The Barbary
951 Frankford Ave (At Frankford and Columbus Blvd)
Philadelphia
Tickets: 1.866.468.7619
Titus Andronicus: Aug. 18
Defiance :Ohio, Guignol: Aug. 22
3, Kiss Kiss: Sept. 21
Chaplin’s Music Café
66 North Main Street, Spring City
Tickets: 610.792.4110
Creep Industries Hardcore and Hip-Hop: Aug. 15, 8 p.m.
Beaucoup Blue: Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
First Class Male Revue: Aug. 22, 9 p.m.
Alotymus, Jeremy Siegel, Rocket 88: Aug. 23, 7 p.m.
Pantless; Aug. 29, 8 p.m.
Black Light Alley: Aug. 30, 8 p.m.
Miss Tess, Buzz Saylor and Slick Mickey: Sept. 6, 8 p.m.
Joe Reilly and The 3 Ring Circus: Sept. 13, 8 p.m.
Randy Sarles: Sept. 20, 8 p.m.
Doc Brown: Sept. 26, 8 p.m.
The Billy Penn Project: Sept. 27, 9 p.m.
Slo Mo with Mic Wrecka: Oct. 4, 8 p.m.
dirtgroove: Oct. 18, 8 p.m.
Red Molly: Oct. 31, 8 p.m.
Travis Wetzel Trio and the Strings Of Prussia: Nov. 7, 8 p.m.
Red Head Betty Takeout: Nov. 14, 8 p.m.
The Sweetheart Parade: Nov. 15, 8 p.m.
Colonial Theater
227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville
Tickets: 610.917.1228
City Rhythm Orchestra: Satchmo and the Duke: Sept. 28, 7 p.m.
Devil Music Ensemble: Red Heroine: Oct. 11, 8 p.m.
The Four Bitchin’ Babes: Oct. 24, 8 p.m.
The Second City: Oct. 25, 8 p.m.
Flower Power Music Festival: Hoots & Hellmouth, Old School Freight Train, Tin Bird Choir, and Matt Brown: Oct. 26, 8 p.m.
Commerce Bank Amphitheater
Bensalem Twp Municipal Complex
2400 Byberry Road, Bensalem
215.633.3635
All shows are FREE
Liberation- Chicago tribute: Aug. 13, 7 p.m.
Allan Harris- Nat King Cole review: Aug. 20, 7 p.m.
The Prodigals and Screaming Orphans: Aug. 27. 7 p.m.
Kenny Vance and The Planotones: Sept. 3, 7 p.m.
Bucks County Courier Times Battle of the Bands: Sept. 13, 7 p.m.
2U: Sept. 17, 7 p.m.
Bensalem Twp. Fall Festival w/ Souled Out and Dr. K’s Motown Revue: Oct. 4,
Concerts in the Park
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Dr. Dog: Aug. 13, 7 p.m.
Adam Arcuragi, The Capitol Years: Aug. 20, 7 p.m.
Bitter Bitter Weeks, jotto: Aug. 27, 7 p.m.
Black Landlord, The Hustle: Sept. 3, 7 p.m.
Electric Factory
3421 Willow Street, Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.LOVE.222
Strange Noize Tour ft. Kottonmouth Kings with TECH N9NE, (hed)pe, Dirtball, Prozak and X-Clan: Aug. 20, 7:30 p.m.
The Kooks w/ Illinois: Sept. 15, 8 p.m.
Flogging Molly: Sept. 16, 8 p.m.
Old Crow Medicine Show: Sept.18, 8:30 p.m.
Motorhead w/ Misfits, Valient Thorr and Year Long Disaster: Sept. 19, 8 p.m.
The Mars Volta: Sept. 20, 8:30 p.m.
Tegan and Sara with City and Colour and Girl in a Coma: Oct. 3, 8:30 p.m.
Rusted Root w/ Porter Batiste Stoltz: Oct. 4, 8:30 p.m.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Oct. 7, 8 p.m.
Children of Bodom w/ Black Dahlia Murder, Between the Buried and Me: Oct. 8, 8 p.m.
Against Me! w/ Ted Leo & the Pharmacists and Future of the Left: Oct. 9, 8 p.m.
TV on the Radio w/ Dirtbombs: Oct. 10, 8:30 p.m.
