Tinariwen were busy criss crossing the globe on their recent triumphant tours (160 concerts played in the past three years), expanding their audience on all five continents, becoming one of the latest musical phenomena of truly universal calibre, the frontiers that encircle their desert home were closing down and double-locking, forcing them into exile to record this their 8th album.
- Francis Dordor
Translated by Andy Morgan
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Wax / Riko and Whaler Collective | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Walnut Brain / Justin Duerr / Pleasure in Ruins | 8:00pm | Upstairs at Abyssinia | 21+ |
| Will Calhoun's Mali Project | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| JJJJJerome Ellis | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Ghostface Killah | 8:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pictoria Vark / Moon By Moon / Julian | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| WKDU Supports: Cat Clyde | 7:00pm | 118 North | 21+ |
| Mal Blum / Oceanator | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| East Kensington Spring Festival 2 featuring DOGO du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band | 8:00pm | Philadelphia Brewing Co. | 21+ |
| Sun of Goldfinger | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Variant 6 performing their program Equinox | 8:00pm | Philadelphia Ethical Society | All Ages |
| Hole Dweller / Shadow Knell | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dez Cadena (playing Black Flag) / Droogettes / Noun / The Brood (Matinee) | 1:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Pist' N' Broke / Knife's Edge / Hand Pay / Direct Order | 6:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Blvck Hippie / Grocer / Little Hag | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |