Apr 3, 2025 - Things to Do

Your Philadelphia weekend: Metal and Beer Fest, Play-a-Palooza

Isaac Avilucea

Illustration of "Weekend" in graffiti on a brick wall. — Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios

🕺 Get jiggy with it at the Barbary in Fishtown. The dance club is back open and better than ever. They've added new lighting, a sound system, a lobby and an upstairs outdoor patio.

🍸Longer hours mean more time to sip! The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's pop-up gardens are back on South Street and in Manayunk.

🎺 Check out the Jazz Cultural Voices Concert Series. Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Nabaté Isles hits the stage at the Philadelphia Clef Club on Saturday from 7:30-10pm.

Stop by the Stenton mansion and learn about the Quakers' fight to abolish slavery.

The museum has a 2,700-volume library once used by people like Benjamin Franklin. Public tours: Tuesday-Saturday, 1-4pm. Admission: $8 adults; $6 children

YOWIE, the hip South Street store and hotel, is hosting a free exhibition of piggy banks from dozens of artists, most of them local. Friday, 6-9:30pm.

🖼️ Elfreth's Alley, the city's colonial landmark, opens for the season Friday. The museum opens this week, too. House tours, plus a free First Friday: Poetry on Elfreth's Alley.

🎸 Rock out at Decibel mag's two-day craft beer event at The Fillmore, headlined by rock bands Dismember and Exodus. It's been called the "world's loudest, heaviest, headbangingest" shindigs. Friday-Saturday, 4:30pm. Tickets: $53+

🛝 Take the kiddos to Play-a-Palooza at Smith Memorial Playground. Games, sports, snacks, crafts and more. Saturday, 10am-1pm. Free but RSVPs required.

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Your Philadelphia weekend: Metal and Beer Fest, Play-a-Palooza

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