Yonder Mountain String Band w/ John Fishman: Oct. 11, 8:30 p.m.
Danzig, Dimmu Borgir, Moonspell, Winds of Plague and Skeletonwitch:Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Rise Against w/ Alkaline Trio, Thrice and The Gaslight Anthem: Oct. 16, 8:30 p.m.
Umphrey's McGee: Oct. 18, 8:30 p.m.
Underoath w/ Saosin, The Devil Wears Prada and P.O.S.: Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Of Montreal: Oct. 31, 8:30 p.m.
Chiodos and Silverstein w/ Escape the Fate and Two Special Guests: Nov. 6, 7 p.m.
Kings Of Leon w/ We Are Scientists and The Whigs: Nov. 15, 7 p.m.
All Time Low w/ Mayday Parade, The Maine, Every Avenue and The Friday Night Boys. Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Festival Pier
Columbus Blvd. & Spring Garden St.
Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.569.9400
Paramore w/ Jack’s Mannequin, Phantom Planet, Paper Route: Aug. 15, 7 p.m.
G. Love & Special Sauce and John Butler Trio: Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
Boys Like Girls, Good Charlotte w/ Metro Station and The Maine: Aug. 20, 7 p.m.
Tailgate 2008: Slightly Stoopid w/ Pepper and Sly & Robbie: Aug. 23, 7 p.m.
My Morning Jacket: Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m.
The Fire
412 West Girard Ave., Philadelphia
Tickets: 267.671.9298
Empires, Mark Rose (ex Spitalfeld), The July Week: Aug. 14, 6 p.m.
Wizard Eye, Electric Horsemen, Mantle: Aug. 14, 9 p.m.
Infinien: Aug. 15, 9 p.m.
Wes Mattheu & the New Way Down: Aug. 16, 9 p.m.
Impulsive Decision: Aug. 17, 9 p.m.
Chris Kasper, Birdie Busch, Dan Kelly: Aug. 19, 9 p.m.
First Unitarian Church
2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.563.3980
Brutal Truth w Pig Destroyer and Javelina: Aug. 14
The 802 Tour w/ Nico Muhly, Doveman, Sam Amidon: Aug. 23
Shai Halud, Full Blown Chaos, A Girl, A Gun, A Ghost: Aug. 26
August Burns Red, A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, This Or The Apocalypse: Aug. 31
The Slackers: Sept. 5
Silver Jews, Monotonix: Sept. 9
The Wombats: Sept. 11
Why?, Mount Eerie: Sept. 17
Laura Marling and Johnny Flynt: Sept. 17
Sunset Rubdown: Sept. 18
Horse The Band, Heavy Heavy Low Low: Sept. 19
Black Kids, The Virgins: Sept. 29
The Felice Brothers: Oct. 2
Damien Jurado, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson: Oct. 3
Chuck Ragan, Ben Nicholas, Tim Barry, Jesse Malin: Oct. 10
Jonathan Richman: Oct. 12
The Spinto Band: Oct. 17
General Lafayette Inn
646 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill
610.941.0600
Open Mic on Wed.
Invite-only Open Mic on Thurs.
Matt every Saturday
Black Seamen: Aug. 15
Electric Sex Power: Aug. 22
Yellow Tiger: Aug. 29
Black Seamen: Aug. 30
Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing
Columbus Blvd.
Philadelphia
Maysa: Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Nick Colionne: Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Walter Beasley, Gerald Veasley and Chuck Loeb: Aug. 29, 7;30 p.m.
Candlebox, Local H, Carolina Liar, Desoto Jones and All Or Nothing: Aug. 30, 3 p.m.
Havana
105 S. Main Street, New Hope
Tickets: 215.862.1933
Karaoke on Mondays
Open Mics on Tuesdays
Sonny Landreth: Aug. 14, 6 p.m.
Philly Transit Authority: Aug. 17, 3 p.m.
Songwriter Circle with Christine Martucci: Aug. 21, 8 p.m.
Eryn Shewell: Aug. 31, 1 p.m.
JB Kline Trio: Aug. 31, 6 p.m.
Vinx: Sept. 14, 7 p.m.
Peace Creeps: Sept. 18, 9 p.m.
The Radiators: Sept. 19 and 20, 8 p.m.
Lucy Bonilla, Christine Santelli, Gina Sicilia: Sept. 21, 3 p.m.
