worked as a drummer, performing with notable musicians and creating music for theatre. His journey began in West Africa, traveling between cities like Abidjan and Bamako, and he is celebrated for his innovative playing style and his ability to use the n’goni as a guitar, bass, or even a drum.
Master Drummer, Music Producer, Teacher, Songwriter – Endorsed by Chicago Drum and Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals. High-energy live performer, having shared the stage with some of the greats, including jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd and jazz guitarist Leonel Loueké. He was the drummer on a South American tour with The Original Wailers!
Other tours have been with Times magazine’s African diva’ Angélique Kidjo, Leon and The People, Charanga Soleil, and Grammy award winner Charles Neville, ‘the horn man from the Neville Brothers’.
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Victor Gould

Born in Los Angeles and residing in New York City, Victor Gould began playing piano at the young age of four. Gould began his career as one of the first ever recipients of the Herbie Hancock Presidential Scholarship at Berklee College of Music. After completing his bachelor’s degree there, Gould studied at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at Loyola University, where he received a Master’s in Music.
Gould’s honors include the 2009 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award and 2006 semi-finalist in The Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. Victor has performed and or recorded with Esperanza Spalding, Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Ralph Peterson, Wallace Roney, Donald Harrison, Buster Williams and many others.
Victor’s debut album, Clockwork was voted number 1 debut Jazz album in NPR Music’s 2016 Jazz Critics Poll. Gould followed up was his sophomore project Earthlings, and is set to release his third project Thoughts Become Things in spring 2019. Victor currently tours with Jazzmeia Horn and Jeremy Pelt and is set to begin touring his with trio following the release of Thoughts.
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Jump, Jive and Jam
2026-02-07 10:30 - 12:00 | Roxborough Library, 6245 Ridge Avenue
Jump Jive & Jam’s mission is to introduce children under the age of 6 to the joys of music in a safe, fun, and educational environment, one that will be enjoyable for parents as well as kids. This program is designed for little ones ages 0 to 4 years old. Sponsored by the Friends of the Roxborough Library, a volunteer organization.

Cancelled Due to Weather! - Pretzel Park Farmers Market Winter Market will return in March
2026-02-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Pretzel Park, 4300 Silverwood St., Philadelphia, PA, 1912y7, United States
Too cold for humans. Check back in March.

The Legacy of Philadelphia House Music with Lady Alma, Ursula Rucker, Carla Gamble, & DJ Sylo at the Fallser
2026-02-07 17:00 - 22:00 | The Fallser Club, 3721 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19129, United States
Lady Alma
House Music mainstay LADY ALMA is one of the many reasons Philadelphia’s sonic scene is so world-renowned, her uplifting anthems are considered instantly infectious wherever they’re heard. The Philly songstress has made a worldwide name for herself with her eclectic and uplifting musical repertoire. LADY ALMA is known for a range of uniquely inspirational jams – among them “Happiness”, “Believe”, “Chances”, “Hold It Down”, and “Peace You’ll Find”. Fans of LADY ALMA recognize not only the magic of her skillful vocal arches but also her amazing songs, and motivating messages amid a firm foundation for the extensive musical and vocal instruction gleaned from illustrious Philadelphia institutions such as the Girard Academic Music Program, Settlement Music School and the renowned Freedom Theater, where she also studied theater and dance. Count that among the top reasons “Gimme That Music”, her virtual residency at World Café Live named after her jam with Peter & Tyrone, rocks its crowds so well with such consistency, complemented by the presence of Vertical Current. And now comes the release of her new single, “JOY (Hallelujah)” produced by Grammy Award winner DJ Marley Marl, 88 Fingaz, and written by LADY ALMA.
“Even if you’re into something completely different — punk, indie rock, bluegrass — you won’t be able to resist the Power of the Pipes: She just blows you away,” opines the Philadelphia Weekly. “And the more she sings — and scats and wails and whispers — the more excited the audience gets until you’ve got a full-on revival-style meeting. LADY ALMA is the real deal.”
Armed with critical global acclaim, standing-room-only shows, and a discography that rivals the music industry’s heaviest hitters, LADY ALMA has made an artistic impact that even she can’t yet fathom. It’s the effortless mix of fire, humility, and poise that serves as the foundation that’s catapulting her to dizzying heights.

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Ursula Rucker
Ursula Rucker is a celebrated Philadelphia-born spoken word artist, poet, and activist known for her powerful, genre-blending performances that explore themes of womanhood, social justice, love, and resilience. A Temple University graduate, she launched her career in 1994, gaining fame for her collaboration with The Roots on “The Unlocking” and her own club hit, “Supernatural,” leading to numerous albums and international tours where she uses her art as a catalyst for healing and social change.

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Carla Gamble

Carla Gamble is a singer, songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the age of 13, Carla released her first poetry album, “From My Lips to Your Ears”. By age 14 Carla was voted Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. In 2018 Carla released her first single, “Pretty Girl Magic”, which was featured in “For Colored Girls” stage play (Directed by Frankie Darcell).
In June of 2022, Carla released her music compilation titled “She Is”, which received local and national acclaim.
July 2022, Carla received a citation from The City of Philadelphia, for Excellence in Music, for her contribution towards the culture of the arts in Philadelphia. Carla was invited to join the 2023 new member class for the National Recording Academy (Grammys) as a voting member.
In 2023 Carla created “Voices of Philly Soul” ladies edition concert, celebrating Women’s History Month.
In 2024 Carla expanded “Voices of Philly Soul”, to include a Women’s Edition Comedy Show (Punch Line Philly), a Free Mental Health Panel (Ensemble Arts Philly, Kimmel Center Building – Hamilton Garden), and a Ladies Edition Concert (World Cafe Live – Main Hall).
Carla released her newest EP project, January 2024, titled “Soulsthetic” (R&B). A five track, 20 minute, Philadelphia R&B/Soul/Jazz inspired musical journey. Songs such as “Ode to Philly”, gives recognition to Philadelphia’s rich historic musical culture. With lyrics that captures the essence of what it was like growing up listening to “The Sound of Philadelphia”, 2000’s hip-hop/neo-soul era.
Carla has graced the stage for companies such as, The Please Touch Museum, WeBuyBlack, Forbes Magazine, and Wooder Ice; Most recently, Wawa Welcome America, Nicethings (Chill Moody), World Cafe Live, The Oval, The Delaware Waterfront, City Winery Philadelphia, City Winery NYC, The Rail Park (Philadelphia) and others.

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10% off Taqueria Cresta with your Fallser Club ticket!!

MRAC presents An Exhibition of Love (and Hate)
2026-02-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Manayunk Roxborough Arts Center, 419 Green Lane, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States

No Hate In Our State Town Hall at Roxborough Library
2026-02-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Roxborough Library, 6245 Ridge Avenue

Manayunk Canal Towpath Boardwalk Open House
2026-02-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Venice Island Performing Arts Center
The Department of Streets will be hosting an open house on the Manayunk Canal Towpath Boardwalk Rehabilitation Project from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2026. For more info contact trails@phila.gov — at Venice Island Performing Arts Recreation Center.

Valentine’s Day Evening Social at Eremita Cafe
2026-02-12 17:00 - 20:30 | Eremita Cafe, 5548 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19128, United States
