Philly Haps

Philly Happenings is WKDU's listing of upcoming Philadelphia area events.
All events for the next two weeks are 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...)

Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
Time Venue Age
Open Mic 2:00pm - 5:00pm Encanto Kicks & Coffee All Ages
Brainorchestra / Wiseboy Jeremy 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Precious Little Life / Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes / Manor Gates / Hauntress 7:00pm Ortlieb's 21+
Nneena Freelon 7:30pm The Philadelphia Clef Club All Ages
Thurston Moore with Tom Surgal and William Winant (Night 2) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Sunday, Mar 30, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Kronos Quartet performs the music of Terry Riley 7:00pm Zellerbach Theatre All Ages
Monday, Mar 31, 2025
Time Venue Age
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly Mestizx 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025
Time Venue Age
Famous Mammals / Eraser / The Shield 8:00pm Jerry's on Front All Ages
Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025
Time Venue Age
Racoma 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Abby Kenna / Public Works 7:30pm Foto Club All Ages
Still House Plants 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Thursday, Apr 3, 2025
Time Venue Age
Eiko Ishibashi / Hour 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
No Knock / The Tarrys / Vile Enemy / Lottery 8:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Friday, Apr 4, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Hostile City Weekender II (Night #1) Feat. Down By Law / The Stitches (LA) / Chain Whip (Vancouver) / Doc Rotten (New Jersey) / Moose Knuckle (Boston) / The warlovers (Syracuse, NY) / Total Whine (South Philly) / Disoviet (Delco) 5:00pm Upper Darby American Legion Post 214 All Ages
Jay Schwartz - I Belonged to the Blank Generation - Silver Gelatin Photographs from the New Wave and Punk Era, 1977-1980 5:00pm - 8:00pm The SPACE Art Gallery All Ages
MSSV ( Mike Bagetta & Stephen Hodges & MIKE WATT) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Agnostic Front / Murphy’s Law / Violent Way / Rage and Ruin 8:00pm First Unitarian Church: Basement All Ages
The Slackers / Lady Hatchet / DJ 100dBs 8:00pm The Music Hall at World Cafe Live All Ages
Saturday, Apr 5, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Hostile City Weekender II (Night #2) Feat. Clit45 (Long Beach) / The Goons (DC) / Lost Legion (Chicago) / Mike Blanx & the SDABS (NJ) / Badterms (Boston) / Strongarm & the bullies (CA) / Noogy (Dallas, TX) / Impact Driver (Philly) / Scrapyard (NJ) 5:00pm Upper Darby American Legion Post 214 All Ages
Taxidermists / Blix / No Knuckle 7:00pm Foto Club All Ages
Paprika (LA) / Acaustix(NY) / Melonhead(OH) / Demonstrate / Commitment 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Assisted Living, Flash Hits, Fugue State, Webb Chapel 7:00pm Century All Ages
Nabate Isles 7:30pm The Philadelphia Clef Club All Ages
Alan Sparhawk (of Low) 7:30pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Joe Morris+Dan Blacksberg+Carlos Santiago trio / Inverse & Obverse 8:00pm The Rotunda All Ages
Monday, Apr 7, 2025
Time Venue Age
Brìghde Chaimbeul 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Tuesday, Apr 8, 2025
Time Venue Age
Mogwai 8:00pm Theatre of the Living Arts All Ages
Admin / Spiral Path / The Spine 8:00pm Ortlieb's 21+
Wednesday, Apr 9, 2025
Time Venue Age
Wormrot / No/Más / Bandit 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Jenny Scheinman's All Species Parade 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Marshall Allen and the New Dawn 8:00pm The Music Hall at World Cafe Live All Ages
Steph Richards+Qasim Naqvi duo / Nick Millevoi+Andy Pitcher duo 8:00pm The Maas Building All Ages
Thursday, Apr 10, 2025
Time Venue Age
Casino Hearts 7:30pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
[Book Release] Ben Ratliff "Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening" 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Slomo Sapiens / Owen Stewart / Heaven Man 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Bib / Committment / Gasket / Skullpresser 8:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
Friday, Apr 11, 2025
Time Venue Age
YHWH Nailgun / BabyBaby_Explores / Morgan Garrett 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
Dreamwell / Don't Grow Old / Yellfire / Dystrophy / Gre/ay 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Jason Killinger / The Karen Smith Experience / Marshall James Kavanaugh 7:00pm - 11:00pm Upstairs at Abyssinia 21+
The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis play Sonny Sharrock's "Ask The Ages" 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Andrea Burns (record release) / RP Coast / Yaka / DJ Furniture 8:00pm Launderette Records All Ages
Aunt Katrina & Flowers For The Dead / A Night Of Arrogance 8:00pm Foto Club 21+
Saturday, Apr 12, 2025
Time Venue Age
Sabertooth Zombie / Search Warrant / Headless World / Brainwashed 7:30pm Foto Club 21+
Cryogeyser / Mx Lonely 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Upside Down Punks: The Strange but True Story of That Fugazi Basketball Hoop Show with Des Demonas / Dot Dash / Applied Knowledge 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Sunday, Apr 13, 2025
Time Venue Age
WKDU Presents: WKDU Brunch Takeover at Johnny Brenda's 1:00pm - 5:00pm Johnny Brenda's All Ages
Frank Butrey's Tribute to Wes Montgomery 3:00pm - 5:00pm The Philadelphia Clef Club All Ages
Slow Joy / Flycatcher 7:00pm Warehouse on Watts All Ages
Dummy Pas / Career Day / Armbite / Birdgun 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Diles Que No Me Maten / Bark Culture 7:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Bear vs. Shark / Snowing 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Tuesday, Apr 15, 2025
Time Venue Age
R.A.P. Ferriera / BLAX 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Everyone Asked About You / Birthday Girl D.C. 7:00pm First Unitarian Church: Basement All Ages
Ty Segall / more TBA 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
L.S. Dunes / From Indian Lakes / Night Sins 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025
Time Venue Age
Corridor / Robber Robber 7:30pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
MIke / Sideshow / Niontay / semiratruth 7:30pm First Unitarian Church: Basement All Ages
Mercury Rev / Ryley Walker 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Thursday, Apr 17, 2025
Time Venue Age
Black Ends / Lahnah / Hot Seat / Grocer 7:30pm Foto Club All Ages
Friday, Apr 18, 2025
Time Venue Age
Dead Milkmen / The Ditches / The Rectors (Night 1) 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Roscoe Mitchell & Tyshawn Sorey (Night 1) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Zelzeleh (Faraway Ghost x Sunken Cages) / Ishtar Sr. 8:00pm The Rotunda All Ages
Euphoria Again / Whitehall / Dogwood Tales 8:00pm Foto Club All Ages
Saturday, Apr 19, 2025
Time Venue Age
Static Dress / Soul Blind / Prize Horse / Marion Silver 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
The Number Ones / Fan Club / Dark Thoughts / Mopar Stars 7:30pm Foto Club 21+
Dead Milkmen / The Ditches / EDO (Night 2) 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Roscoe Mitchell & Tyshawn Sorey (Night 2) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Rent Romus' Actual/Actual / Laurent Estoppey+Daniel Levin duo / PurePly 8:00pm The Perch All Ages
Monday, Apr 21, 2025
Time Venue Age
Circuit des Yeux / Leya / Manna 7:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2025
Time Venue Age
Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Wednesday, Apr 23, 2025
Time Venue Age
Lee Bains / Driftwood Soldier 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
The Ancients (Isaiah Collier, William Hooker, William Parker) Night #1 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Thursday, Apr 24, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Ancients (Isaiah Collier, William Hooker, William Parker) Night #2 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Cheekface 8:00pm Foundry @ The Fillmore All Ages
Initiate / Pale Green Stars 8:00pm Foto Club All Ages
Friday, Apr 25, 2025 - Sunday, Apr 27, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Germantown Jazz Festival 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm Vernon Park All Ages
Friday, Apr 25, 2025
Time Venue Age
Northern Liberties / Quiet Man / Rope Trick / Webb Chapel 8:00pm The Khyber 21+
Saturday, Apr 26, 2025
Time Venue Age
Season To Risk / Plaque Marks 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Lowertown / Sweet93 / Computer Wife / Lovelock 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
Christian Death 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 8:00pm The Met Philadelphia All Ages
Sunday, Apr 27, 2025
Time Venue Age
Whirr / Nothing / Sweredriver / The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart 8:00pm Franklin Music Hall All Ages
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Akkarai Sisters (S Subhalakshmi & S Sornalatha) 7:00pm The Rotunda All Ages
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Time Venue Age
Split Chain / Tarantula 7:30pm Foto Club All Ages
S. Glass 8:00pm Vox Populi All Ages
DEVO: 50 Years of De-Evolution... continued! 8:00pm The Met All Ages
Friday, May 2, 2025
Time Venue Age
Bob Vylan / Do Flame 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
NIIS / Pollyanna 8:00pm Foto Club 21+
Smirk 8:00pm Khyber Pass Pub 21+
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Time Venue Age
Lambrini Girls / Party Dozen 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
The Damned / The BellRays 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Sasami / Jia Pet 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Leila Bordreuil and Lee Ranaldo 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Time Venue Age
Jane Remover / Dazegxd / d0llywood1 7:30pm First Unitarian Church: Basement All Ages
Bob Mould 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Body/Head (Kim Gordon & Bill Nace) Night #1 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Monday, May 5, 2025
Time Venue Age
Napalm Death / The Melvins / Weedeate / Dark Sky Burial 7:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Freak Heat Waves / Jack J 7:00pm Ortlieb's 21+
Body/Head (Kim Gordon & Bill Nace) Night #2 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Time Venue Age
Valentina Magaletti 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Time Venue Age
TUNE-YARDS 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Time Venue Age
Macie Stewart 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Friday, May 9, 2025
Time Venue Age
Boston Manor / Farmer's Wife / Spaced / Ellis 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
Charlotte Cornfield / Sima Cunningham 8:00pm First Unitarian Church: Chapel All Ages
Mamalarky 8:00pm Foto Club 21+
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Time Venue Age
Vs Self / Punxsutawney / Lastima 7:00pm Foto Club All Ages
Nicholas Payton 7:30pm The Philadelphia Clef Club All Ages
Anna B Savage 8:00pm First Unitarian Church: Chapel All Ages
Pheeroan akLaff Global Mantras Quintet 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Time Venue Age
Chris Farren / Oceanator / Maura Weaver 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Time Venue Age
Pet Symmetry / PONY / Jimmy Montague 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Time Venue Age
Volcandra / Saidan 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Pan Arcadia / Cab Ellis 7:30pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
William Tyler 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Sharada Shashidar 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Time Venue Age
Japanese Breakfast / Ginger Root (Night #1) 8:00pm The Met Philadelphia All Ages
Hamilton Leithauser / Johanna Samuels 8:00pm Ardmore Music Hall 21+
Friday, May 16, 2025
Time Venue Age
Amyl and The Sniffers / Sheer Mag 8:00pm Franklin Music Hall All Ages
Japanese Breakfast / Ginger Root (Night #2) 8:00pm The Met Philadelphia All Ages
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time Venue Age
Smoking Popes / Off With Their Heads 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
MJ Lenderman & The Wind 8:00pm Franklin Music Hall All Ages
MODEL/ACTRIZ 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Blue Lake / Ezra Feinberg / Jeff Zeigler 8:00pm First Unitarian Church: Chapel All Ages
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Time Venue Age
Kause 7:30pm Milkboy Philly 21+
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Time Venue Age
Corpus Offal / Mephitic Corpse 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Time Venue Age
Onilu (Chad Taylor – percussion, Kevin Diehl – percussion, Joe Chambers(!) – percussion) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Time Venue Age
Rivers of Nihil / Holy Fawn / Inter Arma / Glacial Tomb 6:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Friday, May 23, 2025
Time Venue Age
Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Time Venue Age
Eliza and the Delusionals 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Time Venue Age
Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards / Fake Shark 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
A Place To Bury Strangers / The Serfs 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
Friday, May 30, 2025
Time Venue Age
Catbite / The OBGMs / SOJI / The Heavy Beats 7:00pm First Unitarian Church: Basement All Ages
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Time Venue Age
Alex Claffy w/ Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jonathan Blake 7:30pm The Philadelphia Clef Club All Ages
Mariposas Galácticas / The West Kensingtons / Sweet Poison Victim / Goofy At Night 7:30pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Sunday, Jun 1, 2025
Time Venue Age
Alison’s Halo / Cigarettes For Breakfast 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Wednesday, Jun 4, 2025
Time Venue Age
PRISM Saxophone Quartet (w/ Special Guests Leyla McCalla, Rez Abbasi, and Steven Mackey) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Friday, Jun 6, 2025
Time Venue Age
Haunt Me / Stare Away / Twin Princess 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Courting / Slow Ficition 7:30pm Foto Club All Ages
Saturday, Jun 7, 2025
Time Venue Age
Fang / YDI / Complete Fucker 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Provoker / Faerybabyy / Rip Swirl 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
Sunday, Jun 8, 2025
Time Venue Age
Perfume Genius 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Dutch Interior 8:00pm Foto Club 21+
Die Spitz 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Monday, Jun 9, 2025
Time Venue Age
James Brandon Lewis Quartet 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Thursday, Jun 12, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Bones of J.R. Jones 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Karate 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Civic / Mesh 8:00pm Foto Club All Ages
Friday, Jun 13, 2025
Time Venue Age
Arm's Length / Charmer / Wakelee 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
Dragged Into Sunlight / Mizmor / Meth. 8:00pm Concourse 21+
Stephan Crump w/ Passerine 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Saturday, Jun 14, 2025
Time Venue Age
Dogs On Acid / more TBA 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025
Time Venue Age
Bex Burch, Peter Zummo, and Che Chen 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025
Time Venue Age
David Murray and Kahil El’Zabar 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Thursday, Jun 19, 2025
Time Venue Age
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Friday, Jun 20, 2025
Time Venue Age
Steel Pulse 50th Anniversary Tour Night #1 7:00pm Ardmore Music Hall 21+
Saturday, Jun 21, 2025
Time Venue Age
Steel Pulse 50th Anniversary Tour Night #2 7:00pm Ardmore Music Hall 21+
Blondshell 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
THIS WILL DESTROY YOU 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Sunday, Jun 22, 2025
Time Venue Age
Warren Oree's Tribute to Charles Mingus 3:00pm - 5:00pm The Philadelphia Clef Club All Ages
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force 8:00pm Ardmore Music Hall 21+
Matmos 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
Time Venue Age
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Thursday, Jun 26, 2025
Time Venue Age
Cheater Slicks / Atlantic Thrills 8:00pm Foto Club 21+
All Dogs / Dark Thoughts / Gladie / Diuretic 8:00pm First Unitarian Church: Basement All Ages
Friday, Jun 27, 2025
Time Venue Age
Colleen Green / Rozwell Kid 7:30pm Ukie Club All Ages
Saturday, Jun 28, 2025
Time Venue Age
Dan Weiss Quartet 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Sunday, Jun 29, 2025
Time Venue Age
Insect Ark ~ FÓRN 7:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Friday, Jul 18, 2025
Time Venue Age
Karl Evangelista, Andrew Cyrille, Bobby Bradford, Rei Scampavia, Luke Stewart (Night #1) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Saturday, Jul 19, 2025
Time Venue Age
Mekons / Johnny Dowd 8:00pm Philadelphia Ethical Society All Ages
Karl Evangelista, Andrew Cyrille, Bobby Bradford, Rei Scampavia, Luke Stewart (Night #2) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Friday, Jul 25, 2025
Time Venue Age
Dikembe / Kerosene Heights / Swiss Ary Wife 7:30pm Foto Club All Ages
Sunday, Jul 27, 2025
Time Venue Age
Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Friday, Aug 8, 2025
Time Venue Age
This Is Hardcore Fest (Day 1) 4:30pm Underground Arts All Ages
Saturday, Aug 9, 2025
Time Venue Age
This Is Hardcore Fest (Day 2) 4:30pm Underground Arts All Ages
Friday, Aug 15, 2025
Time Venue Age
clipping. 7:00pm Ukie Club All Ages
Thursday, Sep 4, 2025
Time Venue Age
Swans 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Wednesday, Sep 10, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Brian Jonestown Massacre 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Superchunk 8:00pm Ardmore Music Hall 21+
Thursday, Sep 18, 2025
Time Venue Age
Tara Clerkin Trio (Rescheduled from 3/22) 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Monday, Sep 22, 2025
Time Venue Age
W.I.T.C.H. 8:00pm Ardmore Music Hall 21+
Wednesday, Sep 24, 2025
Time Venue Age
Stereolab 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Friday, Oct 24, 2025
Time Venue Age
Osees 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Saturday, Nov 15, 2025
Time Venue Age
The Saints '73-'78 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Saturday, Nov 29, 2025
Time Venue Age
Patti Smith performs Horses (50th Anniversary) 8:00pm The Met All Ages