John Eddie: Sept. 27, 8 p.m.
JC Dobbs
304 South Street, Philadelphia
Patrick Droney, Stereo Trans Disease, Nudies, Sorida, Life Slides Down: Aug. 15, 8 p.m.
The Crash Motive CD Release Party: Aug. 23, 7 p.m.
The Boils, Violent Society, Percocettes, Killing California, Superbuick: Aug. 28, 6 p.m.
Johnny Brenda’s
1201 Frankford Ave. (Frankford & Girard), Philadelphia
Weedeater, Black Cobra, Intergalactic Incense Burners: Aug. 13, 8 p.m.
El Vez: Aug. 14, 8 p.m.
Creeping Weeds, Drink Up Buttercup: Aug. 15, 8 p.m.
Bodies of Water: Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
Panther: Aug. 20, 8 p.m.
An Albatross, Don Caballero and Ponytail: Aug. 22, 8 p.m.
Audible, Buried Beds: Aug. 23, 8 p.m.
John Martin Tribute Night: Aug. 24, 7 p.m.
Future Tips: Aug. 28, 8 p.m.
Fringe Fest Cabaret/ Animus: Aug. 29, 9 p.m.
Relay: Aug. 30, 8 p.m.
The Love Show: Sept. 3, 8 p.m.
Magic Christian: Sept. 5, 8 p.m.
PG School of Rock Metal: Sept. 6, 2 p.m.
Psychic Paramount, Arboretum, Pontiak: Sept. 6
PG School of Rock Metal: Sept. 7, 2 p.m.
Death Vessel, Micah Blue Smaldone: Sept. 18
Rachael Yamagata: Sept. 24
Bob Pollard’s Boston Spaceships: Sept. 29
The Juan Maclean: Sept. 30
The New Year: Oct. 9
Wire: Oct. 10
The Dead C, Blues Control, Pink Reason: Oct. 12
John & Peter’s
96 S. Main Street, New Hope
Tickets: 215.862.5981
Open Mics every Monday
Tempest: Aug. 13
The Fustics : Aug. 14
Little Big Thing: Aug. 15
Chris Castle: Aug. 16, 3 p.m.
Cats Eye Stone: Aug. 16, 9 p.m.
Moroccan Sheepherders: Aug. 17, 3 p.m.
Bumpin Uglies: Aug. 17, 9 p.m.
Lofash Aug. 19
15 Keys: Aug. 20
Justin Pope: Aug. 21
Painted Blue w/ Smokehouse: Aug. 22
Project 222: Aug. 23, 3 p.m.
Marshall Crenshaw: Aug. 23, 9 p.m.
Dyer Weed: Aug. 24, 3 p.m.
Rainbow Fresh: Aug. 24, 9 p.m.
Monster Mash: Aug. 26
Get Down Souls: Aug. 27
KB Noise: Aug. 28
Agent Moosehead: Aug. 29
Next Best Friend: Aug. 30, 3 p.m.
Crow vs. Lion, Hezekiah Jones, Sweetheart Parade: Aug. 30, 9:30 p.m.
Talisman: Aug. 31, 3 p.m.
The Invincible Gods: Aug. 31, 9:30 p.m.
The Piece:Improv Comedy: Sept. 3
Madd Cranstoun: Sept. 4
The Lawsuits: Sept. 5
The Lowdown: Sept. 6, 9:30 p.m.
Ramaya: Sept. 7, 9:30 p.m.
Norm & Ehrin's Punk Rock Comedy: Sept. 10
The John Austin Trio: Sept. 12
Justin Pope & Friends: Sept. 13, 3 p.m.
The Billies : Sept. 14, 3 p.m.
Honey Spot Blvd :Sept. 19
KB Noise: Sept. 26
Mountain John: Sept. 27, 9:30 p.m.
Folk By Association: Sept. 28, 3 p.m.
Monster Mash: Sept. 30
Keswick Theater
291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside
Tickets: 215.572.7650
Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten: Aug. 19, 8 p.m.
Robert Cray and Keb Mo: Aug. 20, 7:30 p.m.
Rick Braun & Richard Elliot: Aug. 21, 8 p.m.
Squeeze: Aug. 22, 8 p.m.
Los Lonely Boys: Sept. 11,7:30 p.m.
