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...)
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Presents: The Garden (Rescheduled from May 21, 2021) **SOLD OUT!!** | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Liminal States feat. Tatsuya Nakatani (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lattimore / Ana Roxanne | 7:30pm | First Unitarian Church: Sanctuary | All Ages |
| Caroline Polachek / Oklou | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Rosenstock / Oceanator (SOLD OUT!) | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfbort | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Rid Of Me (LP release) / Mesh / Sun Organ | 8:00pm | Silk City | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chino / Creem Circus / Foxycontin / The Koosmans | 8:00pm | Khyber Pass Pub | 21+ |
| Live Skull / Thalia Zedek Band / Kohoutek | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck van Zyl: Live Performance + CD Release (registration required) | 8:00pm | The Rotunda | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blues Ambush / Powers-Rolin Duo / Heavenly Bodies | 8:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Gecs | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Hiss Golden Messenger / Rosali w/ Emily Robb | 8:00pm | The Music Hall at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slow Pulp / Strange Ranger | 7:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| 100 Gecs (SOLD OUT!) | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Film: NAM JUNE PAIK: RIDICULOUS TECHNOLOGY (Registration Required) | 8:00pm | University Lutheran | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| METZ / Preoccupations / 7 Seconds | 8:00pm | The Fillmore Philadelphia | All Ages |
| The Divine Hand Ensemble | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bully | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Hayden Pedigo / Rachika Nayar | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Supports: Chicano Batman and Los Retros | 7:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Joy Formidable / Cuffed Up | 7:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Evening With Steve Gunn + Jeff Parker | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| Uriol Korean Percussion Ensemble | 8:00pm | 2223.fish | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pissed Jeans / Action News / TVO | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Eric Slick / Rubber Band Gun / John Andrews | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liminal States feat. Helena Espvall (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Districts | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Eve with The Districts | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Colleen Green / the Joe Jack Talcum Band / Crazy and the Brains / Froggy - NYE Bash! (ALL AGES!) | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| West Philadelphia Orchestra / Johnny Showcase | 9:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIANT 6: I Heart Artemis (See Description) | 8:00pm | Icebox Project Space | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film: SOUNDING ORNAMENTS: EXPERIMENTS WITH OPTICAL SOUND (Registration Required) | 8:00pm | University Lutheran | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Presents: Boy Harsher | 7:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| 75 Dollar Bill / Bark Culture | 8:00pm | 2223.fish | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| F*cked Up / Empath | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Weather Station | 8:00pm | World Café Live: Downstairs | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Supports: Indigo De Souza | 7:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Place To Bury Strangers / Glove | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Joys | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRFKR | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Girls Against Boys / Hammered Hulls | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Liminal States feat.Lea Bertucci (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liminal States feat. Chaka Benson | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Country, New Road | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liminal States feat. Parker Kitterman (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Luz | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circa Survive / Tigers Jaw / Soul Glo (Night #1) | 7:30pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circa Survive / Tigers Jaw / Soul Glo (Night #2) | 7:30pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Stephen Marley: Acoustic Soul w/ Mystic Marley | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gang of Four - (Featuring Jon King, Hugo Burnham, Sara Lee,& David Pajo) | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Collective / L'Rain | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liminal States feat. Bhob Rainey (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Presents: BADBADNOTGOOD | 7:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Feelies | 8:00pm | The Music Hall at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| They Might Be Giants | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liminal States feat. Elizabeth Steiner (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Rollins (Spoken Word) | 8:00pm | Keswick Theatre | All Ages |
| The Brian Jonestown Massacre / Mercury Rev | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future Tour | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Supports: Black Midi | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mogwai | 8:00pm | Theatre of the Living Arts | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Jerks / 7 Seconds / Negative Approach | 8:00pm | Theatre of the Living Arts | All Ages |
| Spirit Of The Beehive / Deeper | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Liminal States feat. Sarah Hennies (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUZZ (featuring Ty Segall) {Rescheduled from February 13, 2021} | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanishing Twin | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mummies / The Out Sect (Rescheduled from 8/20/20 - OG tix still valid) | 9:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Liminal States feat. Bismuth Quartet (Live Stream Reg. Req.) | 11:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altın Gün / Sessa | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychedelic Porn Crumpets / Acid Dad | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amyl and The Sniffers | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Monochrome Set | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldous Harding | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Segall And The Freedom Band {Rescheduled from October 2, 2020} | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bikini Kill / Alice Bag | 8:00pm | Franklin Music Hall | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival | 8:00am - 8:00pm | Live Stream | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Hook & The Light | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Order / Pet Shop Boys {Rescheduled from 9/10/2020} | 7:00pm | Mann Center for the Performing Arts | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavement | 8:00pm | The Met Philadelphia | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Orange / Alien Birth / Under 95 (*Note Showtime*) | 6:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard / Leah Senior (Rescheduled from October 23, 2021) | 8:30pm | Franklin Music Hall | All Ages |