Philly weekender: Shakespeare, summer festivals and TNA iMPACT
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🎭 Enjoy theater at Clark Park this weekend. Watch an actor-driven adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Performances start at 7pm every day through Sunday at the "Bowl."
- If there's bad weather, the performance will move indoors to Plays & Players Theatre.
🍿 Don't forget you can see Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" at Regal UA in King of Prussia on a 70mm IMAX screen — only one of 25 in the country.
- Plus: you can catch the flick on 70mm also at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute.
🤼 Wrestling takes over Temple's Liacouras Center tonight and Friday when TNA iMPACT comes to town. The show starts at 7pm each night.
- Tickets: $30+
✨ South Street's Night Out on 9th returns on Friday from 5-9pm. Vendors, a soccer-skills challenge, eats and drinks are on the agenda, plus the opening of the Magic Garden's new exhibt.
🦖 Celebrate the first scientific society of natural history at this Saturday's Firstival inside the Academy of Natural Sciences from 11am-1pm.
- Dinos, dioramas, family-friendly activities, live music and giveaways are on tap.
☀️ The Piazza Alta in Northern Liberties is hosting a Summerfest on Saturday starting at 10am. Plan for vendors, eats, family-friendly games, crafts and other activities.
🎤 Free Fest is set for the Navy Yard on Saturday from 11am-4pm. Enjoy live music, activities for kids, vendors, giveaways at the Marine Parade Grounds.
🎶 Celebrate Philly's music scene at Mitch-A-Palooza on Saturday night at Ardmore Music Hall.
- Expect an all-star lineup of acts , including Stereo League, The Commission, Brian LaPann, Bo Rains. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 7pm. Tickets: $31+
🍑 Maybe not millions of peaches, but there'll be plenty for everyone at Peddler's Village Peach Festival.
- Activities include face painting, sand art, artisan market, petting zoo, live music and food trucks from 11am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.
🎉 Head to Northern Liberties on Sunday for the 2nd Street Festival from noon-10pm for live music, shopping, eats and beer.
🥳 The Freedom Now Fest on Sunday marks the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 speech in Philly with a film screening, art installation, live performances, activities from 1-6pm in West Philly along Lancaster Avenue from 38th-40th Streets.