Philly weekender: Italian Market, PrideFest and Union
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🥳 The Overbrook Night Market brings more than 40 food, drink and artisan vendors — plus live DJ sets — to the West Philly neighborhood made famous by the Fresh Prince.
- Tonight, 6-10pm at 63rd Street and Lancaster Avenue.
🎤 Philly singer-songwriter Valentina Sounds is celebrating the release of her sophomore album, "What Keeps Me Alive," with a live show at The Fallser Club in East Falls on Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets: $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
🏳️🌈 New Hope's PrideFest draws 15,000 people for a weekend of floats, marching bands and fun. Friday is the kickoff. Plus, a dance party is set for Saturday and pool party on Sunday.
👹 The East Kensington Spring Fest leans into the weird this year with Kaiju Thunderdome, a giant-monster spectacle from Screwball Screenings featuring rubber creatures battling it out on a projector screen above the Kenzo Flea.
- The offbeat festival includes a high-energy Togolese dance party with live performances from Dogo Du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band and Beach Cheetah. Friday, 6:30pm at Philadelphia Brewing Co.
🇺🇲 Check out the National Constitution Center's new Governing the Nation gallery, which opens today and includes rare artifacts, including a 1790 printing of Alexander Hamilton's report on the National Bank.
🍅 Former Sixers Aaron McKie and Theo Ratliff, plus former Eagle Rodney McLeod, are headlining Saturday's Athletes at the Table panel discussion on food insecurity from 2-4:30pm on Saturday at the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Wyndmoor.
- Pay-what-you-wish event spotlighting the long-term health impact of limited access to nutritious food.
1️⃣ 52 Weeks of Firsts: Celebrate the nation's first hospital at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Washington Square West on Saturday from 11am-1pm.
🧦 Reunited and it feels so goooooooalll! The Union take on Columbus Crew on Saturday at 7:30pm at Subaru Park in Chester. Tickets: $28+
🇮🇹 The South 9th Street Italian Market Festival returns with its annual mix of food, music and neighborhood tradition.
- Expect more than 100 vendors, live performances, the famed greased pole-climbing contest and plenty of Italian favorites, from fresh pasta and cannoli to sausages, cheeses and cappuccino.
- Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm