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Friday Sep. 5, 2025

Gecko_pollinators

10 am – 5 pm

Morris Arboretum & Gardens Garden Railway: World Pollinators

Ages: All
Family
Outdoors

Morris Arboretum & GardensPhiladelphia

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10 am – 8 pm

Back To School Means Back to the Museum of Illusions Philadelphia

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family

Museum of Illusions PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

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Noon – 6 pm

Revelations: An Evolution of Introspection

InLiquid GalleryOlde Kensington

Artist Market

4 – 9 pm

Artists and Artisans Market at Cherry Street Pier

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Cherry Street Pier

5 – 7 pm

First Friday: Books, Meet Their Makers!

Science History InstituteOld City

First Friday September 5th @ Arch Enemy Arts

5 – 9 pm

First Friday September 5th @ Arch Enemy Arts

Art
Free

Arch Enemy Arts

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5 – 8 pm

Phirst Phriday in Rox

Pocket ParkRoxborough

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5 – 6 pm

Yellow Fever 1793: Evening Tour

Christ Church Burial Ground

5:30 – 9 pm

First Friday Opening: Philadelphia Love + The Jane Gallery 1st Birthday Bash

The Jane GalleryOld City

Live Music at Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia

6 – 9 pm

Live Music at Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia

Music

Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia 1113 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19107Philadelphia

Spruce Dance Nights

7 – 10 pm

Spruce Street Dance Nights at Spruce Street Harbor Park

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Spruce Street Harbor Park

7 – 8 pm

Keep the Alien Fed

Theater

Allens Lane Art Center

Get It Together Show Image

7 – 9 pm

Get It Together

Theater

Hamilton family Arts Center

Lauren Mendelsohn & Kate Dineen CROP

7 pm

Lauren Mendelsohn Band at Evil Genius Beer Co. with Special Guest Kate Dineen

Evil Genius Beer Co.Fishtown, Philadelphia, PA

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOcean Beqch – Fire Island

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8:30 pm

WXPN Welcomes: Sierra Ferrell

Music

Franklin Music HallCallowhill

N Crowd Square 2025 with new time

8:30 – 9:50 pm

Improv Comedy: The N Crowd

Comedy

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9 pm

Genesis: 1st Fridays House Music Dance Party Kick Off – Sept 5th@ RubaClub – 9PM

Ruba ClubPhiladelphia

Saturday Sep. 6

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All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOyster Bay

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All day

Reimagined Street Scenes

Art
Free

Old City PublishingPhiladelphia, PA

Gecko_pollinators

10 am – 5 pm

Morris Arboretum & Gardens Garden Railway: World Pollinators

Ages: All
Family
Outdoors

Morris Arboretum & GardensPhiladelphia

10 am – noon

Neighborhood Walking Tours with the Preservation Alliance

Sportime Pickleball YorktownPhiladelphia

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10 am – 1 pm

Coded by: Open House

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

CIC – 3675 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 3rd FloorPhiladelphia

back to school moi

10 am – 8 pm

Back To School Means Back to the Museum of Illusions Philadelphia

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family

Museum of Illusions PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

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Noon – 6 pm

Revelations: An Evolution of Introspection

InLiquid GalleryOlde Kensington

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Noon – 4 pm

September First Saturday Open House: Back to School at the Wagner

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Family
Free

The Wagner Free Institute of ScienceNorth Philadelphia

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Noon – 8 pm

Spring Garden Sunflower Festival

1700 to 1900 Fairmount Ave Commercial CorridorPhiladelphia

LOTO Poster (13 x 19 in)

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Labyrinth of the Other

Icebox Project SpacePhiladelphia

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2 – 4 pm

Lecture-All We Have is Each Other: Black Artists and Collective Visions

Woodmere Art MuseumPhiladelphia

Get It Together Show Image

2 – 4 pm

Get It Together

Theater

Hamilton family Arts Center

3 – 8 pm

Keep the Alien Fed

Theater

Allens Lane Art Center

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