Philly Haps
Philly Happenings is WKDU's listing of upcoming Philadelphia area events.
All events for the next three (3) days are to be read on the radio everyday at Noon, 5pm, and 8pm.
Do you have an event you would like to add to Philly Happenings? Email phillyhaps@wkdu.org.
When you send us information don't forget to mention what artists are performing, the location, date, time and any important details (e.g. all ages, 21+, etc...)
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar / J Robbins (night #2) | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Josephine Luhman / Chiche / Caring Less | 8:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knumears / Catalyst / Love Letter / Static Brian | 7:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Cortisa Star / Miss Madeline | 7:00pm - 11:00pm | Warehouse on Watts - Cambridge Hall | All Ages |
| Autobahn / Semi Trucks / Circle of Fire | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | All Ages |
| Wesley Joseph | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Mark Winters | 8:00pm | Rusty Nail | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Ash | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Wishy / youbet | 7:30pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Untethered (Paul Giess/Grant Calvin Weston/Timothy Ragsdale) | 8:00pm | The Perch | All Ages |
| Philly Music Fest: The Dillinger Escape Plan / Pyrrhon / Caged | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEAP / Entropy World Tour | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Event Horizon Series pres. Sohme / Infrasubcontra / Smith and Fury | 8:00pm | The Rotunda | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Sanderson | 7:00pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Ratas en Zelo / Depresión Tropical / Myles of Destruction / Night Fury | 7:00pm | The Rotunda | All Ages |
| guardin / kennedyxoxo / Fijimar | 7:30pm | Silk City | 21+ |
| Alash (Tuvan throat singers) | 8:00pm | 2223 Fish | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Albert Square / Maxwell Stern | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Chasing Abbey | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Acid Mothers Temple / Magick Potion | 8:00pm | Milkboy Philly | 21+ |
| DICE | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPEGMAFIA | 7:30pm | The Fillmore Philadelphia | All Ages |
| Sweet Gloom / Rat Jester / Milkspiller | 8:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Bochner | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saoirse Dream / Anita Velveeta / Angel Jelly / Ugli | 7:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
| New Not Shameful / Christina's Trip / Cowboy Death / Chubasco | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telehealth | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Radiator Hospital / Dusk | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces | 8:00pm | Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture | All Ages |
| Swapmeet / Baby Wave | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound House: Anna Johnson / iiisa / Addison Rider | 7:00pm | Living Signal | All Ages |
| YHWH Nailgun / Morgan Garrett / Samba Jean-Baptiste | 7:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
| Home Star / Dagwood / Honeygaze | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| The Damned (FINAL DAMNATION 50) / Flamin' Groovies / The Courettes | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osees (ft. Brigid Dawson) / Traps PS | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Be Your Own Pet | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smidley / Alltheflowers | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Lilyisthatyou / James The Seventh | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| FULLER / Le Keep | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Benefit For Carolyn featuring Mannequin Pussy / Dark Thoughts / KulfiGirls / Commitment / Cult Objects | 6:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Dana and Alden | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Sanctuary | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guerilla Toss / Ben Katzman's DeGreaser / Grocer | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Dev Lemons | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Jerry / Crickets and Cicadas | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Tunaween 2026: Friend / Disaster Artist / Nysa / Sound of Jeb / Precious Little Life | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Arun Ramamurthy Trio / Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio | 7:30pm | Zellerbach Theatre | All Ages |
| Built to Spill (night #1) | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| Johnnie Jupiter and the Controversy | 8:00pm | Love City Manayunk | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built to Spill (night #2) | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| Swarnendu Mandal (sarod player) | 8:00pm | Asian Arts Initiative | All Ages |
| WKDU Presents: Blacklisted and Ink & Dagger in the Creese Student Center on Halloween | 8:00pm | Drexel University Main Building | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| heavens to betsy | 7:30pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJJ / Greet Death | 7:30pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Ak’chamel / Ecology: HomeStones | 8:00pm | The Rotunda | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannelle | 7:00pm | Warehouse on Watts - Cambridge Hall | All Ages |