Brian Culbertson: Sept. 13, 8 p.m.
Dave Stewart: Sept. 19, 8 p.m.
Last Comic Standing Tour: Sept. 20, 8 p.m.
The Smothers Brothers: Sept. 24, 8 p.m.
Little Feat: Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Randy Newman: Sept. 26, 8 p.m.
Lenny Cocco and The Chimes, The Dovells, The Angels, The Teenagers and The NewHearts: Sept. 27, 7 p.m.
Jenny Lewis: Oct. 1, 8 p.m.
Taj Mahal and Shemekia Copeland: Oct. 2, 8 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck: Oct. 4, 8 p.m.
David Crosby & Graham Nash: Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Ray LaMontagne w/ Leona Naess: Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.
America: Oct. 17, 8 p.m.
Lindsey Buckingham: Oct. 18, 8 p.m.
Joe Satriani, Mountain, Leslie West, Corky Lang: Oct. 19, 7 p.m.
Billy Bragg: Oct. 24, 8 p.m.
The Fab Faux performing The White Album: Oct. 25, 8 p.m.
The Fab Faux: Oct. 26, 4 p.m.
Hanson: Oct. 29, 8 p.m.
The Capitol Steps: Nov. 1 and 2, 8 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Arlo Guthrie: Nov. 8, 8 p.m.
Martin Sexton and Ryan Montbleau: Nov. 14, 8 p.m.
Jackie Mason: Nov. 15, 8 p.m.
The Art of Belly Dance: Nov. 21, 8 p.m.
The Machine: Nov. 28, 8 p.m.
Southside Johnny & Leon Russell: Nov. 29, 8 p.m.
A Peter White Christmas: Dec. 4, 8 p.m.
Irish Rovers Christmas Concert: Dec. 5, 8 p.m.
Holiday Doo-Wop w/Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners, Herb Cox & The Cleftones,
Gene Chandler, The Original Chantels, Johnny Tillotson: Dec. 6, 8 p.m.
Aimee Mann’s 3rd Annual Christmas Party: Dec. 13, 8 p.m.
Satisfaction- A Rolling Stones Experience: Jan. 17, 8 p.m.
Elvis Birthday Bash: Jan. 23, 8 p.m.
VH1’s Best Week Ever Tour: Jan. 31, 8 p.m.
1964: The Tribute: Feb. 20 and 21, 8 p.m.
The Peking Acrobats: Mar. 1
One Night of Queen: Mar. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Idols in Concert: Apr. 18
The Khyber
56 South Second Street. Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.238.5888
The Bee Team: Aug. 13, 8 p.m.
Heavy Hand: Aug. 14, 9 p.m.
Body bagz: Aug. 15, 8 p.m.
The Claw: Aug. 16, 9 p.m.
The Rhodes: Aug. 17, 8 p.m.
Die Actor Die: Aug. 18, 8 p.m.
Entertainment System: Aug. 19, 8 p.m.
Johnny Booth: Aug. 20, 8 p.m.
The Meatmen: Aug. 21, 8 p.m.
Nebula: Aug. 22, 9 p.m.
Weston: Aug. 23, 9 p.m.
The Thickness: Aug. 24, 8 p.m.
Rosetta: Aug. 25, 8 p.m.
Happy Anarchy: Aug. 26, 8 p.m.
Strange Design: Aug. 27, 8 p.m.
Ism: Aug. 28, 9 p.m.
Little Light: Aug. 29, 9 p.m.
The Plutonics: Aug. 30, 9 p.m.
Spindrift: Aug. 31, 8 p.m.
Alright Junior: Sept. 5, 9 p.m.
Storyville w/ Philadelphia Slick: Sept. 6, 9 p.m.
Fat City Reprise: Sept. 7, 8 p.m.
Meatmen DVD Screening: Sept. 8, 8 p.m.
Restavrant: Sept. 13, 9 p.m.
Die Actor Die: Sept. 15, 8 p.m.
Oppenheimer: Sept. 17, 8 p.m.
Mock Orange: Sept. 24, 8 p.m.
Peelander-Z: Sept. 26, 9 p.m.
The Extraordinaires w/ Kill You in the Face: Sept. 29, 8 p.m.
The Silent Years: Oct. 1, 8 p.m.
Kimmel Center
Philadelphia Academy of Music
260 S. Broad Street. Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.893.1999
Parenting 101: Aug. 13- Sept. 14
Spamalot!: Aug. 14- 31
The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra: Aug. 20, 8 p.m.
Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to James Brow: Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Liacouras Center
1776 North Broad Street, Philadelphia
Tickets: 1.800.298.4200
Carrie Underwood: Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Manhattan Room
15 W. Girard Ave. Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.739.5577
Johnny Action Figure: Aug. 13
M.O.D.: Aug. 14
Jana Hunter: Aug. 15
Boy Genius: Aug. 16
Philly For Children Benefit Featuring: Decontrol w/ The Noid, A-Division, The Handsome Petes: Aug. 17
The Coke Dares: Aug. 18
The Cute Lepers: Aug. 19
Tough Shits: Aug. 20
Everybody Everybody!: Aug. 21
New Radiant Storm King: Aug. 22
Citizens Band Radio w/ Chris Kasper and J Roddy Walston and The Business: Aug. 23
Braxton Parker: Aug. 24
Screen Vinyl Image: Aug. 25
Black Tusk: Aug. 26
Mach 22: Aug. 27
nine|inch|nineties: Aug. 28
BODY ROCK!: Aug. 29
Up Since Friday: Aug. 31
Origin: Sept. 1
A Zero Complex: Sept. 2
The Donkeys: Sept. 9
Friday I'm In Love: Sept. 12
Digital Frontier: Sept. 13
Hypernova: Sept. 17
The North Lawrence Midnight Singers w/ Hezekiah Jones, Kenn Kweder and Josh Olmstead: Sept. 19
Earthride: Sept. 20
Oxford Collapse: Sept. 26
dan lesac vs. Scroobius Pip: Sept. 27
JT Habersaat + the Altercation Punk Standup Tour: Oct. 9
Mike Relm: Oct. 10
Bearsuit w/ with Milton And The Devils Party: Oct. 14
The Aggrolites w/ Everybody Out! and Ruder Than You: Oct. 22
The Octopus Project: Oct. 23
Mann Center
52nd & Parkside Ave., Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.893.1999
Peter Nero and the Philly Pops: An Evening of Gershwin: Aug. 13, 8 p.m.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers and Buddy Guy w/ Elvin Bishop: Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Isaac Hayes and Friends: Aug. 15, 8 p.m. CANCELLED
Bernadette Peters: Aug. 26, 8 p.m.
Ben Folds: Sept. 6, 8 p.m.
Milkboy Coffee
2 E. Lancaster Ave. Ardmore
Every Monday Night: Jazz Open Mic hosted by Mike Frank: 7 p.m.
Every Tuesday Night: Open Milk Night (Open Mic), 6 p.m.
Rosemary Otrouski - The "Living" Room Series IV: Aug. 14, 6 p.m.
Lucas Carpenter, Still Motion: Aug. 15, 8 p.m.
Options, Mt. Moon, Rasan Allbritton, ShakeWellFly: Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
Busy Going Nowhere, Drop Collective: Aug. 20, 8 p.m.
Jesse Dee: Aug. 21, 6 p.m.
The Hulihees, Bridge Band: Aug. 22, 8 p.m.
Lotus Hill, Tim Butler, Cliff Hillis: Aug. 23, 8 p.m.
The Great Unknown, Pale Reason: Aug. 29, 8 p.m.
No Outlet, 99 North: Aug. 30, 8 p.m.
MilkBoy Acoustic Cafe in Bryn Mawr
824 West Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr
610.527.0690
Every Wednesday Night:Open Mic Night at 6 p.m.
Mad Poets: Aug. 14, 7 p.m.
Bob Carlton, Aleo Sound Wave: Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Socrates Café: Aug. 18, 7 p.m.
Deborah Lombardi: Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Improv night: Aug. 28, 7:30 p.m.
WilliamsBoy: Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Nathan Surles, Dakota Jay: Aug. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Moose Lodge
127 E State St., Doylestown
New Alhambra
7 W. Ritner St., Philadelphia
215.755.0611
North Star Bar
27th & Poplar Street, Philadelphia
Tickets: 215.684.0808
Countervision: Aug. 14, 9 p.m.
Garage A Trois w/ Stanton Moore, Mike Dillon, Skerik and Marco Benevento: Aug. 15, 9 p.m.