| Hovvdy / Christian Lee Hutson | 7:30pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Bass Drum of Death | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ami Taf Ra & Kamasi Washington presenting The Profit & The Madman EARLY SHOW | 6:00pm | City Winery | 21+ |
| Makaya McCraven | 7:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Bow and Arrow (Lea Bertucci & Michael Behari) / Angel Meat (Anna Young & Myles Donovan) | 8:00pm | The Perch | All Ages |
| Ami Taf Ra & Kamasi Washington presenting The Profit & The Madman LATE SHOW | 9:00pm | City Winery | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deux Visages (record release) / Chemical / Kulfi Girls / Charmspeak | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Orange Dog Club | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Basia Bulat | 8:00pm | Philadelphia Ethical Society | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinay Desai (Santoor player) | 7:00pm | Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement | All Ages |
| Giles Corey / Kathryn Mohr / Val Acton Loper | 7:00pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Geese (Night #1) | 8:00pm | The Fillmore Philadelphia | All Ages |
| William Basinski / claire rousay | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Sanctuary | All Ages |
| Carsie Blanton | 8:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Static / Soji / Froggy | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Geese (Night #2) | 8:00pm | The Fillmore Philadelphia | All Ages |
| Deerhoof / Eraser / Nympho | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdbath Sessions Ep. 1: Morphology (Carlos Santiago -- violin Asia Mieleszko -- voice, accordion Salina Kuo -- vibraphone, guzheng Pamela Fucello -- flute) | 7:00pm | The Perch | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Ali | 7:30pm | City Winery | 21+ |
| Protomartyr | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Orville Peck | 8:00pm | The Met | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Girl | 7:00pm | Warehouse on Watts - Cambridge Hall | All Ages |
| All Get Out / Motherfolk / Saint Blonde | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Big Ass Truck / Chamber / Mugshot / Restrictor Plate / Surfaced | 7:00pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Sweeping Promises | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Small Brown Bike / The Casket Lottery | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic America / Humilitarian / Wonderful Life / Hatchery | 7:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Freak Slug / Mila Degray | 8:00pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Bedouine / Other Delights | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kilans / Jade Street | 7:30pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| The ER Band / Axis:Sova / Mike Polizze | 7:30pm | Jerry's on Front | All Ages |
| Okapi / Channel Marker | 8:00pm | Living Signal | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First to Eleven | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Sleep | 8:00pm | Theatre of the Living Arts | All Ages |
| Negativland / Sue C | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Spitz | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEN | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Eliza Edens / Maria Mirenzi / Sovei | 8:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Freeman / Robber Robber | 7:30pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis of Delirium | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bill / Heavy Shrug / Marathon '77 / Shortcuts | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torsofuck / Malignancy / Suffer / Chopped Up / Viscera Crown / Shunt | 5:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careful In The Sun / Medukha | 8:00pm | Pageant : Soloveev | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANAS (Tashi Dorji: guitar Thom Nguyen: drums Che Chen: guitar, percussion, homemade instruments) / Totally Automatic (Anne Ishii, Eugene Lew and Matthew Smith Lee) | 8:00pm | Calvary Community Center | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gripper / The Emily Robb Band / Candybar / Civil Rats | 7:00pm | JT's Burgers and Brews | 21+ |
| Lily Seabird / Eliza Niemi | 8:00pm | Pageant : Soloveev | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koffin Kats / Voodoo Glow Skulls / The Raging Nathans | 6:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship / Charlotte Cornfield / more eaze | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Burrell & Steve Swell duo | 8:00pm | The Perch | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandible Trio / Pushovers (Jordan Topiel Paul - amplified snare drum Bryan Eubanks - serge modular synthesizer) | 7:30pm | Pageant : Soloveev | All Ages |
| GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops | 8:00pm | The Fillmore Philadelphia | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulcer / Lifeless Dark / Flower / Destruct / No Fucker / K.O.S. / Early Grave | 6:00pm | Upper Darby American Legion Post 214 | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Tuber Stringband / Sam Wenc | 8:00pm | The Perch | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habibi Gün | 8:00pm | The Rotunda | All Ages |
| WKDU Presents: Creepoid: High For The Holidays | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delbert Anderson Quartet | 8:00pm | Harold Prince Theatre | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinosaur Jr. / Starcrawler | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Blacksberg's Freilachs Music | 1:15pm | Annenberg Center Feintuch Family Lobby | All Ages |
| Ladysmith Black Mambazo | 7:00pm | Zellerbach Theatre | All Ages |